Dear all
My first book has just been published by Orbit Publishing…
… and it really would not have been possible without Scrivener. I know that everyone here says that, but honestly the scene structures, character files and particularly the corkboard view: they made it all happen.
You can order it here: amazon.co.uk/Lazarus-War-Art … r+artefact
Here’s a synopsis of the book:
[i]"Captain Conrad Harris has died two hundred and eighteen times – and he has felt every death…
In the 23rd century, mankind has spread out into the stars, only to find themselves locked in eternal warfare with the insidious Krell. On the farthest edges of known space, a stalemate has been hard won, and a Quarantine Zone is being policed by the only people able to contain the Krell menace: the brave soldiers of the Simulant Operation Programme, an elite military team who remotely operate bioengineered avatars in the most dangerous theatres of war.
Captain Conrad Harris is a veteran of the Sim Ops Programme, a man who has died hundreds of times running suicide missions inside his simulants. Known as Lazarus, Harris is a man addicted to death, and driven by the memory of a lover lost to the Krell many years before. So when a secret research station deep in the Quarantine Zone suddenly goes dark, there is no other man who could possibly lead a rescue mission.
Yet, on arrival at Helios Station, all is not as it seems. Ambushed by a Krell patrol, Harris and his team find themselves stranded planet-side, their simulants destroyed. Far from home, and surrounded by enemies on every side, Harris must find answers to a very real question: how does a man inured to the idea of dying, face up to the prospect of a real, unsimulated death?
“A gripping read that moves at warp speed” – Jack Campbell (LOST FLEET)"[/i]
I’m now contracted by Orbit for four books… Exciting stuff.
I also run a website at jamiesawyer.com, and I’m planning on soon doing an article on the joys of writing with Scrivener…