Hidden Mountain and the Future

Manuscript returned from The Editor. Humbling. She’s the real deal. No punches were pulled. I have a lot of work ahead of me to get this story into a readable state. I’m going with the notions that The Editor is just that good and I’m not just that bad.

When Hidden Mountain was edited, the big takeaway was working on writing from my main character’s perspective and not to branch out into descriptions of things she wasn’t actively seeing.

Today’s takeaway seems to be: Stop holding back. There’s a big world here and the reader needs to damn well see it.

The other big takeaway is that Hidden Mountain is NOT ready for primetime. So I did something bold and pulled it. If you bought it, thank you. Congrats. You’ll be holding onto a rare book that’ll be priceless someday. Your support was invaluable. It got me off my ass and motivated me to take the next step. You folks got me serious, showed me that I have something here. And all I can promise is that the next version of the story will be amazing!

So what am I doing?

Currently I’m drinking some good wine thanks to my longtime friend, Paul at Bottivino. I’ve always been a fan of wine. But now I’m drinking good wine. And I’m learning a thing or two in the process. He’s been sending me some selections that are both surprising and in line with my own unique tastes. And it’s nice to say that I have a ‘wine guy’. Paul’s a sommelier and he really has a passion for wine, and for educating folks.

Check him out!

What else am I doing?

Writing this post because it’s been a while.

But more specifically:

Hidden Mountain and the manuscript currently called Azure’s Dream will be combined. HMountain will be expanded. I’m in the process of doing that now. Azure Dream will ben heavily worked over. Both stories—now one, will go to my editor to be beat into submission. I’ll continue to drink wine and pay the editor and work on Book 3, which will now be Book 2. Eventually, I have successfully written the next Harry Potter and I’ll have ya’ll to thank for it.

In the meantime…

I set up a Patreon. You can find it HERE.

If you find value in my work, or feel like sending some good karma my way, please feel free to subscribe. I’ve got some ideas in the way or perks, and I’d love to engage with you folks. Anything you feel like giving will help motivate me to keep doing it. I’m not looking for money, just motivation.

Thanks!