Sorry that I’ve not been very active on my website or elsewhere these past couple of weeks; I have been completely absorbed by ‘The Delamere Dilemma’ and finishing the first draft. This is now done, and I have given it the ‘quick read’ treatment. In other words, I have blasted out 170,000 words of draft one, and then sat and reread it in four sittings to ensure the flow of the story and to find any holes in the plot. Some of the writing needs some work (I have gone for two similar transition scenes, so one will have to change), and I think everything is consistent, and there are no loose ends. Mind you, there are three stories in one, and all related and tying up with things that happened in Deviant Desire and after back in 1888 and 1889, so there was a lot of back and forth between published books and the facts in them, and this manuscript.
Now, I need to crack on with the second draft while Neil beta-reads this one for me, though with summer working, his time is more limited than it was in winter. However, I am still aiming to have the book out by the end of July. I shall keep you informed.
Meanwhile, if you didn’t see the newsletter this month, you might have missed the few promos I am involved in. You’d have thought I’d do more for June, being Pride Month, but I never really got around to signing up for many, and one or two of the ones I did join only have a few books. However, the other indie authors taking part deserve my mentioning them, and I am pleased to say that every promo opportunity I now see on Book Funnel clearly states, ‘No AI.’ That means not in the text, blurb or covers. Using Photoshop and hiring an artist is fine as it always has been, but I’d never use AI to create something out of nothing. I have used it to make covers move, as in the case below, but that’s it.
Anyway, I shall now take a day off before starting again on ‘The Delamere Dilemma’ (Which should be plural as the cast come across more than one dilemma in the story), and I’ll pop back with updates now and then. Meanwhile, take a look at this promo:
Get Your PRIDE On!
Here’s a listing of 52 hot LGBTQ titles on a BookFunnel promo that might be of interest. Hockey players (still the hottest thing it seems), jocks, average guys, romance, fantasy, mystery, there is plenty of variety here.
