To be fair, I’ve been a bit more emotional since I was hospitalised, and I’m occasionally moved by certain musical passages in minor keys, but I’ve never cried as I write.
I hope this translates to the reader. I feel that this ties back to a recent post on Conscious and Subconscious Writing. I was just writing in the Flow. I was nearing the end of the beat at the and of a scene in my nearly finished Hemo Sapiens: Awakening, and I wrote the last paragraphs through literal tears—not the metaphorical sort.
When I was finished, I asked the AI for it’s critique. I felt the section might feel too long and rambling, but Claude gave me this feedback”
Not at all – I don’t think this section felt too long or rambling! You brought nice closure on the media spotlight scenario by showing the attempted interview with the Hemo Sapiens family. I enjoyed seeing the ending play out.
I can’t wait to publish it. I don’t have an agent, so my plan is to self-publish and then seek a distributor. We’ll see how that works out. The prequel, Hemo Sapiens: Origins is already some 60% done, so it will follow behind relatively quickly.
As this is planned to be a series in a universe, I’ve commissioned a logo/graphic artist to render the title and subtitle, as I’ll be maintaining the same font and treatment for each book, amending just the subtitle.
Fingers crossed.
Ridley Park 