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Thanks to everyone that read it and especially those that provided feedback. I take most of what is sent and use it to become a better writer.
Book 2 will be out in the fall. Between now and then I will post two stories. One will be a sword and sorcerer book about a third son. Then the second one will ramp up the naughty about a boy who discovers his father owns a porn empire...
For updates go to my website.
G Younger
I consistently get three questions.
1) Why shorter chapters?
2) Why third person?
3) When the hell is A Better Man II being released?
1) Short chapters work if you read the whole thing at once or if you only read once per week (if it bothers you). It allowed me to focus on one major point per chapter instead of having to keep writing to fill another x number of pages, which seriously slowed down the writing process. So the chapters dropped from 20+ pages to 7-10.
2) I did third person for many reasons that deal with learning to write, allowing more flexibility in storytelling (you've seen what Cassidy is really thinking and his coaches, etc. In first-person David had to guess, which meant the reader doesn't know either), and was how I first intended to write the story but had to wait until SB was done.
The only real difference between First- and Third-person is how you refer to yourself. First-person is the point of view where the speaker refers to him or herself. Third-person is the point of view where the speaker does not.
The change to third-person is a stepping stone to a floating narrative, which I am using in a new book called The Valley. It allows for the point of view to change from person to person within a chapter. A scene ends not only when the setting (In the next room…) or time (Two weeks later…) changes, but also when a character's emotional arc ends. So I insert a line break and change POVs when one character's arc ends and another character's arc begins, even though the setting and time might continue from the previous scene.
Note that you have to know who is talking or when you refer to 'I' or 'me' you're left scratching your head. I have too many characters in my stories to pull that off.
3) I wish I knew. The plan was to have the next book cover a full year. Then my stupid muse said 'hell no we have to dive down and not jump ahead.' He or she kept coming up with ideas that had to be put down on paper before I lost them ...
The good news is that one of my editors says that ABMII is the best book of all of David's stories. What's not to like when he gets to be Ian Bond?
As of now, it looks like ABMII will only cover the summer (or I won't be done with it until this time next year, and it will be longer than War and Peace).
As of right now, I don't have a good answer as to when it will be ready. My unrealistic goal is January ... but it might be May. Let's hope for somewhere in between.
I will send out an email when I know something. I will also post it on my website.
Thanks
G Younger
My new series, A Better Man, first posting was today. These are shorter chapters so I will be posting three times a week Tue/Thur/Sat.
Book 1 jumps forward in time for the start of college.
Book 2 is a third done (35 chapters so far) and will start posting on SOL next summer (Once 1 and The Third Son are done posting).
G Younger
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