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Update on "Nikki Blue: Source of Trouble," sequel to "Streaks of Blue" ...
I've written 17 chapters so far and I think there will be at least 40 this time around, so it will be longer than "Streaks of Blue." There are multiple points of view, though Nicole gets the first 13 chapters all to herself in Part 1. Part 2 has featured four different male characters' points of view: Adam Upton, Roger Janicek (Nicole's dad) and two new characters, William Osborne and Steve Pearson. Then it will switch back to Nikki again for a while.
It's been interesting to fill in some of the blanks from the first book while at the same time sending Nikki on a whole new story arc. I still have many miles to go on it, but my goal at this point is to publish it by spring 2016.
Find a chapter title listing so far at http://queensarewild.wordpress.com/
It's been interesting to fill in some of the blanks from the first book while at the same time sending Nikki on a whole new story arc. I still have many miles to go on it, but my goal at this point is to publish it by spring 2016.
Find a chapter title listing so far at http://queensarewild.wordpress.com/
25 chapters into "Nikki Blue: Source of Trouble," third book likely will be "Nikki Roulette: Red or Black?"
I’ve written 25 chapters so far for the sequel to “Streaks of Blue.” Progress has been slow but steady, with more than 54,000 words already written and a likely target of 70,000-75,000 for this book, considerably longer than the first one. The arc for the second book will extend into a third book, tentatively titled, “Nikki Roulette: Red or Black?” There is also a chance this series will go beyond three books.My goal for “Nikki Blue: Source of Trouble” is to publish it in the spring of 2016, though I may have ARCs of it ready for NetGalley before that.
Here is a chapter title listing so far:
1. Rainbows and Unicorns, Part 1
2. Enterprise Story
3. Weirdos Make the World Go Round
4. Hot Tip
5. Silver Sands
6. Busted in Bridgeport
7. 25 Grand
8. Money Trail
9. Coffee in the Lobby
10. The Other Kind of Auditing
11. Rainbows and Unicorns, Part 2
12. Your Enemy’s Enemy
13. As Long As We’re Both Being Honest
14. Climbing the Lion
15. Captain Rookie
16. Howl at the Moon
17. Nikki Blue
18. Earth Wing
19. Mars Wing
20. “I Crashed My Car Into The Bridge … I Love It”
21. Cruise Missiles
22. Adam Bomb
23. Nikki Beach
24. Loveless Fascination
25. Channel 77
My awesome Streaks of Blue readers have now donated $223.98 to the Newtown Memorial Fund
Another donation was made today. Half of all proceeds from this book go to the Newtown Memorial Fund in a tribute to the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting three years ago today. Find out more about the fund and how it helps the families here … http://newtownmemorialfund.org
17 more reasons to be blue
Sadly, Nikki's poem, "Streaks of Blue," still applies, especially today for the lives lost in Florida ...Red, white and ...
Streaks of blue
Far off the path
I search for truth
Live free or die
A state of beauty
Will we be next
To look to the sky
And find more stars
Than the night just passed?
Lessons never learned
The youngest of souls
Pay with their lives
So for them I cry
The rain in my heart
Soaks every ring
This paper on which I write
Once was a sapling
So young and new
But now it's a vessel
On a lake
Beneath a cloud
And onto it flow
My streaks of blue
Again and again
More trees fall
No not me
But it might as well be
For I die with them
As the view gets clearer
And the truth gets nearer
I am sad to discover
That we truly are lost
So I look in the mirror
And dye my hair blue
So I brook through the mountains
And keep my heart true
I'll blaze a new trail
No matter the cost
One without labels
One that is just
Souls are for saving
While we're still walking
So strap on your packs
Your hopes, your boots
And keep your eyes open
For my streaks of blue
Yes, I'll blaze a new trail
A path for the lost.
