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The Republic of McCoy Is Almost Here (and You Can Read It Free)

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The Republic of McCoy launches October 15. It’s a neon-noir cyberpunk novel that started as a single image of grey concrete back in 2017, and after a lot of years and ten rounds of edits, it’s finally ready.

Marlowe takes a security job at Cleancore Industries guarding Trevor Ledeus, heir to the company. The job comes with a helmet she doesn’t take off and a number where her name should be. Cleancore also builds the machines that clear the debris fields, and the machines are built from the dead. It’s legal. Then the newest line is unveiled, and Marlowe knows one of the faces.

Read it before launch day. Advance review copies are open now. Grab a free ebook in exchange for an honest review: Get your free ARC.

Enter the Goodreads giveaway. 100 Kindle copies are up for grabs through October 14: Enter here.

Or pre-order now. The ebook is $2.99 for launch: Pre-order on Amazon.

AEVA Is Live!

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I had a little hiccup which led to some of the apps delivering the ebook on April 2nd. I really enjoyed writing this story and I hope you’ll enjoy reading it. The other day, when the snow began falling gently where I live (before the snowstorm), it reminded me of the scene in the story when the first snow fell on the rain planet. It only snows every 25 years so it’s always a special event. I’m glad we have winters here. When the earth is covered in a blanket of white, it’s really breathtaking.

A Nano Win, But It’s Only the Beginning

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I finished my NaNoWriMo story. Not only did I reach the goal of 50K words, I also ended the story. What I’ve learned from this experience is that I’m capable of cranking out a full novel within less than a month. It’s not perfect and it’s basically a super rough and dirty draft but the story is done.

Goals going forward:

  1. Take a break from Marlowe and work on finishing Aeva.
  2. Publish Aeva.
  3. Write new story I’ve been itching to start.
  4. Continue with first edit of TLS fantasy novel.
  5. Return to Marlowe and clean it up.
  6. First edit of Marlowe.

Here is a cut-and-paste from my Nano page with the updated “Marlowe” synopsis (still somewhat rough) and an excerpt. The excerpt is the scene just after Marlowe fights a cyborg that detonated.

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