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I reduced the price of the trilogy Elements of Power on Bookapy.com for the holidays. The fully edited version of book 3 is not quite finished yet, but I decided to go ahead and reduce the price anyway. regardless, when the final edit goes up, you'll have access to it, regardless of the price you bought it at.
I'm working on a new story, chapter 13 so far, I'm enjoying writing again. my goal for the new year is to get John the genius, aka Omniscient edited, and packaged as a single ebook on bookapy. here's hoping!
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I just finally checked the results today, and it looks like elements of power 2 won best gay/gender bending erotic story. Which is interesting because there's not a single gay sex scene that I recall, just M/F and group stuff. The story does involve changing sex, and in some cases having sex with yourself while another sex.
I'm really hoping the the award is more in recognition of the work i put into writing it. It was one of the most fun things I've ever written, and a nearly pure stream of consciousness, with lots of little breaks to make notes and do quick Google searches for accurate background details.
If you voted for me, thank you! If you haven't read it, then give it a try. Just start at book 1 or you will be very lost.
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What a fun ride this was, thanks for reading, thanks for buying. I started writing this series in September 2020, unsure if it would go beyond book 1 (The ending of book 1 was originally such that it could have been left as a stand alone). I finished writing book 3 in January 2021. It started posting October 6th, and has provided nearly daily postings for 4 months. Not an easy task, but made enjoyable by all the wonderful comments, corrections and feedback. I'm enjoying writing the fantasy side of science fiction more than I thought I would. As a reader I'm in awe of the world building involved in most fantasy stories, magic systems that work with a basic logic, powers that require a price to be paid, etc. For hard sf it seems so much easier, just take one tiny concept and expand on it, how does the world change? What happens when you can make anything from indestructible stasis? What happens when you have tiny then bigger wormhole gates? What happens if you can remember the future, all of them?
I've written a few things that never got posted, because they just didn't excite me. They were experiments in style, format, and story telling. I do finally have an idea for a sequel to time to protect Earth, a character, a motivation, but no conflict yet for the plot. I have an opening scene for a sequel to microgates, but no plot, so that will have to wait for further cogitation. Currently bouncing around in my mind is a concept that I've played with in some unposted short stories, 'The hand of reality' is the most likely next thing I write unless I'm hit by inspiration out of nowhere. My ratio is 500:1, I have to read 500 words for everyone I write, so it will be a while until I put finger to pad again. Kindle unlimited is speeding up that process wonderfully.

In case you missed it, the final Elements of Power book has been posted to bookapy.

https://bookapy.com/s/304/elements-of-power-3

It's almost finished. I got sick just as I was working on the final chapters. Once it's finished I'll start editing it and posting it with daily chapter releases. Once it's finished editing, I'll put it on bookapy. I really hope to have it up before the end of the year, but I don't want to make promises I can't keep.
Thanks for all your emails asking where it is. I'll be offering an unedited EARC (Electronic Advanced Reader Copy) of book 3 to those who can't wait for the bookapy release. If you want to be on that list you can email me at PTBrainum@gmail.com I'm not sure how much I'll charge for the EARC, but it will be more than the bookapy version.
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