Releasing a book into the hands of readers can be exciting as well as anxiety-producing. I love getting feedback, positive and negative, because it helps my become a better writer. While writing BLIGHT, I was getting regular feedback from my sister and my niece during the process. Now that I’m
October 1, 2009 – finished the first draft of Blight of Muirwood. Right now, it’s around 450 pages, so longer than the first book and I’m heaving a sigh of relief for being done. Last weekend my wife read it all and we’ve had some good discussions about it. I
I am almost finished writing BLIGHT. Only a few chapters left. It’s always an exciting thing to finish a novel. My guess is I’ll be done before Halloween and then will be looking for some readers to help critique and edit it (you know who you are…Mike Loos). This novel
With school about to start, we took the kids up to my parents cabin in the Sierras last week. On the way, we stopped by Big Trees national forest and enjoyed the giant sequoias there. It was in the morning, a little bit of rain to make things interesting, and
Had a neat surprise this morning when I checked my e-mail. My sister Emily, an artist in the Boise area, did a little sketch of a scene from WRETCHED. She’s also been giving great advise on the sequel, BLIGHT, which I appreciate. It was neat seeing the scene through her
Finished with Chapter 17 of Blight last week and I’m going through the whole manuscript again to gauge the flow. I finally wrote a pivotal chapter that I’ve been anxious to do since the beginning of the novel. Writing a book is a little like laying tile – sometimes you focus
As part of the Amazon entry, they promised to write reviews. These just arrived last night. ABNA Expert Reviewer The concept of the dead being reanimated and then a knight in trouble in some kind of fantasy world are hardly new ideas. In many ways, the injured and mysterious warrior
I was disappointed not to have Wretched selected as a Amazon breakthrough novel finalist, but I remained determined. I’ve submitted the manuscript to a publisher (Shadow Mountain) and learned that they received it, so it’s a 6-8 week wait now to learn more. I’ve made some good progress writing the
Some cool news – my first book LANDMOOR is now available for the Kindle through Amazon. It will be interesting to see how many people will find it that way. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001U3YFP2 The link it here above. If anyone who has read it before wants to post a review, I would
Some updates from last month. I did submit Muirwood to the agency and they rejected the sample they asked for. Out of the blue this week, I got an e-mail about the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and have submitted Muirwood to the competition. The publisher working with Amazon is Penguin,
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