Joy, Joy: The Revenge of Excalibur is finished
I’m proud to announce that the 2nd book in the Excalibur saga has finally been submitted to my publisher for publication. YEAH!! I’m hoping it will be out in June, which will be 1 1/2 years since The Secret of Excalibur came out.
The Revenge of Excalibur was a real challenge, as most of the outline had been lost over the years. I really didn’t know if I could ‘write’ all the parts that were missing. But I did, and it came out really well. This one feels more like my baby than any of the other stories I’ve published. I eel like I’ve really grown as a writer.
Now that I’m done with the 2nd book, I can focus all my attention on the next one. I’m currently on Chapter 5 of the 3rd book, so, if you haven’t read the 1st one yet, now’s the time.
Speaking of the 3rd book, I thought I’d share parts of the first three chapters. These are still in rough draft form, so please excuse any misspelled words or wrong punctuation.
KARRIN: Warrior Child
Chapter One
The Year 2516 – Planet Earth – London, England
It is darker than the others, but it has me intrigued. I’m looking forward to, reading The Revenge of Excalibur too. Well done for finishing it.
I’ve just finished another book too. Not one of the Wolves. I’m putting it aside for a few weeks before the editing process. Don’t know when I’ll be submitting it to my publisher yet, but it was the first part of this one that got me my contract.
Congratulations! I didn’t realize you had a publisher. Is it a trad one, or a smaller press?
Hi, Sahara.
It’s with a small press. Several other authors I have been talking to are also with them. Re-release of the paperback version of the Wolf Pack is coming up soon.
I liked your series. What I did not like was the hero dieing and becoming part of the spaceship. I am happy you did not totally kill Arthur and daisy off, but this is just fractionally better. Authors spend a lot of time and energy developing a character the reader can identify with on an emotional level. When the hero gets killed off that is just depressing. I am retired and average reading three to four science fiction books a week. Killing off the hero in a story is the fastest way to make it to my list of authors that I do not read. If, I wanted to be depressed I would read about teen age suicides or the 2016 presidential race
I’m glad you enjoyed the series, and i’m sorry you didn’t like what happened to Arthur and Daisy. Yes, author’s spend a lot of time developing their characters, and readers get invested in them, but they are also the ones telling the story. Pamela is actually the hero of this story, and it would not have been the same at all if Arthur and Daisy did not become a part of Weesa. It may be bittersweet, but they have evolved into what they need to be farther down the road. Thank you for reading my book.