Very cool update for you all today! First some news:
The book is now in the final stages of copy-edit approval, which means we almost have a final manuscript ready for publication. We're also finalizing the covers for hardback and paperback editions, and we just got an amazing review blurb from the estimable Hugh Howey, author of WOOL, which will be going on our front cover. We expect the ebook version to be available very soon and that will be going out to all of you in advance of you receiving the print edition.
NOW. The cool stuff. When I was working on Star Wars one of the great privileges was the opportunity to work with the incredibly talented team at Industrial Light & Magic. Recently I asked one of their concept artists, Karl Lindberg, if he'd be interested in doing a few illustrations to help us visualize the world of Abomination. He's doing several illustrations for us, and I'm pleased to exclusively share the first piece of Karl's art with you here and now! Check out this piece, it's an image of our hero Wulfric, along with our OTHER hero (you haven't met her yet) and a third character that I'll call simply, "The Beast."
Inspired by Karl's amazing work, we've decided to make and give away exclusive art prints of his illustrations along with copies of the book to anyone who creates their own Abomination "fan art" as well as pre-ordering a physical copy of the book via Inkshares. Though the book isn't out yet, there's plenty of cool stuff in the first three chapters available on the site to inspire you. All of our Grand Patrons will be receiving the art prints with their copies of the book automatically!
Submit your Abomination art to me via Twitter @garywhitta with the hashtag #abominationart. I'll RT the best ones we receive! This will be fun!
Hello lovely supporters of Abomination! It's been a while so here's a quick update on where we're at. In the next day or two I'll be approving the final copy-edit and page layout for the book's hardback and paperback editions. We're also finalizing a beautiful map of medieval England that will be going in the front of the book, it's been illustrated by the super-talented Jonathan Roberts of Fantastic Maps, who created the official Westeros maps for George RR Martin!
Once all that is finalized the whole thing will be off to the printer! Right now we're targeting a print launch date of July 30 - that's the date your pre-ordered print copy should arrive in the mail, and also the date you'll be able to walk into a bookstore and buy it. The digital copy should be available before then (hopefully late June/early July) so whether you ordered a print or digital copy you'll be receiving that via email in advance of the print copy and then you can finally start reading! All very exciting!
Hello lovely readers/backers! It's been a while since the last update so here's a quickie. We're currently deep in the final edits for Abomination, making sure there are so unsightly grammatical errors, typos, or annoyingly long sentences, things like that. There will still be lots of horrendous, stomach-churning monsters though, don't you worry.
ALSO if you visited the site recently you may have noticed that there's a new PAPERBACK edition of the book now available for order. It's priced at a value-riffic $15.99 so for those who want something more physical than an ebook but less pricey than the $25 hardback, this is a great "porridge is just right" option! AND YOU STILL GET THE EBOOK INCLUDED. What is this madness? Here's the direct link to the paperback order page.
More news coming soon, we are working on some really cool stuff...
Had I mentioned that ABOMINATION is now on Goodreads? Well it is. And I just added the first three chapters as a downloadable PDF as well as answering some author questions! Enjoy! And please do take a moment to add it to your "want-to-read" list or even add a star rating if you enjoyed the sample chapters!
Today we passed more than 2000 pre-orders! Abomination is 155% funded! Not bad considering we only started crowdfunding 14 days ago! Thanks so much to all of you who have supported the project, you will be getting a kick-ass book I promise!
Well this is a very nice start to the week! Abomination has received a starred review in the new issue of Publishers Weekly, which I'm told is a big deal! Click the link below to read the review:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-941758-33-5