I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
What am I apologising for, you ask? Well, if you haven't noticed, it's been (probably) a month since my last post, and a lot of exciting stuff has happened. Here is what has happened.
So, my book went to print a few months ago, and we hit the "Go Live" button. Since then I've had a lot of interviews (Hey, three is a lot) with newspapers and radios about my book. It's still coming out on the 17th of June, so we've got plenty of time before to.... what was that? The book comes out in four days?
Oh.
So, the book is available for pre-order at the moment. You can either get it from me, preorder it from amazon (Still can't believe my book's on amazon) or from the live it publishing site. I'll post all the links from the bottom. When the book comes out next week you'll be able to (takes deep breath) get it from me, from amazon, from the live it site, you can order it in from any library or book store (if you have the isbn), download it on a kindle or an adobe glassbook, or you can order one straight from me. If you do buy one from me, I can sign it for you and then deliver it, so if you want to do that then message me on facebook or drop me an email (My address is wills219@btinternet.com) and I'll get it sorted for you. And yes, you still have to pay me for it.
Waterstones in St Neots will also be stocking my book, so you can go straight in there and buy one.
Speaking of Waterstones, I'm doing a signing. Next friday (the 21st of June) I'll be on Waterstones in St Neots signing books from 3PM to 5:30PM. So why don't you drop in? (I'm giving cheesy rhetorical questions to persuade people to do stuff a try now).
As well as all that, you can expect a short story which will set the scene for The World to appear on my facebook page, either a few days before or on the day the book comes out, so look out for that.
So what am I writing now, I hear you ask? No? Oh, I thought I heard you say it. Well, I'll tell you anyway.
So remember how I quit writing Red Zone to write my fantasy story, the Three crusades, and then how I quit that to write a different book that I didn't talk about before? Well, now I'm going to talk about it.
So, I started writing this a few months ago (I haven't got a title for it yet, by the way) and I'm really enjoying. I'm already approaching 100 pages. It's a new story, that sort of takes the premise from Red Zone (In the way that it's about a boy surviving in an apocalyptic world.)
It follows Henry, a teenager who has survived on his own in a terrible world run by gangs and bandits. He trusts no one, and has never formed a relationship with anyone since his adoptive father, George, who he lost. One night, Henry finds a young boy cowering under a car, and his overwhelming guilt forces him to take the boy in. Henry's life is turned upside down by this old concept of caring for someone flooding back into his life, and as he learns what it is to have a relationship with someone, he finds himself involved in a war between a vicious band of survivors and a group of people living in a village that the gang want as their own, Henry finds himself doing something he has not done in a long time. Care for people.
I'm really going for something different with this new book. The World is an epic sci-fi story without a deeper meaning. With this new story I'm going for a gritty, deep narrative. I'm going to focus much more on characters and how they change. Don't worry, the story is still going to be pretty action-packed. What I'm trying to capture is a story of redemption set in a vicious, cut-throat world where there is only hate. I'm really enjoying writing it, and I hope you'll enjoy reading it. Expect an extract being posted here soon.
I've also decided that I'm putting my "Serium" series on hold for now. I want to focus on my new book and I think it's going to be hard to do that and bring an episode of Serium out every week. Sorry about that.
That's all for now. I'm going to try my hardest to keep blogging regularly from now on. Sorry for leaving it so long.
Stay frosty,
-Joe
Here are all the links
The book on amazon- http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-World-Joseph-Wills/dp/1906954763/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371121306&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=The+world+josep+wills
The book on the live it store- http://liveitshop.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=68&product_id=105
The book on waterstones-
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/joseph+wills/the+world/9861842/
My page on starlight- http://www.starlight.org.uk/recent-wishes/josephs-wish-to-have-his-book-published-comes-true/
My newspaper articles-
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/latest-news/st_neots_boy_with_rare_condition_to_have_novel_published_1_2223979
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Huntingdon-St-Ives-St-Neots/Why-St-Neots-boy-Joseph-is-on-top-of-the-world-despite-being-only-child-in-UK-with-rare-condition-20130606090000.htm
My article on PE19 aboutmyarea (It's on some of the other aboutmyareas as well)-http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/St-Neots/PE19/News/Local-News/249889-St-Neots-School-Boy-Dream-Comes-True
Thanks!
