Most wonderful and dedicated followers,

Just a quick update on where things stand. In the next 24 hours we should be done with developmental editing and sending the manuscript over to copy editing. The manuscript is in really good shape. There are still some typos to fix and a few scenes that we’re working on, but I’m anticipating we’ll knock those out tonight/tomorrow morning.

Copy editing should take about a couple of weeks, meaning we should have a final version of the manuscript going into formatting on the last week of the month. This will enable Inkshares to print "galleys" (promotional versions of the book) by the end of the month, which is very exciting.

In the mean time, I need to do my "author picture" for the inside sleeve of the book. I have something cool in mind, but as I’m not very photogenic, it may not work out. Still, I’ve enlisted the services of my friend and photographer Lai Long whom I believe will endeavor to make photographic miracles happen.

I’m told everything is all set for the book launch at San Diego Comic Con in July. I’m not really sure exactly what it is that we’ll be doing there to promote the book. Maybe I’ll just do a little interpretive teleportation dance while wearing a futuristic LED suit. Probably not that.

So excited you guys. Jazz hands!

Tal

Apologies all, for the extended bout of silence. Suffice it to say, I’ve been quite busy - both with personal life, and the monumental task of editing/finishing the last parts of "The Children of the Forest". Luckily, I’ve had several important breakthroughs in the last couple weeks, and it looks like we are on track for the finish line once again.

I appreciate everyone’s patience with the novel (the extended duration for editing and revisions is an unfortunate side-effect of this not being my primary job) but I can assure you all that my focus is renewed on completing the book in a very timely matter. As a small treat, I’ve got another little piece of artwork to show off, this time of the novel’s primary antagonist, the Pale King himself. 

An ancient and mysterious traveler from the far reaches of Nin’s northern wilds, the Pale King commands a vast horde of savage followers, and himself hearkens back to a more primordial time in Nin’s history. What does he want? What are his ambitions? Those mysteries are the heart of "The Children of the Forest" ~ and you’ll have to read the book to find out! 

Welcome to February everyone! By now, hopefully everyone has gotten their books. Some of you, may have started reading by now. So I’ve come to bring you artwork;

This is an image of a hairless squirrel cat rodent rat demon thingy that steals tacos and eats pizza. His name is Sparkles. 

Say Hello. Brandwyn did this wonderful little critter, and is working on another demon that will be revealed later. You can find more of her artwork here. 

Now this brings us to reviews! If you’ve read the book (liked or disliked) I would very much appreciate it if you left me a review. Rankings, Algorithms, Search Engines, are all based on reaching bench-marks of reviews--so the more reviews I get, the better chances the book has out in the wild. 

Audible: (For those Audio Folks:): Click Here

Amazon: Click Here. 

GoodReads: Click Here

Barnes and Noble: Click Here. 

Pick your flavor of website. Hell, pick all of them if you really are feeling ambitious. 

Finally, I just want to say thank you to everyone for all the support. The book is finally out! From here on out, I’ll be posting updates through here maybe once a month. Based on new artwork, con news, or other progress updates on the sequel. I’ve also got a short story about Akira I’ll be bringing out this year as well. 

Gah! ~Rick. 

Afternoon, everyone.