I’m working on my latest WIP, Born in a Treacherous Time:
A band of early humans struggle to survive a world where violence and chaos rule. Think Man vs Wild rather than National Geographic.
If you read To Hunt a Sub and loved Lucy (the ancient female who mentored the protagonist), this is her story. You find out how she gave up everything for her unborn child, survived a violent world using only her wits, had three suitors, developed her own power in a world where that is the provenance of males, was thrown away by those who should care for her, and found an unusual band of likewise abandoned creatures who would shape her future.
With a planned publication date of June-July, 2018, here’s how I’m doing.
- I finished editing and it is now with the pro who will catch anything I missed. Because this novel is more like a series of vignettes linked by a plot, I haven’t asked her to check anything other than grammar, spelling, and that sort.
- I’m roughing out a cover so my cover artist as some idea what I envision.
- I’m roughing out a query letter and synopsis so in January, I can run this book by a few traditional agents. It may be too narrow (paleo-historic) for their interests but I think back on Clan of the Cavebear. Someone was brave enough to take that on!
- I’ll have a blog hop to officially release the book to the world in June/July.
Working on the editing put me way behind on a bunch of other writing that has deadlines. The next few weeks, that’s what I’ll be doing. Those will all be submitted by the end of December and I’ll be back at Born in a Treacherous Time.
BTW, if you’re wondering about the bandog included with this post. That’s Ump. He’s feral but friendly and an important part of Lucy’s story.
Wonderful holidays to all of you, my cherished efriends!
More on Born in a Treacherous Time
How I’m Doing on Born in a Treacherous Time I
How I’m Doing on Born in a Treacherous Time II
How I’m Doing on Born in a Treacherous Time III
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy, the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers, and the upcoming Born in a Treacherous Time. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for TeachHUB, monthly contributor to Today’s Author and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. You can find her books at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning.
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Lovely and accurate
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I am looking forward to reading your spin off, Jacqui, and I wish you luck on finding an agent for the book 😀
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It’s about 1.8 million years before your stories but the seeds of what man would become are already there. I’ve really enjoyed writing this one.
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Yeah! 😀😀 Jacqui, terrific news and all seems to be on target. I’m very excited that you’re submitting this to agents – best of luck. I think there is definitely a market for this, so fingers crossed.
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Thanks so much, Annika. And, I can’t wait to read your book. It’s moving up nicely on my TBR list!
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That’s fantastic, Jacqui!! 😀😃 Thank you so much…I did see on Goodreads that you’d bought it and marked as to read!! So excited!! xx
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You are rocking it my friend. And do I know how the revisions and editing takes over our lives and leaves everything piling up. Now take a break and breathe for a week or two. And have a Merry Christmas. 🙂
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I have given myself permission to do just that. Well, I am working on a couple of classes I’ll be teaching starting January but really, not much compares to the stress and focus of editing.
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Good for you! Enjoy! 🙂
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I’m so excited this book is near its launch date, Jacqui, and I’m really glad you’re searching for the right agent. Can’t wait to see the cover – can’t wait to read the book. What a wonderful way to begin the new year.
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I can’t wait to see the cover, too. I have no idea how that will come out!
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I’m really looking forward to this one, Jacqui. Sign me up for the blog hop and happy holidays to you and yours.
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Oooh I’ll hold you to that. It’ll be towards summer, if I don’t slip again!
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So exciting, Jacqui. This book sounds very interesting.
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It’s historic fiction so slower, deeper, and hopefully more meaningful. More character-driven than my thrillers. I enjoyed writing it!
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Hi Jacqui – well done … I look forward to its completion and then to reading … you are very organised and that’s good – helps the wheels along … have a happy Christmas – cheers Hilary
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me again .. why didn’t that rather lovely gothic (Cornish – Celtic) tree image appear … I missed seeing that?! Cheers H
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I am so enjoying having the editing done (and on someone else’s desk!)
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It seems like it’s coming along, Jacqui. Keep it up. I can’t wait to see what you come up with for a cover. 🙂
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This one comes from my heart. I tried to ignore Lucy for years. She would have none of that!
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Ack! You put me to shame. Now that I’ve moved, maybe I can return to writing. Congratulations on all your progress.
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How about “How the average American can build their own house”!
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I think I’ll first address the two unfinished novels… can’t imagine any interest in a housebuilding saga, and just doing it may disqualify me from being an “average American.”
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Congrats on the progress!
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One small step for Jacqui Murray…
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Very interesting. The Clan of the Cave Bear was good for a couple books but then got boring. If you’re planning on just one you should be fine. On the other hand, you already have lots more writing skill than Jane Auel had when she started so who knows, might wind up a series like Cave Bear. 🙂
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I have only 2 books planned, could do more. I agree about Clan of the Cave Bear. Even an addicted devotee like me recognized the story was slipping.
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Keep it going – looking forward to reading this.
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I’m so close. Sigh. As are you. When do you think your poetry book will be out?
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Aiming for January. Setup my create space account and am doing some last minute formatting changes.
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Amazing how you are able to track and publish your progress. Keep at it Jacqui!
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It helps me feel better about my slow (slow) progress!
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Tanks
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My pleasure.
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It sounds like you’re moving right along, Jacqui. Enjoy the holidays!
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I can’t believe how good I feel getting that off my virtual desk. It’s like I have boundless time for something else. Hmmm, maybe the next book.
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I like vignettes linked by a plot … 🙂
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I haven’t read many books like that so I was surprised when I wrote one! It just seemed right.
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I can see how the style would work for your book subject – very clever.
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