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.
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
It’s been a while since I sent an update. Partly because I’m still getting used to navigating the new Inkshares layout. Aside from that, I’ve been working hard on Thanatos and it will be up for pre-order soon. The first draft is finally complete and I’m on my way to having a finished novel!
TREKONOMICS nominated for best audiobook of the year!
Dear all, friends and readers,
I just learned that Trekonomics was nominated for an Audie Award (the Oscars of audioboooks) in the business and personal development category. It is quite an honor to have a book on a list next to works by Stephen King, John Scalzi, Colson Whitehead, Siddhartha Mukherjee etc.
The audiobook, read by the amazing Oliver Wyman, can be sampled here: http://amzn.to/2avFi4F
Thank you all for your support and friendship,
As usual, Live Long, and Prosper!
Manu
ps: here’s the (image) announcement for the business/personal development category.
CAMPERS!
The new #SunshineisForever cover is here! What do ya’ll think? Check it out!
Thanks for the support!
Kyle T. Cowan
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