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

I begin (again) work on my second boo, The Sun Also Sets. I'd side stepped working on it to get all publication done on my first book, The Marsh Adventures: Of Times and Places. It is already written, just going through post production work. I am hopeful to have it ready for release by September, or earlier if possible. In short, it is a book about a burned out Personal Hunter in Africa going through the motions and despising his client's blood lust, when he stumbles upon a track that will change his and other's lives forever. He just needs a guide. An exciting tale with more to come. Check it's progress out at: www.ridgewriters.com

The first video book trailer for the Sun Also Sets released today...I am very excited about it! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyxA4...

I haven't posted much...on here or on my website. I have been feverishly going through the edits of The Sun Also Sets in post-production material. I thought I was doing well, until I compiled all my chapter notes into one long "to do" list, and suddenly realized I have more edits to do than I thought.

How can one write a book about Africa when you have never been there? I am sure that is a question I will be asked, and I even ask myself that. I have read great stories about Africa from people who have never been there. That's like saying, "How can you write about Mars if you've never been there?" or "How can you write about the bottom of the ocean if you've never been there?" Anyway, you get me point.

At the rate I am going, I think it will be done before October, whether out and published I am not sure, but I believe so. However, I never rush a book. When I finish The Marsh Adventures: Of Times and Places, it took little cleanup, and there wasn't much I wanted changed with the final product. That will be a rarity...the exception and not the rule. Most stories I write will go through several edits before I am satisfied.

Well, to the Ridge Readers motto of "Read On!"...I'd best go back to "Write On!" if I want to see this finished!

I switch back between my Author's Blog (from my Author's Website) and this blog here. If you are not following my other blog, you can sign up to follow, my author's website is: www.ridgewriters.com

I post between the two but not always the same. That said, I dropped the next trailer for The Sun Also Sets on my website first before sharing here.

I am really excited about this trailer...of all the book trailers I've done for my books, I like this one the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPc12...

And by the way, I have moved the release of The Sun Also Sets from Fall 2024 to now Summer 2024.

So I am feverishly doing final edits on The Sun Also Sets...I am trying to do two chapters a day, but seem to end up only able to do one a day, if that! I am excited to get this book out and ready for it!

At times I think of pulling the "Summer Release" date and then going back to fall...and then I think I can make it.

I am on Chapter 8 of the edits and hope to get a lot done on days off around the 4th of July.

Summer, Fall...it's coming! I am going to still stay with Summer for now...and now...back to the grindstone, Chapter 8, The Falls...awaits!

I have set the release date for my next book, The Sun Also Sets, as July 31, 2024. This coincides with World Ranger Day. Every year, 100 Rangers are killed in the line of duty protecting our wild game. This book is dedicated in their memory.

New book trailer has been posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbJoq...

I had always intended, and still will, add a companion book to The Marsh Adventures on the insects of the marsh. However, tonight I felt like Africa. and although not an instant concept, starting working on a similar work for The Sun Also Sets - The Animals of Africa.

Conecept art can be seen for this at my website: Https://www.ridgewriters.com

The Sun Also Sets

The drafts are done and submitted. Now it is just a waiting game of anticipation. A Band of Dogs: Foundations releases on February 2.

But what's next for me?

That is a big question. There are so many directions I could go, and so many manuscripts I have ideas for. So for now...

I am going to step back and take a breather. I need to shore up some Library of Congress stuff on my books and other things, and follow through on some things I've neglected along the way. In doing that, I'm taking a low-profile stance...

I will be working on the two companion books to The Marsh Adventures and The Sun Also Sets, as well the accompanying coloring book for The Marsh Adventures. While doing all this, I will be working on The Message.

The Message was the third story I had written for my son and my longest (non-published) story for him. It is a story of espionage, friendships, plots and twists, and I promise anyone who reads this will not see the end coming. I will hope to have it ready by Christmas 2025 or before.

I would like to get the next book in the Marsh Adventures out this year, the prequal, if doable.

Doesn't sound like much does it?