Blackthorn: the second draft

While the road to completion seems long and the ending never in sight, we have been endeavouring to make Blackthorn the strongest it can be, and it definitely hasn't been without its complications. Having to work around our jobs and finding time in between hasn't been easy, and  having four dogs in the house makes it even harder to find places to work on it without being disturbed by their incessant barking! That said, we have made quite good progress, in spite of all these.

By the time Blackthorn has finally finished, it will include a number of dynamic characters that will keep you gripped and excited till the very end (think Game of Thrones).

 

In addition to writing, we have also been busy doing artwork for Blackthorn, and offer character portraits and landscape scenes from the book as part of our pledges on Unbound: https://unbound.co.uk/books/blackthorn.

 

As well as Blackthorn being in the works, we have recently had our debut novel, Dawn of the Awakening, proofread and are thinking of redoing the front cover to better capture the essence of the story and its characters.

Fellow Authors and Readers. . . . Or Eveyone!

Welcome to the 'shed' (as Unbound call it) or our blog where we'll keep you up to date on our recent projects, namely Blackthorn, our fantasy assassin novel (hence the blog's name), which we are currently working on and crowdfunding through Unbound. If you haven't heard of them, we have a dedicated page about who they are and how it works!

 

We were so delighted to have been chosen by Unbound (who responded in just four weeks from an eight week waiting period!) that we nearly cried with joy! We were so happy that we decided to celebrate with wine!

To be honest, I never thought we were going to be chosen, as my sister (also a writer, who is now crowdfunding her book, Soulblade: Forgotten Souls, on Inkshares), after coming to the end of the eight week period, was turned down. The bad news brought her down, but just as quickly, she researched into Inkshares, which is an American version of Unbound, and was accepted there.

It feels daunting and scary having to work to a deadline, but this experience is a BIG leap and a HUGE learning curve for us both.

It has been about a month so far since our book was put onto their site and we haven't seen too much action in the way of pledges, so please, if you or your friends and family are interested, make a pledge and have your name in the book! There is also limited edition artwork available, so don't miss out!

You can help make this book happen. Please share it and encourage your friends and followers to share it, too.

https://unbound.co.uk/books/blackthorn

Thank you for reading and your support!