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January 8, 2011
Homo Luminous : Cut Materials from Chapter 1
For your reading pleasure, here is a section of back story that I removed from Chapter 1.
"Why cut it," you ask? Well, the first draft of Homo Luminous was running about 130K words, for one thing. Another was that this was WAY too much back story to start the novel. I wanted to drop you, faithful reader, into the action more quickly. So, as Steven King puts it, "You have to kill your darling."
This section met the ax earlier in the revision process. I was, and still am unable to kill it completely, so it rises again her, as an example of what not to start a novel with.
January 1, 2011
Homo Luminous - Now avalible at Smashwords for multiple eReaders
My breakout novel, Homo Luminous is now available on Smashwords here. Smashwords.com offers works in multiple formats for any reader, including the iPad, Sony and Kindle, as well as on-line reading directly at the site.
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/35082
December 27, 2010
Homo Luminous – Now Available on the Kindle
The Amazon Kindle version of Homo Luminous is now available for purchase here. Other electronic formats will be coming soon, as well as a printed version, which I expect some time in January.
December 1, 2010
Homo Luminous - Sample from Chapter 1
By 9:30 David was in the basement computer room of Heart's of Song Publishers, making the last repairs to the damage inflicted by the night crew. At least they meant well, he hoped. Someday they would get it, or else he'd have to find someone who did.
Rack after rack of servers hummed in their quiet work, a giant forest of electronic trees reaching for the sky, and the air as cold as ice to keep them happy. David moved between the rows, pulling on the coat he kept down here for just such occasions.
Finding the troubled system, he pulled out a hidden drawer containing the system's monitor and keyboard. He typed a few commands at the terminal, and the system promptly chirped in compliance to his commands. Having successfully corrected the last of the overnight emails, he closed up the hidden drawer and left the quiet beasts to their labor.
