Tag: publishing
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The Reason Book Four Ramifications
Is currently in my editor’s hands but won’t be editing it till probably next week.Bret’s back…or is he? He has a lot to unpack and a new threat is emerging. And everyone is recuperating from the moments that defined book three – Revelations.
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The Reason: Origins UPDATED!!
Hi all, at some point in the near future I’m going to combine Book Zero and Book one into one volume called Origins. this is the planned cover, it may change but I hope not You will still be able to get Book Zero and Tribe and family separately. Book one will be getting a…
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The Wait is Over!
Book three-Revelations (Paperback) is live. Hopefully, E-book and Hardback will be up today. Buy on Amazon
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Book Three is really…
Coming soon. Honest. Editor says it’ll be in my hands tomorrow, then I’ll see where we stand and announce when it’ll be available. Meanwhile get the FREE book zero PDF from the front page and/or read the FREE chapter two of Book three Revelations. Also accessible from the front page. Book Cover.
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Slow is smooth.
Hey Tribe.Book three revelations is an endeavor that I expected to be published already but here we are.Not published…yet.I’m performing my final read through to catch anything wonky before one last editorial pass.I’ve already found some errors and added some passages to improve specific scenes and overall story.I am, as of this writing, approximately a…
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The Reason: Book Zero
This story chronicles the 14 day period from the moment Bret, our protagonist drops his wife Jen off at the airport up to the invasion of America. This is in development and will initially be available only to subscribers when finished.
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Editor time!
Been working hard getting the first book ready for the editor. It goes to her today! I’m a little burnt on by ends. lol I haven’t done much more than that. Now I need to work on book two because it’s a little short in the word department, about 13k words. I believe. I wanted…
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Eyes Open Patriot!
Militia Flyer found on the battlefield and the streets of the dystopian America of The Reason Book series. Eyes Open!!!
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Book one, Prologue AND Chapter one Sample
New and improved – the pic above is the field in the story. Route 40 is above and rt 70 below. Boxed in. Bret and the boys are at the top of blue bordered field. Prologue Nashville, TN to San Jose, CA 05/24/24 The raindrops pelt the car’s roof. The sound reminds me of videos…
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Surviving
This isn’t a Rambo blood and guts routine!(The main character/protagonist, Bret Gordon, speaking to a reporter outside enemy-held Illinois.)“As a teenager, I loved Red Dawn, Arnold movies, and John J. Rambo.” “He was larger than life. Vietnam veteran, Ex-Special Forces (Green Beret), winner of the MOH.” “And those knives.” “The whole package they put together,…
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The lead up
Communist China takes its time and much pleasure in courting many of America’s loudest critics and opponents to join Team China. Their efforts are widely successful, becoming allies with the likes of Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Venezuela, to name a few. They’re also mending relations with other communist regimes like Cuba and the…
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Info Dumps
I am currently re-writing my first book! I felt that I was finished with it. Ready for an editor but one person’s review did it for me. I know he didn’t even read much. He probably didn’t even make it through the first page from how it sounded. All because of an info dump. Yup!…
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Accustomed to
After the world as you know it has turned to shit you start noticing things that you and you’re body is becoming accustomed to. America hasn’t quite completely collapsed. Free America is still running albeit a slimmed down version of the U.S., approximately 24-25 states. The State governments and Governors have miraculously pledged their support…
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Resist
In the Reason its humanity based. meaning an outside force, the Communist Chinese for example, wants to snuff out or change our fundamental ability to live or how we live as an American. The secessionist socialist conglomerates are the inside force actively trying to do the same as the outside force because they don’t think…
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Community
Will it be there when you need it? What is community? By definition 1. It’s a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Example, “the scientific community” 2. A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals. “The sense of…
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Google Maps!
When I first started writing I didn’t think too hard about the path that the protagonist would take. What route. Heck I’m a pantser not a planner. I write down ideas and start out with a rough outline of ideas for maybe the first so many chapters. Then I let the story take over. I…
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Keep moving forward
We creep forward, the tension in the air palpable. Rounds snap overhead, some uncomfortably close. The sound of bullets tearing through the air is unsettling, but you don’t stop. You keep moving forward, keep returning fire, or you risk becoming one of the fallen. I can feel the temptation to drop and curl up, to…
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Deciding to write a book.
I’ve never thought I would be in this position in a million years. In under two years, I have written almost five books. The fifth is nearly finished, and I started the sixth book this morning. Oddly enough, I haven’t even had my first manuscript edited professionally yet. I’ve edited it (multiple times), as did…
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Developing a story
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