CE Savage: Blog

I was finally able to make progress this week despite yet another water issue at home (water line leak) and problems at work. I'm anticipating 33 chapters in this book so I'll start releasing chapters soon and I'm hoping that you in the SOL community will be as generous as you have been in the past as group proofreaders and editors. I now just have to come up with a cover design- which for me is always a chore. Stay tuned! And as always those of you that haven't read the Nexus series yet you can read them all at once here on Bookapy CE Savage. If you are looking for character pictures and more info about my writing you can get free content on my Kof site here: ko-fi.com/cesavage. You can even buy me a coffee there if you like!

Cheers,
Charlie Smith

I just wanted to give a shout-out to those who've chosen to support me via my Kofi page recently at: ko-fi.com/cesavage or on Bookapy https://bookapy.com/a/132/ce-savage.

Your support is priceless, not because of the dollar amount but because of the faith you have in my writing. Every step, no matter how small, is a step to the day when I can be a full-time writer!

Cheers,
The Savage AKA Charlie

FYI those who are waiting on Book 3 Nexus-Evolution I've been able to clear a little time on my schedule and I've completed Chapter 24. Whoohoo! I'm planning to begin releasing draft chapters here as soon as I get to Chapter 30 so hopefully it won't be too much longer!

Cheers,
Charlie

Hi readers, I'm still a little time-constrained with writing at the moment, but I did manage to finish Chapter 20. My real job has been on the line so it's been late hours and weekends for me. Maybe someday I'll be able to do this for my sole support, I know I'd like nothing better!

Anyhow it was a fun chapter to write because I got to reintroduce a character from the first book who is based on a real-life person that was a mentor to me in my career as a Marine. Anyone familiar with the story of Carlos Hathcock the famous Marine Corps Sniper in the Vietnam era will likely have read his name. I won't spoil it but there should be enough clues in the first Nexus book to identify him. One hint- the character is named differently but the name itself is a clue to the true identity. I'll give a free advance copy of the third book out to anyone who guesses it.

Don't forget you can get free story pics and background (and maybe buy me a coffee) on my Kofi site: ko-fi.com/cesavage. Of course, you can also support my writing on Bookapy at CE Savage

Hi all, I just found out my new job is once again in jeopardy. Working in tech sometimes really sucks, especially as you get older.

Anyhow I'm putting in extra hours trying to stay on so it's been slow writing on the Nexus Book 3 - Evolution front. I have nearly completed Chapter 20 so that puts me over halfway. I am planning on releasing chapters here once I get to Chapter 30.

Don't forget those of you who haven't seen it yet, you can view free character illustrations and get some more sneak peeks (and maybe buy me a coffee) on my Kofi site: ko-fi.com/cesavage. Of course, you can also support my writing on Bookapy at CE Savage

Here's a teaser from Chapter 12 and a question. How does Joe keep getting out?
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Joe paused. There it was again. A low keening sound. It sounded like maybe an injured animal or maybe a child or a woman. He couldn’t tell and visibility into the dark brush line along the county highway was next to nothing on this dark, nearly moonless night.

Joe had awakened inside his cozy barn knowing that something was wrong, that someone or thing needed his help. His first thought was to alert the security patrol but he was a little wary of setting those people off. They took their jobs very seriously and would undoubtedly wake everyone up. But he couldn’t ignore it either, Joe knew to listen to his feelings. This one didn’t seem to be related to any immediate danger. So he found the closest door, nudged it open (Ben didn’t even try to keep him contained anymore), and made his way down the long graveled driveway onto the quiet county road turning left towards town.

Twenty minutes later he was about 2 miles away from the ranch and felt very close to the source of the alert, but where was it?

There was a rustle in the leaves to his left just under a clump of vine maples and then a sobbing sound. Joe approached as softly as he could. It was a woman! She was scratched and bleeding everywhere.

“Joe is that you?” the woman said.

Joe nickered in response as he made his way closer. He could tell that the woman wouldn’t be able to ‘hear’ him but maybe she would understand that he understood her. What was he going to do? He didn’t have any way to help her. He could run quickly back and summon help but he sensed that this woman needed someone with her now. Her wounds were more than physical.

“Oh, Joe thank God! Can you help me get to the ranch?” said the woman.