I recently gave the website a little spring clean, in an effort to theme it a bit more with the book. The changes are subtle (different colours, different background) but I hope you like the feel of the site a bit more.
As you can see from the ‘book 2 progress’ widget on the right sidebar, I recently past 50,000 words. This is an exciting time for me as it’s now steadily building towards the climax of the book, much like book 1 did. There are a few twists and turns which I promise will keep you on your toes – none of my test readers have guessed what it is yet! To make those twists believable, you have to have every aspect of the plot down cold. I recently had to go back sixty pages to fix something, which while not that significant at the time, gets more important as the book goes on.
Ok, back to writing!
I loved Institute of Magic. It reminded me of my favorite EG Foley books.
Institute is a “not to be guessed” plot. It doesn’t get boring but keeps the readers interest peaked, which is hard to be for me as I am a very picky reader.
I found the imagination of the author to be intriguing and very, very clever. He didn’t just fall back on old known characters.
This book is very refreshing and I cannot wait for book 2 to come out. In fact I immediately went to amazon hoping that book 2 was already to be purchased so I could keep going.
I hope book 2 comes out soon.
I’m glad you enjoyed it Raymond, and thanks for the review.
That’s funny about the English cars. When I first published the book I had no idea the vast majority would be American (or non-British) readers, so there are quite a few British terms in there that I hope people don’t get too confused by!
Finished reading your book a few minutes ago and want to tell you how much I enjoyed the read. Ordinarily I don’t bother with series books since most are a waste of my time. You even had me scrambling to see what a “Catersham” auto looked like. Many years ago I was heavily involved with British sports cars, owning Sprites and Triumphs. I look forward to your next effort, and did leave a review on Amazon. My best to you and yours.
Thanks Tawna, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Let me know what your son thinks. =)
Got book one on a special “free” deal. I got it for my son to read and I ended up reading it and enjoyed it immensely. I cannot wait for book 2.