This is it! The Finale of LAMP, the last 4 chapters are here! Find out what happens to Laddin and the gang. Thank you for listening to this podcast. I am so grateful to all my listeners, and I hope you share me with your family and friends!  Check me out on social media @john_d_sperry Find copies of my Immortal Light series and get ready for next summer's season of the John D. Sperry podcast!

You've come this far, hold on for one more week and you'll get the finale of LAMP! That's right, you'll get all 4  of the final chapters in one podcast with my commentary and farewell to this season of the John D. Sperry Podcast. Hang in there, and we'll see you on August 12th for the finale.

Laddin gets some nerve! In the face of certain death, he does the right thing by Zade and his dead mentor Simmick. I talk a little bit about relating to literature and what we all believe makes a great book.

WHOA, WHAT A TWIST! Now that Kimber knows about Laddin, things take an unexpected turn, Laddin suddenly realizes his insignificance in the universe, and I talk a little bit about using background characters. We're nearing the end; there's a light at the end of the tunnel! Stay with me guys!

Things reach a boiling point with Kimber as Laddin--disguised as Alin Basra--wants so badly to reveal his true identity to her. Get my two cents on developing individual scenes in a book, and check out what's good in audio: does the CIA write heavy metal power ballads?

HOLY COW! 4 Chapters this week! Laddin confronts Kimber then heads back to Earth with a plan! I've spared you all my commentary this week so you can just enjoy the story.

I'm taking a quick summer break this week, but I will be back next week with two new chapters of LAMP! If you're in the US, Happy Independence Day! Everywhere else in the world, I'll miss you, but hang in there; in the words of the Terminator, "I'll be back."

Jacco has deceived Laddin about whether or not Kimber is at the Parade of Brides. Find out what happens when Laddin discovers that he lied! Hear about how I came up with the Parade idea,and get my input on adding characters and why they all need to be meaningful in their ow corner of the novel.

And so the story changes. Find out what has happened to Laddin after two years with the LAMP on a new planet. How will his past determine his present? Also, get some insight into the process of creating new characters and new worlds, and find out how my youngest child got her name from a classic horror novel.  Visit www.johndsperry.com to submit questions that I'll answer on the podcast!

Laddin finds himself at very crucial part of his story where he must make a decision to rescue Zade or leave planet Earth and save his own skin. Find out why these two chapters were almost the end of the book, and how I decided if LAMP was going to be a YA or Middle Grade novel.