Yet Another Book Update

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Okay. So. This post is an update to this one, which was in turn an update to this one. Y’all all caught up? Alright then.

It turns out the draft of Makeup Test that I submitted was week was not, in fact, the final. In the words of my editor/publisher, “it’s 99.9% there.” Bringing a book from 99.9% there to 100% there is why I love working with The Story Plant. Every book I write is dear to me, and this one is no exception. No book is perfect, but it means a lot to me to get as close as I can.

Fortunately, the changes—mostly developing one of the characters just a bit more—are things that I can adjust with just a few lines here and there, and least one of which might turn out to be funny (a good thing for a comedy). So there’s that.

As for the running gags and the callbacks, they’ll be staying, although since I’m polishing the book one more time, I’ll give them another look and try to ensure that they’re earned. I’ll be delivering the final final draft of the manuscript (I hope) later this week. Stay tuned.

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John Adcox (he/him) has been a cross-media communications and content strategist, producer, user experience designer, and writer for more than twenty years. Presently, he is the CEO of The Story Plant/Gramarye Media. Over the course of his career in advertising, marketing, and new media John has held a number of titles including Executive Producer, Vice President of Digital Media, Creative Director, Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services, and even CEO. In addition, he has hosted a radio show, acted professionally (although not since age 15), designed and written scripts for computer games, written a play for a professional theatre company, taught university astronomy, and written reviews and articles on topics including mythology, psychology, technology, religion, marketing strategy, and fantasy. John was the Lay Leader at Inman Park United Methodist Church, and is now a member of Neighborhood Church Atlanta, a progressive, challenging, intellectually-engaging, warm, tightly-knit, and activist congregation that encourages connection, questions, and exploration. His many, many interests include books and literature (he is insufferably proud of his library), religion and philosophy, mythology, the Arthurian legends, travel, baseball, science fiction and fantasy, marketing communications, Celtic music and lore, new media, theatre, and politics, not to mention astronomy and cosmological physics, as well as the lesser sciences. He was knighted by the late King Richard Booth of the nation/village of Hay-on-Wye (the famous book town on the border between England and Wales) and was ordained a minister on the Internet (he recently performed his first wedding). So he is properly the Right Reverend Sir John. He is very happily married to the fabulous Carol Bales (Lady Bales of Hay). The couple makes their home in Atlanta. John has published three novels, Raven Wakes the World: A Winter Tale, Christmas Past: A Ghostly Winter Tale, and The Star in the East: A Winter Tale of Ancient Mystery. Two more, Make Up Test: A Rom-Com Winter Tale and Blackthorne Faire are coming soon, and many more are forthcoming.

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