The End as we know it...

Note: This is not a chapter from the book.

The book is finished! After 413 pages , over 96,000 words, we wrote "the end of book one" on the last page.

It has been an adventure. with writing, rewriting, then rewriting and sometimes just deleting a whole scene. Sometimes, Tom and I really clicked and it was amazing finishing each others thoughts as twins are known to do. A few times we really struggled to come to agreement. (the fire scene took literally months to get it right!) Most of the time Tom was right, but it took a while for me to see what he was trying to do. Many times we laughed or joked about what was on the page. We made word puns and jokes about chickens and just laughed about the stupid errors that we had made.

We are now looking to taking the manuscript to a writers conference in September and pitching it to several publishers. In the meantime we have sent out ten copies to various people who have agreed to be what we call "Beta-readers". They should be able to tell us if the book will fly or should fly right into the trash can.

From now on, the blog will become more blog-like as we write about the process of getting this thing published and tell more about how we got to where we are today that will be helpful to future writers and those who read this blog.

I am looking forward to getting started on finishing book two. I am researching and gathering material that has already been written. This book goes to Greece and Rome!

A big thanks to all our friends, fans, and family who have helped and encouraged us!

Don't forget to check us out on FACEBOOK!  --Jon