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Today's update is a short one. I just wanted to remind those that are following the book that there are three days left in the Sword & Laser the Sequel contest, and Deus Hex Machina is only three people away from 6th place. Only ONE order away from our next giveaway!  Gah! I want to give away a book today! Can we do that please??

I'm still plugging along on chapter 2 (very slowly as I'm not seeing much interest on the preorder side for me to rush on it. That very well could change though, in an instant. After all, there are books out there that are selling 100s of copies in a DAY. Seriously, preorder this book nao. Dot com. Might as well see if she can fund in a week. That would be amazing.

I am still holding out hope that those that are following the book are interested enough to take the plunge and preorder it today. If you do, we just might get this book published. Isidore and Dax are in your hands now. Treat them well.


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    C. Brennecke liked an update for An Unattractive Vampire

    Greetings Readers, Followers, Human Beings, and Advertising Algorithms,

    I promised you this day would come. You didn't believe me. I didn't believe me. But it's here at last...

     

    That's right! I finally figured out how to work the internet. No more free AOL homepages and half-hearted Tumblrs for me. www.jimmcdoniel.com is a thing. A thing that both exists and works. Go there now and behold the wonder and glory of me copy and pasting pictures onto Squarespace. Marvel at my ability to link you back here to Inkshares. Thrill as you view my Twitter account while not on Twitter. Ooooo. Aaaaah.

    In other news, the Sword and Laser contest two is wrapping up this week. On Friday at noon (West Coast time, two o'clock here) three more authors will receive the full publishing treatment and one will join G. Derek Adams, J.F. Dubeau, and myself in the Sword and Laser collection. There are plenty of good books in the mix with plenty of time to make the jump so please, consider visiting the contest page and checking a few out like:

    For dystopic cyberpunk, click Deus Hex Machina.
    For epic demonic fantasy, click Bones of the Past.
    For sci-fi action/adventure, click The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising.

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      C. Brennecke liked an update for She Is the End

      My campaign is over!



      IN PRODUCTION!

      Now... I just need to make sure my book is the best book ever to book, don't I?

      SO! Most of the manuscript is done, but there are some rather... wobbly parts. January and February are going to be hardcore #amwriting months, and I'm aiming to be done with my final, FINAL edits by February 29th. Leap Day!

      Thank you so much, everyone who has helped me get through this campaign.

      Thank you to the other half of my heart, Alex, without whom I'd be adrift.

      Thank you to John Robin and Joe Terzieva, who have helped me keep my head on straight through all the craziness.

      Thank you to Matt Kaye, Avalon Radys, Jeremy Thomas, and Thad Woodman at Inkshares, who have been so supportive and encouraging.

      Thank you, my readers. You are taking a chance on me, and I'm not going to let you down.
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        C. Brennecke liked a comment in the forum thread, How do you prepare a story?
        I'm enjoying the answers. If you know any other writers not mentioned that might want to give input, mention them in.
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          C. Brennecke liked a comment in the forum thread, How do you prepare a story?
          I start with the basic shape of the story, some major signposts I want to hit, a grab bag of characters and then I go exploring. I generally have a couple of sticky notes floating around  and a sheet of graph paper with a list of concepts, events, ideas - connected by intersecting lines - more of a thought-map then a real outline. Beyond that it's limited 'pantsing' until I get a workable draft. I don't know about you guys, but my best ideas are in my fingers not my brain. AMOD exists within an established framework and history of my fiction, so there are a lot of limits and rules to what can and cannot happen that aren't immediately apparent. But within that there's plenty of room for weird cul de sacs of plot, fight scenes and such.

          I'm actually loitering on the entry point of a new novel that doesn't take place in that framework and its surprising how exciting and terrifying it is.


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            A preposterous fantasy crisis with resolutions remarkable and losses lamentable. May contain minotaur tea parties.
            C. Brennecke liked a comment in the forum thread, How do you prepare a story?
            Hah, I'm a disaster. 

            I just start writing. No planning. I generally have an idea of a really cool scene, and then I write it. More stuff comes to mind and I write that, too. Lots of writing, lots of thinking. 

            I usually know the basic story I want to write - the barest of bare bones of story beats - but the story will change dramatically based on what happens spontaneously as I write. It is fun and sometimes frustrating, since I'll do things like write... let me see... 4K words in one direction, and then realize that the story would  be better if the entire situation changed and I have to cut all that. I do that a lot.

            I do a ton of planning around characters, though - early on I made a diagram with all five main characters and forced myself to come up with two things each pairing had in common, and two reasons for them to hate each other. Then I made sure to create a relationship arc for each pairing. Nothing happens in my book that doesn't affect the characters/their relationships, and I tried really hard to make every single step of progress in the book happen because of the nature of my characters and their decisions/actions.

            In my defense, if I didn't just let myself write, I don't think I'd be able to come up with the most fun stuff. (Maybe I would, though?) I'm going to try to do a detailed outline for the second book before I write too much of it, in the hopes that I'll avoid writing in the wrong direction so often the next time around. 
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              C. Brennecke liked a comment in the forum thread, Soft Launch Invitation Thread
              This is great! Thanks for the invite, @Thaddeus Woodman!

              My first thought is that it'd be great to have a reply/quote feature, but it isn't a must-have feature or anything. Looking forward to keeping the conversations on the platform! Goodreads is great for some things, but I'd much rather talk about Inkshares projects right here :)
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