Olan Thorensen
Author of science fiction, action, crime, apocalyptic fiction
Thanks for all the best wishes on the cataract surgery. Went well. Was a weird experience.
Working on book 10 of Destiny’s Crucible. The working title (subject to change—as always) is “The Melding Furnace.” I’m trying out a different overall procedure/scheduling in writing than before. We’ll see how it works and I’ll update as the result become apparent. I also had anticipated that there might be a bit of a hiatus in writing since I’m one eye through cataract surgery for both eyes. So far looks good for both the eyes and the writing.
Found out why To Face the Whirlwind was not coming up on some searches at Amazon. It got "flagged" as having explicit sex, which meant searching on "All Departments" wouldn't work. You had to search on "Books" or "Kindle." An exhausting search of my memory did not turn up any explicit sex scenes. :>) After I pointed this out, Amazon apologized and corrected the mistake. No explanation of what triggered the flag.
Book 2, To Face the Whirlwind, of The Janus Harbinger trilogy is now up on Amazon for ebook and paperback. When dealing with all the details of getting the book ready, submitted, and now published on Amazon, it occurred to me how any trilogy might reflect the canonical basic “3-act” structure. It goes something like this in a brief summary:
Act One: Introduction of characters, world, and events to set the main plot in motion.
Act Two: Characters struggle to resolve events/problems in Act One, forcing characters to change and grow, and where characters undergo a major realization and a shift from reacting to pursuit of a goal.
Act Three: Characters confront the main conflict and the central issue of the story is resolved with a sense of how the world has been changed.
Such summaries seemed to be relevant to Book 2 in The Janus Harbinger trilogy if I think of the book as a “bridge” between Books 1 and 3. I asked one of the “Chats” if Act 2 could be thought as a bridge. It suggested yes, with the following points:
1) Showing the path from where the characters were to where they will become.
2) Where characters cross from ignorance to understanding, weakness to strength, denial to acceptance.
3) Like crossing a bridge, there’s no way back. The Characters must keep moving forward despite obstacles.
For me, such a summary fits book 2.
I’ll also clarify questions I’ve gotten about a possible relationship between the Destiny’s Crucible and The Janus Harbinger series. Each can be read independent of the other. However, there are connections, and they take place in the same universe and at the same time. Enough said for now.
Olan
Slow getting the ebook and paperback cover done (not by me). Will give two more days and I'll make a cover so I can publish the ebook, then replace it with the final cover for ebook and paperback.