It’s finally live! Buy The Parnassus Initiative now in ebook and paperback formats!
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The time has finally come!
Our final edit has been locked in and The Parnassus Initiative will be released digitally on September 5th!
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Not only that but to celebrate, we are releasing our short story, Raider’s Hollow, for free!
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Given that Ashley and I finally wrapped up our final manuscript and sent it off to the editor, now seems as good as time as any to release a preview section of The Parnassus Initiative! As a disclaimer, the below has only been edited by ourselves. I take no responsibility for minor grammatical errors! Turns out that perfect grammar is pretty much your last concern when trying to write a novel! Hurrying down the stairs, Ryder mentally braced himself for the impending conversation he had now psyched himself up for as he pushed on the metal bar across the door. The exit clattered open, the noise echoing off the surrounding buildings towering over him as he stumbled from the stairwell into the narrow alley behind VistaTech. Mya and two men he didn’t recognize turned towards him with wide eyes. Ryder froze a few paces from the small group but jumped when the door slammed shut behind him. Shifting from foot to foot, Mya was the first to break the silence. “Oh, great.” At her words, the burly man next to her turned his attention to a tablet. Not one of those low-range models every kid had these days, but one
So, it finally happened. Last night Ashley and I sent the final draft of The Parnassus Initiate off to the editor. Clocking in at 128,773 words, it’s taken us two and a half years of learning, confusion and procrastination to get to this point. After a few years of back-and-forth introvert speak along the lines of ‘we should write a book’, we were on vacation with family and friends, and a friend of Ashley’s had just published her first indie novel. The surprising revelation that anyone could write and publish their own book these days spurred us into saying ‘Hey, we should actually write a book’. As it turns out, writing a book is pretty damn hard. There was a lot to figure out, and a lot of things to muddle through until we got to the point we’re at today. There is so much we would do differently going forward that we just had no clue about in the beginning. I think we had several significant characters marked with *CHARACTER NAME HERE* in the manuscript for a good few months! Despite the frustration, writer’s block and months of getting side-tracked, it’s been a fantastic learning experience. Both in the creation of
We’ve had a bit of a break over the last few weeks with travel being the main culprit. Back this week though, with our third character profile for The Parnassus Initiative: Evan Broussard. Evan Broussard Age: 27 Physical Appearance: Broad and muscular with deep brown skin, mirthful dark eyes, and short, black hair. Personality: Easy-going and quick to smile, Evan is a joker at heart, always throwing in a quip or two, regardless of the situation. Interests: An avid gamer, Evan enjoys playing the latest and greatest in action holo-games with Ryder, and their work colleague, Ellie. When he’s not working or gaming, Evan can be found relaxing at their local bar, the Thirsty Turtle. Background: Evan grew up in Wallace, Idaho and attended high school and college with his best friend Ryder Wells. He moved to Seattle with Ryder after college to join the booming pyrrhasite technology industry, both being hired by the same company. Always adventurous himself, Evan encourages Ryder to take chances and shake up his life a little, inadvertently setting his best friend down a dangerous path. When Ryder disappears without a word, Evan can’t help but worry he’s made a horrible mistake. But when his
Introducing the second character from our upcoming novel, The Parnassus Initiative – Mya Malinsky. Mya Malinsky Age: 25 Physical Appearance: Tall and slender with long, sleek raven hair and green eyes. Personality: Mya prides herself on her independence, preferring to handle stressful situations on her own. Forming close personal bonds with only a select few, she keeps everyone else at arm’s length. Interests: When not engrossed with work, Mya enjoys reading and collecting rare volumes of classic literature. Background: After a troubling home life, Mya ran away from home as a teen and spent a brief time living on the streets of Seattle. With some help, she turned her life around and now works at VistaTech – the same leading pyrrhasite technology company as Ryder – as personal assistant to a department head. Aware of Ryder’s awkward and distant admiration of her, when he one day takes a chance and follows her outside, she faces a difficult choice – leave him at the mercy of powerful forces, or risk exposing the dangerous secret she harbors.
Over the next few weeks, we will be featuring character spotlights for some of the major players in our upcoming novel, The Parnassus Initiative. To start, we have our lead character, Ryder: Ryder Wells Age: 27 Physical Appearance: Average height and build with unruly brown hair and gold-flecked brown eyes. Personality: Uncomfortable in social settings and prone to babbling – especially around the opposite sex. Ryder can be goofy, particularly when placed under the pressure of unexpected or stressful situations. Interests: A space and science fiction geek, he spends his spare time gaming with a small group of friends. Background: Growing up as a Boy Scout in the small mining town of Wallace, Idaho, Ryder Wells was always fascinated with space. At age 12, when the meteor storm of 2019 hit, his first instinct was to gaze in wonder at the fiery skies rather than rush for cover. When the lack of necessary grades to become an astronaut forced him to abandon his childhood dream, Ryder fell naturally into the technology industry. Now working in Seattle for the leading company in research on pyrrhasite energy and progress, he has become disillusioned with the career path he ended up in. But
Even though we still have some way to go before we can officially say we’re done with our first novel, we’re close enough that a full cover reveal seems appropriate.
So, without further ado, here is the final cover for The Parnassus Initiative:
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As we go through beta-edits of The Parnassus Initiative, I find myself bogged down, struggling to push past the writer’s block I seem to find myself burdened with. Being so close to the end of what has been a long journey, finding we need to go back and make some fairly significant edits is somewhat demoralising, even if they are things that make complete sense to change. Regardless of the pain, it shows the importance of having someone other than yourself read over the story. Small things that had bothered us slightly since the start, but which we had no fixes for, have come back to the forefront. Except now we have someone else’s thoughts and opinions, giving us valuable comments and suggestions as to how we might fix the issues. Throughout the editing process, I keep wanting to push forward onto new things. With my second novel, Incident at Arcturus, beginning to take shape and thoughts bouncing around for several other novels (including a sequel to The Parnassus Initiative), I do find myself exciting to keep writing. Now to get back to editing this one!
