Big news for my first fantasy novel–we are getting
closer and closer to the day of publication. I’m continuing to make improvements to the novel based on feedback from my wonderful beta readers, and I’m targeting a new publishing date of the end of September. I think this is probably the fourth deadline I’ve set for myself, but I think I’ll actually be able to keep this one :-) I’ve been gaining lots of valuable experience during the editing process of this novel that I expect will help me predict things a little more accurately next time!
And now to the big news. Item #1: I’ve officially changed the title of the novel to Awakening from the Shadows. I decided that The Awakening was a little too vague and general, and I think this title fits the book better anyway. And now to item #2: the cover. I’m pleased to share with all of you the cover for Awakening from the Shadows! I hope that you like it as much as I do! (And yes, I realize that I’ve made this image 50% bigger than the covers for all of the short stories that I’ve published over the last year . . . it’s a novel, so I figure that a longer book deserves a bigger cover :-) ) Let me know what you think! Lastly, to tide everyone over until the book is actually released, I’m planning to publish a sample chapter or two later this month. So stay tuned!