Friends,
I hope this post finds you well in these early days of the new year, and that you are well on your way to accomplishing your goals – whether in your work or personal life! There has been much excitement on my end, as my new book Needless just released today. Let’s dive on into today’s post…
The Faces of the War Collection
If you’ve been following along with me for a while, you know that this book has been in the making since I released my last book, Imminent, last January. I blitzed the rough draft this past summer, knocking out around 40K words in about ten weeks or so. After some fine tuning and tweaking in the autumn months, the book was made ready for pre-order. The day has finally arrived, and my story is now available to the world!
You can check out what Needless is all about and, if you’d like, get a copy from Amazon here.
As part of the process of releasing a new book in a collection or series, I spent this morning going through and updating the eBook and print manuscript files to reflect the new book. When it comes to this, mostly for the Kindle books, it’s best to ensure any links you have in your front or back matter work and are formatted correctly. And even though there aren’t links in a print book, it’s still a good practice to ensure the wording is how you want it and that it best directs your reader to your other work and/or website.
So now that this fourth book is complete and out in the world, I will take a little break from writing, as mentioned in my last post. My wife and I are still expecting our first child – whose due date is actually today – so I want to devote my energy and focus toward that when the time comes. I anticipate that in the summer months I’ll write here and there, but I don’t expect to release anything new in the near future. But fret not, for I do have a handful of project ideas that I can work on and turn into stories…but when the time is right.
I’d like to close by giving a word of gratitude to all those who have supported this passion of mine, who have lent me their opinions and insights, and those who have encouraged me to come as far as I have. Without you, I wouldn’t have grown in the ways that I have, nor become the writer I am – still needing improvements here and there, but a writer nonetheless. I look forward to what the coming months bring as I set out on this new adventure in life, and I can’t wait to see what writing I get into when I fully return to it.
Until next time,
-Eli
Eli Kale 
Count me in! I must say I’m going to miss your writing tips in your bog! I know this is going to be a very exciting time for you and Sarah! It sure is for Dave and Chelle even though Darick has his nights and days mixed up. I couldn’t be prouder of you with this fantastic series and yes I will need your autograph when I see you sometime. I’m taking a new direction and writing a children’s picture book. I bought the idiot’s guide to publishing children’s book that was highly recommended by a publishing company. I had no idea that the illustrator gets half of what the author makes on one book. My stick figures are scary so I won’t be one of these fortunate authors that illustrate their book too. I also found out my first novel is way over a normal word count…like double. I’m thinking of re-writing all over again but part of me doesn’t want to shave it down. So who knows….anyway, congrats on your new book and I can’t wait to read it!