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It’s finally happening.
It’s finally real.
“The Second Beast” will be released on October 31, 2020. Watch for the Kindle presale announcement coming soon.
Here’s the final text for the back cover:
Michael knew the end of the world was coming.
He just thought he’d have more time.
You’ve waited patiently, my poor, faithful readers, and here it is: the cover for “The Second Beast”, fresh from the cover artist.
Thank you FIona, of Fiona Jayde Media, for once again both putting up with me and hitting it out of the park.
Tonight, I will be reading the first chapter of “His Name Was Death” on Facebook Live. I will do another chapter every night until I’ve read the entire book. Everyone is invited. Tell your friends and neighbors (from a distance).
It’s my small way of helping you find a little bit of entertainment in these difficult times.
9PM PDT, staring April 4, 2020
https://fb.com/authorjerichance/live
I’ve just finished the 32nd chapter in “The Second Beast,” entitled “Cry Havoc”. It is ten pages and roughly 2,300 words. I can’t say much about the content , as almost any detail would be a major spoiler this close to the end.
Okay, I can say…
Another chapter down, with six more to go. Roughly 2,700 words in twelve new pages. This is an interesting chapter as we bring back a character thought lost, and lose a character we expected to stick with us through the whole damn thing.
You’ve likely learned by now that I’m not the most consistent writer (if you’re even bothering to pay attention anymore). Until I win the lottery or HBO comes through with a surprise millions of dollars for the TV rights to Dead Man’s Tale, my writing will remain something I do in my spare time.
I’m a husband, a father two young girl, and a full time software developer. Spare time is a rare and coveted luxury.
Over the holidays, I was able to carve out some of that luxury.
It’s late and I’m tired, but I’m also very excited. I wanted to share my latest progress with you.
I just completed Chapter 28, Save Our Souls. Like a few other chapters, I’ve renamed this one from what was originally in the outline (Wails in the Night).
It’s 10 pages, 2,295 words. It also means I’ve officially reach the 3/4 point and the second plot point. There are nine more chapters that comprise the thrilling conclusion of The Second Beast.
But now, I’m going to bed.
You didn’t believe me, did you? I mean, I can understand your skepticism. It’s my fault, after all. But I did it.
That’s right, I’ve finished my second chapter in a week, Chapter 27, Every Damn Thing You Love. The original planned title was Stripped of All Masks, but I never really liked that one. I believe the new title fits the chapter better. What do you think?
I’ve just completed Chapter 26, In a Place Like This. It’s 2641 words in 11 pages of Michael Reaper goodness. It has bad jokes, it has mythical creatures, it has tense confrontations, and it has a geeky pop reference or two. It is everything you’ve come to know and love about my writing style.
I'm on vacation for the holidays through the end of they year. I'm hoping to get through a couple chapters. Stretch goal is to hit the Second Plot Point (the 3/4 point) before going back to work.
Another chapter done.
This chapter was really hard for me to write. It took me about a month of thought, planning, research, and even visiting the location where the chapter is set…
Here we are again. I'm not happy with my current writing pace, but I'm averaging about a chapter a month, with some months seeing two. With 13 chapters left in the original outline, at my average pace, I should be done with the rough draft in under a year. My hope is to be done in well less time than that.
Finally finished Chapter 22 today. DIon's is 12 pages and 3,050 words. It introduces a fun new location, and really starts to expand Michael's view of the fascinating new world around him.
It also has a Mountain Troll, so there's that.
I'm still slowly marching through The Second Beast, and I swear I'll finish it someday.
I've spent some time doing minor tweaks to Chapter 20, Survivor's Guilt, tweaking things to get the right emotional notes. Today, I finally felt able to move forward
It's been a while since I've posted any updates. There are several reasons for that. First, we took a family vacation to Disneyland, during which I got no writing done (the wife probably would have killed me if I tried).
Here we are again. If I keep up this pace, I might just finish this thing some day.
Just finished Chapter 19, Holding Out for a Hero. It's 15 pages and 3777 words. It's pretty late, so I'm sure there'll be some major editing in the last couple of pages I wrote tonight, but half asleep me has read it, and thinks it's pretty good.
Well, I can finally say it. After an extended hiatus (which sounds so much better than "after being too damn busy to write for a year"), I've finished up my second chapter in a week, and am officially half way done with the first draft of "The Second Beast".
It's been a while since I've posted any updates. To you, my faithful (or even adulterous) fans, I humbly apologize. Unfortunately, as much as I'd love writing to be my full time job, it is not. There are several things in my life which take priority, including my day job, my wife, my children, and my home.
Now that I'm back at my day job, progress has slowed again. However, I found a few hours today to finish off the sixteenth chapter of "The Second Beast", Face of Evil. It's 12.5 pages and just shy of 3,000 words. Yes, part of the chapter was written in December, but we'll just keep that between us.
Zeroing in on half way done with the first draft.