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Do You Want to Be Special? In this post I’ll give you three ways you can be special–at least to me.

Do You Want to Be Special? Your First Way

Your first way is to be special is to simply simply subscribe to my newsletter by clicking here. Over 1,700 people already subscribe and they’re all special to me.

“What’s in it for me?” you may ask. I would, if I were you.

I give away free books with every issue. This is important if you love books These are my books (Zombie Turkeys, and others, and the books of other authors.

Another way to get free books from me is to click here. I give away eight free books of mine with every newsletter. But you’ve got to join first. Plus, I tell you about events, I give you free short stories, and more. The newsletter comes out twice a month, but you can reduce that to monthly or even bimonthly.

Do You Want to Be Special? – The Second Way

This way leads you closer to my heart. How?

“The way to an author’s heart is through reviews.”

That’s right. Read one of my free books you picked up and leave a review on Amazon (click!) and/or Goodreads (clickity!)

It doesn’t have to be long. One sentence works fine. It doesn’t have to be a good review (look at my one and two star reviews). It’s just that you care enough to tell me what you think.

That’s why I think you’re special.

Do You Want to Be Special? The Third Way

This way makes you most special to me. Less than four thousand people in the world are in this category. But you can be.

Just buy a book.

These two are .99: Zombie Turkeys and Secret Supers.

These are $2.99: Zombie Detective, My Undead Mother-in-law, and Oops.

Villain’s Vacation and Secret Supers in Space are also $2.99

All these prices go up by a dollar on March 1st.

Paranormal Privateers is $5.99

Then there’s my Christian Bible help books: The Gospel Medley, and Revelation Devotional for $6.99.

Have a preview of the spines of the trilogy above.

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – Characters

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 100% complete on the Characters phase. I’ve got about 71 characters so far, including magical dragons, talking dogs, gorillas, and intelligent dolls.

Magic Arrives Progress – Scene List

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 100% complete on the Scene List phase. That’s 100 out of 100 scenes.

Progress – First Draft Words

I’m done with the first draft of Magic Arrives! I’m 100% complete. That’s roughly 112,00 words out of my goal of 100,000. Oops. Overshot.

Line editing – done

I’m done with the self-edit. I sent it to my editor, Dori Harrell. She did the line editing. I’m went through that and approved the changes. Now Dori is doing the final proofing.

I created the front cover, back cover and spine with my illustrator, Sean “Fuzzy” Flanagan.

Then there’s the small matter of uploading it to Amazon and publishing it there. Finally, I order paperback copies so you can get your copy here, directly from me, as less than Amazon.

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Let me know if I make you feel special here.

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – I just made progress on Magic Arrives! Read how I’m writing it and get a free book below. I give a complete status update for you below.

How to Get a Free Book From Me

One way is to simply give me ideas for my fantasy book, Magic Arrives. Should I have dragons? Elves? Trolls? Dwarves? (Or dwarrows, for those in the know.) Click here to give me a piece of your mind. If I use your idea, I’ll give you your choice of my books.

Another way to get free books from me is to click here. I give away eight free books of mine with every newsletter. But you’ve got to join first. Plus, I tell you about events, I give you free short stories, and more. The newsletter comes out twice a month, but you can reduce that to monthly or even bimonthly.

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – The Snowflake Method

I rediscovered the Book Progress app in Word Press and I decided to use it to report on the progress of my first fantasy book, with the working title, Magic Arrives. The app asked me about my writing method and I decided the Snowflake method is the closest to my process. I work on multiple parts at a time. Here’s the overall structure:

• Story Structure – Done!
• Characters – Done!
• Scene List – Done!
• First Draft – Done!
• Editing – In progress
• Proofing – To do

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – Story Structure

So far I’m 100% complete on the Story Structure phase. I’ve captured my plot for this book, and the next two books in the triology.

Have a preview of the spines of the trilogy here.

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – Characters

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 100% complete on the Characters phase. I’ve got about 71 characters so far, including magical dragons, talking dogs, gorillas, and intelligent dolls.

Magic Arrives Progress – Scene List

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 6% complete on the Scene List phase. That’s 6 out of 100 scenes.

Progress – First Draft Words

I’m done with the first draft of Magic Arrives! I’m 100% complete. That’s roughly 112,00 words out of my goal of 100,000. Oops. Overshot.

What remains to be done

I’m done with the self-edit. I sent it to my editor, Dori Harrell. She did the line editing. I’m going through that NOW. Then Dori will do the final proofing.

I’ll created the front cover, back cover and spine with my illustrator, Sean “Fuzzy” Flanagan.

Here are the covers:

Then there’s the small matter of uploading it to Amazon and publishing it there. Finally, I order paperback copies so you can get your copy here, directly from me, as less than Amazon.

Get Your Free Books By Clicking Here!

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! Read how I’m writing it and get a free book below.

How to Get a Free Book From Me

One way is to simply give me ideas for my fantasy book, Magic Arrives. Should I have dragons? Elves? Trolls? Dwarves? (Or dwarrows, for those in the know.) Click here to give me a piece of your mind. If I use your idea, I’ll give you your choice of my books.

Another way to get free books from me is to click here. I give away eight free books of mine with every newsletter. But you’ve got to join first. Plus, I tell you about events, I give you free short stories, and more. The newsletter comes out twice a month, but you can reduce that to monthly or even bimonthly.

The Snowflake Method

I rediscovered the Book Progress app in Word Press and I decided to use it to report on the progress of my first fantasy book, with the working title, Magic Arrives. The app asked me about my writing method and I decided the Snowflake method is the closest to my process. I work on multiple parts at a time. Here’s the overall structure:

• Story Structure
• Characters
• Scene List
• First Draft
• Editing
• Proofing

Magic Arrives Progress – Story Structure

So far I’m 72% complete on the Story Structure phase. 8 Months remain until the deadline. I’ve captured the broad brush strokes of my plot for this book, and the next.

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Magic Arrives Progress – Characters

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 54% complete on the Characters phase. I’ve got about fourteen characters so far. I’ll have about twenty-five to thirty when I’m done.

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Magic Arrives Progress – Scene List

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 6% complete on the Scene List phase. That’s 6 out of 100 scenes.

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Progress – First Draft Words

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 4.9% complete on the First Draft phase. That’s roughly 4,900 words out of my goal of 100,000.
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What remains to be done

After I finish the first draft, I’ll still have to self-edit. Then I send it to my editor, Dori Harrell. She’ll do both line editing and final proofing. I’ll also have to create a front cover, back cover and spine with my illustrator, Sean “Fuzzy” Flanagan. Fuzzy will also do my chapter icons for me.

Then there’s the small matter of uploading it to Amazon and publishing it there. Finally, I order paperback copies so you can get your copy here, directly from me, as less than Amazon.

The Feedback Loop Review

Since I’m writing a fantasy book, let me give you a review of one I’ve read this year. All my reviews are here on Goodreads. Clickity-click!

My Review

January 11, 2023

Harmon Cooper writes an interesting RPG fantasy with the premise the main character is trapped in an endless loop in an RPG game. Sort of like Groundhog Day, only people are killing you every day.

The main character is unbelievably violent, killing first and asking questions later. This is due to years of being trapped. As he kills his opponents, he keeps adding their weapons to his inventory list, even items that don’t see like weapons.

I didn’t like the main character, probably because he’d gone crazy and was no longer rational. But persist in the series–he gets better.

Andy Zach
Author 10 books 85 followers

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