May 2025 Newsletter
Hello readers!
Do you like the beach? Even if I don’t go in the water, I love to walk along the sand and see the sun, sky, and waves. It’s dramatic at any hour.
On a pleasant day, I haven’t found anywhere I like better.
On an unpleasant day, I can’t claim the beach is particularly enjoyable, but it is awesome in the Old Testament sense of the word. The wind can be fierce, the waves can be frightening, and you are reminded how perilous a large body of water can really be.
My second book is a fantasy involving a jaded thief trekking through snow and ice along a northern coastline to retrieve a valuable jewel. Like all heists, things don’t quite go as planned, but I won’t go into any spoilers here. The point is that the book was inspired by a walk that my family and I took along the Oregon coast during a particularly unpleasant day in winter.
If you’ve been to the Oregon coast, you know it’s a stunning shoreline featuring jagged pinnacles, sandy beaches, and windswept coves.
If you’ve never been, I can assure you it’s a rocky wilderness inhabited by goblins, hired assassins, and at least one very pissed-off Sumerian demon. Hence the book.
Either way, the Oregon coast also features several lovely cafes and bakeries, and the people are very friendly, so it’s well worth a visit.
The book was a hit with beta readers, but I felt the length would be difficult to sell to agents, so I’ve put it on the shelves for now, and am polishing up a third book instead (more on that later). While I don’t like hitting the pause button on a good book, it’s all part of the trials and tribulations of breaking out as a new author. It may take me several books to get there. And the story about the thief and their coastal heist will get published eventually.
In the meantime, I hope you are having a great spring. Don’t hesitate to send feedback (you can reply to this email) if there are things you’d like to hear more or less of. I plan to send updates once every two months or so.
Happy Reading!
-Alexander
https://www.alexanderthomasauthor.com/
Do you like the beach? Even if I don’t go in the water, I love to walk along the sand and see the sun, sky, and waves. It’s dramatic at any hour.
On a pleasant day, I haven’t found anywhere I like better.
On an unpleasant day, I can’t claim the beach is particularly enjoyable, but it is awesome in the Old Testament sense of the word. The wind can be fierce, the waves can be frightening, and you are reminded how perilous a large body of water can really be.
My second book is a fantasy involving a jaded thief trekking through snow and ice along a northern coastline to retrieve a valuable jewel. Like all heists, things don’t quite go as planned, but I won’t go into any spoilers here. The point is that the book was inspired by a walk that my family and I took along the Oregon coast during a particularly unpleasant day in winter.
If you’ve been to the Oregon coast, you know it’s a stunning shoreline featuring jagged pinnacles, sandy beaches, and windswept coves.
If you’ve never been, I can assure you it’s a rocky wilderness inhabited by goblins, hired assassins, and at least one very pissed-off Sumerian demon. Hence the book.
Either way, the Oregon coast also features several lovely cafes and bakeries, and the people are very friendly, so it’s well worth a visit.
The book was a hit with beta readers, but I felt the length would be difficult to sell to agents, so I’ve put it on the shelves for now, and am polishing up a third book instead (more on that later). While I don’t like hitting the pause button on a good book, it’s all part of the trials and tribulations of breaking out as a new author. It may take me several books to get there. And the story about the thief and their coastal heist will get published eventually.
In the meantime, I hope you are having a great spring. Don’t hesitate to send feedback (you can reply to this email) if there are things you’d like to hear more or less of. I plan to send updates once every two months or so.
Happy Reading!
-Alexander
https://www.alexanderthomasauthor.com/
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