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Writing Update: Fun Facts

Well, I did it.

I’ve finished the 2nd draft of the sequel to Daylight Hours!

This is where all of the grueling editing, proofreading, editing, and more proofreading comes in.

Last year I self-published Daylight Hours and now it’s time to build the paperback and ebook editions of the second book in the series. My writing style has come a long way in the past year and it was a lot of fun writing a sequel. Kris Grant is a character I enjoy writing as and for a writer, that’s one of the greatest feelings in the world. It’s always a good thing when your work doesn’t feel like work.

I don’t want to give too much information on the second book just yet, because the second draft is far from what the finished book will look like. I will say this though. If you read the first book and enjoyed Kris Grant’s sarcasm and whit, then you’re going to appreciate the second book. I’m self-publishing the Kris Grant novels. This may be the only time in my life when I have complete creative control without an editor or a publisher stifling my writings and editing me to appeal to the masses. I wrote the second book knowing that I wasn’t going to hold anything back and it brings positive elements to the novel and gives me a freedom that I think shows through the writing.

Self-publishing a novel is one of the most stressful, demanding, time-consuming, exhausting work that I’ve ever done and I love every frustrating minute of it.

Kris Grant will be returning in a whole new novel Summer 2012.

Fellow FAU Students, Apologies…

I am going to be on the Boca Campus of FAU today handing out flyers for my book to any and all students who are interested.

If you visit the website, check out the FREE Sample Chapters of Daylight Hours as well as my short story, So Beautiful.

Thank you for any and all support.

I Got Blisters on These Fingers

I sat down to edit a few minutes ago, stopped and looked up to see that it’s been three hours and my lower back hurts.

So two things are obvious: I have no concept of time and I have poor posture…

The editing is coming slowly but surely. The second book in the Kris Grant Series is much larger than the first one. Everything is already set up, so it’s just a matter of telling the next story and expanding on characters and the setting of South Florida in this world. I’m really excited for this book to come out. I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback lately from people reading Daylight Hours and I can’t wait to hear what they think about book numero dos.

No matter what, the next book in the series will come out this summer. I’m taking 3 of the 4 classes I need to graduate from FAU and I don’t care if I fail them all if it means getting the second book edited, re-edited, re-edited some more, and then published.

Kris Grant returns the summer of 2012. Just in time to read the book before the world ends.

…I couldn’t help myself. Now I’ve hopped aboard the “end of the world” marketing train. Hell, if NBC’s doing it, I might as well give it a shot. Nothing boosts sales like Armageddon.

DAYLIGHT HOURS

Book One of the Daylight Hours Series is finally up on Amazon.com as an eBook for only $5.99.  The first few chapters of the novel are available on the official website for free. So preview the novel and meet the Vampire, Kristopher Grant, as he tries doing what he does best; survive.

 

Daylight Hours

Click here to download the eBook for your Kindle Application.  Don’t forget, Kindle can be downloaded to your Mac and PC computers, iPad, iPhones, and other formats so that you can download and read Daylight Hours from anywhere on your digital library.