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Ten Sigma: Bonds now on Pre-Order

Hello all!

Bonds (The Ten Sigma Series Book 4) is now available on pre-order. It will be released on July 31, 2022. As a thank you for those interested continuing the series, I’ll keep the price at 99 cents for the duration of the pre-order.

https://books2read.com/TenSigma4

Best regards,

A.W. Wang

Ten Sigma: Echoes now on Pre-Order

Hello all!

Echoes (The Ten Sigma Series Book 3) is now available on pre-order. It will be released on June 30, 2021. As a thank you for those interested continuing the series, I’ll keep the price at 99 cents for the duration of the pre-order and release day.

https://books2read.com/TenSigma3

Best regards,

A.W. Wang

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Ten Sigma: Renagade now on Pre-Order

Hello all!

Renegade (The Ten Sigma Series Book 2) is now available on pre-order. It will be released on May 31, 2021. I’ll keep the price at 99 cents for the duration of the pre-order and for at least the first week after release.

https://books2read.com/TenSigma2

Best regards,

A.W. Wang

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New Releases

Hello All,

Whew! I’ve finished my final editing pass on Ten Sigma Renegade, the second book of the Ten Sigma Series. It’s on schedule to be put on pre-order May 31, 2021. Book 3, Ten Sigma Echoes, is finished too and will be released a month after book 2. As a thanks to all those who want to continue reading the series, I’ll price both books at 99 cents for the pre-order period and the first week or two after release.

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A 2020 Update:

As with many, 2020 has been a hectic year for me as well. In my last update, I was targeting May or early summer for releasing the sequel to Ten Sigma.
Sadly, the lockdowns arrived and my busy life outside writing became busier. I also needed to handle a family medical emergency which took a few months to resolve (in a healthy way).
The good news is today I’ve finished the rough draft for Book 2: Ten Sigma – Renegade. The release date will still be several months away because I go through multiple revision passes with critique partners and beta readers as well as line edits and proofreading. However, in my writing process, this is all heading downhill, so there is light at the end of the tunnel! Since 2020 is almost gone, I’m shooting for early 2021 as a release date.
In other good news, Book 3: Ten Sigma – Echoes is in the final revision pass and only needs final editing. Yes, it will be done before Book 2 for reasons that will become apparent with the story of Ten Sigma – Renegade. I plan to release Echoes one month after Renegade.
Also, I’m contributing a Ten Sigma story for a coming Cyberpunk anthology with a whole bunch of awesome authors!
And if you’re looking for spooky, I have a short spooky horror/comedy in Autumn Nights 12, a Halloween anthology where all profits are donated to Feeding America (See author page).
Finally, I’d like to thank all the readers for their patience and support for the Ten Sigma series and wish everyone a prosperous and happy rest of 2020!
Best regards and wishes,
A.W. Wang

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A quick update…

There’s a lot to look forward to in 2020.

In good news, Book 2, Ten Sigma – Renegade is progressing nicely. In better news, Book 3, Ten Sigma – Echoes, has been written and is now in it’s 2nd editing/beta reading pass.

Ten Sigma-Renegade has a tentative release date of May, 2020 with Ten Sigma-Echoes coming a month later.

For live status updates, please check my pinned tweet @awwangauthor on Twitter.

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First Post!

Everything for the Ten Sigma eBook and paperback are up on Amazon, ready to be self-published with the click of the submit button.

Since there’s only one time you can hit the button to submit your first novel, I figured I’d spend a few minutes creating a wordy stream-of-consciousness post about the mixture of feelings I’m having at this moment.

Amazingly, nothing profound is bubbling. While there’s a twinge of nervousness and a splash of curiosity, most of my emotions are confined to just a sense of tiredness from the last-minute scramble to get everything done from the cover to the editing, the copyrights and ISBNs, and to fixing the dratted midpoint.

It’s been a long journey. Ten Sigma isn’t my first novel. Nor sadly, my second. And it’s not even in my preferred 3rd person POV past tense narration.

Ten Sigma is my third try in creating a story from one of the many ideas floating in my head. I wrote it in the first person present tense because for me at least, it’s the simplest form of narration and where my talent level (at this point) resides for telling a good story.

The other two books I’ve written will need to wait until my writing rises to the level that would be worthy of their stories.

Not to say I’m not proud of Ten Sigma. I am. It’s good enough and unique enough I’m confident in sending it into the universe to be loved or ignored or, most likely, somewhere in between.

The one thing I’d add is that finishing any novel is no easy task. And writing a competent one is even harder because there are so many skills required besides that of actually writing good prose. If this novel has success, I’ll go into more detail about the different aspects required to create a good novel.

Now’s the time to give a shout out to all the people who have read the various incarnations of this work. My sister Vivian and my critique partner Dibz have both read this more than twice. Also, my other beta readers who have provided feedback that has enabled me to find places to improve. It’s funny, but even an innocuous “I think you can do better with this,” can lead to great things.

And surprisingly every bit of feedback has led to the novel getting longer. What was a 99k word rough draft is now clocking in at slightly over 121k. Most people claim that 10% should be cut from the rough draft to the final draft. I guess that makes me a serial underwriter. Sigh.

Aside from providing valuable feedback, these people also comprise the audience that’s not so breathlessly waiting for this book to be released. Another sigh. First-time authors face many issues.

Relating back to the beginning of this stream of words, I’d guess my curiosity and nervousness stem from the reception Ten Sigma will receive, which probably is a pretty common feeling amongst new authors.

Will the first review be a 5-star or a 1-star? In a masochistic way, I won’t really be successful until I get that first 1-star review because it means I’ve reached a large enough audience to include people who don’t want to like the book. I’m sure the book is good enough that the core sci-fi military audience will find it acceptable (and hopefully more than that).

And regardless of the consequences, it will be a relief to publish Ten Sigma and accept the new challenges on the other side of the threshold.

Okay, enough blathering.

It’s time to take the next step in this journey. And the good thing is that if anyone cares about this posting, well then the book at least has made some impact.

On to press that button and then to the sequels…

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