It's live. ^ :D It's called 'The Earthfault'. Takes place in the fictional world of Erdra. A brief note to people wanting to like the post: it'd be easier if you post instead, because Bnet doesn't show who does it when several people do it at once. For example, I have no idea who did it before Noble 6, because now all it says is '2 people liked your post', with Noble 6's avatar. Not very helpful, unfortunately. Or Porsche. I think it was Porsche, actually. Here's the opening passage: [quote]A wide crack split the earth. The toothed fissure ripped the ground asunder as a thunderous tremor filled the air. There had been no warning, and now they were caught in the maelstrom. The girl cried out to her friend, reaching for her as she skipped happily over the plain before her, but her voice was drowned by the roar of the catastrophe. Her throat grew raw and tears blurred her vision as she screamed with all her strength. The wind blew her tangled brown hair into her mouth and she spluttered hopelessly. The enormous hole grew ever wider. The edge of the precipice cascaded into the yawning abyss, and as she stared at the darkness in terror, she felt herself stumble backwards and fall to the ground as the earth around her collapsed upon itself . She sat up quickly to see her friend running towards her, her eyes desperate and filled with terror. A crash echoed from below as the nearby sea rushed into the rift; a wall of water erupted from the chasm, now half a dozen yards wide and growing with every passing moment. The girl shielded her face from the freezing, salty spray as the crack continued ripping through the land. It thundered towards the mountains in the distance, a jagged tear in the world, as immeasurable torrents of water churned in the chasm. In mere seconds, the far side of the earth began to disappear into the haze. The world fell silent. A few people peered out of their homes to see if the cataclysm was over. All that remained by the water was a single girl, slumped on the ground, staring across the sea.[/quote] The blurb is a work in progress. So is the opening passage, I guess, but pretty much done at this point. [quote]As children, Malina and Lola had been inseparable. That all changed in a single moment, when a cataclysm tore the land apart, and the new island took Lola beyond the horizon, and the ruins of the ancient city of Trimus with her. Heartbroken, Malina vowed to search for her sweetheart as soon as she was able. Now an adult, she must escape a tedious job and find help for her ageing mother before she can begin the journey of her life to find Lola once more.[/quote] So that's my book. It'll be on Kindle in a few months. Let me know if you're interested and I'll hit you up when the time comes. An overdue update: So. My friend doing the editing was talking to me yesterday. He said that the earliest we could get the book polished to relative perfection is the end of August. Which is a lot later than I'd hoped. :( He also said that he felt it would be at a reasonable standard of being actually picked up by print publishing agencies at that point and standard. So... What this means that I won't be publishing any time this year. What'll happen is I'll send it off September at the latest, and then give them a few months to get back to me. If I haven't heard anything good by the New Year, it'll be going on Kindle in January. Which is happily when Kindle sales peak: folks playing with their new toy after Xmas. 28/10/15 update: I've sent more than twenty submissions to various agencies for the book and now it's time to wait for responses. And whilst there's no guarantee of any news for at least a month, I promise you all you'll know a whole lot more before the end of the year.