A Planet to Nowhere
by Nicholas Dufresne
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GENRE: Sci-fi
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BLURB:
Adrian thought his time as a human experiment
was over, that he was done suffering and had finally died. Never did he expect
to wake up somewhere new, somewhere alien and far different than he could've
ever imagined.
Has he found salvation, or is a test subject all
he's destined to be?
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When a scouting mission brings Reya and her team to
a star sector that doesn't support life, they stumble into far more than they
first bargained for. The planet they thought was deserted contains secrets with
far-reaching consequences.
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Excerpt One:
The last thing he remembered was his futile struggle against
the blue. Everything had been blue. He’d felt himself fade as the last vestiges
of life fled from his body. His mind had shut down, turning itself off. And
then, everything went black.
The darkness.
That crushing, never ending darkness.
Adrian shivered for entirely different reasons as his body
heat leached away into the ground beneath him. He breathed deep lungfuls of
air, immersed in the simple feeling of being. Blinking owlishly, he rid his
eyes of the substance that clouded them while he lay on his back and stared at
the ceiling.
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Topic: What was the hardest part about writing this book and what did you do to overcome it?
Writing a novel isn’t
easy, so I’ve come to learn. The work doesn’t stop when you write the words The
End. Penning the first draft of A Planet to Nowhere took me two
months of constant, daily work.
That was only the
beginning.
That early period was
when I was coming up with the story. I had all of these ideas and scenes in
mind I thought would be interesting to incorporate. Different concepts and
plots that I needed to concretize for everything to work out.
When I finally
finished writing my first draft, I realized that I was nowhere near the end of
my tale. I revised the book I’d just written and made changes for what I wanted
to tell in the future. After which I promptly wrote up the next few books.
The hardest part of
writing this book actually happened after I finished writing my fourth book in
the series. I decided to publish. I quickly realized that I had no clue how to
do that.
So I did my research
and came to the decision that I wanted to self-publish, which meant I had to
organize everything it takes to publish a book on my own. Getting the book
ready for print and into its final version was the hardest part.
An editor was first
hired to help me improve the novel, to which I learned there are multiple kinds
of editing one might need, each one different. Since my novel is the first in a
series, I had to make sure all the right details were finalized for the rest of
the books and that was no small task. I’ve reread over my book so many times
I’ve lost count. Everything I published in the first novel would lock in the
rest of the overarching plot. Forever.
At the same time, I
was juggling getting a cover made for the story. I had no idea what to expect.
All the different design drafts needed to make it just right took me by
surprise and took longer than I initially planned.
Eventually, I finished
editing and was satisfied with what I had as a manuscript. The cover wasn’t
done yet, so I proceeded to have the text properly formatted and turned into a
print-ready file to actually print the book with. Then it was a matter of
getting a proofreader to go over it one final time to catch any
inconsistencies.
And then? The
manuscript was ready for print. There was nothing left to work on for that part
of the project. I was able to focus all of my effort into putting the final
touches on the cover. Once it was done, my book was complete, and I was
ecstatic.
The final logistics
involved organizing print and distribution on a global scale so that physical
copies of my book could be created and getting it to online marketplaces. Once
my website was created (nicholasdufresne.com), all the pieces were in place.
And then it went live.
The project ended up
being a far bigger undertaking than I first expected. I don’t regret it because
now, holding my own book in my hands, I know that it was worth it.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Nicholas Dufresne
is a Canadian writer from Montreal. An avid reader and lover of stories,
delving into the worlds created by others is a passion of his that inspired him
to write one of his own to share with the world. Fantasy and science fiction
are his preferred genres, both to read and write. When not reading or writing,
he’s probably dreaming up new worlds to explore.
Website: https://nicholasdufresne.com/
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Nowhere-Nicholas-Dufresne-ebook/dp/B0CCLFPQZS/
The book will be free.
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