Desert Reflections Blog

Finally after three long years I finally have a fully-finished Chapter. Chapter 1 - Dreams is an introduction to a few key Characters, a few minor characters and a trip back in the past that points to the future. It is a build up to the main story which essentially begins in Chapter 2. I spent a few weeks trying to build up my subscription list(Marketing 101) by offering a few preview of Chapter 1 in it's entirety. My list grew by close to 50 names in that span. Yesterday, May 31, 2026, I released it to my subscribers and the feedback so far has been overwhelmingly positive. In fact I was surprised how many of them read it right away. Pleasantly surprised. I will continue to make Chapter 1 available to all new subscribers. For now, Bernice (My Editor) and I will continue to work away at putting the finishing touches on the rest of my manuscript so we can hopefully have it ready to go for publication by my self-imposed deadline of August 1, 2026 - If we overshoot, that's ok as well. Ultimately I'd like to have it released well before Christmas and hopefully it might gain some traction leading up to the holidays. For now it's full speed ahead or rather slow and steady speed ahead.