46 Days and Counting...
Readers and Friends,
This whole self-promotion thing... it really is a big departure for me.
Asking people to take a chance on me, to believe in my ideas, and to invest their time, energy, or money in something I created... none of that comes naturally to me. However, that is what it takes to succeed as an independent author.
When I set out to write a novel, it was a reaction to a stimulus. I was searching for some outlet to pour my efforts into. Something creative. A good friend recently reached out to me for the first time in ages, and he said:
"I always knew one day you would be writing novels. You have such an awesome vision and it showed back in high school."
One of my favorite guilty-pleasure songs is Click Click Boom by Saliva. It has a lyric that speaks to the kind of a kid I was, growing up.
All those Saturdays when kids go out and play Yo, I was up in my room, I let the stereo blaze Wasn't faded, not jaded, just a kid With a pad and a pen and a big imagination
In part as a consequence of having moved around so much as a younger kid, I had a difficult time setting roots, making friends, and deciding who Michael Paul Scott was supposed to even be, most of the time. I spent a lot of nice, sunny days hiding from all those healthy pursuits a lot of other kids my age thrived upon. I drew a lot. I read.
I wrote.
Nothing amounted to much, and I rarely let anyone read the small tales I had to tell, but that was a consequence of a lack of self confidence. I was stifled by my innate, insular nature. Not precisely a recluse, and not exactly an introvert, I always seemed to get along well whenever the occasion arose where I had to engage in larger social groups... but never comfortably.
There were kids I was friendly with, but far rarer were 'friends.'
So who would I have shared my stories with, anyway? And who would care to read them? Fear of rejection or, worse, of learning that I was not quite as talented as I hoped I might be, led me to finish a tale, read it back to myself, crumble the paper and toss it in the trash more times than I care to admit to myself.
I should have done this a long, long time ago, readers and friends. It took the lowest of my days to shine a light upon these latent dreams... to awaken the writer within.
Better late than never.
Regards, Michael Paul Scott - Author MPSAuthor@freewilds.net TheFreewilds on Facebook
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Three years ago, rogue council member Celeana Maar massacred all the students at the Witches Academy and left Ellemar Vancel for dead. Now, still haunted by that day, Ellemar seeks to track Celeana down and settle the score.
But her mission is nearly halted before it even begins because the Council of Witches prohibits members from killing, even if justified. Given the gravity of Celeana's crime, the Council bends this rule and approves Ellemar's mission.
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Michael Paul Scott - Author