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today, but next Sunday. Am I excited? Hell yes! This will be my seventeenth
consecutive year of writing one or two books in November, National Novel
Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). According to the NaNoWriMo website, over the past
sixteen years, I’ve completed a total of 24 projects and 1,862,052 words. I
calculate over twice that number of completed projects when I include
non-NaNoWriMo months of writing. Heck, last year alone, I wrote 1,141,946
words. I’ve been a little off that pace this year, but still managed to produce
a lot of books. (I currently have 48 stories on on my two websites!)
What that also means is that it’s pledge week. You know, like public radio?
Except this is money that goes in my pocket to pay for my websites, printing,
and providing ALL my books for online reading at no charge. All thanks to my patrons
at www.patreon.com/nathaneverett.
The benefit to me is obvious, but what’s in it for you? I have two major tiers of patronage. At $5 per month (Fellow Travelers), you get everything I release before I release it anywhere else. That includes new eBooks as well as online serials. Next Sunday, patrons at this level will begin reading Liam’s Place At the Table (slated for general release at Christmas), the vastly rewritten and improved version of last year's NaNoWriMo project, American Royalty 1: Coming of Age. Patrons are currently reading my new Devon Layne work, Pussy Pirates, a story in Thinking Horndog’s Swarm Cycle Universe. In the meantime, I’m putting out new versions of some of my older stories, like The Art and Science of Love, all of which will be released on either NathanEverett.com or DevonLayne.com.
At the $10 per month level (Fifth Wheel), you get to watch me make it happen. The Fifth Wheel tier gets to read everything new I’m writing, as I write it—raw and
unedited. Believe me, November is a big month for these folks. I’ve already
begun writing a new Devon Layne Swarm story, tentatively titled The Assassin. Starting Sunday, I’ll have a new Nathan Everett NaNoWriMo story starting with nearly daily
posts. This one is called It Ain’t Immortality, But…
Theo is a septuagenarian with a heart problem. He is invited to take part in an experimental program that will reset his cellular age to his mid-thirties. He’ll still be an old man. He’ll still look like an old man. But he’ll have the energy and vigor he had as a young man. With this new lease on life, Theo needs to decide what to do with his next twenty years.
He decides to take up photography and try to really get to know his subjects. He talks to each person he photographs on his journey and learns their story. Usually, this involves sharing food or drink and listening while the person entertains him with some important aspect of his or her life. The book will be Theo finding, photographing, and listening to the stories of the people he meets.
Chapters will be coming on a near daily basis for my Fifth Wheel patrons as
I write during November. They get it raw and unedited, often giving me advice
as to where the story should go next! Of course, Fifth Wheel patrons also get all
the new works the Fellow Travelers tier gets.
So, there is my annual pledge drive promotion. Join me and get the latest and greatest from your favorite author!
https://www.patreon.com/nathaneverett
!!All Nathan Everett patrons have equal access to Devon Layne stories if they want it!!
It Ain’t Immortality, but it’s damned good so far. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like another “do over” story, but if this even is one, it’s a darned interesting twist, and I look forward to seeing where you take this!
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