The Second Time Around
It’s been a minute. The last blog post on my website, in November 2024, said I’d be celebrating the first draft of He Calls By Night on the next post. I’ve gone slightly beyond that.
He Calls By Night has gone through Beta readers, proofreading, line editing and now is in the hands of reviewers, since the last post. Chalk it up to a writer and the criminal neglect of his blog.
The important news is that I can announce that He Calls By Night is now scheduled to release on 09.09.25. Initial feedback has been positive and no major flaws have been noted from the beta readers and I wait with baited breath to see what the first batch of reviewers hit me with.
The process for the sequel has been a lot smoother than the debut. For any debuting indie authors chancing on this blog, I would heartily not recommend giving yourself a four month window to learn about publishing and then following through, while having a baby (to go along with a toddler) slap bang in the middle of said window. Removing such obstacles has made for plain(er) sailing second time round.
On the reading front, the past six months have brought some highlights, even if, I’ll admit, my physical reading pace has slowed to a crawl. The standout was the latest Sean Duffy novel by Adrian McKinty. Sharp, darkly funny, as always, and reliably brilliant..
I’ve been supplementing my physical intake with audio books, something which I am a late adapter to. Highlights include Ellroy’s LA Confidential and the Black Dahlia, both of which I’d read previously, the Big Sleep, God’s Away on Business (a Sean Duffy novella), Micahel Connolly’s The Waiting, and the first four novels in Ken Bruen’s Jack Taylor series. I have to give special mention to Gerry O’Brien, the narrator of the Taylor books,who absolutely nails the tone and voice of the story.
That’s all for now but I’ll be back (or so I say) with more as the countdown to release draws nearer. Thanks for sticking with me, and I’ll see you at the next post.
Shannon.
He Calls By Night has gone through Beta readers, proofreading, line editing and now is in the hands of reviewers, since the last post. Chalk it up to a writer and the criminal neglect of his blog.
The important news is that I can announce that He Calls By Night is now scheduled to release on 09.09.25. Initial feedback has been positive and no major flaws have been noted from the beta readers and I wait with baited breath to see what the first batch of reviewers hit me with.
The process for the sequel has been a lot smoother than the debut. For any debuting indie authors chancing on this blog, I would heartily not recommend giving yourself a four month window to learn about publishing and then following through, while having a baby (to go along with a toddler) slap bang in the middle of said window. Removing such obstacles has made for plain(er) sailing second time round.
On the reading front, the past six months have brought some highlights, even if, I’ll admit, my physical reading pace has slowed to a crawl. The standout was the latest Sean Duffy novel by Adrian McKinty. Sharp, darkly funny, as always, and reliably brilliant..
I’ve been supplementing my physical intake with audio books, something which I am a late adapter to. Highlights include Ellroy’s LA Confidential and the Black Dahlia, both of which I’d read previously, the Big Sleep, God’s Away on Business (a Sean Duffy novella), Micahel Connolly’s The Waiting, and the first four novels in Ken Bruen’s Jack Taylor series. I have to give special mention to Gerry O’Brien, the narrator of the Taylor books,who absolutely nails the tone and voice of the story.
That’s all for now but I’ll be back (or so I say) with more as the countdown to release draws nearer. Thanks for sticking with me, and I’ll see you at the next post.
Shannon.
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