It’s been a whirlwind of a month!

The second book of the Humanity Shattered Series is now available on Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle Unlimited, and in paperback.

TRESSELL 113: A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE SPACE OPERA (HUMANITY SHATTERED BOOK 2)

It took me just around six months to finish this project from start to finish. This was such a departure from the first book, DEAD STATION, which was a year-and-a-half-long project. At times, I didn’t think I'd make it by the end of the year, but it all came together pretty well. It felt so good to improve on the process in all areas and apply what I had learned. The second story was such a smooth endeavor.

Last time around, I had to constantly stop and learn how to do a new thing as I moved from one phase of the process to another. This time, I was able to map out a story, complete the writing, and move into editing without any hiccups. Of course, I continued to learn and refine my process along the way. I have read so many books about storytelling, editing, and marketing that my brain feels like it is leaking something. I have also listened to so many self-publishing podcasts that it's insane. I may have an unhealthy obsession now.

I have also learned to be a much better writer between the two projects. This story feels so much more complete to me than the last one.

TRESSELL 113 is currently in production for an audiobook on Amazon Audible. It will take a bit to get it done. Anthony Aiello is returning to do this story! He did both VEHO and DEAD STATION as well. It feels good to have continuity on this. We are early in this right now, but it is coming.

I have already started to map out books 3 and 4 in the Humanity Shattered Series. Yes, more stories are coming! I plan to release both of them over the next year. I keep waiting for a creative pullback when I don’t have anything in the tank, but so far that hasn't happened, so I will go with what I have.

Also, another project is brewing… It’s really more of a concept at this stage, and I am not sure where it will go. I have been doing a deep dive into fantasy lately. We will see what comes of it. There are so many housekeeping things that need to be addressed first.

Just to give you a little bit of that, I have to decide whether to write them as Shamon Harper under the Shamon Writes branding or something else. Often, when writers enter a different genre, they rebrand and write under a pen name. That seems like a lot of effort to me, so I am working through it right now. If I rebrand, then I need to basically set up an entirely new website and mailing list. I don't want to do that right now, so I am leaning more towards using the Shamon Writes branding to include Science Fiction/Horror and Fantasy.

I have been doing a lot of research in world-building. For fantasy, that is a huge component. It can be a huge part of Science Fiction as well, but it lands differently for fantasy. Thus, a whole bunch more reading and research.

Anyway, more to come on that later perhaps…

Right now, I hope you check out TRESSELL 113 and let me know what you think!


Shamon