Monthly Archives: November 2023
Free Books Followup
For those of you who might have been put off downloading “The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel Volume 1” from BookFunnel because it asked for you to confirm your email, I have turned off that feature. Feel free to download the free book. There are still copies available of the first 30!
I am also so THANKFUL for those of you who have joined in my journey with Jonathan Steel and Ruth Martinez and Roy Anderson and Daniel Collinsworth and Josh Knight and Jack Merchant even Vivian and Raven for the last 15 years! I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to tell stories that illuminate the redemptive power of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
If you are considering gifts for Christmas, I have had wonderful reviews of “Shadow Merchant” and “The Homecoming Tree”. Both stories take place during the Christmas season. Shadow Merchant is a medical thriller for those who have, in the past, enjoyed Robin Cook’s stories.
The Homecoming Tree has received such reviews as “I re-read this book every Christmas and love the feel good warmth of a Christmas story”. If you have ever enjoyed classic movies such as “Miracle of 34th Street”, “White Christmas”, or “It’s a Wonderful Life” I know you will LOVE “The Homecoming Tree”. Both books can be found at any and all online bookstores.
Once again, thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope you and your loved ones have a safe, peaceful and loving Thanksgiving Season.
Free Books!
As the year 2023 draws to a close I have to admit I have not written a new book. However, I have done something I have wanted to accomplish for some time. I have taken “The 13th Demon”, “The 12th Demon”, and “The 11th Demon” and reworked them into one volume of an “author’s” cut.
What is an “author’s cut”? When an author signs a contract to produce a work, that author is now an employee of the traditional publisher. The work is no longer completely the author’s. The publisher is a business and, as a business must produce a work that will bring in money. This means shaping that work into something that can sell and, at the same time, not break the bank. Thus, publishers demand strict word count limits. Word count limits translate into page numbers. Page numbers, in the world of printed books, costs money. There must be some kind of break even at 80,000 words as this seems to be the sweet spot for printed books. Any larger than 80,000 words and the basic cost of printing goes up.
Since I have formed my own publishing entity, I am keenly aware of this. The problem for me as an author was trimming my first two works down from over 100,000 words to 80,000 called for substantial artistic sacrifices. Admittedly placing a word limit can be advantageous. It forces the author to be more creative in the editing process. But, I had to sacrifice entire characters and their story arcs to fit the word limits for these books.
Now, I own the works and I have chosen to restore these dissected parts back into the whole. I have also tuned up the “bread crumbs” I placed that led to future story lines. “The 11th Demon” never suffered from the word limit problem. If anything, it was too short to begin with. I have fleshed it out some more to fill in details on the storylines and the “bread crumbs”.
All three books are now available in one ebook volume. The printed version runs over 1200 pages so I am sticking with the ebook version for now and it can be found in any online book source.
Look for “The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel Vol. 1” and enjoy. The work includes new versions of the first three novels, “The 13th Demon: Dark Covenant”, “The 12th Demon: Wolf Dragon”, and “The 11th Demon: Chimera”.
Now here is the really good news. For a limited time, the first thirty readers who access this link to my “bookfunnel” source can download an ebook version of this collection for free! But hurry! The free books are limited to only 30! FREE BOOKS for first 30 readers!
Bruce Hennigan 
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