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  • Writer's pictureJ.S. Dewes

The Exiled Fleet Launch Day!


๐ŸŽ‰ Todayโ€™s the day! ๐ŸŽ‰


The Exiled Fleet (The Divide #2) is out now in paperback, ebook, & audiobook, wherever books are sold! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿš€โœจ


Buy The Last Watch here!

And The Exiled Fleet here!


Just 4 months after The Last Watchโ€™s release on April 20th, Iโ€™m a sophomore author! WHAT! It seems like yesterday I was filling up that mug for the very first time and now somehow I have 2 books on the shelves! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ


I'm so humbled by the incredible response from readers & reviewers, and I can't express how excited I am to be sharing the second installment of The Divide series with you all. I had so much fun writing this book & I'm incredibly proud of how it turned out. (Shh donโ€™t tell but to be honest, I think I like it even more than The Last Watch ๐Ÿ˜)


Storytime, feel free to stay a while & listenโ€ฆ


I had plenty of the usual struggles while drafting this book,ย but lucked outย on the dreaded โ€œ2nd book syndromeโ€ many authors face when drafting their second published novels. In part it was b/c I wrote this back in Summer/Fall 2019, so the idea of being published still felt like a far-off fiction that may or may not actually happenโ€”so there wasnโ€™t any of the usual pressures involved with writing while already having a book out in the public eye.


BUT, I think itโ€™s largely due to the fact that I already paid my โ€œ2nd book syndromeโ€ dues back in 2017. ๐Ÿ˜“ While I was querying agents, I drafted another book, entirely unrelated to The Divide, as is the common advice. It was A DISASTER.


I got hit hard with all the symptomsโ€”crippling self-doubt, performance pressure, imposter syndrome, etc. Crit partners & beta readers had such a positive response to The Last Watch, I was 100% convinced it was the only decent book Iโ€™d ever write. I still think back to that time & shudder. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ


As awful as it was, I try to tell myself it was worth itโ€”that book turned out all the better for my struggles & The Exiled Fleet got away scot-free! I was able to just have a ton of fun writing the best follow-up I could & now I get to share it with the world on this fine August 17th just 2 days before my birthday! ๐ŸŽ‰


I can only hope I paid my dues enough that I donโ€™t get another round of 2nd Book Syndrome during whatever I draft next! Wish me luck! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž




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