An update for you all. First, I want to thank you for your leap of faith in supporting my proposed new Brewtal Truth book. Unfortunately, I didn’t meet my pre-sale goal, so "Nothing But the Brewtal Truth" will not be published by Inkshares. From what I understand, you should have received a refund of your pre-sale purchase by now. I am confirming that that is the case and will ensure that everyone who made a purchase gets a refund. As for what’s next, I am continuing to try to find a publisher and have had some encouraging feedback in my efforts, but no deal is in place yet. I’ll keep you posted! Cheers, Adem

Well I’m still here even though it’s been more than a year since I posted anything. I plugging away at the outline for the next Battle Flag book, after I tried a rearrangement that went nowhere, and I’m planning to rework the outline for the sequel to The Agoge as well.

I’m hoping that in 2020 I’ll be able to get a proper website going where I’m going to post some short stories and I’m working on putting together a podcast, posted there via You Tube or Podbean, to create more of an online presence. I’m still new to the whole podcasting thing so I’m trying to learn all I can about formats and recording them. If you’ve got any advice you can certainly send me a message here and I’d love to hear, I still lurk around here from time to time even though I’m not particularly vocal.

However, I think that if nothing comes of this by the end of 2020 I’m going to go through KDP to get Battle Flag published. While there have been a few new followers here and there there hasn’t been much activity. Largely that is my fault. Between trying to take care of day to day duties, work on writing, and every other little thing that tends to pop up, I haven’t had much time to put together any sort of online image. Hopefully, this new plan will pan out and I’ll be able to get enough people interested to get a successful preorder run going.

Thanks for hangin with me and checking out what I’ve got.

** Last Call **

With The Wildlife Confessional about to go to print in a matter of days, this is the last opportunity to make sure your mailing address is up to date before backer copies are mailed. If you’ve moved since you backed the project, or if you just want to check, log-in to your Inkshares account and, from the Profile page (click on the icon on the top right and select "Profile"), click on the "Account" option along the black banner menu and select "Address" from the drop-down menu.

It’s that easy!

Thanks again for everyone’s support.

Wishing you warm holiday cheer,

The Editors
The Wildlife Confessional

 Happy holidays! I hope you are having a peaceful season full of time with family, friends, self-care, and creative fulfillment. I am still waiting for feedback from my editor on my most recent draft, and I will let you know as soon as I receive it!

In the meantime, here’s what I’ve been working on!
On Halloween, Writing Bloc released its second annual short story anthology, Deception. I was the project manager for this anthology and my own story, "Rachel Rose, Semite" appears in it! Check it out and support cooperative indie publishing!

I am also excited to be a part of the latest issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey. You can read my story, "Neighborhood Alert" here and my editor interview here.

Another project I helped edit, Jason Pomerance’s Celia at 39, was published yesterday! It’s Writing Bloc’s first standalone novel and I’m so happy to be a part of it!

November was National Novel Writing Month and I drafted a brand new novel in 30 days! Its working title is The Book of Great and Tiny Things and it follows two characters-- Avril, a West Virginia woman who in spite of being a happily married mother of two finds herself swept up in opioid usage and must turn to her dead granny witch grandmother to save her from addiction, and Jose, a Mexican drug lord who began his career at the age of 8 and is known for brutally murdering his challengers with the bone of the beloved dog that his mother forced him to kill. There’s lots of magic and some big feelings. I’m looking forward to editing it!

Finally, if you’re a local woman interested in a winter writing retreat, I’ll be a guest speaker at this one. It should be fun!

Thank you for your support!  

Happy Giving Thanks Day!

Dean Fearce is grateful and appreciative for many things not the least of which are you, my friends, family and supporters, who have gotten behind this project and have waited patiently for its fruition. Being Thanksgiving, it felt appropriate to provide an update on the status of the book:

https://www.inkshares.com/books/murder-happens

The latest manuscript was submitted to Inkshares this past summer. It went through a read by the editor. It came back with interesting comments and observations. The bottom line was that the plot was not working. Recommendations on books to read were made. Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice was one. I tried to read it but failed. Tried to watch the film and failed. 

Moving on, I found a tattered copy of Gardner’s The Art of Fiction online. It’s on my bedside table held together with a rubber band. It was entertaining and informative with a side of anxious guilt that I hadn’t gotten a degree in literature and therefore knew not the high-browed references he made. But as I said it was informative. And entertaining. That was unexpected.

Read a few other books in that time that weren’t recommended by the editor. Breathless by Shane Lindemoen was good. It’s recommended reading. I originally backed the project on Inkshares but Shane chose to publish it elsewhere. He’s now started an independent publishing concern, which is intriguing.

Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/Breathless-Shane-Lindemoen/dp/1949472620/

Bunches of authors like Mike Welch and Susan Hamilton, both met on Inkshares, are publishing themed short-stories. If you haven’t seen the Writing Bloc anthologies, you can find them on Facebook. The editor accepts submissions for projects well in advance of publication.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/383485668831888/

In regards to MINE, I took a break to absorb the feedback (it’s never easy to accept helpful criticism, but it’s always advisable) and do additional reading and watching to figure out how to plot the novel. I love good stories, so it’s not like work. Good news is I’ve arrived at a solution. Next steps are to read the manuscript through, then begin the re-write starting December 1st. Hopefully you will hear from me again next year with a loud and resounding cheer, something like Eureka!

Hugs and kisses,

Dean Fearce

Thanksgiving Day, 2019

Hello friends! It’s been a while. 

I’m here to announce that I’ve been busy! I recently published a short story within the Writing Bloc’s DECEPTION! Anthology called "Quibbles". You can purchase the entire anthology on paperback, or for your kindle, here!

OR! You can buy the standalone story for your kindle, here!

Synopsis - "The night Nikki ran away from home, she left under frustrating circumstances. A fight with her parents was the last straw and before midnight, she was gone—not that she had any idea where she was going. However, she may have taken a different path out of town if she had known of the dangers that would find her at the crossroads between Here and There."

Check out the promotional artwork below! And don’t forget to leave a review!

If you’d like to follow me more closely, go to GAFino.com and sign up for my newsletter! Or follow me on twitter!

If you haven’t already, don’t forget to pick up a copy of The Knightmares too! Or grab a copy or two for holiday gifts!

Exciting new announcements coming soon!

-G.A.