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Fair notice: I'll be removing my books from Bookapy this weekend. I'm going to take a long look at them and see if I can improve them before republishing.
Jack Knapp.
No idea what went wrong; yesterday, I submitted Hybrids to Bookapy's moderators. Got the message it was in their hands.
But this morning, when I checked I found a notice to complete the process. The manuscript upload apparently didn't happen, but I resubmitted it a few minutes ago. I'm wondering now if something's wrong with the file?
If so, I'll find out sometime today.
Whew! It's obvious that I've forgotten a lot about how to publish a new book!
But Hybrids, the 8th and final book in the New Frontiers Series, is now in the hands of Bookapy's moderators.
Thanks to Pixel the Cat for assistance! It's really nice, finding a new editor. He won't take the place of my previous editor, PC Bondsman, nor should he. Together, he and I will form a new partnership!
No promises, but I've got the essential elements of a new novel kicking around in my head, so retirement may have to wait awhile.
And a special thanks to all the readers who wrote to me after my previous post!
Simple fix; The Trek is now retitled.
It was on Bookapy, but now it's listed as The Trek: Book Two, The Darwin's World Series.
My apologies for the confusion.
I publish elsewhere as Jack L Knapp, a fairly open secret by now. Graysapien is the pen name I chose when I decided to try writing fiction, in May of 2013.
I was 73 years old, bored because I was forced to remain close to my terminally ill son in case he needed me. It happened occasionally, but working in my shop with noisy saws, lathes, routers, etc, was definitely out! Combat Wizard was the first, and for a while I was also writing Darwin's World and serializing both as soon as I finished a chapter, anywhere from 2500 to 3500 words at a time. I was lucky to find an editor, PCBondsman, and we worked together until his death a year ago.
He worked with others, but he asked his cousin to list me in his epitaph. I still miss the collaboration.
So: Hybrids is novel 25, and at age 83 I think I'm finally done working. Soldier, Teacher, Writer, and in between farmer, horse breeder, woodworker and metalworker, woodcarver, knight, founding baron, MP of the SCA, member of Mensa, the Science Fiction Writers of America, Western Writers of America, and for a year the Writers Guild.
And of those, only my books will remind people twenty years from now that Jack L Knapp once existed.
Think about it, all you who have yet to take that leap of faith...
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