A reason for my silence…
Yes, I have neglected my blog as of late. I'm sorry. Among other things, I have been busy working on putting some final touches on my current WIP, After the Pulse. Early reader feedback (huge thanks to Mark, Jane and Jake!) indicated that the manuscript doesn't totally blow. (How's that for a sell job?!) Okay, they didn't say that – in fact, they were all very supportive and enthusiastic. BUT… They all agreed on one point: it needed more bad to be good. More tension. More danger. More blood. So I've been bludgeoning and killing people right and left. Not really. But sort of.
I will be doing another print edit shortly, and then will be ready for new beta readers… If you're interested in beta reading After the Pulse, drop me a line! Here's a short synopsis:
Shep Adams is miles from home when a mysterious electromagnetic pulse suddenly wipes out the electrical grid. The phones are dead. All the computers are down. Planes fall out of the sky. Cars skid to a halt. Life support switches off. The country is, effectively, stopped dead in its tracks.
People are dying too. Or rather, they are killing one another. Brutally.
The pulse doesn't just affect inanimate objects; it affects the electrical circuitry of people too. Large portions of the population go completely insane, fighting and killing anyone they can reach. Others are rendered vacant, in a coma-like state, eventually rotting quietly from within. Others look normal from the outside but the pulse has stripped away their humanity, leaving them devoid of compassion. These might just be the most dangerous of all…
Shep, along with his father, sister and sister's friend Zoe, must work their way home. But what is waiting back at their remote cattle farm? Is the rest of their family alive, dead or, even worse, turned into the living dead? What has happened to their close-knit rural community? Can Shep and his family save their family farm? Can they and their neighbors survive in a world where lack of power presents a challenge greater than they could imagine? The threat from the 'crazies' is bad enough but the madness seems to have switched to the animal world too. However the greatest danger may lie in the craziness that can't be seen.
After the Pulse is a story about survival; about strength in family and community. It looks at our fateful dependency on modern technology and our helplessness when that technology fails. If the grid went down tomorrow, would you cope? Could you go back to basics? Could you learn to live off the earth? In the face of terrifying danger, would you unite for protection, sustenance and to maintain some semblance of civilization? Or would you kill your neighbor?
In the meantime, I have gotten so many wonderful notes from readers wanting to know if and when a new Justice book will be out. First thing's first – yes, there will be another installment, entitled Tandem Justice. I will begin working on it shortly, and will keep you updated on release dates as I get closer. Thanks to all of you who have reached out and inquired!
Okay now, I'm off to go bludgeon some more…
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