Memorial Weekend Short Status Update

Just a short update to say I finished rewriting chapter 18 today of Built for Murder, which puts me 6 chapters ahead of my writing group for critiques. The new draft weights in at almost 60K+ words and 197 pages right now, so we’re doing just fine lengthwise.

Am also working on the finalized cover for Pirates of Misfortune. I’ve selected the final images and now it’s just a matter of combining them into something presentable. In an effort to blend in I went to Amazon and searched pirate stories to review their covers, to see what others were using to sell their stories and I have to say I was a bit disappointed in their choices. Seemed most of them think having a skull and/or crossbones somewhere on the cover makes it a pirate-themed book. I chose the other motif, a pirate chest. There, showed them.

Also, when I was looking for decent images for my cover I discovered that the number of Pirates of the Caribbean image ripoffs are beyond counting. Yeah, I know it’s a popular series just now, but come on, show a little imagination out there folks.

Am working on both An Angry Mountain and Storms on an Opal Sea (again, still, sigh) with renewed vigor as well. Am also plotting out the next Erich Rambles novel tentatively called Festival of Murder using a new character development technique I learned from Libby Hawker’s writing book called Take Off Your Pants.

Also, I’ve added a few excepts to my story pages to hopefully entice people into reading more, ahem I mean by purchasing them from any fine online ebook retailer that distributes them.

Finally, a sincere shoutout to all our veterans out there. While some chickenhawks think they can use you and then ignore you, know that there are many more of us who really respect and are proud of the service you performed for your country.

Semper Fi!

About lfrank

Now suffering in the hinterlands of Michigan while trying to transform myself into a fiction author. Don't wait up.
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