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Yay! First revision is completed, and I'm going to spend a week tightening it up then on to the beta readers.  Here's a sneak peak of the cover.

I'm about a third of the way through my revision.  I believe most people do their revisions the opposite of how I am doing mine.  My rough draft is very bare bones.  The characters change how they act, how they talk and how they interact with others in order to progress the story.  On my revision, I go through and add character development, background information, etc.  I think most writers write as much as they can and edit stuff out.  I use the first draft as a basic frame and add to it.  My first draft was around 40,000 words and it will end up around 60,000.  It's just easier for me to do it that way. I'm really happy with how this book is going.  I feel like I have taken some of my criticism and adjusted this story to compliment some of the issues that I had and that were confirmed by others.  There is a lot more action-- a lot more.  I didn't have to do as much world building, which allowed me to focus on the story itself. ...

The draft for Days Since...  Thomas: Day 758 is finished.  I've begun revising the chapters.  I'm really hoping to have two revisions finished by the end of the year.  I'm anticipating a January release.  We shall see.

The rough draft for the next book in the series Days Since... should be finished soon, and I'm hoping to have the final released late this year.  I appreciate everyone for being patient in this endeavor.  Writing is a hobby for me, although someday I would like it be much more.  It is difficult at times juggling family, work, life, etc.  I'm very excited for this book.  I think it's going to be much better than my first.

Back to the Ohio River.  On the last episode of this little Post-Apocalyptic Cincinnati thing the biggest issue was water, so we're heading back downtown for easy access once again! Paul Brown Stadium is home to the Cincinnati Bengals.  The Stadium itself seems like it would be easy enough to defend.  You could post up a few snipers and have some pretty good coverage.  What I like about it is ability to sustain some electricity.  You could line the tops of the stadium with some makeshift windmills.  At that height, you should have some sustained winds that could keep it flowing.  Plus, being near the river helps with the wind sweeping through.  The field could be a solar panel field that would get sunlight throughout the entire day.   The land surrounding Paul Brown is perfect for planting crops.  It has easy access to water with the Ohio River being adjacent to it and running the entire length of the area.  The ...

I went with something a little different this time.  In reality I don't really think this place would work out.  This complex would hold a huge population, but there are several drawbacks to the location.  The biggest being the lack of access to water, which is almost deal breaker right away. The structures above are renovated dormitories at the University of Cincinnati.  When I attended classes there, these were absolute dumps.  Obviously, they look much better now.  Securing a population in these towers would be fairly simple.  Secure the bottom floor and riflemen, along with booby traps, on the roof would certainly help deter attackers. The large surface area of the roofs could help with water collection.  It would take quite a bit, but a series of barrels, gutters channeling the water down, etc. could get a good amount during a rain.  Depending on rain can be bad though and this area is several miles from the river.  ...

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