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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Monday, March 22, 2010

Chapters 1-5 Posted

This is just a short update.

I have uploaded the first five chapters from The Dark Thorn onto the site. So many of you have been so patient with me that I decided I might as well share more of the book. In the first five chapters, you are introduced to 3 of the 4 Point of View characters. I hope you enjoy them.

Click HERE to read Chapters 1-5.

In other news, I've received my first rejection letter. You can read about it HERE. I have since queried Matt Bialer, a fantastic agent who represents the likes of Tad Williams, Patrick Rothfuss, Diana Rowland, Blake Charlton, and many others. As per the guidelines on his website, I probably won't hear anything back from him for 6-8 weeks.

I will make great use of my time. I have to redesign Terry's website, get my own website redesigned, and prepare for some rather large signings later this summer via The Signed Page.

Hope to hear from some of you after you've read the chapters!

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