Sep 8, 2015

I wanted to thank each of you as well as say Hello to the new followers of A Distant State. I'm extremely happy with the pre-orders so far, but would love to see more to give it a chance to be printed. 

This past week was insightful. I finished reading the complete novel in it's current format (minus the last few chapters to be written), I've completed editing the first pass of Chapter 2 and prepared Chapter 3 for edits. Basically, I just print out the chapter on paper in a double spaced format to read and mark up with ink. I know that my edits won't be the final ones needed but it gives me a chance to proofread before passing it on to another set of eyes. 

Some high level to share - Chapter 2 sees the launch of the NACR Libertad happen as Castro says good bye to the crew and passengers. Chapter 3 introduces the main protagonist, Alexi Breliv, and his mentor, Bohdana Kuzma, as they prepare for the Rebirth Ceremony. 

When I've been writing, I've been listening to the playlist that I shared in the last update as it helps get me back into the same state of mind to try and stay focused on the setting. I'm putting thought into how I want the transition from current point of the written material to the ending that I'm envisioning for the novel. I'm also trying to formulate whether to keep this as a single novel or look at making it a trilogy. Once I make up my mind on that is how I will write the last couple of chapters.  

As this is crowdsourcing publishing project, if you could share with your friends to encourage additional folks to look at it and pre-order that would be great! I'm very appreciative of those that have pre-ordered and thank you again. 9 books pre-ordered only 741 to go in 70 days. 

Thanks for your support! Dylan