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Awakening is Now Available

October 4, 2012 By JPMcLean 2 Comments

Awakening is now available! I am very happy to announce that Awakening is rolling out at a steady pace. It’s now available on all Amazon stores in trade paperback, and Kindle e-book formats.

FriesenPress distributes Awakening through the Ingram Book Company, who make it available to over 25,000 booksellers worldwide.

Watch for it soon!

It’s on its way to Chapters-Indigo, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Nook, and iBook.

I’ll post updates here the moment its availability expands.

Thank you for your continued interest and enthusiasm. I hope you enjoy the read.

Every Gift Has Its Price

For Emelynn Taylor, the laws of gravity are more like suggestions. And gravity doesn’t play nice. It abandons her without warning and sends her airborne, terrified and unchecked. Vowing to tame the phenomenon, she returns to the seaside home where it began. Here, she discovers a dangerous underworld. One that knows her secret and has been awaiting her return.

What readers are saying:

A thoroughly enjoyable read

J.P. McLean captures your attention from the get-go, and you’re hooked before you flip the first page. Before too long, she skillfully manages to have you question what you once thought impossible. A thoroughly enjoyable read that had me looking forward to her second book, long before I was through with the first.

—Island Gals Magazine

Fun…sensual, full of adventure

This book is a lot of fun…sensual, full of adventure, rooted in the underlying story of a young women coming to terms with her life and yet managing to incorporate the burden of her gift. I am hooked and am deeply in to part 2 Revelation.

—Bill Engleson, author of Like a Child to Home

Everything you’re looking for

I don’t give 5 stars easily, but I gave them to J. P. McLean’s Awakening with no hesitation. It has everything you’re looking for in a contemporary fantasy: masterfully crafted characters, exciting plot, believable magic. What a treat!

—J.F. Kaufmann, author of The Langaer Chronicles

Why Write a Trilogy?

September 28, 2012 By JPMcLean Leave a Comment

Why write a trilogy? The Gift Legacy didn’t start out as a trilogy. When I wrote Awakening, I concentrated on producing one story that was strong enough to call a book. It was a personal project for me—a bucket list accomplishment. Publishing wasn’t even on my radar at that time.

I Missed Writing

But in the lull after I’d sent the draft off to the editor, I realized that I missed writing. I don’t know why that surprised me. After all, I’d been writing almost every day for six months and loving it. It had become a habit. Soon, I found myself back at the computer picking through the story, rewriting, adding bits, and rethinking scenes.

The writing process, and writing fiction in particular, is harsh. With each re-write, perfectly good, but ill-fitting or excessive ideas and scenes are cut. But with computers the cuts are never really gone—just pasted inside another document.

While I was busy incorporating the editor’s input into the next draft, I realized that the document I had titled “discards” could be renamed “ideas for book 2.” That’s when I started toying with the idea of a continuation of the story.

Book 2 Takes Shape

Before I knew it, an outline for a second book took shape. It surprised me and at first I didn’t even tell anyone (friends and family were still reeling from the revelation that I’d written the first one!).

There were huge holes in the second outline, but I knew a good and unique story was there. From that point on I knew The Gift Legacy would be more than one book*. I didn’t know three books were lurking, and perhaps there are more, but what I do know is that I’m not going to stop writing. It’s too much a part of me now.

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Update to Why Write a Trilogy: There are now 7 books in the The Gift Legacy. You can get started with Book 1 here.

Awakening Hits Amazon

September 15, 2012 By JPMcLean Leave a Comment

Awakening Hits Amazon! I had a very unexpected and pleasant surprise yesterday. A friend in California emailed to tell me that Awakening has hit the Amazon.com website! And better still, it’s available in all three formats, including hardcover, trade paperback and Kindle.

What a way to start my weekend!

Sadly, it’s not yet available on Amazon’s Canadian website (Amazon.ca). It’s also not yet listed with Chapters-Indigo, Barnes & Noble, or iBooks, but it’s in the pipe. As soon as any of those outlets pick up the ball – or book – and run with it, I’ll let you know.