Hello Everyone!! 

  Hello, readers.

  I’ve edited Chapter Zero: The Origins of Crime and added multiple pieces of dialogue and even additional information that will change your perspective of the main characters. Ideally, I had meant to talk about Amani’s reasons and her past a bit later, but I believe this is a better approach to open up how dire her situation is from the get-go, and the interaction between Carbine and Maverick is much better than before. Overall, I’ve added to the descriptions, characters, and widened the plot to make it fluid. I hope you enjoy.

Team Pirates!!

Hope your week is going well! Quick update: I’m now incorporating edits from Beta Reader Tom, so things are right on track!

I came across this list while surfing during my kid’s afternoon nap break.  Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite writers, and I thought this was very interesting and helpful. Inspiring, even. 

I hope it gives you all the feels:

8 Rules of Writing from Neil Gaiman 

1. Write. 

2. Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down. 

3. Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it. 

4. Put it aside. Read it pretending you’ve never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like the kind of thing that this is. 

5. Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong. 

6. Fix it. Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving. 

7. Laugh at your own jokes. 

8. The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it’s definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it ­honestly, and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.

And now for some hard science:

-Erin

Hey Everybody!

I’ve revised the first two available chapters!  I’ve added some details and passages that provide a little more context for what is going on, and tweaked several things.  I was fortunate enough to get some wonderfully constructive feedback from both DraftShares and some offline readers that have really helped.  Please take a look and share your thoughts if you feel so inclined.  I highly value all of your opinions and impressions – good or bad. 

The Seventh Aspect is at almost 100 followers!  If you like what you read, please share, recommend, or leave a review.  I’ll be posting the next two chapters soon.  Thanks so much for your interest.  I really appreciate it. 

-P.H.  

Hey, everybody. Surely you’ve heard, by now, that Disintegration will be published. Some of you have asked me directly: when?

I have just realized that, with all the excitement about finally hitting the Quill goal, I completely forgot to give my Wednesday update, the author recommendation. Naturally I realize this as I’m on my way out the door to work, but I’m still going to throw one out there.
 

And The Wolf Shall Dwell caught my attention for its fascinating noir-esque themes and tones. It has a solid ensemble cast of strong, well-developed male and female characters. The plot is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock story like The Man Who Knew Too Much, and the pacing keeps you gripped the further you get into it. Definitely give this story a look if you like thrillers. I’m eagerly awaiting my own copy. I eat this kind of stuff up.
Also, yeah...don’t forget to keep pre-ordering Tantalus Depths too...it can still use some loving.