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Mind in the Clouds - A suspenseful whodunit...where not all the suspects are human.

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Time Is Running Out - Both Offers End April 6

99-cent Sale on Half A Mind:  A dark, scientific thriller, direct from the pages of today’s medical research.
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Book Giveaway:  Mind in the Clouds:  A suspenseful whodunit...where not all the suspects are human. 
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My Extremely Succinct Response to the Question: Why Did You Become an Author?

Who would argue with a fortune cookie?

 

Book Giveaway

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99-cent Sale: Half A Mind

A dark, scientific thriller, direct from the pages of today’s medical research.

Enter coupon code RN34R at the Smashwords Store (click here).  Kindle, ePub, and other formats available.  Coupon good until April 6, 2016, when book 2 in the series will be released.

Mind in the Clouds Available for Pre-Sale Now

 

60 Days until Mind in the Clouds Release with 2.5 Versions…and Counting?

Time flies when you’re writing. 

By my countdown clock on Mind in the Clouds, I am just 60 days from its release.  And by the word counts on my various drafts, I have enough material for about 2.5 books.  Of course, every author writes and re-writes paragraphs, even chapters.  And on occasion, I save my drafts until I am certain which way I want to go.  But interesting to me, that word count I mentioned before includes two independent and relatively complete manuscripts.
 
I am not sure how it works for any other author; I am not even that confident that this is typical for me, as I am talking only about book 2 here, not number 27.  But, for the first two, I ended up with a couple of viable drafts even just weeks before going live.  Don’t misunderstand me, I am not talking about two different stories, but rather the same story, but with substantial differences in timing, emphasis, and tone.

I understand the source of my dual-manuscript predicament.  It is the result of my reluctance to show anything to anyone until I have a complete draft.  And that reluctance stems from the fact that, in lieu of an editor (whose services I can’t afford even if I could obtain one), I am taking advantage of my friends.  I know I need someone to tell me when the suspense has slipped away.  I know I need someone to say when I have gotten carried away with backstory.  And I know that, on occasion, someone needs to slap me upside my head when the psychological theory I quote is longer than the narrative.  But I can only abuse my friends so much, and that means, I cannot be coming back to them every month with a new chapter 2.

So, until I hit the big one (a best seller, not the lotto), I guess I’ll just be writing a couple of books for each one I publish.  And the night before it goes live, I’ll be sitting there at my laptop, finger poised over the submit button, debating, version A or version B…

Happy writing,
BmP