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Author Craft / Re: Author In Progress
« on: December 27, 2011, 03:06:31 AM »
I just finished and published my first novel, Waypoint, on the Amazon Kindle. The description I have is as follows:
Salem, a young orphan searching for his destiny, is faced with tremendous obstacles and staggering tragedies as he sets out for the northern city of Tsebb.
Con man Donovan Swan and his stoic friend, the monk Cale Farari, move to bustling Sandaria in search of fortune and adventure. They soon find themselves thrust in the middle of a power struggle between a corrupt political council, a brutal constabulary and an organization of killers and spies.
Basker is a retired soldier who has taken up handyman jobs in an effort to escape his violent past. But when his sister is brutally murdered, he embarks on a furious journey in an effort to track down the one person who knows who's responsible.
The lives of these four characters are set on a collision course with each other full of high risks, betrayals, assassinations, psycopaths, revelry, pit fights, gun fights, riots, dangerous women, and daring escapes. In the end, the decisions they make have far- reaching ramifications. Find out all of the explosive details in WAYPOINT by K. Jered Mayer.
It's 186,000+ words at only $6. Well worth your money!
Anyway, you can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006PBBKIY/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1324855892&sr=8-1
Writing it was a blast most of the time and a nightmare some of the time. It started out as a very basic idea and a slim outline. I ended up crafting a story that almost didn't resemble the original plan at all: some events didn't happen, some happened differently, some characters fate to die lived (and a few of those have become crucial characters), some who were supposed to live died. And chronology and consistency were a whole other story.
In the end, though, I'm satisfied with the finished product and so far I've had nothing but positive reviews from those who've read it. I sold 45 copies on .PDF form before it was published and another 19 since it hit the Kindle four days ago. I'm currently working on the sequel which has a much tighter outline and allows me to explore different sides of some of the characters and further fleshing out some ancillary figures from the first novel.
At least read the free sample. If you like it, give it a shot. And if you like THAT, tell your friends.
Salem, a young orphan searching for his destiny, is faced with tremendous obstacles and staggering tragedies as he sets out for the northern city of Tsebb.
Con man Donovan Swan and his stoic friend, the monk Cale Farari, move to bustling Sandaria in search of fortune and adventure. They soon find themselves thrust in the middle of a power struggle between a corrupt political council, a brutal constabulary and an organization of killers and spies.
Basker is a retired soldier who has taken up handyman jobs in an effort to escape his violent past. But when his sister is brutally murdered, he embarks on a furious journey in an effort to track down the one person who knows who's responsible.
The lives of these four characters are set on a collision course with each other full of high risks, betrayals, assassinations, psycopaths, revelry, pit fights, gun fights, riots, dangerous women, and daring escapes. In the end, the decisions they make have far- reaching ramifications. Find out all of the explosive details in WAYPOINT by K. Jered Mayer.
It's 186,000+ words at only $6. Well worth your money!
Anyway, you can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006PBBKIY/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1324855892&sr=8-1
Writing it was a blast most of the time and a nightmare some of the time. It started out as a very basic idea and a slim outline. I ended up crafting a story that almost didn't resemble the original plan at all: some events didn't happen, some happened differently, some characters fate to die lived (and a few of those have become crucial characters), some who were supposed to live died. And chronology and consistency were a whole other story.
In the end, though, I'm satisfied with the finished product and so far I've had nothing but positive reviews from those who've read it. I sold 45 copies on .PDF form before it was published and another 19 since it hit the Kindle four days ago. I'm currently working on the sequel which has a much tighter outline and allows me to explore different sides of some of the characters and further fleshing out some ancillary figures from the first novel.
At least read the free sample. If you like it, give it a shot. And if you like THAT, tell your friends.