Hello World!

This was always the first thing that new programmers were supposed to do when they started programming - create a program to display the worlds 'Hello World'. I figured it was an appropriate way to start my new blog. So hello and welcome.

The reason I haven't started a blog before now was that I didn't really have anything to say that I thought anyone would be interested in hearing - okay, reading. Well now I do. I've just signed a contract to have my first novel published. I've actually written 3 complete novels (and started a couple of others).

My first novel is called Idiot Savant. It is fairly long (130K words) and needs some editing in terms of pace and flow but I think the story is solid. At least I certainly like it and others who have read it (thanks to the barflies at Baen's Bar) have had favorable reviews and some encouraging comments. I plan to submit it once I've had the chance to clean it up a little.

My second novel, called Terminal Illness, has some good parts but even I think it needs work.

My third novel is called The Gender Divide and is unarguably my best work. I'm hoping that means I'm getting better but the story and characters inspired me. This is the novel that I submitted to Shadowmere Publishing and they very graciously agreed with my assessment and decided to publish it. Despite my dry tone I am actually very excited about this. I debated whether or not to put the video of me jumping for joy here but I figured that YouTube and all the other video sites were already saturated with far more interesting things (Mentos Diet Coke Prank) so I decided to pass.

Here is the back cover blurb from The Gender Divide.

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Ryan Peters is an anomaly. In a world where women live four times as long as men do, Ryan is one of a few men with a similar life span. This difference in lifespan has had profound consequences on the world balance of political, economic and military power and has created a social Gender Divide that threatens to split the country apart.

Ryan is determined to close this Gender Divide and will sacrifice anything to accomplish it. It has already cost him the one true love of his life and even though he has a second chance, he won't let that stand in his way. He is even willing to give up his own life … and in a sense he already has.

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If you're interested in it, leave me your email in the reader comments and I'll be happy to email you when the novel becomes available. We are currently targeting a late July or early August release in an eBook format with the print copy to follow roughly six months later (this would make a great Christmas gift for the Sci-Fi reader in your family).

If you are looking for something good to read RIGHT NOW check out fellow Shadowmere author Mark Terence Chapman. His new novel The Mars Imperative is available in a number of places (more info on his blog).

Anyway enough for now. I'll try to keep this up to date but in the meantime feel free to drop me a note and let me know how I'm doing.

Thanks.

David