Two weeks to go!
If you haven’t ordered your copy of FAE CHILD your time is running out! I am so grateful and excited to report that the Fantasy Syndicate here on Inkshares has picked FAE CHILD as their book for February 2017. This is an amazing honor and I don’t want to let anyone down who has put their faith in me and my little book. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. :)
To recap: 2 weeks to go, 82 copies to sell. I’ll update again as we get closer to the deadline!
Well, after a few minor technical issues, Ghosts of War is done and in the hands of a small group of beta readers.
This is an important step and a terrifying one. This will be the first time anyone outside of my head knows how the story ends, which has been a closely guarded secret for, oh, about 6 years now. So yeah, this will be me for the next few weeks:
Though it also means I can have a little bit of a break for a week or 2 while I wait, which will be nice. I need a break.
Until next time.
Hi Everyone!
It’s February 13, so happy birthday to me! The universe gave me a birthday gift in the form of at least 2 feet of snow on the ground and a snow day at the University. Yay!
Of course I’m writing to you not about my birthday, but about some news I’d like to share. I’ve finished my first editing pass through “More Fun and Games,” the sequel to “It’s All Fun and Games!” I hadn’t even looked at it since penning it during NaNoWriMo back in 2011, and I’m pleased to announce that it’s a fun little story, with quite a few twists and turns. The story follows the friends to the busy streets of Providence City as they make their way east and attempt to establish alliances to help them on their quest.
I do all the editing by hand on paper, and then I go back to the computer to input all the changes, working through wording and making other edits as I go. This acts as a second full editing pass. Once all the writing has been cleaned up (and some of it was pretty messy), I’ll then turn to think about bigger structural and story continuity issues that may need to be addressed. Only once that has been done will I start seriously looking at how to bring the book to market.
I’ve been at it for about a month now, and finally finished, so wanted to share. I’m proud of the story and can definitely see it turning into something everyone will enjoy.
And now some announcements -
I’ll have a table at the Bangor Toy and Comic Con at the Cross Center over Memorial Day weekend, so if you’re in the area, feel free to stop on by and say hello!
More immediately, I’ll be at TotalCon at its new home in Marlborough, MA the weekend of February 25th, mostly playing in the Pathfinder Society area. Again, feel free to say hi!
Lastly, since it’s my birthday, if you wanted to give me a present, head over to Amazon or Goodreads and leave me a review! I’m up to nearly 80 on Amazon, averaging 4.6 stars. I’d love to break the 100 review barrier!
Some of you folks may get this twice, once from Inkshares and once from my own mailing list. I apologize for the spam, but am trying to be more savvy about marketing stuff and getting more eyeballs on my posts.
Thanks again for all your support!
Dave
Well, I was nearly floored today.
I want to thank The Snarky Dark Fantasy Syndicate for backing Wake up Call. It meant the world to me and I don’t know what to say.
You are all wonderful people and I will not let you down.
Greetings hexers,
Greetings, Faoii.
Meet Saghan. A venomous viper, hailing from the distant swamps of Drakora. A slithering, green-scaled assassin with little care for life - whether those of his victims, or his own. A slave. A self-aware puppet who knows he can never break the invisible strings of the all-powerful puppeteer.
I commissioned this concept of Saghan about a month ago, and while I received a couple other pieces in the meantime (including this amazing one of Maxan, if you haven’t already seen it), I am so utterly impressed by artist Nic Morales’ interpretation of my character that I’ve sent him to the front of the line. Saghan serves as a foil to Maxan. Whereas Maxan makes choices informed by his sense of right, Saghan has no choice, and has given up on the idea of deciding his own destiny. And yet, we have a fox, and we have a snake... Both creatures known for their cunning, their guile, their deceptive natures. Maxan and Saghan are more alike than they know.
This right here… This portrait… THIS is EXACTLY what I saw in The Animal in Man. Make no mistake, this world is brutal, full of beasts, full of killers.
I truly wish I had more news in terms of the book’s publication date, but no movement has been spied on that horizon just yet. Please continue to be patient, as I am. And in the meantime, I will continue to post new pieces of concept art as they come in. Thanks as always for your continued support, my dear Animals.
Greeting Jackolytes,
Sync City’s final manuscript and cover have landed with the printers, and events are proceeding nicely. The official publication date for Sync City is February 28th, and, for those of you that pre-ordered the paperback version, they should ship on or around that date (or maybe even earlier – stranger things have happened). With this in mind, it’d be a mighty fine idea to make sure you have your correct earth-based address with Inkshares (especially if you have moved), so this compelling novel of man and machine can cruise unimpeded through the labyrinth of the international postal system.
If you are now thinking, yes, a paperback of time-fractured death and destruction is exactly what I need to see off the dregs of winter, then you can pre-order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Book Depository, as well as many other fine online bookstores. It would also make a lovely, belated Valentine’s Day gift …
The ebook, which obviously has no postal issues to deal with, is still available for the limbo low price of $5.99 at Inkshares.
Stay tuned!
Cheers,
Peter