TDE Chapter 9 (first draft) is on the Sync server
Added 2021-05-02 07:42:35 +0000 UTCWelcome to May!
Down here in subtropical Australia, that means winter is approaching. Nights are cooling off and we probably have had our last over 30C day until late spring (that's October). The solar heater is keeping the swimming pool warm, but I we will probably turn it off next weekend after a last swim.
I have uploaded the first draft of Chapter 9 to the Sync server and attached them below - so please have a read and give me me feedback! Chapter 9 completes 'setting things up' for the Australian section of the book...which gives a hint about what else lies in store.
My plan is for about 21 Chapters, but as chapters are somewhat longer in TDE than in TMEA it looks like TDE will probably be about 150,000 words.
Sales of TMEA are trickling in - along with reviews, all of which have been 5* so far. I'm told by experienced indie authors that sales won't really kick in until TDE is published. It seems that readers are more likely to pick up books that are part of a series - which also provide more opportunities for marketing.
It looks like I will be able to get my first round vaccine shot in the next few days. We'll see - the vaccine roll out here in Australia had been a complete shambles, so it's just as well we have no community transmission of Covid. There have been a few cases 'escape' from quarantine by people working there getting infected and we've had the occasional snap 3 day lockdown while the contact tracers get on top of things. But we're heading into winter, which is the sort of weather Covid seems to like and the new variants all seem to be much more infectious.
Anyhow, take care of you and yours,
Robert
