Here is another fantastic rendering of an iconic image from Mission 51. In this scene, Petrus presents the finished ship, Janusia, to his son Mat. Artist Chris Pyke has captured it beautifully, a touching moment between father and son, the continuation of a painful goodbye. - Chris, all I can say is... Wow!!!

Who wants Chapter 2?

Hello Readers,

To all you now 72 readers who have subscribed to I Am Waltz, a big thank you as always!

I am wanting to upload Chapter 2 for your reading pleasure, but I am holding off a bit to encourage a bit of a push! We are currently at 42 pre-orders a great start, but far from 750!

Help me get this out there. Post links and get your friends to pre-order. Once we get to 100 Pre-orders, Chapter 2 will go LIVE! Woohoo!

This is going to be fun and I can not wait to share the rest of the book with you all. 

Thanks for everything,

Matt

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.