Well, that was dang the hardest thing I think I've ever done. Three years to write it, and six months to edit it. But, I finally got my first book out on Kindle. The rest of the series should fall in line easier than the first one. The fun part is, I wrote the book live here on Rendo.

Book description:

Colt doesn’t want to be a farmer. He wants to explore the galaxy as his ancestors once did. In a moment of youthful exuberance, he is plunged into the brutal life of the Gunslinger Order — the mysterious keepers of the law. Colt is sent to the Gunslinger Academy on a distant world to learn what it takes to survive.

And so begins a coming of age adventure series that will span across the worlds of the galaxy.

It's live on Amazon now. Please feel free to leave a review, if you want. I enrolled it in KDP, so if you have kindle unlimited, you can read it free if you like. And the free sample takes you through chapter four.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BWGKXCA?Version=1&entries=0

Awesome news. Very well done. Now comes the hardest part -- promoting it. I wish you every success.

Congratulations and welcome to the club!!!!!!

I certainly wish you the best, you have ben a great help to me. I also hope to be there some day. 6 months to proof read, WOW. Did you make a few changes (spelling, grammar or punctuation) or a lot of changes (whole paragraphs or pages)?? For me, to ensure continuity, I have made extensive changes that effected 2 or more pages. Also I am nowhere near the end.

Congratulations. I'll be sure to give it a look.

Amazon tried to tell me I had one misspelling. 'pinfinger'

pinfinger is that game you play with a knife by trying to go as fast between your fingers as you can without stabbing yourself. Anyway, pinfinger is the correct spelling.

Oh, and the book will be free from tomorrow until next tuesday. My way of saying thanks to everyone.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BWGKXCA?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660

ldgilman posted at 1:35PM Thu, 18 February 2016 - #4255755

I certainly wish you the best, you have ben a great help to me. I also hope to be there some day. 6 months to proof read, WOW. Did you make a few changes (spelling, grammar or punctuation) or a lot of changes (whole paragraphs or pages)?? For me, to ensure continuity, I have made extensive changes that effected 2 or more pages. Also I am nowhere near the end.

I was being meticulous about the grammar, spelling, structure, story arc, consistency, and so on. And honestly, I don't think I got the consistency perfect. Small examples of things I warred with.

turret gun or turret-gun

phase one or Phase one or Phase One

dining cabin or Dining cabin

Merit or merit

And there were many more that required exhaustive research to find the correct usage. There was also the constant fight with comma splices, independent clauses, the use of the emdash, endash, hyphen, and semi-colon when splitting two independent clauses in a sentence--whether it would be better to simply make two sentences. Then there are made-up words. Such as the word: Carina. You have to also make up the grammar uses of it. Carina, Carina's, Carinian, Carinian's. You have to know the present and past tense use, and stay consistent with the rules you make up.

This is why I said get a copy of The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition, and study the heck out of it. The Chicago Manual of Style is the 'Bible' for writers. You will also want to read other style guide books, but always go back to the Chicago Manual of Style. And there is a reason. The Chicago Manual of Style is the rule book that all publishers and editors use. Know it, love it, read it from front to back.

Happy dance!

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Congratulation...!On your first achievement. Keep it up I want to know what should do next?

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milano123 posted at 11:12PM Thu, 25 February 2016 - #4257539

Congratulation...!On your first achievement. Keep it up I want to know what should do next?

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Thanks. The next thing to do is... write, and keep writing.

Wow - that is awesome, @Wolf! So happy for you!

Bill keeps telling me he doesn't like sci-fi, because he has this idea that it's all about people flying around in spaceships doing things he doesn't care about, despite the fact that he loved Deep Space 9 and Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. So he finally started reading Colton Cyness, and he's loving it! :) I think he's all the way up to the scene where Colt comes back from Cougar Mountain and talks to his dad, who was working on the tractor. :P When I asked him how far into the book he was, though, he gave me a detailed synopsis of the plot so far, so I know he's enjoying the story.

:D

auntietk posted at 4:42PM Fri, 26 February 2016 - #4257696

Bill keeps telling me he doesn't like sci-fi, because he has this idea that it's all about people flying around in spaceships doing things he doesn't care about, despite the fact that he loved Deep Space 9 and Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. So he finally started reading Colton Cyness, and he's loving it! :) I think he's all the way up to the scene where Colt comes back from Cougar Mountain and talks to his dad, who was working on the tractor. :P When I asked him how far into the book he was, though, he gave me a detailed synopsis of the plot so far, so I know he's enjoying the story.

:D

That is really awesome!!! I'm glad he likes it.

Congratulations!