Friends, Readers, and Sorcerers All,

A short update this week, but a big one: 

Behold, the finished cover (front, back, and flaps)! Special thanks to Mike Rich for the amazing blurb, Mike Corley for the cover design, and Juliane Crump for the author illustrations/back cover layout. I’m really pleased with how this turned out. If I had seen this in a bookstore when I was 10, I would have freaked out. I hope you all are as excited as I am. 

Secondly, I have a favor to ask. SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS was nominated as the October pick for a YA Readers Group on Goodreads. The two titles with the most votes will be exposed to nearly 10,000 readers, which would be huge for a debut title like ours. If you could take a moment to go here and vote for SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS, we’d greatly appreciate it!

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/84810.Indie_Author_Group_Buddy_Reads_at_YA_Buddy_Readers_Corner

More updates coming soon. Thanks again for all your support!

mh

Hey Everyone!

Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend. If you finish Sunshine is Forever be sure to leave a rating on Amazon, Goodreads, and Barnes and Noble.

Thanks so much!

Kyle T. Cowan

 Hey Everyone!

It’s been a long time without an update. I’ll do my best to make this brief as to not overwhelm.

• Weaponized copy edit was completed a few weeks back. I spent last night approving the final designed proof. So the typesetter should be making the final changes this week.
  
• This means Weaponized will be in your hands on October 31st.
• The book is real and I’m damn proud of the final version.
• Early praise for the book has been incredibly flattering. I’ll spare you the details but you can see one of the pull-quotes right on the front cover.
• The cover has been redesigned and looks so damn good I can barely handle it.
• The collected graphic novel of my comic book, The Dregs, hit stands everywhere today. You can purchase a copy here.
• Finally, comics is where you’ll find me post-Weaponized. I can’t say much just yet but I’ve got three new comic book series hitting in 2018. Some of those books should be announced at New York Comic Con on October 5th - 8th. Attending? Hit me up on the show floor.

That’s it!

Until next time!

Yesterday I got the clearance from editing master extraordinaire Matt Harry to start writing my final draft of Deus Hex Machina. Today I built my new editing scene list to help as a roadmap for what I’ll be doing for the next month. As you can see, most of the book is changing in some way, although a lot of the changes are going to be minor.  I love this part of the process: Getting to dive into the book, polish up the rough edges and round out the wonky corners. It’s like falling in love with the story in a completely new way.

I’m unsure what happens once I’m done with this draft, so for the moment I’m going to assume that I go into an edit phase like the rest of my cohort. My guess is that such an edit will be very brief because we spent so much time upfront preparing for the 4th draft writing phase. 

I can’t help but smile to think how far Isidore RAM has come. I am so proud of this little book, I can’t wait for you to get a chance to read it.

Cheers,

Amanda