Wow! This has been an outstanding year.
Through Many Fires and A Time to Endure are side-by-side on the Amazon War Fiction bestseller list. Both have been higher on this list, but it is nice to see them together.
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Last night I sat at the dining room table and signed books.
Earlier, I had made a list of 39 people that would be receiving one, or more, of my novels. When all the books came from the printer on the same day I decided to just sit down, sign, and mail them all.
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My vision went crazy on Saturday morning. That is the most concise way to describe it (double vision looking into a fractured mirror might be another). My heart was pounding. Both gradually cleared and an hour later my family convinced me to go to the hospital (stupid to delay, I know, but I’m a guy and like to deny my own mortality).
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The headline is the story.
This morning A Time to Endure, Strengthen What Remains, book 2, was released in paperback, as an ebook on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo, and soon on iTunes.
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A new book trailer for the new book!
As part of the upcoming release of the second book in the Strengthen What Remains series, A Time to Endure, we have created a new book trailer. Earlier videos focused on the first book, Through Many Fires, but the new one covers both novels.
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I’m conducting two Goodreads giveaways.
My next novel, A Time to Endure will be released on December 12th and, as part of the celebration, I’m giving away ten copies of Through Many Fires and ten copies of Titan Encounter on Goodreads.
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Yesterday, Through Many Fires reached number one on the Kindle Science Fiction Military, Post-Apocalyptic, and Dystopian bestseller lists.
During that time, the novel was the number 28th bestselling book on Amazon Kindle. As I write this it is hovering around number 33. This has been the best week of sales since I began publishing my writing.
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Through Many Fires is again a bestseller, reaching #5 on the Amazon War Bestseller list.
What sparked the return to those lofty ranks is the upcoming release of the sequel, A Time to Endure. As part of the promotion we’ve lowered the ebook price of Through Many Fires to 99 cents…
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I usually avoid gatherings where writers read from their work.
I believe in my writing ability. I can draw the reader into the text and soon they hardly notice the words as they flow with the story, but when I read my own words I get nervous and often stumble. So, I avoid those kinds of get-togethers.
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I wrote the last words of A Time to Endure this morning.
Except for improving some word choices or clearing up a few sentences, the writing of the book is done and it is now in the editing process.
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My wife received this from Amazon the other day.
Even though she is not a big fan of the military science fiction genre, as my first editor, Lorraine has read every line of these books—multiple times. That’s why it was amusing when she received the email from Amazon.
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Beta readers are already working over most of the manuscript.
The majority of the writing is done. Now it is just tweaking the plot and editing. But there is still much to be done before the release of A Time to Endure, Strengthen What Remains, book two.
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The exciting saga of Major Caden Westmore continues!
We announced the release date for A Time to Endure on August 12th, and now just over a month later, it is available for Kindle preorder.
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Through Many Fires earned review number 200 on Amazon.
A reader named David left review number 200 on Sunday. The 5-star review for Through Many Fires said the book was “very entertaining” and the characters were likable. He also hoped that the book was not our future. Well, that is exactly the reaction I was hoping to achieve.
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I imagined the story as more than an audiobook with at least a female and male voice actor and even some sound effects. It would then be a hybrid, or as it is called in the industry, a multi-cast, more than an audiobook, but less than a full radio play.
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It’s nearly ready. The next book in the Strengthen What Remains series, A Time to Endure, is in the hands of beta-readers.
In the picture on the right I’m about to mail the first sixteen chapters of A Time to Endure to one of the beta-readers. In the upcoming novel, the exciting saga of Major Caden Westmore continues
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