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The Schoolboy - FREE for 3 days!

9/14/2017

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The second book in the Agent Orange trilogy, THE SCHOOLBOY, is on Amazon for FREE for three days, September 15th through 17th!  And, readers who have Kindle Unlimited can get Agent Orange and The Schoolboy for free any day!  Thanks!
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Agent Orange - FREE for three days!

9/10/2017

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The inaugural book in the Agent Orange trilogy is on Amazon for FREE for three days, September 10 through 12!  And, readers who have Kindle Unlimited can get Agent Orange and The Schoolboy for free any day!  Thanks!
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The Schoolboy is published!

9/7/2017

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Great news!  The Schoolboy (Agent Orange Book 2) is now available on Amazon here!

​Check it out!  Thank you!
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Jetsetter has a cover!

8/17/2017

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Worked with the same designer who did Agent Orange and The Schoolboy book covers.  I'm very happy with the design and the consistency within the trilogy.  Check it out!
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Small Victory - Jetsetter!

8/12/2017

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Well, it took many hours of working through options for naming the third book in my Agent Orange trilogy.  I finally settled on a simple but, I believe, cool name:  Jetsetter.

I want to start working on the cover with my chosen designer as soon as practical, just to get the preview of it on the web site.

Now I just need to finish the manuscript for a February publication date!
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The Schoolboy Edits are Done!

8/7/2017

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Happy to report that the line editing for "The Schoolboy" came back from CreateSpace a few days ago and has been incorporated into the manuscript - and just as with "Agent Orange" some very helpful comments.  Generally story flow and pacing were good.  Lots of good copyediting were included, too.
Now, a few elements of continuity need to be figured out so that the story arc going into Book 3 (first draft underway, about four chapters in...) can finish strong!
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New Draft Started - Prologue to Future Novella

7/12/2017

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My name is Harvey Malmon.  Don’t worry if it doesn’t ring a bell.  Chances are high that you’ve never heard it, or have only glanced passed it in one of those dreadful society rags.  Quite right, too.  Why should I receive any of the spotlight, or want to?  It’s my employer, Sir John Smithfield, that you know and love and photograph.

Yes, Smithfield.  Sir John is the air ace and war hero whose American father married into a British fortune, and whose inheritance at the turn of the century allowed him to follow his fancies, which included fashion and females and generally anything else that fit into the life of the idle moneyed class.  He had already invested in the new flying machines when the tensions across Europe finally, predictably, ignited into war.  He heartily signed up and spent the next four years having it out with Fritz in the skies over France and Belgium.  It was reported that his B.E.2 was heavily damaged and put down by none other than Immelmann, but that Sir John acquitted himself quite nicely in a new aeroplane at Verdun and elsewhere.  At any rate he ended up with many citations and accolades, and was eventually knighted.  Thus, the rosy life was once again laid before him, and he dedicated himself to chivalric adventuring.

Somewhere along the way he hired me—first as his personal tailor, then later to take on growing responsibilities for his social schedule, transportation, and general management of his daily life.  I became his right hand man in all respects.  Where and when Sir John was, so was I:  London, Paris, New York, Leningrad, Calcutta.  Adventure sought out Sir John, and I was always around to be his second.  Damsels, crooks, even spies—all fodder for his rollicking lifestyle.  By the end of the Twenties he had emerged with the moniker the Gentleman, which I suppose made me the Gentleman’s gentleman.  Me, Harvey Malmon—in both station and stature, content to look up to his employer and serve him.
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Only one problem.  It’s all a lie.
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Four Chapters Into Picture Man

7/7/2017

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As of today I've completed the first four chapters of Picture Man (working title), the finale to the Agent Orange trilogy.  I'm working out the remainder of the outline before forging into Chapter 5.  Target publishing date January or February 2018.   In the meantime, I'm ready to send The Schoolboy (book 2) to third party editor for polishing.
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Check out my Amazon Author Page!

6/30/2017

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Started up my author page at Amazon.  Check it out here!
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Free Promo, Tweaking

6/29/2017

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Used the last two days of free promo - about 60 downloads and netting some decent "pages read."  But, still waiting for reviews.  Doing some tweaking to the website and will be working on the Amazon author page including a picture soon.  Finally, I'm considering moving the publication date of The Schoolboy up, assuming I can get my copy and line editing done in couple of weeks, and then work on the final polish, front matter, back matter, links, and ads.
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