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And I have a webpage *Smile* It will be expanded over time and the art designer for it did an amazing job *Smile*

https://davidstoneauthor.wixsite.com/davidstone
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I love your website. It is awesome.
Dave  Author Icon
Looking good!
Nuts ☮ Author Icon - Thank you, I was really stunned when Emma sent me the link and said it was ready.
Now available in paperback from Amazon.com *Smile*

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1067070206
Last of the print proofs arrived. Amazon took a little bit to sort, but life happens, I guess.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOtls-zqoq/
Posted a little about Beta Readers over on my Instagram. They are worth their weight in gold.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNHcbIfSQcs/
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My take is here: "20240522 ReadersOpen in new Window.
I saw your insta first. I did not know there are beta listeners. That is interesting.
Nuts ☮ Author Icon - Yeah more or less the same thing. Critique of track and mix is common before signing off on a project.
That moment when it hits you how much work you have left to go before the series is finished....
Three to finish writing in series one and five in the parallel series. Although, many parts are written out already as I have a habit of not working in any sort of liner fashion *Pthb*

Update and a little screenshot of Scrivener over on my Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/david_stone2535/
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Over on my Instagram page I have posted a sneak look at some of the artwork inside my current book. These are all original and no AI was used in any of the artwork.

There will be a full colour paperback and hardcover coming soon.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-7SmaS8Bv/
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Wow! The cover is gorgeous! *Heart*
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Book One now available from Amazon....

Print copies in another week as I had issues with the print copy (margins), but all fixed now. Hardbacks will go through Ingramspark just after the paperbacks. There will be a full color version in paperback out soon.

Also for the E-books, if you have a one that will do color there is quite a bit of color artwork through the novel.

Thanks all.

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FKVDH38H?crid=24SAH64GZY1AN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Xsc1...
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Congratulations, StoneHeart Author Icon!

ASIN: B0FKVDH38H
Amazon's Price: $ 5.00


You know you can just link your Amazon book here?

{Amazon:B0FKVDH38H}
Nuts ☮ Author Icon - No but I do now hahaha *Smile*

Thanks.
A very big thank you to Charls for the "Published" Merit badge *Smile*
Woke up today a published author. The book in E-book form is available Monday the 4th of August from Amazon.
Feels very odd honestly, and I am not sure I have quite processed that the first book is now finished and people can buy and read it.
There is a tag line in the book that says "Once The Never has you... It will never let you go." Sort of feel like that since I am working on book two... the rabbit hole just gets deeper it would seem.
Anyway...
Print copies will be available shortly.
PS: Judy Mohr's latest book is out, and I will be reading it... you should too.
https://judylmohr.com/books/dancing-in-the-purple-rain/
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Congratulations!!That is a great achievement!
Make sure to post a link to your own book once it goes live.
I have a little business repairing guitars and thought I would share this with you all.
It is the repair of an acoustic guitar bridge that has come off.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMrJRJQSP17/?img_index=1
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         We watched a How It's Made type show a few nights ago. Two of the items were electric guitars and acoustic guitars. I'm certain I could build fairly nice guitars myself. All I'd need would be a two billion dollar production plant and a few skilled workers.

         I seriously learned a lot. I understand a little about the types of wood needed and the importance of matching the grains. I wouldn't have what it takes to push the button to start the line to make another 1000 top quality guitars each day, but I'd love to learn the old ways to hand-craft a guitar. I have always admired skilled crafts-people who learned skills from their parents and grandparents.
Humble Poet PNG - but am I? Author Icon - I got my first electric guitar at age twelve and pulled it apart to see how it all worked. From there I learned how to maintain, repair, then build them over many years. This will soon be my main source of income on top of a little audio work as I just got informed my courses are closing at the end of the year and I am redundant. Sick of teaching anyway and have other things I want to do.
         StoneHeart Author Icon - I've always thought teaching would be a very rewarding occupation, but carries tremendous responsibility. When any other person makes a mistake, someone can correct it and that mistake has been rectified. When a teacher makes a mistake, it is multiplied by the number of people who are mistaught and multiplied again and again by the number of people they teach.
         You obviously have the necessary drives to be a great teacher. You seem unsatisfied with being simply told something, and want to know things for yourself from the inside out. One cannot teach what one does not know. The best way to know is by studying any subject from the inside outward. That's why I humbly believe that the ratio of great teachers to bad ones has been shifting toward 'bad' for a very long time.
Spent today taking stock of the insanity I am trying to write...
Writing one book series is a challenge for sure, and two even more so. But what about two parallel series, that must foreshadow each other, and have crossovers at mile points seen from opposing characters perspective and all match up at what should be book six in each series?
If this works it will be epic, and no chance to backout now even if I wanted to.

