Steve Patton's Blog: Mepho Press - Posts Tagged "rubyspot"

I actually never expected this. I have finished writing the second book in the Marsh Adventure series - Generations Lost. It took only 20 days to write. I do not say that to brag - I enjoy writing. I knew where I wanted to go with this book when I started, and how it was to end. All the notes I hard started on it a year ago since finishing the original Marsh Adventure book had built up until about every chapter was defined.

Now of course comes cleanup and editing, which will take a while. Writing the draft manuscript is always the easy part.

I am happy with the characters, and some were created and added that I had not originally planned. I am happy with the storyline and how it ends.

I had created a book trailer for it and posted it here and on YoutTube. I have not been promoting the trailer, as I did not want it to overshadow or get ahead of A Band of Dogs.

And now, I must get to work on the editing, I am excited for this book and hope I don't disappoint all those who have been patiently waiting on the...in this case...the prequal.

This is my second book in the Marsh Adventure series, and I plan currently to have eleven, with the goal of writing 1-2 each year over a period of time. I don't start a story until I have about 80% of it ready to go.

Generations Lost is the prequel to Of Times and Places. I won't tell you how far back it goes; you'll figure that out from the book. It does tell the story of Queen Rubyspot, and she is the protagonist in the book. Everything in the story centers around her kingdom, the Kingdom of the Dragonflies, and her reign over the marsh.

The first book will always be my favorite, having evolved from an idea into a one-page story, then to 100 pages, and eventually to around 150 pages. However, I love this book equally as well. I love the characters, the storyline and I love the ending. I hope you, as the reader, will also enjoy this book as much as I did in writing it. I will always be a writer first and a reader second.

So pick up a copy...eBook or paperback. I do have it in an overly expensive hardback version (the cost is out of my control for the hardback), but I always get one copy in hardback for my son to keep. Other than that, I probably wouldn't opt for hardback.

So please enjoy Generations Lost, book 2 in the Marsh Adventures - join the new cast on an old adventure, Queen Rubyspot, Bolo, Oracles, Cisto, Rudd, and many more - to see if the legend was true.