Two pretty cool things, actually. First is that the third mile (book) in the Jefferson’s Road series is now available in print and online. Jefferson’s Road: The Tree of Liberty is up at Amazon and Createspace. Like its predecessor, The Tree of Liberty takes up pretty much right where Patriots and Tyrants left off (so I do encourage you to read them in sequence!). I’ve asked a couple of you to be BETA readers for the book and write up reviews. If you have them ready, you can post them now or anytime (soon… please and thank you!) at your convenience. I hope you guys like the book and enjoy how the story is developing. God and Country is the fourth book. I haven’t quite started it yet, but I will begin it soon. I’m not making promises that it’ll be out this year, however. 2014 is more likely. Assuming the world hasn’t ended yet (we are in Mayan extra innings, after all).
Can you tell I’m jacked up on coffee right now? All those parentheticals?
Okay, the second cool thing: I was at the library the other day with the guys I support, and while they were busily getting their movies and soda-pops from the machine, I was perusing the new fiction stacks at the front of the library. That’s when I saw it.
My book. The Lost Scrolls. Right there on the shelf at my own local library.
I didn’t donate the book myself, nor did anyone I know of. But there it was. That’s when it really hit home: I am a local author. I can actually say those words. Author. That’s me. Now, truth be told: I’ve been an author for some time, but I’ve been dreaming about it far longer, and just because you’ve got some books on the shelf with your name on them, or have sold some stuff online, it doesn’t quite compare to randomly stumbling across your own name on your own title in some place you didn’t expect to see it. It’s really an amazing feeling.
Now if I could just get them to start carrying the title at Wegman’s…
First… review posted! 🙂
Second… that is fun that you found your book there. I looked it up and then remembered the county line divide between us, so not in our library system… yet.
ALSO… it’s checked out right now; it has the following message: Checked Out,
Due Back 06/29/2013. JUNE??? It’s *January*!!?
Interesting… 🙂
Oh that’s weird! I saw it on the shelf on Thursday!
Great! Now if our library could be dragged kicking and scre
aming into the 20th century. (I know it’s the 21st. What does that say?) maybe we could get some modern fiction.
I love the Jefferson’s Road series, and the scroll. Can’t wait to see what happens next. Would love to read it in advance 😉
Thanks, Ron! I’ll keep you in mind when it comes to the fourth “mile,” which is still very much in the planning stages at the moment, unfortunately! 🙂
There is, however, a sequel to “The Lost Scrolls” coming out this Spring. My editor at Ellechor Publishing hasn’t given me a final date yet, but the book is called “The Elixir of Life.” I think you’ll enjoy that one as well!