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Finally took the plunge and published my book

My latest book, Tarah Woodblade, is out. It was released yesterday

https://www.amazon.com/Tarah-Woodblade-Souls-Novel-Jharro-ebook/dp/B00IXGQVDS

It's crazy because I am moving today. My wife and I bought a farm down in Tennessee to be closer to my family. I finished the book and edited it at the last minute while my wife did most of the packing. Now we're loading the truck and I'm packing my computer away.

Currently it is ranked #22 in Action Adventure Fantasy and #53 in overall Epic Fantasy.

See you guys in a week or so once I've got in the new house and have internet set up!

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Congrats! I'm just curious--are you to the point where you can make a living writing? Or do you still just have to write on the side while maintaining a "real job"?
 
colton said:
Congrats! I'm just curious--are you to the point where you can make a living writing? Or do you still just have to write on the side while maintaining a "real job"?
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Sorry it took so long for me to reply. I still don't have internet at my new house yet and they say it will be a couple of weeks yet. I'm writing this from my parent's house.

To answer your question, I quit my day job last August. I am now a full time writer. It was scary when we made the decision, but things have been going great.
 
Edgewriter said:
To answer your question, I quit my day job last August. I am now a full time writer. It was scary when we made the decision, but things have been going great.
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Congrats! That's a major step. I hope it continues to go well.
 
Congrats!

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I have debated putting this up here because I know how snarky these boards can get. I fully expect to get some jeers and sneers just for posting the link, but I have invested a lot of time and developed a lot of relationships on the board here over the years and I thought, "What the heck. Why not?"
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Totally awesome move, congrats. I'm glad you did not let the minority snarkies dictate your move. Takes some courage to lay it out there, which is fantastic! Good luck.
 
Edgewriter said:
Sorry it took so long for me to reply. I still don't have internet at my new house yet and they say it will be a couple of weeks yet. I'm writing this from my parent's house.

To answer your question, I quit my day job last August. I am now a full time writer. It was scary when we made the decision, but things have been going great.
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**** yeah, man. That's a gutsy move. I'm glad it's working out!!!


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I just wrote a post on my blog today about a reader in Germany whose daughter wanted to translate the prologue of my first book into German for her school newspaper. He sent me the finished translation and it looks great. Is there anyone here who knows German that can tell me how good the translation is?

https://trevorhcooley.com/?p=2237
 
Edgewriter said:
I just wrote a post on my blog today about a reader in Germany whose daughter wanted to translate the prologue of my first book into German for her school newspaper. He sent me the finished translation and it looks great. Is there anyone here who knows German that can tell me how good the translation is?

https://trevorhcooley.com/?p=2237
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I'll take a look. I'm not a native speaker (which is really what you'd like) but I did serve a mission there.
 
OK, I read through a third of it (the first column) going back and forth between the German and your original English. The translation seems excellent. If I were to translate it back from that German into English again, you'd see a few minor differences, but that's to be expected. Overall, it's nearly an exact sentence-by-sentence translation.

What I can't really answer, because I'm out of practice and not a native speaker, is just how well the German itself flows. Maybe someone else can speak to that.
 
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