I'm staring at the Space Needle wondering how John Grisham did it. I'm told he wrote his first novel while working full-time in a law firm. His bio on his website confirms this information. I don't like 5 AM. I like this hour. Between 3:30 and 4:30 AM nearly the entire world is quiet. If anything breathes, or snores as the case may be, you hear it. The house pops and re-adjusts as it loses heat and your thoughts echo like tympani drums with each satin stroke of a key. That said, this hour is unreasonable by any sane intellectual measure. No civilized thought resides here in the dark, only the wild abandon of far more rational people than I dreaming away their day's problems. No, this is the hour of mad men heated beyond the polite conventions of society, wrestling dreams only slightly more tangible into being. This unsustainable, delicious hour has to be enjoyed as the rare treat that it is - with only th...
I had hoped to bang out pages on both the flight down and the flight back, but we had a plane change in Portland that really jammed my flow. The flight back was non-stop and I'm +600 words or so. I'd like to get back to it in a bit, but I'm going to have to sync the draft over from the iPad and I'm going to hope that I don't have any issues... In other news, I had some great conversations with my friends who run a web publicity company and it make me re-think how much effort I'm going to have to put into marketing the books when they are ready. There's no doubt that it's going to be a big job. I'm glad I'm starting early, as I'm going to need a media list to start pestering both pre and post launch. Possible marketing strategies include: Excerpts Art previews Book "trailer" Interviews ??? I've all ready been following like madman on Twitter and have cleaned up my online presence there. I have to remember to twee...
Starweaver's Retreat is currently #15 in the free section of Amazon Bestsellers Best Science Fiction category. There has been an amazing response to my free promotion and I appreciate every download. Thank you! I hope you'll enjoy the novel, and I would appreciate any encouragement toward finishing the sequels. As you may have guessed, I'm not writing full-time right now and my "day job" does require a lot of effort. Nevertheless, Starweaver's Dawn is progressing, and there are all ready some fantastic things happening in there. -Jeff
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