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JUNE 2024 UPDATE - Deadless, Manila sci-fi novel
This will be a short update, as I’ve been focusing on these two projects.
Deadless: Deadless is coming soon! The final cover looks great and shows off the characters and the setting well. I’m waiting for final revisions and feedback before hitting Publish on Amazon. The paperback proof is shaping up to be what I hoped for.
Manila sci-fi novel: I’m 75% through the second draft of a sci-fi novel set in Manila. It’s definitely more of a beast than I anticipated (to say the least)! Apparently, switching the setting from North America to the Philippines is more than superficial. The themes, characters, and plot are entirely different, but I’m having a blast writing it!
Expect more updates next month on my direction for future projects.
See you in July!
Deadless: Deadless is coming soon! The final cover looks great and shows off the characters and the setting well. I’m waiting for final revisions and feedback before hitting Publish on Amazon. The paperback proof is shaping up to be what I hoped for.
Manila sci-fi novel: I’m 75% through the second draft of a sci-fi novel set in Manila. It’s definitely more of a beast than I anticipated (to say the least)! Apparently, switching the setting from North America to the Philippines is more than superficial. The themes, characters, and plot are entirely different, but I’m having a blast writing it!
Expect more updates next month on my direction for future projects.
See you in July!
Black Fire releasing for FREE NOW on Royal Road
Check it out: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/909...
Synopsis:
Manila 2047. Engineered psychedelics. Trillion-dollar streaming giants. Two men in a turf war.
In 2047, thousands of capture drones fill Manila’s streets, searching for unadapted fiction and observing people to inspire new television series.
Jayson Bernal Vargas is one of these people, spending his days just surviving. By day, he’s a call center agent; by night, he’s a getaway driver for thieves stealing fiction from the Giants. He’s poor and on the verge of giving up on life when he discovers something that could elevate him out of poverty and right into the path of an emerging vape drug called Black Fire.
The drug, however, is the only thing standing between Bryce Desmond and a huge payout. Returning to Manila as a field security agent, Bryce dives into the city’s seedy underground, facing off against junkies, his past, and Jayson Bernal Vargas.
Synopsis:
Manila 2047. Engineered psychedelics. Trillion-dollar streaming giants. Two men in a turf war.
In 2047, thousands of capture drones fill Manila’s streets, searching for unadapted fiction and observing people to inspire new television series.
Jayson Bernal Vargas is one of these people, spending his days just surviving. By day, he’s a call center agent; by night, he’s a getaway driver for thieves stealing fiction from the Giants. He’s poor and on the verge of giving up on life when he discovers something that could elevate him out of poverty and right into the path of an emerging vape drug called Black Fire.
The drug, however, is the only thing standing between Bryce Desmond and a huge payout. Returning to Manila as a field security agent, Bryce dives into the city’s seedy underground, facing off against junkies, his past, and Jayson Bernal Vargas.
