{"id":272,"date":"2014-08-04T10:29:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobwaldnerbooks.com\/?p=272"},"modified":"2014-08-04T10:30:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T15:30:46","slug":"mid-summer-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwaldnerbooks.com\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Summer Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is just flying by, isn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s August already!\u00a0 July was packed full of family fun, and there&#8217;s more on the way!\u00a0 In between, though, I&#8217;ve tried to buckle down and push myself to finish the first draft of book number two.\u00a0 I&#8217;m up to 80,000 words, and I think the end is in sight!\u00a0 Of course,\u00a0getting through\u00a0the first draft\u00a0will only represent the end of the beginning, but it&#8217;ll still be a big step.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <em>Peripheral Involvement<\/em> received a wonderful review from Richard Bunning.\u00a0 You can see it <a href=\"http:\/\/richardbunningbooksandreviews.weebly.com\/reviews-5.html\">here<\/a>\u00a0(scroll down to the bottom of this page &#8211; it&#8217;s #15 on this list), or you can also see it on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Peripheral-Involvement-Bob-Waldner\/dp\/1495302946\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1398191178&amp;sr=1-1\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20804139-peripheral-involvement\">Goodreads<\/a>,\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/peripheral-involvement-bob-waldner\/1119486539?ean=9781495302947\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a> listings.\u00a0 Many thanks, Richard!\u00a0 I&#8217;m so glad that you enjoyed it!<\/p>\n<p>As a result of Richard&#8217;s review, Peripheral Involvement has been awarded a place on the Awesome Indies list of quality independent fiction.\u00a0 So I&#8217;ve got that goin&#8217; for me.\u00a0 Which is nice.\u00a0 You can check out their site <a href=\"http:\/\/awesomeindies.net\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awesomeindies.net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3684\" src=\"http:\/\/tahlianewland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/aiafinal-150x150.png\" alt=\"aiafinal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/awesomegang.com\/bob-waldner\/\">interview<\/a> on Awesomegang.com (not related to Awesome Indies &#8211; 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