I have completed editing on Dark Dimensions part 2. I am giving myself a few days without even looking at it, then I will go through it and ensure I’ve updated everything in it.

It’s been a rocky road over the last year or so, but we’re coming out of it. I have forwarded Dark Dimensions part 1 to a publisher, but have yet to hear back. I’ll see how they go with it.

I hope to have more updates soon.

Okay, my small update is that I have taken the next step to get Dark Reign finalised, including cover art.

I have to say, I haven’t been doing a lot – it’s been far too cold. I think Perth is going through an Antarctic winter. I don’t remember winter being this cold in a looooooong time. Fingers find it difficult to work but at least we get lots of cuddles from the cats – when they’re not in front of the fire!

I do have a quick update.

I have completed editing of Dark Dimensions Part 1 and am starting on Part 2.

I hope to have it finished very soon.

Once I have finished that I will move back to the third book – The Dark Road.

And then, back to the Consequences series.

Hopefully, there’ll be a change soon to various things.

Oh, I did find one great tool for Australian writers – the Australian Government Style Manual. It gives brilliant information on formatting, punctuation and grammar! It’s for Australians, though, so people from overseas may be confused by it at times. But that’s okay. If you’re not Australian and you want to read it, feel free to. Grow your mind.

Wow! Stormy weather here! Everything is going well.

I have about 70 pages of editing to do and then Dark Dimensions Part 1 is finished.

Will update better next week.

Amazon Update

Well, it looks like the books are not available on Amazon US anymore, so I have emailed Amazon Australia to get them to remove them from their site.

I will let you know when I’ve heard more.

Sorry about how short and sharp this post is!

Okay, so I heard back from Amazon. They are looking into taking the books down, so in anticipation of that, I’m going through Dark Dimensions before it goes to the editor.

I may also have a local cover artist, but I have also submitted Dark Dimensions to a local publisher. If I don’t hear anything back from them – up to 6 weeks – then I’ll be self-publishing with the new cover artist.

I’ll also be updating my page on Amazon with more information and, possibly, moving this over to Amazon. No decision has been made as yet, though.

On other news, I have started to make a synopsis for my ghost hunters story. So, stay tuned for that one.

Hopefully by next week I’ll have more news on the Amazon side of things!

I’m still waiting to hear back about the next stage of Dark Reign, but I’m sure it won’t be long.

I have been in touch with Amazon Australia asking them to remove the other three books so that I can republish under myself. Once that’s done, I will take another look at Dark Dimensions, Heart of Deception and Legacy of Risks and update them appropriately to reflect some changes I’ve made to an earlier part of Marek’s life and some rewriting of Dark Dimensions.

Stand by for more news as it happens!

Dark Reign has been edited and I have gone through the edits – marvellous job!

It is now with the proof reader for a final check over, then we’ll take the next step. Hopefully it will be out very soon.

Keep watching this space!

Oh, and I’m over the cold finally! Yay!

I’m sorry. This week I don’t have any insights or even questions or news. And this is late.

Unfortunately, my great friend became a carer and sharer last week and shared his cold with us all. Thus, I am trying to get over this.

Okay, I do have one question – why are colds (as in cold viruses) harder to get over these days? And, no, it’s not COVID-19. I did the test! 😀

Hope everyone else is well and hope to get over this in the next few days.

Dark Reign is still being edited but it’s getting closer to the end. So, while we’re waiting on that, I have been working on other stuff as well.

To keep you entertained, here’s another article on different things.

Settings

A lot of people do a lot of world building before they start writing. Now, there’s nothing wrong with that, but if you’re a pantser like me, then it can be frustrating. I like to get in and grow my settings along with the story.

I remember reading somewhere – don’t ask where, i can’t remember – that you don’t need to describe every feature of every scene. All you need to do is a few pointers.

Like, if it’s important to the story line, then put it in. Such as wall colour. If it’s written as “the wall was as red as blood”, then write that one of the walls is a red wall.

In Heart of Deception, I had a street lined with Victorian style houses – now, to me, growing up in Melbourne, that describes one of North Melbourne’s streets lined with single-fronted double-storey houses – but it can also have people, especially in Perth, visualise Federation houses lined up. The main thing is that both of those visions have tall, old trees in the front of each house, parading down a wide street like they’re in a street-lined park.

So, by saying a “row of Victorian style houses” I’ve said what I wanted. I’ve also (hopefully) pointed out that the other side of the street is commercial with all the taller buildings you can think of. As this book is still on Amazon Australia, i can make change to it to enhance that before its next release.

I hope that has helped someone in their writing and/or reading endeavours.