All Writing is Rewriting and Rewriting and Rewriting

Since my last post I have reworked Time Swerve Terminal significantly.  I received helpful feedback from my main beta readers which has lead me to re-evaluate the structure of the novel. Time travel stories, in my opinion, need to have a strong structure in order to sustain the moving back and forth in time. With TST I have attempted to make the time travel element not just a conceit or a convenient plot device but a inescapable element of the story. Inescapable for the main characters and the world portrayed as a whole.

I have cut some clunky scenes and added new material that helps clarify the main thrust of the narrative. These changes require that I go through the whole of the book several times over to make sure the changes all hang together as a coherent and, I hope, compelling story.

I find that every time I make a prediction as to when the rewriting will be complete, I then encounter another point in the story that begs for new focus. As such, I will say at this point that my goal (not a prediction) is to have TST ready by December.

Delay, Apology and Next Book

I have not released "Time Swerve Terminal" yet because I stumbled across an opportunity to have it checked over by another source, an experienced proofreader of science fiction who happens to live nearby. I meet with him on Wednesday and I'm sure I will take time to go through his feedback on the book. This will set the release back to sometime in October. I apologize to those waiting for it.

Since finishing TST, I have been working on my next book. The working title is "Familiar Monsters." It is about a five people who comprise a dream study group and the strange things that happen to them and their town of Fort Morgan. I have found my writing style adapting as I write FM. It has taken a turn more towards fantasy with a touch of magical realism. This, of course, is how the rough draft is right now and could possibly change (though I think it won't) by the time I publish it.

All for now. Updates will come in mid-october.

Title Change

Due to there already being a book with the title "Seeds of Memory" on Kindle/Amazon, I have changed the title of my soon to be released book.

The new title for the book is "Time Swerve Terminal."

The manuscript is currently out to my editor and I am working on ideas for the cover. I have a come up with a few options am mulling over which one to go with.

I'll post again when details of the release are more definite.

Thanks