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Dash: Into Space! preview (part 1)

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

I decided to take a “break” between Noble Cause and Royal Crush to write something new and different–I’m calling this book-in-progress Dash: Into Space!  I’m not giving too much away when I say it concerns alien abduction. (Fear not, Jason Cosmo fans, I’m actually working on Royal Crush concurrently. But since it is a revision of Royal Chaos it isn’t entirely “new”.)

I have a rough plot in mind for DIS, and a cast of characters ready to appear. I know it will be an adventure-comedy, but in a science fiction mode, rather than fantasy, like my previous books. Well, science fantasy might be closer to the truth. No one will mistake this for hard SF.  Believe me–I won’t be calculating any orbital equations.  I just want to write a silly, fun, entertaining story. But exactly where I will set the Sillymeter for this one will emerge in the course of writing it.

I’m ten chapters into the book at present. This is a first draft, so any or all of what I’ve written so far may get scrapped. Or, indeed, I may shelve the whole book if I don’t feel it is working. But, hey, Loyal Reader, I’ll let you help decide the fate of Dash: Into Space! by sharing some excerpts of this work in progress. Here is (the first draft of) Chapter 1. If you got this as a preview on your e-reader, would you want to read more? Let me know what you think!

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Greetings, Loyal Reader!

Time to check in with you again. A few things to mention. First, my mom and I were in the paper recently. We were interviewed for an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution called “e-Books getting the words out”. The able reporter did a good job of reporting on how ebook publishing empower authors to take charge of their writing careers and connect directly with readers in ways that were not possible (or at least much more difficult) in the pre-ebook era. Whether it is re-releasing previously published books or publishing all-new works without having to wait around for Big Publishing to get a clue, this is a great time to be an author. The tools are there for those who learn how to use them–as more and more authors are each day.

As for my own authoring, my summer projects are writing a new book, Dash: Into Space! and the next Jason Cosmo book, Royal Crush (a revision of the classic Royal Chaos). I’m also editing my mother’s novel Devil Moon for reissue as an ebook. Enough to keep me busy!

I was also thrilled to be contacted by REDACTED to inquire about my interest in writing REDACTED for REDACTED. Yeah, can’t say much about it, but there may be a fun side project in the offing.

One more thing — my ebook titles are on sale at Smashwords through July 31.

Hope you’re enjoying your summer! (Or winter, south of the equator.)

Best regards,

Dan McGirt

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Hello (again) world!

Greetings!

So…yeah, this has been a very slow-moving project, launching DanMcGirt.com.  Slower even than I expected. Glacial?

Slower than that. Geologic is more like it.

Even so, I still have the grandest of intentions to make DanMcGirt.com my online home base and secret headquarters. But it will be a bit by bit process, as I’ve simply had to put this effort near the bottom of the priority list so far.

What have I been doing instead? Glad you asked! Here is an update:

  • The rebooted Jason Cosmo fantasy adventure series from Trove Books is at Book Two now, available as ebooks around the world. Book One, Hero Wanted, is also available as a print edition.
  • All of my fantasy novels originally published as Signet/Roc paperbacks are now available as ebooks at Amazon and elsewhere. To wit,  the classic Jason Cosmo Non-Trilogy of Jason Cosmo, Royal Chaos, and Dirty Work.  You can get them singly, or as an all-in-one omnibus ebook.
  • I’ve been working with my mother, Andrea Parnell, to publish her out-of-print romance novels as ebooks. We’ve produced three so far, plus a free novella, with more on the way. You can learn more at Mom’s website: AndreaParnell.com.

A lot of work behind writing, preparing, and publishing these titles! I’ll keep adding to this site. In the meantime, please visit my Jason Cosmo Update site or join my Facebook page.  You can also follow me on Twitter: @jasoncosmo

Thanks for reading!

Best regards,

Dan McGirt

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Hello world!

Updated: May 19, 2011

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

I am doing a bit by bit launch of DanMcGirt.com as my new home page. I have a lot of work to do on the site.  It will be a process of constant small improvements. I have lately been busy getting the original versions of my comical fantasy adventure novels Jason Cosmo, Royal Chaos, and Dirty Work formatted as ebooks. All are currently available at Smashwords and will soon debut in the Amazon Kindle Store.

I’m also working to finish writing Noble Cause, the sequel to Hero Wanted. Hero Wanted was book 1 of the relaunched Jason Cosmo series making Noble Cause … wait for it! … book 2.

And … I’m also editing several romance novels by my mother, award-winning author Andrea Parnell. We’re reviving her out-of-print romanc novels as ebooks. The first two, Dark Splendor and Whispers at Midnight, are now available as ebooks at Smashwords, the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, and will soon come to the Amazon Kindle Store.

Along the way, I’ll continue to add content to this website, as it becomes my online headquarters. For now, you’ll find much more information about my books at the Jason Cosmo Update site or my Facebook page.

You can also follow me on Twitter: @jasoncosmo

My (very) occasional newsletter/mailing list is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JasonCosmoUpdate/

Thanks for reading!

Best regards,

Dan McGirt