Sunday 27 October 2013

Neo Ace Mecha Scifi - Chapter 24 Combat at the Labs

Chapter 24 of Neo Ace is now up at Wattpad

Resistance builds against the attacking raiders in this chapter.  I can tell you that I'm pretty pumped to be writing the last three or four chapters of Neo Ace.  I already have some great ideas for the next book which concludes the major story arc.  Major engagements with wave after wave of drones, naval engagements, and of course ground combat with mechs and regular armour.  Where the main characters end up is kind of predetermined, but it is going to an action filled next book - just have to finish and revise Neo Ace first though!

Sunrise in Edmonton
Kind of busy this weekend though as I had to do the fall yard cleanup yesterday.  Today it is grey and rainy / snowing so it was good everything was done yesterday.  I'm writing Chapter 30 today, which is a final showdown chapter for a few of the protagonists in their big mechs. 


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Saturday 19 October 2013

Neo Ace Mecha Scifi - Chapter 23 Posted

Chapter 23 of Neo Ace is now up at Wattpad
I forgot to post last week about chapter 22 being up due to Canadian Thanksgiving, so I guess it is double feature this week.  Last week, the mercenaries were moving on the GAC headquarters and this week we have Janet Chan and the CEO of General Automata Corporation viewing some of the secret research going on in their labs.

Fall in Calgary.  Alberta doesn't have much for reds in the fall, mainly yellow.

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It is now the near the end of fall in Alberta here and half the trees have already lost their leaves.   Still, here are a couple of photos from around Calgary and Edmonton to let you know what fall is like out here.
Whitemud Park in the middle of the city here in Edmonton.  Note the beaver dam in the foreground.
Whitemud park.  Saw a big woodpecker and a big black crane fly by.
Calgary City Centre.


Saturday 5 October 2013

New Chapter of Neo Ace Mecha Sci Fi and the Cover Image

Chapter 21 of Neo Ace is now up at Wattpad
This chapter has the bad guys showing up in force.  The writing has been moving along pretty good.  I'm maintaining my chapter a week so I'm still expecting to wrap up in November.  It's all action writing right now so Neo Ace is ending with a bang.

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I have to say that I've enjoyed writing this science fiction mecha tale, but it has been a long haul.  It will be about a year of my spare time spent on writing this book, but the length of time it to write it has also helped me to iron out some quirks of the story and improve the characters.  Despite having big robots involved, the story has stayed focused on the characters, especially the teen cadets.  In some ways I've been surprised by how some of the characters developed, but everything has worked out for the best.  This book has a blend of adult and teen characters that make for some pretty good reading.

When I'm done the last chapter I'll take a short break.  Then it will be proofing time, and then my editor will go through it.  I think there are already one or two changes I want to make, but the story and plotting will fundamentally be the same.  I'm probably going to take a bit of a breather after I finish the actual publication on Amazon and just work on the detailed outline for the next book that will wrap up Exocrisis Blue. 

Neo Ace Mecha Science Fiction Cover

Last week I was working on the cover for Neo Ace.  Here is a lower rez version of the image that will likely be the cover for Neo Ace when it is published.  I could always change my mind, but this will do for now. The image of the pilot girl is credited to DM7 from Shutterstock.  I think it looks fairly good with an outline of the head of a HARM unit behind the female pilot.