Anthony Dean's Blog: The Voided Man - Posts Tagged "clock-and-the-candles"

First of all, greetings to my new followers. An author's greatest fear may be going unnoticed, and I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read my books or blog posts. Thanks as well to anyone who has reviewed any of my novels - I learn a great deal from reading those.

I have just finished the draft of Voided Man 6. Al narrates that one (for those of you new to The Voided Man, I have a new narrator for each installment in the series) and I have been thinking this evening about how far he has come as a character.

I first thought of Al as a way to let Prisoner Number One engage in dialogue out in the void, but he took on a life of his own early in the drafting of the original book. It seemed to me like he wanted to be a bigger part of the story, and I started beefing up his parts, much to the tale's benefit.

All of the books have one or two characters like that who almost promoted themselves from the role of bit character to lead character. It is the most interesting phenomenon I have encountered so far in my first year of writing a lot of fiction.

Quick updates. There is a Goodreads Giveaway for autographed copies of The Clock and the Candles from now through 9/27. I'll probably do a similar giveaway for The Voided Man next month.

And speaking of October, I'll be releasing two new books then. Clock 2 (The Clock and the Talisman) on 10/5 and then Voided Man 4 (Navigating Yesterday) on 10/27. Both are up for preorders now.

Thank you for taking an interest in my writing.