Blog Tour: A PLANET TO NOWHERE by Nicholas Dufresne
A Planet to Nowhere
by Nicholas Dufresne
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GENRE: Sci-fi
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BLURB:
Adrian thought his time as a human experimentwas over, that he was done suffering and had finally died. Never did he expectto wake up somewhere new, somewhere alien and far different than he could'veever imagined.
Has he found salvation, or is a test subject allhe's destined to be?
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When a scouting mission brings Reya and her team toa star sector that doesn't support life, they stumble into far more than theyfirst bargained for. The planet they thought was deserted contains secrets withfar-reaching consequences.
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Excerpt One:
The last thing he remembered was his futile struggle againstthe blue. Everything had been blue. He’d felt himself fade as the last vestigesof life fled from his body. His mind had shut down, turning itself off. Andthen, everything went black.
The darkness.
That crushing, never ending darkness.
Adrian shivered for entirely different reasons as his bodyheat leached away into the ground beneath him. He breathed deep lungfuls ofair, immersed in the simple feeling of being. Blinking owlishly, he rid hiseyes of the substance that clouded them while he lay on his back and stared atthe ceiling.
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Topic: What was thehardest part about writing this book and what did you do to overcome it?
Writing a novel isn’teasy, so I’ve come to learn. The work doesn’t stop when you write the words TheEnd. Penning the first draft of A Planet to Nowhere took me twomonths of constant, daily work.
That was only thebeginning.
That early period waswhen I was coming up with the story. I had all of these ideas and scenes inmind I thought would be interesting to incorporate. Different concepts andplots that I needed to concretize for everything to work out.
When I finallyfinished writing my first draft, I realized that I was nowhere near the end ofmy tale. I revised the book I’d just written and made changes for what I wantedto tell in the future. After which I promptly wrote up the next few books.
The hardest part ofwriting this book actually happened after I finished writing my fourth book inthe series. I decided to publish. I quickly realized that I had no clue how todo that.
So I did my researchand came to the decision that I wanted to self-publish, which meant I had toorganize everything it takes to publish a book on my own. Getting the bookready for print and into its final version was the hardest part.
An editor was firsthired to help me improve the novel, to which I learned there are multiple kindsof editing one might need, each one different. Since my novel is the first in aseries, I had to make sure all the right details were finalized for the rest ofthe books and that was no small task. I’ve reread over my book so many timesI’ve lost count. Everything I published in the first novel would lock in therest of the overarching plot. Forever.
At the same time, Iwas juggling getting a cover made for the story. I had no idea what to expect.All the different design drafts needed to make it just right took me bysurprise and took longer than I initially planned.
Eventually, I finishedediting and was satisfied with what I had as a manuscript. The cover wasn’tdone yet, so I proceeded to have the text properly formatted and turned into aprint-ready file to actually print the book with. Then it was a matter ofgetting a proofreader to go over it one final time to catch anyinconsistencies.
And then? Themanuscript was ready for print. There was nothing left to work on for that partof the project. I was able to focus all of my effort into putting the finaltouches on the cover. Once it was done, my book was complete, and I wasecstatic.
The final logisticsinvolved organizing print and distribution on a global scale so that physicalcopies of my book could be created and getting it to online marketplaces. Oncemy website was created (nicholasdufresne.com), all the pieces were in place.
And then it went live.
The project ended upbeing a far bigger undertaking than I first expected. I don’t regret it becausenow, holding my own book in my hands, I know that it was worth it.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Nicholas Dufresneis a Canadian writer from Montreal. An avid reader and lover of stories,delving into the worlds created by others is a passion of his that inspired himto write one of his own to share with the world. Fantasy and science fictionare his preferred genres, both to read and write. When not reading or writing,he’s probably dreaming up new worlds to explore.
Website: https://nicholasdufresne.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.dufresne.184
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicholas_dufresne/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-dufresne-1082ab17b/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Nowhere-Nicholas-Dufresne-ebook/dp/B0CCLFPQZS/
The book will be free.
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