FLOOR 21 - Dystopian Sci-Fi Horror YA
It's Friday! So I'm going to ask you to take a second out to indulge me. A few of you may remember me from throughout the last few years. I've always been of the writing persuasion. Previously I'd written for Blizzard Entertainment as well as been a sports journalist. But in March of this year I was offered a contract and my book, FLOOR 21, now sells through the Scout Press imprint.
FLOOR 21 is a YA sci-fy dystopian horror about a young girl named Jackie that lives at the top of an apartment tower with the last of humanity. Nobody knows how they got there or what's beneath the 21st floor. All they know is they don't know if there's a ground level or how they got trapped at the top of the tower. A biological infestation known as the Creep kills almost anyone who goes beneath the 21st floor, and the food they live on is farmed off gardens at the top of the tower.
Every three months there is a Scavenging, an effort by trained troops to head deeper into the lower floors and bring back any food they find, and this is both how humanity survives as well as a tower wide event that everyone looks forward to. However, it's not the job of the Scavengers to try and find ground floor. In fact, Jackie isn't even sure anyone is actually looking for ground, since a set of religious principles talk about the Builders one day returning to take everyone into the heavens. This she finds to be nonsense, and decides to go exploring for herself.
Anyway, if you're interested, do take a look on Amazon.
FLOOR 21
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I got it last night and like it! I'm only on recording six so far but I will definitely read more later
Hey thanks Saltlick. It's not everyone's cup of tea, most of the complaints are from people that don't like Jackie's 'teen' voice, but I mean, there's no such thing as a book that makes everyone happy. If you end up enjoying it, LIKE SHARE SUBSCRIBE uhhh sorry, that's youtube. I meant leave a review and tell a friend
If I had any money I would buy it. Where to find a xample of this, so maybe next time I get money I would buy it.
The first two recordings are available on Amazon. I'm actually unable to give out samples due to contractual reasons, but at least on the Amazon preview you can get an idea for whether you like it or not.
Will check out later on.
This is a picture of Jackie I drew for July 4th. I like to do art for my fandom.
Really? On Amazon most of the reviews are 4 and 5 stars, then the lowest is only 3 so that shows something. I will definitely review it on Amazon, good job writing it though!
I've had people message me on Facebook through my author page to tell me what they don't like. But yes, response has generally been overwhelmingly positive.
Sounds cool! I might just give it a shot next time I get the itch to read something.
Hope you do. First month sales have been good and response has been generally pretty enthusiastic.
This was the original penwork I did for something I later put blacks and reds too.
Inked this tonight. This was actually a piece of promo art I did while i was first promoting the original FLOOR 21 book. Essentially captures the first villain.
Holy Shit, just finished and all I have to say is GREAT JOB! I'll have to review it later but still, great job!
Thank you
Finished editing Book 2 for the 15th time last night and did some pre-writing work on Book 3 this morning.
Nice
I was wondering if there was going to be a sequel, since you know it leaves you thinking about what's gonna happen next.
Yeah book 1 was geared around gauging interest, written with enough mysteries to warrant a sequel but a selfcontained story in case there weren't any sequels. But yes, response has been really good so I'll be having the sequel published in a few months.
Upcoming Scene.
This is the last of my collages.
My publisher is actually running a big promotion this coming month so that's exciting. The book will be advertised on multiple tablets and kindle apps, so that should help drive sales.
Cool, can't wait to read it!
Dude, that premise is fucking genius. If I had any money at the moment, I'd buy it.
Thanks Ralo, hopefully you're able to pick up a copy soon, I'd love to see what you think
Purchased. Loooooooong train ride tonight... so I can get started on it.
You can probably finish it, at 66,000 words it's long enough and short enough at the same time ;D
Already on 8. I like the mystery and the tone, and I understand the whiny teenager POV... It's one I've never been a fan of TBH. The fact that I'm still compelled to read more says a lot about your skill given a narrator like this would usually be a book closer for me.
Conceptually, the idea is that her tone matures over time as she gets older and experiences more throughout the series. It is a series that follows her as she ages.
I always draw Jackie in action poses and never take time out to just draw her as a person. I love her so much.
Colored edition.
Hey check it out! This is the ad they're running in emails and on Kindles everywhere. Sales have actually been pretty great in just the one day since the new campaign started.
For the record, my book is currently in the top 100 Dystopian books on sale. So that's a good achievement in such a competitive genre. I mean, I'm up against stuff like Ready Player One and 1984 and my book's only been out two months.
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We hit the top 75 last night. Hopefully we have some repeat performances tonight.
I am now on Watt Pad! Anybody looking to see what the world of Floor 21 is like through short story entries, I'm writing short stories that take place in the Floor 21 universe. Might give you a feel for where the story is going and whether it would make a good purchase for you.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/48658398-stories-from-the-deadlands
New cover art released.
Hey boys and girls, it's been a while (six months) and I've been steady working on new material for FLOOR 21, with book 3 set to release in 2017. I wanted to share some of the promotional art that has been created for the book to help portray the world. Hope you enjoy!