Failing Test - Do you remember that kid from highschool? - Page 2

J.M. Pierce · 09-23-2010, 06:52 AM

Hello everyone. It's been a while since I've updated this thread so I thought I'd let everyone know what been going on.

Unfortunately I have not put FT up on Smashwords yet, but I do have good news. I have been getting messages from folks asking where the sequel is to Failing Test and I'm happy to inform you that it's coming. I am a few days away from finishing my current work titled Duality and then I will be returning to the sequel, A Shadow's Light. ASL is already 60-70% finished and I am hoping to have it published in December. Be patient with me!

I work a full time job and, more importantly, have a wife and two young ones. Sometimes it's hard to find an extra hour here and there.

The other bit of good news is that Duality should be available in about a month.

Take care everyone and have a great Thursday!
J.M.

J.M. Pierce · 10-18-2010, 11:08 PM

Steve Windwalker of Kindle Nation Daily had this to say about Failing Test:

"At the risk of "creeping you out," to borrow from the parlance of my 12-year-old son, I have a confession to make. When his older sisters were teenagers, I used to actually read the latest issues of YM and Sassy when they came into the house, initially because I figured that part of my job as a Dad was to kind of be inside their heads enough to know what the challenges and dangers were. Then I branched out a bit and started reading the fiction that they were reading. Not so much the things they had to read for school, but the things they read on their own. One of the things that I discovered in the process, and it is something that I still believe, is that some of the best writing for adults is fiction that may actually be intended for teens. Some of the walls come down, the imagination is set free, and a sense of wonder is unleashed. Or, in the case of a dystopian novel like the one that Danny and I are reading together as a bedtime story just now, an essential sense of hope against an unutterably gloomy backdrop. I had a point here that relates back to the undiscovered, highly original 99-cent gem that is today's sponsoring novel, and here it is: you don't have to be a teenager to read, enjoy, and even recommend a book like J.M. Pierce's Failing Test. Don't read it because it only costs 99 cents or because 15 of its 18 reviewers gave it 5 stars. Read it because there are teenagers in your life and it may be a gateway not only to getting them reading but also to your ability to connect with them and learn something about their worlds. Just a thought. --S.W.)"

CW Johnson · 10-19-2010, 01:09 AM

Sounds very interesting. I downloaded the sample. If it's good, you have another sale.

J.M. Pierce · 10-19-2010, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CW Johnson

Sounds very interesting. I downloaded the sample. If it's good, you have another sale.

Thanks for giving it a chance. I very much appreciate it.

Take care.

J.M.

J.M. Pierce · 11-20-2010, 07:57 AM

Failing Test is now available for your Nook! Here is the link:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Fai...I=failing+test

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09-23-2010, 06:52 AM	#16
J.M. Pierce Author of Failing Test Posts: 33 Karma: 1258 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Hello everyone. It's been a while since I've updated this thread so I thought I'd let everyone know what been going on. Unfortunately I have not put FT up on Smashwords yet, but I do have good news. I have been getting messages from folks asking where the sequel is to Failing Test and I'm happy to inform you that it's coming. I am a few days away from finishing my current work titled Duality and then I will be returning to the sequel, A Shadow's Light. ASL is already 60-70% finished and I am hoping to have it published in December. Be patient with me! I work a full time job and, more importantly, have a wife and two young ones. Sometimes it's hard to find an extra hour here and there. The other bit of good news is that Duality should be available in about a month. Take care everyone and have a great Thursday! J.M.

10-18-2010, 11:08 PM	#17
J.M. Pierce Author of Failing Test Posts: 33 Karma: 1258 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Steve Windwalker of Kindle Nation Daily had this to say about Failing Test: "At the risk of "creeping you out," to borrow from the parlance of my 12-year-old son, I have a confession to make. When his older sisters were teenagers, I used to actually read the latest issues of YM and Sassy when they came into the house, initially because I figured that part of my job as a Dad was to kind of be inside their heads enough to know what the challenges and dangers were. Then I branched out a bit and started reading the fiction that they were reading. Not so much the things they had to read for school, but the things they read on their own. One of the things that I discovered in the process, and it is something that I still believe, is that some of the best writing for adults is fiction that may actually be intended for teens. Some of the walls come down, the imagination is set free, and a sense of wonder is unleashed. Or, in the case of a dystopian novel like the one that Danny and I are reading together as a bedtime story just now, an essential sense of hope against an unutterably gloomy backdrop. I had a point here that relates back to the undiscovered, highly original 99-cent gem that is today's sponsoring novel, and here it is: you don't have to be a teenager to read, enjoy, and even recommend a book like J.M. Pierce's Failing Test. Don't read it because it only costs 99 cents or because 15 of its 18 reviewers gave it 5 stars. Read it because there are teenagers in your life and it may be a gateway not only to getting them reading but also to your ability to connect with them and learn something about their worlds. Just a thought. --S.W.)"

10-19-2010, 01:09 AM	#18
CW Johnson Member Posts: 16 Karma: 499240 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Magna Utah Device: iPod	Sounds very interesting. I downloaded the sample. If it's good, you have another sale.

11-20-2010, 07:57 AM	#20
J.M. Pierce Author of Failing Test Posts: 33 Karma: 1258 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Failing Test is now available for your Nook! Here is the link: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Fai...I=failing+test