Hello Folks!
First
off, continued thanks to all of you for your support. Waking Up Dead continues
to sell better than I had hoped, and the feedback continues to be amazing. I’m
excited that all of you have enjoyed reading the story as much as I have telling
it.
Book
Two continues to move along at a good solid pace. I’m excited about the turns
the story has taken. Our favorite group of dead souls find themselves in ever
increasing trouble as Thomas and Cho try to figure out how to continue their
job without the leadership they assumed would be there to guide them. Meanwhile
the other surviving members of the society try to figure out how to navigate a
new realm where the rules they had long mastered no longer seem to apply.
My
current goal is to have it ready for a November release, though I’ll solidify
that date as we move closer. I’m writing the last 10-15% of the book now, and
want to make sure I get it right. I’ll then do a read through and set of edits
myself before I start turning it over to some of my beta readers for feedback.
While it’s still a few months away, I can let you know that it does have an
official title. Book Two will be known as “The Glacier of Gods and
Monsters”. Those of you who read book
one may remember references to the Glacier, and it will play a very important
part in the second book, as more of its secrets (and those of Thomas, Brother
Coughlin, Jack and the rest) slowly come out into the open.
One
more thing. Those of you who completed book one probably remember the scenes
where Jacob and Heather fought a rogue soul in the form of a djinn. Originally
I wrote that as a stand alone short story, but I felt it added depth and
insight to characters that would play a fairly big role in book two, so I
decided to work it into Waking Up Dead itself.
I
mention this because I wrote a second short story, and while its characters may
eventually appear elsewhere, it doesn’t lend itself quite as well to being incorporated
into the primary series like the earlier one did, so look for it to be released
digitally as a stand alone short story in the near future. It’ll be called “The
Safety of Sunflowers”, and it’s in revisions now. Once I get final feedback
from a few beta readers and do final revisions on it, I’ll let you know how you
can get your hands on it.
Keep
reading, and I’ll keep writing! Enjoy!
-Zabe
