Metrk asked Alex Austin:

I read online remains at thedisconnect.com and I was intrigued by the novel idea and plot. It is novel-in-progress and I am wondering if it has been completed yet. If not, when can it be expected?

Alex Austin I'm elated by your question. The novel, which is now called End Man, is complete but still being by critiqued by beta readers, so I'll probably make a few more changes. A couple of literary agents have requested pages, and if one picks it up, then begins the campaign to sell it traditionally. If it gets sold, the publisher would choose when to release, which could be a year or two down the road. If an agent doesn't pick it up by mid-summer, 2018, I'll simply self-publish, which means it could be out in a couple of months. One of my problems is how to categorize End Man. It's science fiction, but it's also social satire, a comedic novel. If you'd like to read the novel as it currently stands (still somewhat in progress), let me know at alaust70@aol.com and I'll send it to you as a doc or PDF. Thanks again for the interest.

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