A June Deadline!

Things have been going on behind the scenes on the project and a few months ago we set ourselves a June deadline to make some important decisions. The good news is that June is here and we are now preparing for the next and final push!

Passage to Redemption remains on track to be released before the Climate Conference in Mexico this year. Watch this space for details!

The Crew

So What's Going On Now?

With the writing phase completed, we now enter an equally challenging period!

The Climate Change Conference in Mexico takes place during 2010 and we would dearly like to be in print when that concludes. It's the most significant event since Kyoto.

But before anyone can buy our book, we need an Agent or Publisher, so the search is on. Our various writers around the World are sending 'Query' letters and emails seeking representation.

Typically this process takes as long as writing a book so we aren't anticipating a quick response and if successful, we will have to join the queue of waiting publications. It's tough, but we just have to be patient.

In the meantime, there is polishing to be done and the inevitable revisiting of what we've already written as well as discussions commencing about the next big project.

More about that soon!

The other work is to create our website and you can watch this come together at http://www.passagetoredemption.com/ , but please be patient it is still under construction.

Pete

Success !!

The Book project achieved it's target this week, just a few days before the deadline !

More than 11 man (and woman) years in the making this novel has proved that a group of complete strangers from all over the world can labour together for a common cause creatively and produce a first class work of literature.

As the Copenhagen climate conference draws to a close and focus begins to turn to Mexico in 2010, the timing could not be more appropriate for our novel. As we reveal more about the story you will appreciate why!

Over the next few weeks we will create a website with information about our story and the search which now commences for a publisher. So please bookmark this Blog to keep up to date with the news.

Pete
(On behalf a tired, but very satisfied Crew!)

Reduce Greenhouse Gases to Pre-Biblical times, or else ...

What would the world leaders meeting in Copenhagen do if they had a stark ultimatum;


'Get atmospheric CO2 down to pre-biblical levels within 3 years or face the destruction of the human race'

What if the evidence of this impending disaster in 3 short years was beyond doubt?

Would they be up to it? Could anyone pull it off? What could individuals and governments do NOW to ensure survival?

Time will run out, there will be no second chance, delay is not an option.

Passage to Redemption is now days away from completion and promises to be a block buster of a novel.

The Crew have been working non-stop around the world for almost a year and the deadline of 31st December, 2009 is rapidly approaching.

When the pen leaves the final page, a publisher or agent will be needed to get this important eco-thriller out to the public. They will need to be good, time is running out !

Pete
The Crew

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Just 24 Days to go!

The team have been working for almost a year now and it's just 24 days to the deadline for The Book!

Will we do it?

My guess is we will just about make it although it will be very close. The first draft of the final chapter has been completed and the first 16 chapters have been veneered and edited.

It has been a huge challenge and everyone is keen to meet the objective of completing a manuscript worthy to send to potential publishers or agents by December 31st 2009.

The story itself has exceeded our most optimistic expectations and will not only make a great read but, given the world meeting about to start in Copenhagen this week and the likely activities resulting over the next few months, it is also extremely timely.

Pete

The 'Veneer' Writer

Today we hold a vote to choose one writer from our team who will 'tweak' what has been written to their own style of expression. We call this role a 'veneer' writer as they will not change the substance or structure of the story but will give it a single voice.

Whilst we are celebrating the diversity of a collaborative work, we do want the story to read as if a single writer was responsible.

In most parts, the veneer may be very thin or non-existent but in others a little deeper. The objective is to have a consistent voice through each thread of the story but we also have a deadline to meet!

Whilst the veneer writer is at work, with one or more helpers, the remaining team will focus upon the few structural questions raised in our read-through and then final chapter.

I'm guessing the next few weeks will fly past as we work to get everything completed by December 31st!

Pete

Latest News!

The collaborative novel remains ahead of schedule and we have now completed a complete 'read through' of all the chapters written to date. We did pick up quite a number of 'typos' as you would expect from the editing process and there are some tweaks to be made but nothing major.

This leaves only the final chapter and our creative team is now working on the conclusion to our story.

We were relieved to hear from our writer in Manila after the severe storms in that part of the world. When this is all over, we should draw up a list of the catastrophes that have affected our writing team through the course of one year on this great planet.

Pete