Happy Friday!

Well, please forgive me folks as it’s been awhile since my last confession/update.

The writer/artiste and I are in full on summer "hibernation" mode, hiding out inside and basking in the cold AC, because it’s blazing hot outside in Austin, Texas. A good time to work indoors. And so we did! A portion of the trailer has been filmed. Here’s me in between takes as they couldn’t afford a proper trailer for my dressing/recovery room:And yes, I wasn’t quite ready for this picture to be taken. (I never am.)

Even I’m excited about the other portion of the trailer that doesn’t involve me, as the writer/artiste has been talking to a professional creature artist. If they can pull off a proper rendition of Dromon the Night Terror (hint, read the prologue if you haven’t yet seen that hideous monster) it will be as the kids say, epic. And if they don’t, comedy gold!

Meanwhile, we are looking at an Autumn launch for the pre-sale of Kingdom of Dreams. Hopefully another contest or two will come along, but otherwise we do have some aces up our fur. Okay, so that sounds disgusting. At any rate, stay tuned as we button this puppy up!

Purr on,

Francis

My esteemed supporters, this is to inform you of the timeline along which Tears of the Assassin is undergoing the process of production. First, I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting this project.  Your generosity and faith allowed this novel to  be published and for that, I am eternally grateful. Thank you so very much.

Tears of the Assassin will be published afer completing the following steps:

Copyediting (CE): 4 weeks 

Author review: 2 weeks 

CE cleanup: 1 week 

Proofreading: 3 weeks 

Proof resolution and cleanup: 2 weeks 

Cold read: 3 weeks 

Cold read cleanup: 1 week 

Pour: 1 week 

Printing/Ebook conversion: 2 weeks

Author to sign print copies: 1 week

Distribution: 2 weeks

This tentative timeframe of 22 weeks may experience some fluctuations but the completed novel will be available in either late November or early December.  The book will be available before Christmas.  

I look forward to people  enjoying the story over the Holiday Season and your patience is very much appreciated.  Let me remind you that pre-orders are still being accepted on Inkshares and all print copies ordered before the end of October will be signed by me.  So you can get some Christmas shopping done early by purchasing a copy of Tears of the Assassin for all the readers on your Christmas list. 

Click here to order: Tears of the Assassin

Thanks again for your support and I’m so very grateful for your faith in my writing.

Sincerely,

William Schiele  

In five days, we’re re-launching the campaign to get Blue Water published.  This time, we’ll be ready.  I hope you are too.  Together, we can get this book into your hands, and with your help, the hands of all your friends and family.

http://www.bluewaternovel.com
http://www.inkshares.com/books/bluewater
http://www.facebook.com/bluewaternovel

Greetings Jackolytes,

No Sync! Surely not! I turned on the TV at an Airbnb place in Toronto and was greeted with this screen. 

 

But fear not! Sync City and Jack are deep in production and will be coming to you in the not too distant future. Sync City is more than set to ride (and still available for pre-order!).

In the meantime Destiny Imperfect continues to battle for a top three position (now sitting fifth) in the Inkshares/Nerdist contest. Some of you have already branched out and pre-ordered this project. Thank you so much! It would be absolutely awesome if more of you could go and check out chapter one of Destiny Imperfect and pre-order. If the project doesn’t finish in the top three, it’ll be pulled and you get your money back.

I’d love this project to succeed but, to put it simply, without your help, it won’t. Be wild. If you want to take Destiny into your own hands, pre-order here.

Cheers,

Peter

The final proof has gone back to the editor, which means the next time I see SINGLE VERSION, I’ll be signing copies of it. That’s pretty terrifying.

The schedule got pushed a little, we did one more round of edits than was originally planned on, so instead of August we’re now actually looking at a mid-September publish date.

So my dystopian cockroach-infested anxiety-laced America-as-hellscape sci-fi horror story will still be out before...you know...the election. Who are you voting for, Emil?



Ok, ok, calm down. Forget I asked. (I know, never bring up politics at work.)

Greeting Jackolytes,

Christmas in July! The word is I’m getting the copy-edited version of Sync City back mid-July. I’ve got to say I’m excited (and nervous) to see what comes down the pike.

I’m also off to Canada tomorrow. Hopefully in a couple of days I’ll get to meet Christopher Huang and some of the other Montreal Inkshares crew – and, in all honesty, that’ll be awesome!

I’m  also still feverishly banging away at Destiny Imperfect to try and get into the top three of the Inkshares/Nerdist contest. It’s amazingly tight at the top and if you could throw a pre-order my way, it’d be much appreciated.

Have a great day!

Cheers,

Peter