Posted on October 2, 2007 - by MG
Finished ‘Jaguar’s Realm’…
Jibacoa Beach at Night
Originally uploaded by heyjohngreen
Well, the first draft at least…typed the final sentence.
The polishing comes next but compared to the original act of writing, that’s easy.
The final scene is set on Jibacoa beach, east of Havana, at sundown as our hero struggles for his last chance to escape…
And that’s all I’m going to say about ‘Jaguar’s Realm’ for quite a while. It’s taken over a year to write, what with one thing and another. I feel quite drained now, actually. Need a good break to get the creative juices going again.
Now to read the ms aloud to my teenage daughter and see if it’s hitting all the right buttons. (I can’t recommend this enough for polishing a ms. You get an immediate audience reaction, and when something doesn’t work you get that puzzled look…Huhhhh?)
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October 3, 2007
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WOW! Sounds good. Congratulations on finishing…the first draft.
This explains why you disappeared for a bit.
Lukas…
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October 3, 2007
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Hey Luke! Thanks for the encouragement. We went to Cornwall for the weekend and wrote most of the final chapters there.
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October 3, 2007
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CORNWALL!
I LOVE cornwall! Where did you go? I love st. Ives. great beach!oh and has a great fries place.
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October 5, 2007
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Congrats! Hope you’re still floating kitey-high!
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January 28, 2009
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Any news on Jaguars Realm? You’ve not mentioned it in a while…
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January 29, 2009
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We sold it to Scholastic…at the moment the planned publication date is spring 2012. I’m going to start thinking about a sequel later this yera, after i write Joshua 4.
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January 29, 2009
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Wow! You have alot going! I really hope ICE SHOCK does well. I see no reason for it not to it is a FANTASTIC book! You have really outdone yourself MG. I’m under 20 pages away from the end now. It’s appropriately titled, there have indeed been quite a few shocks! Brillaint
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January 30, 2009
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Thanks for that Lukas, really glad you enjoyed it. And were shocked!