Jun 8, 2015

Greetings, everyone!

What's your inbox been like without my constant presence? Cold and drafty? An email utopia? 

I thought it best to give you all a break after the non-ending onslaught the past couple of months, but I wanted to give you a quick update and let you know the rough timeline for the the book.

First, foremost, and always - thank you all so much for your support. We wouldn't be sitting here right now if it weren't for you. I know I've said this a lot, but I honestly  need to keep saying it until the eventual Heat-Death of the Universe.

Inkshares has already been in contact the past week getting a lot of information from me as they plan the production and marketing for AMOD. I haven't embarrassed myself YET, but that is a train that is never late. 

The first deadline is : the finished manuscript is due at the end of July! This is not set in stone, I have a little bit of flex if I need some extra time, but as of right now I'm on target and want to stay that way. I'm projecting the finished draft to be north of 80,000 words, my trusty Google Doc is sitting on 22,000. I feel weird about word count - it's become the equivalent of Arcade High Scores in the writing community, so I really don't like talking about them - but you guys have already bought the book, so you get the sausage-making deets.

So, obviously - I'm going to be using every spare moment not at day job, rehearsal, gutter-drinking, sleeping, and eating just typing away like mad. I feel a wee-bit stressed, but the main feeling is excitement. You are waiting. I don't want to disappoint you. From someone who self-published their first two novels, Accountability is like a drug. Someone other than me cares whether or not I hit my writing deadlines or just play video games.

Now that we're all buckled in for the long-haul, I'll try to update you guys every week or so - just on my progress and other cool things that develop. After I turn in the manuscript in July, I'll start working on those backer rewards we talked about like the audiobooks!

Don't be surprised if my internet output drops to virtually nil as I get closer to deadline, I'll have to put on my Hermit Hat to make sure I stay on target. But you can always find me on Twitter @gderekadams or on my regular blog spell-sword.com [which I just realized I haven't even updated to with the fact that we won this honking contest. Oops.]

Later taters,

Derek