So Last year
I wrote a million words of various things, wasn’t easy, and in fact up until
the last week of the year there were doubts about if it was going to come
off...
But it did,
and I was left with five novels, a few hundred articles, and several dozen
short stories...
The
Challenge this year was to edit them into something resembling publication
worthy and then get them out, it turns out that editing is far harder than
writing the things in the first place, but I’m at a point where I’ve got two of
the novels good to go and I’m considering which one to put out there first.
To this end,
I need readers for their opinion, I’m sending out the first part of each book as
a tester, with a request of each reader not of a full critique, grammar check,
or anything like that. I just want to
know which one you found more interesting...
There’s
about fifty pages in both of the testers, enough to get into the story without
giving everything away, I can’t offer much in the rewards for this, all those helping
will get a mention in the book when it comes out and a copy of it as well. Those that know my writing know that I write
reasonably dark fiction, so both stories have an edge to them, not in the red
triangle category, but enough to get an 18 rating when the BBFC gets hold of
them...
The two
novels are:
The Shift –
In a world where soldiers can be killed a thousand times but only die once, the
walls of sector three have stood unbroken since the creation of the city, but
the enemy has changed, and now the wall is threatened by more than just the
threats outside. Leo 17, fights
alongside Johnny 3k, Once a Night Jones, and Dead Girl Gibson to keep their
home standing, despite the best efforts of those on either side of them.
World War
Wolf – The human race is over, the wolves ran faster and bit harder, those who remain
live in a world overrun with furry bastardry.
In the north, Laurentia Wyndham, a captain in the british army, leads
what remains of her garrison south to find the cause of the war. In the south, Weylyn, Once a man and now Alpha
of the London east packs, begins to question his role in the war and if any
part of him could still be called human.
All those
interested, mail me at john _ automatic @ yahoo . co . uk and I’ll send you the
copies out.
