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Almost here...

Hi Everyone!

Time for a summer update! I am pleased to announce that Thieves' Castle now has an official cover design!

The cover was developed by Marko Paajanen from Chosen Idea. You can see some of his other work at www.chosenidea.com.



Thieves' Castle is now slated for release in early September, 2019. I am currently reviewing a pending print proof, after which I will complete the ebook layout, the various art bookmarks and promotional materials and get set to develop the print copies.

One last...

Life in the Time of the Tudors: London’s Prisons

“It is enough to know, too much to see, 
That in the Counter there is room for thee”
            William Fennor, The Counter’s Commonwealth


On September 22nd, 1598, two men wandered out into the damp fields of Hoxton, north of London. On that muddy ground, they drew swords – at least one of which was “a certain sword of iron and steel called a rapier, of the price of three shillings” and fought.  At the end of the affray, one man lay dead, suffering “a mor...

The Red Pen of Doom (Blue actually...)

The edited version of THIEVES' CASTLE is now back in my hands!

Cracked it open for a quick glance and realized I was actually holding my breath.

This is my second book and it still seems unbelievable.

"Our revels now are ended"

That's a wrap for my publishing IndieGoGo campaign!

Finished with 52% of my goal!

Thank you to everyone who contributed, promoted or retweeted! You are fabulous!

Next steps will be re-planning and reassessing, based on the resources available!

Extended....

Poking about the site, I discovered IndieGoGo allows campaigns to activate a one-time only extension of your campaign.

After much thought, I've decided to extend my Thieves' Castle Publishing campaign into 2019. You now have until January 2nd to contribute if interested!

Thinking of a cool gift for someone over the holidays...? Why not put them in a book?

http://igg.me/at/thievescastle …

Seven Days...

JUST ONE WEEK LEFT in the Thieves' Castle #IndieGoGo campaign!

Help crowdfund some great historical fiction into publication!

#histfic #indieauthors #selfpublishing

http://igg.me/at/thievescastle

The More, the Merrier! Crowdfunding your Publishing Project

Awesome! The article I wrote for Indie B.R.A.G on crowdfunding your publishing project is up!

Go have a read!

https://bit.ly/2E14Zgh

Midpoint!

Day 16, just past the half-way mark for the Thieves' Castle #IndieGoGo Publishing campaign & I'm happy to announce we are at 39% of the funding goal!

Wow!

Huge thanks to my supporters! It's amazing, but I've still a ways to go over the next 2 weeks (ends Dec 11) to reach my goal.

Thank you for all your help! Please tell your friends and anyone you think might be interested in becoming a patron of publishing and helping bring some new historical fiction out to the world!

Just flip them the URL...

Hi everyone!As a part of my IndieGoGo campaign to raise p...

Hi everyone!

As a part of my IndieGoGo campaign to raise publishing funds, I've posted a short, exclusive  preview of the first three chapters of the new book Thieves' Castle.

I hope you find it enjoyable, fun and intriguing enough to make you want to read the entire book, and to help make that possible by helping out the funding campaign!

You can find the campaign at http:igg.me/at/thievescastle


Thieve's Castle Excerpt:

Chapter the First
The man’s feet slid in the muck as he crossed the open...

YEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone! 

Thrilled to announce that the crowd-funding campaign for publishing my new book is now UP AND RUNNING!Please have a look, let me know what you think, tell your friends (ALL your friends!!) and consider making a contribution to help me bring this to publication! I guarantee you will get a great read out of it!All the best,Dean
http://igg.me/at/thievescastle