The Secrets of the Hearthwood audiobook is out!
I'm thrilled to be able to share the sequel to book 1 with you all. Read by Sean Hardisty once again and produced by Tantor. If you enjoyed the first book on audio you'll definitely love this as well. I'll be listening to it at the same time as you guys, and I'm definitely eager to hear what Sean and Tantor have done with the book.
Book 3 news
So, first the bad news; I'm about a month behind on book 3. Two reasons. 1) I came down with a really nasty case of the flu. As in a very terrible cold that had me dead tired and stuck in bed. I don't think I can remember ever getting it that bad before. Luckily the governor shut down work just as I was struggling to get some time off to get over my cold. I ended up spending about 2 weeks doing very light writing-related work, like taking notes, making outlines, and reading over people's novels (AKA, laying about and not writing).
But that's behind me now, which leaves me with the second reason I've been a bit delayed. The ending just wasn't coming together for me. It existed, but I didn't like it. So I've broken down and rewritten parts of the draft so I can bring in a few new characters and ideas that were initially reserved for book 4. I think I've finally cracked this nut. We'll have to see what the beta readers think.
Beta reader info
I'm nearly ready to release beta copies. I have several emails in my inbox (MarvinWhiteknight@gmail.com) asking to be beta readers. I'll respond to you all soon, but I definitely still have space. I just don't want to go through my emails yet. 100% of my efforts right now are going towards finally getting book 3 in beta-reader shape. I should have room for more people as well, so if anyone else wants to take a crack at an early ebook copy just let me know via my email. If you'd like to proofread, that'd be appreciated as well. I generally like to have proofreaders take copies one at a time, that way nobody (including me) is doing the same work twice. For the story stuff I can pull information from everybody at the simultaneously and likely won't need a second wave of beta readers unless I make huge changes.
