Working on Somatic
The newest draft of Chapter One for Somatic was written today. It came out pretty good. My wife suggests that I can the first half dozen paragraphs because they are over-descriptive. I feel good about this one. If The Way of Deception doesn't sell, then this will be my next book to hit the market with. If The Way of Deception does sell, then Somatic will be a great second novel (which is the one a new writer is judged by anyhow).
We'll see.
Excerpt: "Your past, once it discovers how much you have mistreated it, will always find a way to come back and haunt you. It's like a ghost in the hall. First the lights of recognition begin to flicker. Then the chains of guilt rattle. After that, the sheer fright of realizing the truth is often enough to kill a man. Sometimes, when many apparitions exist, a man must run from his past, for if it catches up to him, surely the spirits of such a tormented history will not simply deal the mercy of death, but will haunt a man until death becomes his only solace."
We'll see.
Excerpt: "Your past, once it discovers how much you have mistreated it, will always find a way to come back and haunt you. It's like a ghost in the hall. First the lights of recognition begin to flicker. Then the chains of guilt rattle. After that, the sheer fright of realizing the truth is often enough to kill a man. Sometimes, when many apparitions exist, a man must run from his past, for if it catches up to him, surely the spirits of such a tormented history will not simply deal the mercy of death, but will haunt a man until death becomes his only solace."
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