Well, first thing is first. The designer for the book cover is contracted late April 2019 to have the second book in the Legacy of Atlantis trilogy done. They’re booked out a while. So, sorry it will be 2019 when the second book will be released. That just gives more time for editing. Really excited for this book.
Now on to what I would like to talk about. I had an in-depth conversation with one of my beta readers about Lost. She was very insightful and honest with her feedback, which is what I really need. If people are too afraid to offend me, then neither myself nor the book would improve as rapidly. She really felt as if I were trying to satisfy two different groups of readers. At first glance, it might look like a Harlequin Romance or a more sexually intimate book than what the book really is. It is far from that. She really loved the ending but did not enjoy the first part of the book.
The more I think about it, the more I think she is correct. I have seriously been thinking of re-writing the first part of the book to reflect more of my purpose for writing that book. I was really looking to explore can a man and a woman really be one when they are so very different. It was at a time when I was really hurting and trying to figure out relationships. I believe that I can expand on the book and make it even more meaningful but still keep the romance without losing the values instilled in the book. I had labeled it as an Adventure/Romance but I am thinking that it is going to turn out to be more of a Thriller with so much life-threatening occurrences in the book. I will most likely rename the book because I have had some pushback that it is too related to the TV show. That ticks me off a little since I thought of the title before the TV show and it is so appropriate with both characters being much more than just physically lost.
The rewrite will have to wait until after the second book of Legacy of Atlantis is published. I can then rewrite Lost and get to the final book in the Legacy of Atlantis trilogy. This has been a fun and exciting ride. If any of you are thinking about writing, I would strongly recommend it. There is so much fulfillment after putting in so much effort and work into such an endeavor.
Until next time,
Bryan