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February will be Jack Reusen Writathon Month

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Writing with pen on paperIn February I’ll be back to my daily writing totals from Nanowrimo because I’ve come to realise that the only way this whole writing business is going to work is if I actually, you know, write.

My final edit is almost done (something like a chapter and a bit left), all I can do is apologise for how long its taking and take on board what I’m learning for the other books I’ll be releasing this year.

Book two has four chapters drafted, I’ve planned out most of the plot and only one or two new characters will be joining Jack and the gang for this one (so not too much work to do there). It would be easy for me to get complacent with this, after all I’ve said that ‘Jack Reusen and the Spark of Dreams’ will be out in April. Just now that feels like a long while away but I can’t take that for granted.

I need to remember all these little mistakes I’ve made in scheduling the release of ‘Jack Reusen and the Fey Flame’. To be honest this post is as much for me as it is for you, it should hopefully stand as a reminder for me to leave a lot more time for revisions and cover design in future.

‘Jack Reusen and the Spark of Dreams’ will be out in April, I’ll be releasing another Jack Reusen book in September, and a mini book for Christmas (about 8 to 10 chapters). Keeping all of this in mind I should really be working on this solidly. That’s why I’ve decided that February is Jack Reusen month for me, just like I did with Nanowrimo I’ll be setting myself daily targets. As I go along I’ll blog about my progress and possibly even include the odd wee spoiler on here (really really minor ones mind you, I can’t let too much slip).

To anyone still waiting for the first book’s release, it is coming, slowly but surely, I promise it will be here soon. It will be out on kindle first. This is simply because I’ll need to figure out a lot of bits and pieces with the printers for the print edition, but I can handle putting together the digital edition myself.

To put a fire under my tail I’ll put out a deadline just now (I work well with deadlines) so I’ll say that the digital edition will, at the latest, be out next Saturday (24th January) and the print edition will be available just under two weeks later (provided all goes well with the printers) on Thursday the 5th February.

All the best, thanks for popping by and I’ll introduce you properly to Jack in just over a week, Cheers, John

Getting to know my characters

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Jack and FynnTonight I took a short break from editing to draw up some really basic ideas of what my characters look like, it was a weird experience. In my head I’ve got pictures of what they all look and sound like but it was a whole other thing to get them down on paper.

Jack and FynnThe only character who has any resemblance to someone from ‘real life’ (in my own mind at least) is Fynn the Eldar: the first Fey person Jack meets on his entry to Fey. All the way through writing I pictured Qui Gon Jinn (or basically Liam Neeson). I could even hear him speaking the dialogue I wrote for him as I wrote it, which was actually pretty distracting.

Other than that my characters seem to have come from nowhere. I know they’re probably subconscious amalgamations of loads of people I know but consciously I just don’t see a resemblance.

I’ll do some more character profiles soon, once I’ve got a better idea about how to draw these people who’ve been following me around inside my head since the start of November. For tonight that’s me but I hope anyone dropping by has enjoyed meeting Jack and Fynn.

Let me know what you think to the character page (and to the official Jack Reusen web site itself), I’d love to hear some feedback, thanks for dropping by, Cheers, John

UPDATE: ‘Jack Reusen and the Fey Flame’ is now available in both paperback and in digital format, click this link to pop over to the ‘books’ page where you can find out more about the book and get details on how to get hold of your copy. Hope you like it 🙂

Jack Reusen and the Fey Flame, beta testers

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wpid-imag1103.jpgI’ve got myself three wee ‘beta testers’ for the first book in the Jack Reusen series, my sons Logan and Alexander (who can be painfully honest at times) and their cousin Sophie. Over the next few days they’ll be letting me know if the Fey Flame does the trick, so until then I’ll just have to keep my fingers crossed.

In the mean time my attention has turned to artwork for both the digital and print editions. I’ve decided to keep things simple and try and capture as much of the feel of the book as I can. I’ll be putting together preliminary covers over the next few days and will get them posted on here.

Once the ‘beta test’ is complete the book will be sent to the printers and hopefully I’ll have a pile of signed copies available at Fun Junction (in Crieff and Perth, Scotland) sometime before Christmas (I’ll happily do a personally signed copy for you if I’m in when you’re there).

The digital (kindle) edition is basically ready and set to go off to Amazon, though it’ll need artwork attached too (we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I’m guessing having no cover won’t be a good move).

For anyone who has stumbled on this site at this early stage I’ll be uploading some sample text from the books, along with artwork etc. as I go, so if you’d like to find out more about Jack and his friends then please follow this blog or track me down over on twitter to keep track of new posts (or even just to have a blether).

UPDATE: ‘Jack Reusen and the Fey Flame’ is now available in both paperback and in digital format, click this link to find out more about the book and for links on where to get hold of your copy. Hope you like it 🙂