My most successful NaNoWriMo yet, I’m ending NaNoWriMo2020 with over 55,000 words logged in 30 days!
I’m super happy at how “The Kerguelen Cat” is turning out, an action-packed sequel that will complement “The Dragon Run” very nicely! I can’t wait to have you guys read it! 😃
Archive for November, 2020
Success!
Monday, November 30th, 2020#50K
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 5,893 words today and wooohoooooooo!!! 4th time I’ve completed the challenge! 🥳💪🤪 The first draft of “The Kerguelen Cat” is almost complete at close to 60K overall!
TDOR – In Memoriam
Friday, November 20th, 2020Today is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, an event that raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people. Sadly, 2020 is on track to be one of the deadliest in recent years for the transgender and gender non-conforming community.
“Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people — sometimes in the most brutal ways possible — it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.”
– Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Praise for “The Dragon Run”!
Thursday, November 19th, 2020“This story will take you from Africa to Scandinavia on the eve of the Second World War. The atmosphere is perfectly rendered and the action accelerates throughout the story: suspense and change of scenery guaranteed. The plot is perfectly realistic. Well done!”
Thank you so much! 💜
Get your copy of “The Dragon Run” now on Amazon!
Blog refresh!
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020Apologies if you’ve seen things moving around lately, I was busy working on refreshing the looks of this journal to better match it to the latest freylia.net / raphaelrelat.net iterations.
The old look served me well but was becoming dated, being the last remnant of what freylia.net looked like back in… 2016 I think! Overall I didn’t change much of the structure though, it is mostly simply a cosmetic refresh with updated links.
I took the opportunity to rename the blog too. Yes, I like puns. :p
Anyway, this is done, for the time being. Back to writing, passed 32K on my 2020 NaNoWriMo effort, bringing “The Kerguelen Cat” along towards what I think will be a very satisfying conclusion. But I can’t say more for now!
Stay shiny!
Flying Wings
Thursday, November 12th, 2020“The Kerguelen Cat” uses a degree of creative license when it comes to some of its featured aircraft. One in particular is inspired by the futuristic Horten designs of the 1930s and 1940s.
Pioneering the “flying wing” concept with both gliders and powered prototypes, the Horten brothers later scaled up their ambition with the massive H.XVIII pictured here but the project never left the drawing board…
The sequel of “The Dragon Run”, available now in paperback and ebook, “The Kerguelen Cat” is scheduled for release May 1st, 2021. Pre-order now!
Launch Day! Dragon Run and Kerguelen Cat updates
Sunday, November 1st, 2020Calling all passengers for boarding, your flight to the 1930s is ready for take off!
“The Dragon Run” is now LIVE on Amazon, for Kindle, on Kindle Unlimited, and on paperback. Grab it while it’s hot: https://amzn.to/34Ko42l!
There’s more! If you want to know more about the Dragon Rapide and other featured planes, TDR comes with “Planes of Ascalon”, a free companion booklet to satisfy your curiosity. Download it here!
“The Kerguelen Cat” announcement
Today’s other goodie is the unveiling of the cover for “The Kerguelen Cat”, scheduled for release on May 1st, 2021. Part II of the Ascalon Circle series is bound to amp up the stakes so keep your seatbelts on!
Happy reading! 💜