elcome to the website of Shawn C. Speakman — webmaster and writer. Shawn has developed websites for New York Times bestselling authors Terry Brooks and Greg Keyes, among others.

Shawn also writes full time. The Dark Thorn, Book One of The Dark Thorn cycle, begins an urban fantasy in the tradition of Terry Brooks's Word/Void trilogy, Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. The first novel is currently being written.

To gain a glimpse of The Dark Thorn, read the Prologue (HTML | PDF)! Feel free to post your comments about Shawn's progress or any questions in his blog below.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Some Pictures

Here are some photos I took last night of the completed manuscript. You'll notice one of my holiday gifts—a leather manuscript holder my brother had made for me.

And yes, the red marks are very real. I went through almost two red pens as I rewrote the manuscript. The beginning chapters were very marked up.

Anyway, here you go:















More pictures if something else happens!

3 Comments:

Blogger Sue said...

Hi Shawn,

Conratulations on completing the rewrite. I am sure you must be feeling really, really proud of yourself, as I am, for all your hard efforts you have put into it thus far. Well done.

I love the manuscript cover. It has been beautifully made. But does it, and the contents within, make it heavy and expensive for posting?

When are you going to post a couple of chapers, Shawn? Either on here or on the TB forum? You know I look forward to seeing them, as much as any of your fans.

12:28 PM  
Blogger Tusk said...

Heya Shawn,

I have to say that I really like the manuscript cover. It's beautiful!

I find it a lot easier to edit and point out mistakes when it's actually down on a page than when it's up on the screen. I think there's a bit more of a connection and concentration when you actually have a physical copy in front of you.

4:00 PM  
Blogger chris said...

congrats on finishing the rewrite. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you :)

8:42 PM  

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