PS: it is working, just bloody complex to write so it is easy for the reader to follow and not actually have to read both book series at the same time. I am working carefully to make sure the reader can read either series so it works, and either series can be read without the other. Not a new idea I expect but never done it myself.

I may just be completely insane by the end of this 😛
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Wowee *Shock2* I thought I was going cuckoo while writing
 
Reflections Open in new Window. [18+]
Following a detective as he navigates life and family. 14 shorts inspired by a demo album
by Amethyst Angel 🌼 Author Icon

I must've worked out the timeline of Dan's life about fifty times, and it came out different every time *Pthb* It was the most delightfully exasperating writing experience I've had so far. I've never tried doing a series with the same characters before. It's the closest to a novel I've attempted.

Best wishes on your mammoth project *HeartT*
Wow! Thats amazing, you work really hard!
Well, this is it..... Final cover reveal.
Thanks to a little hiccup along the way the book is out on the 30th of August. E-book first followed by paperback a week or so later. Hardcover will be available in the new year as I want one myself hahaha.

Final cover and thanks posted here.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMZEETcyA89/
Not book related but.... Hmmm owning a BMW. You don't have a car, what you have is a diva with a bad attitude and a cocaine habit. It is not just an engine but a high-performance car with F1 lineage and the maintenance costs of a small private jet. But, in between the moment's it is bleeding your bank account dry with every gasket and seal, they are fun to drive.
Conclusion...? I think German engineers really hate humanity.
PS: The car is fine, I just totaled up the costs to get this N52-B30 working right.... I really should not have looked.
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StoneHeart Author Icon - we suffer the same writing ailment! I’ve got three — Drop, Flop and Plop.
StoneHeart Author Icon - I drove rental cars quite a bit, but the best I experienced was an Infiniti G37. I learned to hyperspace from airport to airport.
Brian K Compton Author Icon - Three is a good number, but seven is a bit insane. I am never without a cat close by.

And you drove a Nissan *Smile* Nice. I had a Silvia S14 until it got stolen and wreaked *Frown* Super fun car to drive and actually very easy to maintain. Lots of power for a simple 4 cylinder... oh, and stupid amounts of power.
Nine days away from book release... Kind of scary to be honest.
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Oh, that nervous moment when you hand another manuscript over for beta reading. I started "Queen of Ravens" about five years ago and it is not the story I originally wrote. I think this bit in the forward sums it up well. We all improve over time and only with experience do you understand how naïve one can be.

"Writing is not a linear experience or indeed, even a rewarding one at times, however the journey I took to complete this was quite rewarding in the end. “The Queen of Ravens,” was never supposed to be the epic it has become, or even more than one book. But as so often happens with things, they can take on a life of their own and run off into the sunset dragging you along behind. In truth the seed that would grow into this story arc was my very first attempt at writing... and as you can imagine it was bloody awful, and I tossed it in a folder and wrote other things. But in that first attempt I saw a glimpse of something else, something deeper. I still have that first draft idea hidden away, and it will never see the light of day of course, but I keep it as a reminder that even a rough draft can become something else."
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I saw the cover on Insta. Awesome, looked amazing!
WakeUpAndLive Author Icon - The Queen of Ravens one is simply a holding cover for now. I have an artist drawing up one *Smile* Something nice and original. She did the one for "A Memory of Empire" and it looks fantastic so happy to pay her for more work.
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