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Fixed: Newsletter - July 1, 2024
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Rough patch for the family - I won't go into details, but... yeah. (Rough enough that it looks like I messed up the email... trying again) On the positive side, my oldest daughter started her first job! She's pushing salads at Mad Greens, earning the big bucks, while still asking me to pay for gas. (clever girl). She's also trying to write her college entrance essay(s) and study for the SAT. Busy summer for her. Meanwhile, my 13-yr old is complaining when I wake her at noon. Livin' her best life! I usually scroll through the photos on my phone, and mostly what I found this week were pictures of mushrooms and flowers (we've had lots of rain) and a photobombing squirrel. But I thought I'd share this one with my oldest daughter getting her first paycheck (and showing it to my youngest). Book 2 of Thaumatropic Roots is under the care (read that as "getting torn up") by a structural editor. Meanwhile, I took a crack at restarting Book 3. I have some of the middle of Book 3 done, but the changes I made to Book 2 require Book 3 to start differently. Anyway, I haven't done much in terms of word count, but I did get past a point where I was stuck, so that's good. It's amazing how a couple hundred words can log-jam thousands of them. I have an exciting new possibility for a story on the horizon. A game developer reached out to me and asked if I would write a story in their universe. Thanks to the help of a friend (who reads this, but I don't know if she wants to be called out by name), I now have an LLC (DragonLore LLC). I've signed an NDA, and we're getting into details. I'll share what I can when I can, but that's probably not going to be much. If we move forward, there will be a point when they'll want me to start chatting about it. I'll do what I can to make sure you hear first. Indie Author Showcase
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Steven J Morris
Hi! If you enjoy fantasy with snarky humor, I've got some books for you. My newsletter takes you along the creative journey, and keeps you informed of what's brewing.
A week-and-a-half after retirement, my buddy sent a pic from the gym room at work, asking where I was. My first thought was, "Why are they in the office on a Saturday?" It was Thursday. That shows where my head is. 🙃 I haven't hit a home run in my job search, nor has anything knocked my socks off. I had an opportunity that appealed to me more than others, working at a startup called Tenstorrent. Though I didn't get the job, I realized through the process that I really like the idea of a...
Blurb input?
I would like to lock down my blurb so that I can send it to the cover editor. I took input from April, then made more edits. I’m open to suggestions. Also pretty happy with it. The Mother of Trees withers while the trolls prepare to conquer a crumbling world. The elves’ only hope rests on a desperate plan forged by a fanatical Warder with questionable motives. Elliah, a magicless elf cursed by prophecy, holds the key to either salvation or destruction. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the...
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