Awful Intent Update 11/7

By John Brown | November 7, 2015 - 6:07 pm |November 9, 2015 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

Today was awesome for writing. First, I got five hours in, and I was in flow the whole time. When you’re in flow, you’re in the scene, seeing it, smelling it, experiencing it. It’s awesome. Second, during my review of the first draft, I came to the final battle scene and realized I’d made it →

Awful Intent Update

By John Brown | October 28, 2015 - 8:54 pm |October 28, 2015 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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I’m almost 90% done with the second draft. I had planned for this book to be out in August. But life threw me a nice big curve ball this July. And then another in September. However, the man is now back, and we’re humming along. A number of fine folks have volunteered to be beta →

Awful Intent Cover Reveal

By John Brown | August 3, 2015 - 5:27 pm |August 3, 2015 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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For Awful Intent, I looked around at different cover design shops and decided to use Damonza. I sent over the brief, and we began. What I needed was a cover in the same style of Bad Penny. A match. I also told Grady, the designer, that if he did something new with Bad Penny, I →

Awful Intent Update: Climax Finished

By John Brown | June 10, 2015 - 7:04 pm |June 10, 2015 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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The first draft of the novel is essentially finished. I have two chapters left–one that confirms the resolution of the A story, and one that wraps things up in the B story. I am so excited to let this sit for a week or two, then come back to it with fresh eyes and get →