L. Page Hamilton published a portion of this story in 2016 under the name ’Bone Crunchers’. She con...
It’s been quiet around here as I transitioned jobs and settled into a new role.
However - I took the publisher advice to heart and made some edits to the prologue - splitting it into newly formed chapters: Chapter One and Chapter Two. This streamlined a rather clunky opening and felt like a fresher introduction to the world.
New content has also been added to these chapters. Hopefully Eleni’s voice is much clearer and more compelling now to anyone who wants to dive into her story.
All this cleaning up was in preparation to upload the book to Smashword and enter it into the Multnomah County Library Writer’s Project before the December 15 deadline.
Will update as soon as I hear word back on that publication venue. Hoping this helps expand the readership base and push the book one step closer to publication.
An agent at the SCBWI Oregon Storytime conference reviewed the first ten pages of "Metal Heart." She asked me to make revisions, and submit more pages along with a formal query letter.
I was not expecting this - after the previous conference, I’d set my expectations pretty low and was prepared for just feedback.
From my understanding - the wheels of the publishing industry can move slowly... so it might be awhile before I hear anything further.
Pretty exciting though! Thanks again everyone who has supported the book and encouraged me to keep at it. You know you’re getting in the acknowledgements for sure.
I’ll update the first two chapters when the revisions are complete. You can download the whole book here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/689845