First Light Updates

Hello again!

It feels odd providing updates on a book that I haven’t technically written a word of in 2+ months, but that’s not to say I haven’t been working on it!

I am almost done the first draft of my next book, First Light. Over 100k words have been written and the ending is mapped! There’s just one tiny little section I need in order to piece it all together. I think I’ve got it figured out, but it’s taken quite the white-boarding sessions to do so! Once that gets ironed out, the plan is as follows:

1) I’ll take this “Zero Draft” (a term I stole from NK Jemisin) and turn it into a draft that will be read by others, what I consider my Alpha Draft.

2) I will send that Alpha Draft to a small group of people for constructive feedback.

3) That feedback will be incorporated into the Beta Draft, and depending on how much change is needed I will either:

4a) Have that Beta Draft read by another group of people OR

4b) Send that Beta Draft to agents!

That’s the plan for this book this year. I’ve got some other writing projects stewing, but that’s for another time.

If you want to be a part of the Alpha or potentially Beta reading teams, please email me and let me know why you want to be part of the team. I do ask that you be familiar with my writing, having read at least one of my novels, preferably Land of the Elements, as I believe that is the best writing I’ve done so far and thus most closely resembles my abilities now.

I hope to share more about this project in the near future, as I’m really excited about this story.

Until then, happy reading! (In case anyone needs a rec, pick up The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin. Amazingly creative writing, winner of the Hugo Award, and just all-around a great book!)

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