A Stow-Away, a Retrieval, & a Boarding Party - Three First Chapters Read Aloud

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 Like I said in the last post, I didn't start a Youtube channel with the idea of doing anything more than finding out how to make videos so I could help my youngest do that when they were old enough...and then I started having fun...and then I wondered if it was a place to share my writing...and what that might even look like...

...so I gave it a poke...a really little poke...to try it out.

I'm not sure I've got it "right" yet, or what that might even be, but I'll never know what the journey might look like if I don't take the first step. They tell me you get better with practice...which also means you have to begin. I'm not saying how many times I started, stopped, and then started again with these, but the first step's been taken, and the next ones will be better.

Here are the first chapters of the first three books of the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series: 

Mack 'n' Me: Origins: in which Cutter learns why stowing away is a bad idea,


Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host: in which Cutter's unscheduled holiday is cut short,

 

 
and Mack 'n' Me: Arach: in which the Shady Marie is boarded.


 There are more to come, and I'll announce those as they go live.

If you're interested in buying the book you can find them at the following links:

Mack 'n' Me: Origins: https://books2read.com/u/mq0Eq9

Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host: https://books2read.com/u/31YeBr

Mack 'n' Me: Arach: https://books2read.com/u/31Ynrl

Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey Series List: https://books2read.com/rl/zRAO7G

Cover art for the series was created by Moonchild Ljilja at Fantasy Book Design. 



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