Author: Erik 'Tracer' Testerman

The writing continues.

But I’ve slowed down a bit to renew a focus on my health. Prior to my Post Concussive Syndrome of 2019, I was running half marathons and Spartan races and lifting lots of weights.

Fast forward four years… and I’ve turned into a slug. I’ve gained 70 lbs, I’m out of breath from climbing the stairs in my house, and I’m certainly well on my way to having a professional author body. 🙂

So, enough of that. I’m back in the saddle of regaining my health. There’s a half marathon in two months that I’m eyeballing, and at the end of the year, there’s a Spartan Ultra which is 50 Kilometers and 60 some obstacles. That one has been a dream of mine since I was doing them last decade. That’s Nov 18th. So I’ve got to bust a move to get fit again.

But fear not.

I’m still writing.

And I still plan on finishing the yet untitled ‘Cato Book’ by the end of the year and in print around January. With any luck, shortly after the WWII/Sea Monster book will be done June-2024. (See? I’m still planning on lots of writing…)

Other things worth mentioning, Audible Book for Raiding Prehistoric.

I’ll just be blunt, the last narrator dropped out of doing the fourth book due to sales not being large enough. He gets paid a percentage of royalties, so it’s a time versus rewards thing. He can spend 20 hours narrating my book and get X amount in return, or he can spend 20 hours on another book and get Y. He’s weighing his options and there are no hard feelings. This is a business and we’re all adults.

That being said, I’m pretty excited about who the new possible narrator will be.

I don’t want to say anything else until the Publisher signs off on it. Cause the idea might crash and burn…

But, he’s got a great voice and I expect good things.

-Erik

Hey friends. I know a lot of you have been listening to the audibles. If you could please be so kind as to leave reviews after, that’d be fantastic.

I know you enjoyed them, but the more reviews there are, the more likely others will choose to enjoy them as well.

https://www.audible.com/author/Erik-Testerman/B091925YC4

Thanks!

And rocking a 4.7/5 star review.

Not bad. 🙂

There’s the link if you want to check it out… Just me out there spreading the good word of West of Prehistoric and such. 🙂

First off, I NEVER would have guessed how difficult it is to work/type/use a computer with a cat… but whooo boy. Is it ever… I can’t keep Lord Bruno off my key board. (We should have named him Hemingway)

It’s my fault, because we can’t do anything ‘normal’, we have our two story house with a basement filled with three animals who don’t get along. On the top floor, with the bedrooms, is our Mastiff, Bear. On the middle floor, with our couches, is our Bull Mastiff, Roxy. And on the bottom floor, with my writing office, is Bruno. None of them get along, which means Bruno is usually lonely unless we come to the basement or when I come to write and he’s all over me with his purring, and cuteness, and little ‘love’? bites.

Second off, RAIDING PREHISTORIC is doing awesome.

I think we are at almost 70 reviews so far, and pulling a solid 4.7 last I looked, which is the highest of all of my books. (They are all 4.6 for some reason… I guess I’m pretty good at being consistent….)

The whole, ‘Best Seller/#1 New Release’ is over, but such is life. The glories of mankind are fleeting.

So, I’ll certainly take momentum. And man, it’s going awesome. I typically hit 100 reviews within 11-12 months, but this book has almost 70 reviews in a month and a half. WHOA. It’s nuts. You guys are awesome!

And the work continues on both book Five/Untitled and the WWII book continue.

Except for the last few weeks. I caught the norovirus which wiped me out. Then we had a couple weeks of a family emergency which is wrapped up now.

So the writing continues tonight, with Cato’s book.

Hope everyone had a glorious weekend, and let us face the coming work week with determination to work hard and get paid.

😉