Iskander: Blog

Following the recent posting of Chapter 3 of Through my Eyes. Again. it was pointed out to me that the profile link to my Discord discussion channel was not working. I have fixed this problem - the new link in my profile will not expire, so I hope to see you there if you want to provide me with feedback. Apologies.

My self-imposed target was to complete this novel by the end of January and thereafter to post fortnightly chapters. Well, I have not finished the writing, but I am sufficiently advanced in completed chapters and completed storyline to start posting weekly chapters.

So, here are the first two chapters of the final version of TMEA. Chapter 3 is also on my Patreon for patrons. I will be posting chapter 3 here next weekend and chapter 4 to my Patreon (and so on until the end) - so patrons will always be a week in advance.

I would dearly love your constructive feedback - please leave your comments below or at my discord channel. I do check my SOL mail, but comments here or on Discord are much easier to read and answer.

Now that the Christmas season is over, January offers me lots of time to write and I am still hopeful of completing the first draft by the end of January. In spite of interruptions from real life, I am into chapter 14.

In the meantime, the Clitorides nominations are open. Please go and support your favourite stories and authors.

This year I was blown away by Ryan Sylander's Hook, Pick and Lens trilogy. You can't vote for that (as it counts as a series apparently) but you can vote for the last volume - Shutter Release. If you have not discovered this fascinating story, do yourself a favour and read it!

So, despite life throwing up the usual roadblocks, writing continues. Through my Eyes. Again has now reached chapter 12 and is approaching 60,000 words. With the academic year drawing to a close I am still hoping to finish this book by the end of January. I have several beta readers at work providing feedback, which is very useful. One piece of feedback entailed a major change of a character's back story - which fortunately did not have a significant impact on what was already written but does clarify motivation for future actions.

If you are interested in being a beta reader and providing feedback, please contact me.

I am still working on Through my Eyes. Again, but this short story has been bouncing around in head for several months. So, as a break from writing TMEA, I allowed After... to drift out of the shadows.

I hope you like it - and as always, please send me feedback - join my Patreon and Discord channel, the links are on my home page.