Month: July 2016

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THE CATALYST – First Draft Complete

I wrote the final words to THE CATALYST’s first draft moments ago. This is mostly due to me writing over 1,900 words in one night which is crazy. I think I went through a time warp or something.

Revisions start immediately, from page one to the end, and will be completed by mid-September. That’s almost two months I have to really make this book shine! Then it goes to the editor so she can rip it to shreds. And set it on fire. Then throw it into a black hole. And when it comes out of that black hole I’ll be like, “What is this, a book? Oh, I’ve read this before but it was kind of crappy. Now it’s pretty darn good. Who wrote this? OMG I DID.”

Progress of THE CATALYST
First Draft: Complete! (102,494 words)
My revisions: Just started (0% complete)
Professional editing: Not started
Proofreading: Not started
Formatting: Not started
Final proofread: Not started
Cover art: Not started

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THE CATALYST Update – July 24

I’ve just started the second to last chapter in THE CATALYST. This will probably be the last update before the final draft is complete. A lot of scenes need to be fleshed out, especially the ones in the last few chapters. In order to overcome my fear of writing the end I stopped taking the time to write my best and just started pounding it out. The progress has been great: 12,383 words since my last update. In those 12,383 I wrote a scene that’s going to make all of Christian’s fans weep. Sad tears? Happy tears? Hmm. And I’m pleased to report I did not weep while writing it.

…What? STOP LOOKING AT ME I JUST HAVE SOMETHING IN MY EYE *runs*

Progress of THE CATALYST
First Draft: In progress, about 98% complete (99,068 words and counting)
My revisions: Not started
Professional editing: Not started
Proofreading: Not started
Formatting: Not started
Final proofread: Not started
Cover art: Not started

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THE ALIGNMENT Moves to the Next Round in SPFBO!

The Alignment - 3DSix out of thirty books are moving on to the next round in The BiblioSanctum’s assigned group of Self-Published Fantasy Blog-off (SPFBO) contestants, and THE ALIGNMENT is one of them!

Talk about a great surprise and an honor mixed with a heap of unworthiness. There are so many awesome looking books in that group of thirty. I’m in serious disbelief THE ALIGNMENT was chosen to be in the top six.

Check out The BiblioSanctum’s mini-reviews of the twenty-four. And please send THE ALIGNMENT some luck, it’s going to need it!

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Penned Con Pre-Order and Giveaway

If you’re coming to Penned Con 2016 this September and would like to pre-order my books so you’re sure to have a copy in case I sell out, please fill out this form and I’ll invoice you via PayPal. All books to be picked up by you at Penned Con in St. Louis (September 23-24).

I have six tickets to Penned Con 2016 that are free to the first six people who click. To try for a free ticket, click here then select “2 Day Ticket: gives you access to full day book signings, panels, workshops and keynote speakers ($35.00).” If you’re one of the first six, you’ll see “CAMDEN discount applied.”

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Recommended Reads: VENGEANCE ROAD by Erin Bowman

vengeance_roadVengeance Road isn’t just one of my favorite books of this year, it’s one of my favorite books of all time. I read it in three days and I have no idea how–I don’t have enough spare time in two weeks to read a full book. But I guess it helped that this one was simply glued to my face. I couldn’t get it off.

Incredibly immersive and real and the dialect was dead on–the Western flavor was heavy but somehow also very readable. Maybe it helps being American and from Missouri. I know it’s not the West, but we do have cowboys here if you know where to look. :)

I loved every character, even when they broke my heart. I was rooting for them even when they were being stupid. And this book has one of my biggest pet peeves with books, especially YA books, yet I forgive it.

I only have two regrets. One, that I read it so rabidly and at times in such short bursts (elevator rides, waiting in short lines, etc.) that I didn’t fully enjoy it. And two, that it was YA, because I so wanted to see some more smoochin’.

Many thanks to the author for making this book actually about vengeance instead of about learning not to be vengeful. Sometimes we just want to see the heroine blow a bad guy’s head off. That’s not a spoiler because it happens in the first chapter. :)

This book is gritty, so beware. But it’s not at all graphic. If you can take the violence and death in my books, you’ll love this one.

Right now it’s only $2.99 on Kindle!

VENGEANCE ROAD by Erin Bowman
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