Writing Update Archives

A quick update on my writing and a personal note at the end.

By Bow, Daggers and Sword, A Ranger’s Tale Part Two: The first 3 chapters are live on Patreon. All members of the legion will have early access to the story. Chapter 4 should be up soon. If you enjoyed Part One, you are not going to want to miss this one.

Paladin’s Light, Tovak Book 3: I am hard at work on this one. The book is completely written. My original goal was to wrap up the improvement phase sometime in October, but that now looks like it will be early January. It’s a big book, plus I was sick for nearly the entire month of November. That slowed me down a little. I’m all better now. 😊

Infinity Control, Born of Ash Book 2: Currently in the development phase. It is partially written and once I am done with Paladin’s Light, I will finish writing it.

The Tiger’s Fight, CILO Book 7: This book is also in the development phase. I have finished the outline and begun actual writing. It’s gonna be a large book, and by large, I mean over 200k words. I am projecting it to be ready in summer 2022.

Weekly Contests: Every Monday we will be announcing a new contest. Prizes will include autographed books, proofs, and merchandise from the Stiger Store. This week’s giveaway was an awesome long-sleeved Stiger’s Tigers shirt. Follow me on social media to learn about the contests.

Hardbacks: The entire CILO series is now available in hardback. You can order them on Amazon. The hardbacks look and feel awesome. They are put together very well and look great on a shelf.

Patreon: So why Patreon? Well, you guys spoke up, and I listened. You want MORE… more stories, more content, more incredible artwork, more videos, more access, and a wide array of merchandise. And I’m right there with you – I want to deliver! This is your chance to help me do that.

A Personal Note: We’re in the process of closing on our new home in the western North Carolina mountains. We hope to settle this coming Wednesday. I am super excited to put down roots in a new community. I’ve been coming to Highlands since my childhood and now my kids are growing up in this beautiful part of the country. I am also looking forward to setting up a new writing office. More on that in the coming days.

Thank you for your continued support and don’t forget to enter the contests!

Best regards,

Marc

Hi everyone!

It’s been a while since I share an update on my writing and other things that are happening in my world. After [finally] wrapping up Fallen Empire, I’ve taken a well-deserved week off to rest and recover. Building a new world is a lot of work and in the end, I was putting in 15-18 hour days to meet my goal of an early July release. Woot woot!! Yesterday was the first day I got back to writing…and it felt really good. I spent a few hours cranking out the next Eli chapter and Today, I will spend time refining and enhancing it. See below for more on Eli, a Ranger’s Tale.

Writing Updates:

Fallen Empire, Born of Ash, Book 1 is complete! The book has been formatted for print and eBook. There will be a preorder on this one and it should be up in the next couple of days. I am shooting for an early July launch. Audio will release in a few weeks. Book 2 should follow sometime in the fall. I can’t wait to introduce you to Keira and Gunnery Sergeant McCandless, Corporal Mendes and Private Harris among other new characters. The book will be available on Kindle Unlimited to all KU users on the release day.

Paladin’s Light, Tovak, Book 3 (the final book in the series) is currently a work in progress. Major writing for the book is expected wrap by mid-July, with a September release. Stay tuned for more.

Off Indigo Station (new Sci-Fi series) and The Tiger’s Fight, CILO, Book 7 are on deck next and will likely release early to mid 2022. The Tiger’s Fight will be the size of the Tiger’s Time at around 200,000 words. It’s gonna be a monster of a book and I am super excited about this one!

Eli, A Ranger’s Tale, Chapters 1-8 are up on my Patreon Page for all members of the Legion. This is Eli’s origin story. For those of you that don’t know, I am releasing this book one chapter at a time on Patreon. It is a great way to help support my writing and fill in the gap between Stiger books.

Check out my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/marcalanedelheit

Book Deals:

Amazon has put Reclaiming Honor on sale for the entire month of June. The eBook is currently $0.99. This is a fantastic deal. If you have not tried Reclaiming Honor yet, you should. Tovak’s story takes place in the Last War Universe. His story is directly tied to Karus and Stiger. Below is the link.

https://amzn.to/2TSPFeX

Amazon has also put The First Compact on sale this month for $2.99. If you’ve not read this book yet, hear is a great opportunity to save some money. The normal price is $5.99.

https://amzn.to/3w6g1IG

Shopify Store

Veteran Organizations & Donations We have a new “I Served” t-shirt in the store. 10% of all sales for this item will go to veteran charities. Please share which charities you feel we should donate to. I want to hear your recommendations. Ideally, we are looking for charities where most of the funds donated go to veteran services instead of administration. Check it out.

https://maenovels.myshopify.com/products/unisex-t-shirt-i-served-1

Contests

Giveaway - Random Drawing I am giving away an autographed proof. How to enter the drawing? Hit reply to this email or post on the Facebook update thread and let me know your favorite book from my catalog. The drawing will take place on July 1^st. Good luck!

Other News

Video Series In the coming weeks, I am going to be releasing a series on writing via YouTube, Facebook, and Tok-tok. These will be short videos that will be full of tips on how to write and publish a book as an indie. If you are interested in becoming a writer, stay tuned. In addition, we will be doing more FB lives and providing additional video content.

Streaming on Twitch

I plan on getting back to streaming on Twitch soon now that Fallen Empire is complete. That book took a lot of my effort since it was the first in the series. A lot of thought and time goes into planning a new universe.

The Beast We expect to have the Beast back from Freightliner in July. The engine replacement is almost complete. They moved the RV out to a shop that can hoist it. The thing weighs over 30,000 pounds. As soon as we get it back, we plan to get back on the road to travel the country for meetups and conventions. We plan on chronicling our adventures.

Audible You may not be aware of Whispersync. If you buy an eBook, you can pick up the audible version via Amazon at a fraction of the price and save your full-price credits. As an example, when you buy The Tiger’s Imperium eBook, the audible version costs just $7.49 with Whispersync. That is a heck of a deal! You should check it out and if you’ve never listened to one of my audiobooks, it’s a great way to reexperience Stiger’s Tigers, while helping to support me at the same time. https://amzn.to/3sgNfTk

Eve Online Are there any Eve online players out there? I’ve fired up my old account and would love to connect.

Well, that is all the updates for now. I hope to hear back from many of you. Don’t forget, the contest will be live until July 1^st.

Best regards and thanks for reading,
Marc

December Writing Update

Marc’s Writing Update 06 08 2021