Part 1 Finished! (rough draft only)

Finished part one of the new novel--right now titled The Lake Town. It's a horror novel with some sci fi elements (natch). Unlike Ryan's Run this one is an adult novel. Basically it's about what happens when an alien artifact crashes into a small lake and begins to infect several of the town's teenagers--turning them into homicidal maniacs. Homicidal maniacs with a purpose though. I won't give away the purpose right now. Please feel free to guess.

It's planned out to be three parts, the first part is titled "Impact." The second part is titled "Infection." When I have some of the rough edges smoothed out I'll post a sample.

The plan is to have it finished by January and enter it into the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (ABNA). If I make it to at least the quarter-final round I'll get a Publisher's Weekly review. Much like I did with Ryan's Run--and you can read the review in my previous post. If I get a good review (after making the QF round of course) then I may shop it around to some agents or just post it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Once it is finished I will return to Ryan's Quest, the sequel to Ryan's Run. Sorry for the delay. I know I have it posted on the website that it will be available Summer 2013, but I will have to push it back a year at least and have a sample up as well.