Writing Update!

I worry sometimes – okay, ALL THE TIME – about these updates. I worry that one day there won’t be one to share, that the well will run dry and I’ll be stuck rehashing old stories over and over again with nothing new.

And then there’s THIS WRITING UPDATE!

The final chapter begins…

That’s right. I’ve been plotting and outlining for months. Every scrap of dialogue baked into this beast has been scrutinized and revised to death. The script is in hand and the Scrivener file is formatted.

Time to write the last book of Greystone (for now…)

I’ve said for some time there is a specific break in the series. Once the whole of the narrative was broken into three pieces, however I’ve come to realize it is more like halves. Book Five will be the end of Greystone’s First Cycle or the first half of the series.

There is a reason for it. There are things that happen in the book, threads resolved that lead to a moment of closure in some cases. It gives us all a moment to breathe before diving into the next epic – and yes, it will be EPIC.

Character’s fall. Trust is broken. Darkness surrounds everything.

And a circle closes around Soriya and Loren.

There is a lot at stake with this final chapter. More than the emotional core of the series, more than these character’s and the baggage they’ve carried for four books, but Portents itself. Every warning, every thread, is in here. Not every answer but some BIG ONES for sure.

It’s going to be a crazy, blockbuster style ending.

The Medusa Coin

The proofs arrived this week! There is nothing better than holding the finished product after slaving over a computer screen for six months.

I’m diving into it next week to make sure everything is buttoned up. Those of you on my Advance Team are hopefully doing the same!

Physical copies will be available on the release date of September 12th. I wish there was a way to do pre-orders but it does not seem possible with the current system in place at Createspace (Amazon) and Ingram Spark (Don’t get me started with these guys…)

You can, however, pre-order the e-book of The Medusa Coin RIGHT NOW.

            

That way, when you wake up on September 12th and are debating whether or not to read the back of your cereal box for the 50th time – don’t deny it – or turn on your e-reader, the choice is an easy one!

Reading

I wish I had more to share this week. Not much reading going on as I crank up the drafting phase of the final book.

I have been reading a ton of comics with my four year old. Our current fascination is Tiny Titans, which is AWESOME. Art and Franco are an amazing team and inject wonderful humor into each issue of the book. My kid loves it and actually knows who Trigon and the Fearsome Five are, so AW YEAH, Tiny Titans!

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Another awesome promo coming your way on Thursday.

Thanks for reading.