My last Marketing Monday’s post was a departure from the trend of posting excerpts from my published books. Instead I posted the opening chapter of a work in progress, tentatively titled “Technomancer”. This book will not have any explicit content, though it may have some romantic elements, so it is a departure from my prior works.
I’m hoping readers of this blog will respond to the chapter and let me know what they think. As of right now, the book is 30,000 words, so about one third written. I’m planning on finishing the first draft before the year is out.
Here are a few common questions I’m willing to answer at this point.
- What is the book about? Technomancer is a Sci-fi/fantasy novel that explores the intersection of magic in a high-tech world, or the impact of technology on a magical realm. As you can tell from this first chapter, it starts in a world of magic.
- Who is Elara? She is one of the main protagonists in the book. You may recognize her from my postings on character development. I used her character background as examples in those posts.
- What’s Malachi’s story? I think from this opening, it’s pretty obvious Malachi is the bad guy. In my writing to date, his character is still a little obscure, but his back story and patron god, Set, have a rich mythology that will get shared as the story unfolds.
- What’s the compulsion Malachi has placed on Elara? He has placed a geas on her to search out someone he needs to bring his plans to fruition.
- When will this story be published? I’d like to say later this year (2024), but realistically it will probably be sometime next year. I’ve been on a tear writing lately, adding 5,000 words or more a day, but I am not sure I’ll wrap up the first draft on time at that pace.
- Where will you publish it at? Given my findings on various channels and marketing efforts, I’ll likely publish via Amazon first and then possibly add channels.
- Will you have a “beta” reader program of any sort? Maybe. If readers here want to help me polish and refine the story before publishing, like and leave a comment. If I do a beta reader program, I will start with subscribers to this blog first.
- What would being a beta reader entail? If you become a beta reader, I’d ask you to commit to reading and providing positive and critical feedback on chapters, sections, and the overall book in advance of my publishing them. I would want to hear what you liked and what you would like to see improved on each item posted. beta readers that can’t or don’t provide feedback would be dropped. As I get closer to completing this work, I’ll post more about beta reading.
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