Hardcover & Audio Versions Soon

It's been an exciting week. LSI finally completed the hardcover edition of A New Beginning, and two days later I signed the agreement to have the audio version done. The hardcover should show up on Amazon and other outlets soon. The audio narration is being done by actor Jack Nolan, who has had appeared on television shows: Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Enterprise, The X-Files, Galaxy Quest, NYPD, etc. as well as multiple roles on the big screen. The recording and editing is scheduled to be completed in late July and the audio books themselves will hopefully be available on Amazon, iTunes, and Audible.com by mid to late August.

For those wondering why I did not record the narration myself, I believe that is a special skill and talent that I simply don't possess. I didn't want my delivery of the narration, which I'm sure would have been poorly done, to be a distraction to the story, or to be less than your expectation for a quality audio version. 

I'm starting to make progress on book 2 now that most of the setup and launching of book 1 has been completed. My goal is to have book 2 (untitled) completed by March. I know as a reader that is a long time between stories, but that's about the best I can manage.

On a personal note, the weather here in Atlanta has alternated between perfect summer days and sudden thunder storms. Those sudden storms have caused a few quick changes to plans to spend some time with the wife out in the yard or pool to, "Well, I guess we stay in and read." Overall, the summer has so far been very enjoyable so far. We love the new home and the area. It's so much quieter and more peaceful than the highly congested area we lived in up in Maryland. We're still going through the process of making little changes to the house and yard to modify it more to our lifestyle and taste. That will probably continue for the next year or two as time and money permit. There is no shortage of things to do when you settle into a new home!