Last updates: done. Chapters compiled into one file: done. Word file sent to John Robin over at
https://t.co/6NRrCXB8O0 DONE! Listening to Bach has kept me sane through last few days and more hours that I want to admit to!
Saturday update time. A bit later in the day than I intended, but with the combination of the campaign and my work schedule I have been somewhat neglectful of family so I gladly took some time to remedy that a little with a bit of a hangout, dine, and game session with my brother.
24 hours and 19,000 words later I am done with the new draft of the story. I actually cried when I wrote it. Not because I finished it but because sad things happened.
I changed the story a bit and this first book focuses mostly on the hero which at the beginning is a girl but you will mostly be seeing a man as the hero as the story progresses. This is the three in one character that I was talking about for writing Demon Revolution.
I hope you guys can keep an open mind because there is a gay relationship between two angels in this book. There's nothing bad, I just wanted to warn you guys before you read it and freak out.
Please let me know what you think and I think that I will be changing the title of this story as soon as I can think of a better name for it because this book while it is focused on Ivy there's not really a whole lot of her in it so I'll let you know about that too.
I will start posting chapters right after this so please check it out.
Thank you!
Hello humans,
Just a quick update - I'm still very much a corporeal being in this reality, rumors of my untimely dematerialization have been greatly exaggerated.
So, I've finished revising character sheets, which can be fun and a chore at the same time (especially when you just want to get stuck back into the writing). No only do I better understand my characters, I also know a lot more about the world/galaxy/universe I'm building (sci-fi is BIG). As a result, I have begun tweaking Genesis to include these new developments, which I think will make the story more interesting.
Those of you with writing experience know that this is the reverse method, especially for someone who had very little exposure to fiction writing. My consolation is that I didn't succumb to world-builder's disease. Haha. Anyway, I've begun first pass author-edits on Chapters 3 and beyond and hope to get a second pass editing soon after.
To those of you who have $5 credit from pre-ordering before the 31st Oct 2015, here's how you can further assit me by pre-ordering the e-book for FREE:
Live long and prosper!
P/S: Congratulations to the winners of the Sword & Laser sequel contest! Matt, I knew you could do it! Well done!
Dear backers and friends of Trekonomics,
I just posted the final, revised and expanded introduction to the book (minus a few still-ongoing copy-edits!). Cover will be revealed and shared will all of you this week. We are on schedule!
You may read the new introduction to Trekonomics here:
https://www.inkshares.com/projects/trekonomics/book_segments/introduction-3720
In addition, if you are so inclined, I invite you to read my latest column celebrating the 15 years anniversary of Wikipedia: http://fusion.net/story/256371/wikipedia-15-years-old/.
As always,
Live Long, and Prosper.
M.
I hope everyone's new year has been good thus far. Though we had several great losses, we shouldn't lose hope for the potential of this year.
Work has been keeping me pretty busy as well as editing chapters on any free time I can find. With the first round of editing pretty much finished, I have to think about what I will do next.
I thought about entering Sword & Laser contest, but at that point I didn't feel confident yet until I had finished cleaning up the story. Now I have to decide, do I wait for the next contest while refining the story or start the pre-order campaign.
Friends and family are eagerly awaiting the start of pre-orders, however attempting to get new readers and other authors to commit on a pre-order is so very daunting.
For now however, I am curious to hear from anyone in regards your opinion. What do you think of the story so far with the five chapters upload so far? Right now the finished novel is roughly 60k in words, or about 18 chapters.
Have a wonderful weekend!
~S.J.
Hello and Happy Saturday! Here we have a short video where we determine the winner of the McCall's Meat and Fish Company gift certificate raffle. So sit back and enjoy, especially the last seconds, which include an amusing directorial snafu!
As of today only 78 copies of "Women Like Us" need to sell and we'll have met the goal for Quill Publishing. If you're like me you want to hold this book in your hands, and we're getting closer every day. But there's only a month left, so please pre-order if you haven't, and if you have there's nothing wrong with having that back-up copy, just in case!
Finally, stay tuned for an announcement next week about one more beagle-freedom related raffle that you can get in on if you already haven't. This one involves a tattoo!