From Jamie's desk
New releases, works in progress, and the stories behind the stories.
A fun update from my family. My brother-in-law, Jon, and my nieces, Jalen and Jordan are having a Rookie Privateer Read-Off this weekend. Hearing this, my wife’s mother, Doris, has also decided to join in on the fun. I can’t wait to hear how their weekend goes, I have to say I’m pretty excited. Thank you Jalen, Jordan, […]
Read the storyI had difficulty writing the last chapter of Rookie Privateer and at the time I chalked it up to the resolution being difficult. I won’t do a spoiler and talk about what the resolution was just that getting it all to come together was difficult for me. When I finally finished I had that feeling […]
Read the storyA wonderful reader posted a nice review on Amazon and expressed a concern about how Tabby and Liam’s relationship will be treated in future stories. After a few tries and finally purchasing the book (again) I was able to reply using Amazon’s forum feature. To save you the trip there here is the text of […]
Read the storyLong before I started writing, I was a fan of Goodreads. The site is dedicated to keeping track of books I have read or want to read. It is completely a fan site, where we are encouraged to share our views about different books we are reading. About a year ago Amazon bought the company. […]
Read the storyRookie Privateer is only ten days old but that hasn’t stopped the swag train from arriving. My sister, author of the Bellingwood series, treated me to a new coffee mug, flask and a cutting board. It is all so pretty thanks to Kristina Del Valle’s beautiful artwork. She also designed bookmarks and business cards […]
Read the storyAs a new author there is a struggle to become known to my would-be audience. In this day-and-age of social media a big part of exposure is related to ratings of your books and getting people to leave reviews. If you look at different statistics you find that the odds of someone taking the time […]
Read the storyI finally received my first batch of paperback copies of Rookie Privateer. I have a decent number of people that I owe signed copies to including my beta readers. As a writer the first step in releasing a book is to turn it over to a group of readers. Being my first book I […]
Read the storyOne of the hardest things I do as a writer is deleting words that I have written. In my current project I became more and more dis-satisfied with a path i had chosen. Two and a half chapters in it became unbearable and today I decided to clean it out. Argh! It was painful to […]
Read the storyWriting a book in our house is a family affair. My sister is principal editor, my wife is all about continuity, and my son is apparently my technical drawing expert. The impetuous for the drawing came from a discussion between my wife and me. She was getting tired of all of my references to […]
Read the storyIt is hard to imagine that the work is all done. I was cleaning up the space next to my computer and realized that it was time to put the manuscript away. While cleaning I also got a call from a long time friend. He had received a call from a common friend that […]
Read the storyRookie Privateer, the first book in the Privateer Tales series has been released to Amazon. It is available in both print and kindle formats. This is the first published work of author Jamie McFarlane. Rookie Privateer is the coming of age story of Liam Hoffen. Graduating from school and becoming an Earth Mars Citizen doesn’t […]
Read the storyI have coalesced the work of many readers into a final manuscript. Most of the hard editing work has been completed. I have learned a lot in the process and am confident my next book will go more smoothly. I had several readers, many of them direct family. I know I wouldn’t have been able […]
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