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Yay. It is Monday.

 

A lot of fantastic things happened last week, and I’m absolutely tickled pink. Ok, so it might be a sunburn, but I do have this adorable, pink sheen going on right now, which is a huge improvement over my greater shades of pale. 

As of this moment, 72 phenomenal people have backed A Beast Requires, pre-ordering 94 copies between them. If you haven’t backed it yet, take a look at all the content I have up there and watch my ridiculously awkward author video. If I make you laugh, even just the slightest of giggles, back it. Back it real good, and ensure my spastic flailing for the remainder of the week. If you’ve already backed me, you know that I already love you, so why not spread the love? Share the gift of laughter. Show them the funny. Tell them how badly you need A Beast Requires to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world.

If you haven’t checked out the video uploads yet, then why not now? There’s nothing in the world quite like starting the week off with some amused chuckling, so take a listen to me discus world building through food and reading the prologue to A Beast Requires out loud. I’ve got a few more things in the works, so expect those to be popping up online in the near future.

You all are amazing.


- Jay

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    Today is a big day, one that I have been dreading and anticipating in equal measure. Today, I officially start editing Deus Hex Machina and building my second draft.

    Here’s what the process looks like. Staples is now my spirit animal: 

    For the next 30 days it’s my plan to implement the changes I have noted down on those little blue cards, honing my first draft into a stronger, more coherent second. When that is done, I will be more than ready to move from alpha reading into beta. As before, let me know if you’re interested.

    Once I have the second draft returned from beta readers I’ll hash out a third draft, and then I should be ready to submit to Inkshares by the end of the year. For those that like timelines (and so that I have some accountability for my process) here is what I have planned for the next year:



    Like any plan, this will probably change around a bit. Generally though, I am planning to write two books a year, and fund one novel in each series. This doesn’t include other projects I want to be part of, collaborations like Too Many Controllers and Makhaira, so my schedule is going to need to be a little fluid should something awesome come up that I want to take part in. I’m also toying with the idea of funding Shadow of the Owl again before I  fund the sequel. There is just something very appealing about having the entire series under the Inkshares publishing umbrella. 

    Speaking of series, for those of you curious minded folks out there, Deus Hex Machina is a trilogy, and Shadow of the Owl et al is a series with six books planned.
    So if you look at that calendar, you’ll be able to extrapolate out and figure out what I have planned for the year after that. 


    TL;DR: Lots of writing will be happening, mostly in my two main series so if you’re eager to find out what happens to Mylena or Isidore, fear not, books are coming.

     If you have any questions, comment here or hit me up on Twitter @amandaorneck.

    Enjoy the silence!
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      Good morning fellow readers .

      I am terribly sorry for the long silence radio.  L&D is coming along nicely, we are currently at 70 % done. I will have a new excerpt for you shortly.

      So now with my short story for Too Many Controllers submitted. I can focus on L&D and deliver my MS to Inkshares shortly.

      This is the main reason why I cancelled my campaign for Arcadia in the current G&S Fantasy contest; I wanted to be fair to you guys who backed L&D, and not delayed it’s release by another project.



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