Saturday, November 11, 2023

Finished...for now. Many thanks!

Well, after just over a year, I've completed the Relentless Blades...for now. I want to give special thanks to all those who were instrumental in supporting me along the way.

My beautiful wife, Stefanie

My sister, Julia

My beta readers: Randy Castro, Dave Dolliver, A.S. Hardin, and Addie Olds.

My editor, Robin Connelly

My proofreader, Dave Melbye

Darran Hight for his fantastic Vragoth artwork

It takes a village to raise a novel. It's been a long journey and took ten edits to get the story where I wanted it, but I'm happy with how it turned out. I can honestly say it's the best I can do and I consider it finished. I only leave it open to more edits should it get picked up by a traditional publisher and they have their editor take another crack at it. Should I not be successful in traditional publishing, I'll be content releasing it as-is.

I now begin submitting it to publishers and/or agents. Wish me luck! In the meantime, time for a little break to decompress, then it's on to planning the sequel.  

Outline Breakthrough!

 As detailed in my last post, I've really been struggling with the sequel for Relentless Blades. I'm very much a "plotter"...