Charly Young: Blog

First of all I'd like to thank those folks who sent me notes of appreciation for my Keeper stories.
I'm a slow writer and a compulsive rewriter. I've probably redone both books four or five times. I grew up on guys like Louis LaAmour, robert heinlan and Keith Laumer so I tend to cut and cut some all the while hoping I'm getting the chaff not the wheat.
I've gotten some comments about my chapters being too short. Perfectly justified--they are short. Most thrillers run 40 to 50 chapters. That's the way I organise the story. Unfortunatly that tends to frustrate folks who read them in serial form. That's not an apology just an explanation.
Anyway, I'm working on the third book and hoping I can get the dang thing down in a year this time instead of two.

Hello All,
I have submitted the first chapter of the second book of the Keeper chronicles. I plan on posting twice a week. Not sure what days yet.
I'd like to give a special thanks to my beta readers Alan H and James M for thier help and advice.
I sure hope you enjoy it I sure enjoyed writing it. (mostly)

I have finished the second book in the Lachlan Quinn Series. Its title is "The Keeper and The Dragons"
It's available on Bookapy and Amazon. I will start posting chapters here on Saturday

Happy New Year all. I find myself 6 months behind my self imposed deadline on the second keeper book. I offer no excuses but do apologise for breaking my promises to deliver. I'm almost through with book 2 and hope to deliver it soon. (I've found to my chagrin that Second Book Syndrome is alive and well in my psyche.) I've got a solid outline, the cover and the title "The Keeper and the Dragons"-- most of the story is set on the other side of the Fremont Thinning in Oldtown.

Hi everyone, Just thought I’d drop a note and give an update on my next installment to The Keeper. I’m about three quarters of the way through Keeper Two (I have no idea what the title will be) and I have an awesome editor helping me. I have some momentum now and I fully expect to be finished by summer. I honestly thought I’d have the second book completed by now and well on my way into the third, but I now know the old story about authors having issues writing their second book is a real thing. Thanks to all of you who have been patiently waiting for me to get off my ass.
Charly