Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for The Children of the Forest

Yes, I’m still alive (though you wouldn’t know it from my lack posts recently) and working hard on finishing up the novel so that it can be submitted for final edits. It’s a long process, and time-consuming, so I haven’t had many opportunities to post here. 

Looking ahead, I’ll be doing some update work to the main page for "CotF" - which includes adding additional artwork, along with updated versions of the entire first act of the novel (15 chapters, fully edited and finalized). This should serve as a healthy preview of the final book, giving readers an entire arc to work their way through as the novel prepares for wide-distribution. 

I’m also scheduling my first con appearances, so be on the lookout for videos and promotional-material I’ll be posting in the upcoming weeks. That’s pretty much it for now - I’m hoping to have the updated samples and everything else up by the end of next week, though things can always change. 

P.S. 

I do have one treat for everyone, although it’s still only a WIP, I think the quality (by the lovely Ellie Yong) speaks for itself. Taken from Fionna Cohmwell’s encounter with the Spirit of the Forest, from about half-way through the book. 

Enjoy ~

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    Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Deus Hex Machina

    The end is nigh my friends...200 of you intrepid adventurers have put your trust and hard earned money into this making this book a reality, and with 10 days to go, funding is almost completed. Barring some major shift in events behind the scenes, Deus Hex Machina will be headed toward production shortly thereafter.

    If you are following the book and would still like to get in a preorder before the end of funding, now is your chance. After June 16th I won’t be giving out any more codes to read the manuscript before it’s published.  I figure that’s my little gift to those who got in early, on the ground floor as it were. 

    December 15th seems like a lifetime ago, but here I sit, looking at a successful funding campaign and a book about to be completed.  My promise to you is this: I will finish the last three chapters by the end of the funding period. It’s going to be hard work, but I said this book would be completed in April, and I had to push it to May because of all the extra scenes I found in it. Now it’s June, and this is a wonderful motivator to get the book’s first bones knitted. Once that is done it’s time to contact my development  editor about making sure this book is the best it can be. I think I might slip a beta reader cycle in there somewhere. Let me know if you are interested.

    For now, thank you, a thousand times thank you. You made this book happen, and I am humbled to be the steward of your faith.
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      Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Squids In

      After a raft of orders overnight, Squids In is in...drum roll please.... 5th place. Oh, I know you were all expecting more from this wacky book about a video-game playing octopus but unfortunately the other entries in the contest are equally as fascinating and so have been raking in the orders themselves. It looks like the Octopus and I have our work cut out if we want to break into the top 3. As such, the octopus has committed to cut back on his drinking and get himself into shape for the fight ahead. As such, the Wii has been dusted off... 

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        Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for To Live and Die in Avalon

        Hey, everyone!

        Jason here with your weekly To Live and Die in Avalon update!

        Editing is progressing quite well on the first draft which is slowly morphing into a more polished second draft. Initial feedback from my beta readers has been very positive and I’ve already cleaned up a lot of stuff myself. 

        We’re at the 30-day mark and as I see the book taking shape toward a completed form I’m getting more and more excited to get it into your hands. The complete novel has eighteen chapters with only four of those (pre-revision) chapters up on the campaign page. There’s a lot more story out there and some really great stuff I can’t wait for you to read, but the book has to go into production before that can happen! If you feel that this is a book worth being published then please pre-order!

        Those of you who have already pre-ordered have already shown your faith in the finished product and I can’t thank you enough. Please keep spreading the word! 

        That’s all for this week. As I said last week, I’ve put the supplementary fiction series The Avalon Chronicler on hold while I dig into full on edit/second draft mode, but please, if you dig this kind of thing and want to see more of it, let me know!

        Also, if you have a moment, please check out the draft of my next project:

        https://www.inkshares.com/books/aurasong-blue-sword

        As I get closer to finishing Avalon, you may see some more updates on that subsequent project!

        Thanks and have a great week!

        Jason

        @atomicboywonder

        split0@gmail.com

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          Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for The Adventures of Apath and Spice

          It has been a while since I updated anything, but I have been working on some music as of late. I have some major grammar work from "The Unexpected Delivery", which I have just updated today. There is still a bit more tweaking that is required, but I hope to continue work on "That Cat" in the coming weeks. 

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            Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Murder at the Veterans’ Club

            Dear friends and followers,

            I delivered the first cheque to Chez Doris on Wednesday, for $74. I was given a quick tour of the place. They do some good work there, providing meals and legal services to women who need it. $74 isn’t a lot, I’m embarrassed to say, but every dollar counts.

            Things have been getting steadily crazier without my realising it. To everyone who has contacted me recently about anything, I apologise. I’ll make time somehow.

            On the writing front: well, "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" is complete but for some minor editing, and I can set it aside to concentrate on other business. I’d have liked to move on to "Best Man for Murder", the sequel, but--some good news, actually--I’m working on something for Choice Of Games, and that’s taking up a good portion of my creative writing energy. And also some of my logic-coding energy. Don’t worry, though: a first draft for "Best Man for Murder" has in fact been completed, and what I should be working on there will actually be a complete rewrite--changing names, key plot elements, and maybe even whodunnit. What’s the point of a second draft if you don’t rethink everything, right?

            (Those of you who’ve read the second chapter of "Murder at the Veterans’ Club", did you know that in the original first draft, the thing Benson had stashed away in his safe deposit box was a Gutenberg Bible? Fascinating little Macguffin, but it ended up making no sense.)

            Also on the writing front, I am involved in this: "Too Many Controllers", a submission for the current Nerdist contest.

            Now, what could a guy whose writing is mostly set in a video-free era possibly have to offer in anthology of video game stories, you must be wondering. Well ... all will be revealed in time. At the very least, follow the book to keep tabs on the news. Or better yet, pre-order a copy. It could be worth noting that this book will almost certainly see daylight before "Murder at the Veterans’ Club"; and short stories can so easily be thought of as little appetisers before the main course.

            Until next week: have fun, and keep reading. (Seriously, crazy as things are, I wish I had time to read more.)

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