Finished draft 3 of MINE about a month ago and submitted back to the Inkshare’s editing team. Haven’t heard back, but I reckon them folks is busy as (fill in the blank here). Haven’t been engaged in marketing, because it’s not an easy thing to do as noted by Leo, author of Bane of All Things. But, I did put up the revised chapter one of MINE titled Oh My Darling. It’s a quickie, 3 minutes on average, so take a gander and let me know your thoughts. Most appreciated. Might put up more. Might not. You never know. Life’s a mystery. Also, took some proactive steps to get the Dean Fearce author page spruced up on Goodreads. And heck, now that I’ve mentioned that site, might as well throw in Twitter and Facebook, too.

Oh, and I started writing another story, so there’s that. I told my editor it’s a horror story. She said the last time I set out to write a horror story, I delivered a love story. Same difference, right? (Insert cynical chuckling.) Peace out, MINErs!

Oh, one other thing. Michael Welch needs sex talk advice. I know, right? I’m as shocked you all, too!

Oh My Darlings, Happy New Year!

Sent version three of MINE back to the Inkshares Dev Editor today.

That Dev Letter document was a powerful learning vehicle for me. I’ve read it many, many times, and the guidance it provided should translate into an improved story for your enjoyment. (Not to mention my other secret weapon...)

Also, took time to work up another cover comp for the project entry. Can’t go back to the original title. Although nothing is for certain, the current title, MINE, is working well for me.

Check it out: https://www.inkshares.com/books/murder-happens

A lot of excitement around the recent contest winners here on Inkshares. Looks like a lot of original work and promising premises from talented authors. Looking forward to seeing those projects in print.

Also, picked up ESCAPE! Writers Bloc Anthology, available here: https://www.amazon.com/ESCAPE-Writing-Bloc-Anthology-Cooperative-ebook/dp/B07KPZRP39/ and savored a couple delicious stories already.

So, things are progressing. Thank you for your support, and your patience.

Dean Fearce

Hey Fans, Followers, and Fungi,

That one’s for you, Coop. When I was a youngster, we gave everyone nicknames. I still do, so if you don’t have yours yet, just let me know and we’ll get on that.

Ruining Boise update. Haven’t spent a lot of time with it, work is out of control, but I’ve been exploring themes and using Scrivener to create character sketches, map location scenes and capture ideas. This is new to me. I use Scrivener to write—love it as a writing tool—but mostly was blank paging it. My thought is to develop this as far as I can so it becomes a repeatable process to produce an outline to guide the writing. This is the current arrangement, inspired by Mike, that we thought might connect two stubborn authors into an effective collaboration. And to avoid bloodshed. Unless that’s what you really want…I think Mike’s been taking karate…

This is what I’m doing while waiting for the MINE manuscript to come back from my personal editor before sending it back to the Inkshares editor. If anyone out there needs the services of a professional dev editor, reach out. Mine (hehe) is a superstar. The Inkshares editor ain’t no slouch neither. Two superstars for the price of one!

I’m going to start with the opener, storyboard it. I like to jump right into the action, and have an idea for that allows for a lot of showing not telling of the situation...I’ll be sending that to Mike when it’s more fleshy, but don’t want to distract him either, as he’s engaged in writing his 2nd pass on PrOOF, so it may not come for a while. The point is, I’m dabbling with this story line, sketching it around the edges, and if we don’t realize any payoff with this current promotion, we shall return.

Want to mention a few authors who’ve been supportive with a shout out.

Celso’s paranormal novel in the Horror Contest deserves a look

https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-ghost-tracks

Go watch Chip’s reading of his first chapter. I want to hire this guy to read MINE

https://www.inkshares.com/books/ripe-for-execution

Durena Burns memoir. This book deserves more attention, IMO

https://www.inkshares.com/books/we-re-the-whiteheads

Nick’s entry in the Horror Contest, who doesn’t love a snipe hunt?

https://www.inkshares.com/books/snipe-hunt-639c7f

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderfully horrifying Halloween!

Dean

This message is approved by the Dean Fearce+Mike Welch collaboration machine

https://www.inkshares.com/dean-fearce-michael-welch

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Here are some treats for you, FREE Kindle Stories and the FRESH CUTS Anthologies for 99 cents

Fresh Cuts, Stories by The Black Hats Writers Group

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017CJ1SE8

Fresh Cuts 2-Fresher, Cuttier

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GQWY5FG

ABSOLUTELY FREE STORIES:

Genie of the Cabernet

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018A5A61E

GLAMS vs. Red Plaids

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075H5BWTF

The Girls

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0768JGZSV

Appy-polly-loggies...link in previous update is broke, all part of my spammy marketing tactics:

https://www.inkshares.com/books/ruining-boise-060666

Quick note to update you all on having just finished the complete re-write of MINE (a.k.a. Murder Happens). It’s being reviewed by my writers group cohort prior to re-submission back to Inkshares. In the meantime, we have this other project in the Mystery Contest, and it’s languishing for obvious reasons. But guess what?

Mike and I would like to see the Ruining Boise project move up into 3rd place in the contest. You all know how this works, just go ahead, log on, follow, pre-order and let’s get this done, because this is the next project in my queue, and I’m getting excited about building it out. Buy now, avoid the awkward emails where I beg, and cry and plead for your support.

Ruining Boise