Late Progress Report

Greetings to everyone and apologies for skipping the post last week. I had a medical screening last Monday and the preparation over that weekend took up my time among other things. I’m on my feet and finally sharing my post. Not all of my posts will be about progress as I intend to share more fictionalized posts that get into my newest books and series, but today I’m sharing some of my progress.

The week before last, I had an interesting run after dark that got me thinking about plot, setting and much more. It lead to quite a bit of ideas for RM regarding additional content to complete the first book. These ideas added a better understanding of the construction of the first three books and how this first book will read. In the process, I also got to know some characters a little better so I have more to go on even if the reader doesn’t know the information upon publication. It’s all part of filling in the blanks I left for myself while writing the first draft.

Additionally, I’m starting to put some pieces into place that will allow The Bow of Hart Saga to be released in print this year. My hope is to complete that soon. It should allow me to meet some goals of getting out to a least one convention this year and possibly make some stops at libraries too. It should also make it easier to at least make the books available for order through bookstores for print copies too. My hope is to make more direct contact with readers in the future and learn a bit more about selling print since the next two series will launch with print in mind.

Everything is still a much slower process than I’d like but maybe I’ll build a bit of momentum early this year. I can actually say that I feel better physically than I have in years so my energy for launching these books and going into print is better than ever before now. I’m excited about the year and the possibilities as I work to make a few more things happen.

One really fun development this week was someone asking for digital autographs for all three books in The Bow of Hart Saga via Authorgraph. Not many people use this service to inject an autograph into their digital copies so it’s exciting when someone asks. If you’re interested in one, click that link to my author page on the site. The opportunity for a book-signing or two this year is one reason for going to print since I really want to meet readers in person and Authorgraph is another way of meeting readers.

Thanks for reading today. Please leave your thoughts and questions in the comments section and I’ll respond as soon as I can.