IT'S ALIVE! (on my kindle)
IT'S ALIVE! (on my kindle)
I am reliably informed that the ebook version of Abomination will be going out to backers on June 30 - that's less than three weeks away, and a full month ahead of the print publication date! GET EXCITED Y'ALL
Two more days in the Sword and Laser contest. Which book will draw the most preorders? Cinnabar was in the lead for several weeks, but now there are three others in front of me. (Go to Inkshares.com and click on "Sword and Laser contest" to see the running tally.) Winning would mean money to edit and publish the book and funds to allow me the time to finish it. Can you help one more time? Can I catch up between now and Sunday? There's not such time. As always, grateful for your help. Yours, from the edge of the galaxy, Ed
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!
Alfred was tired. It had been a long, hard war, and though he had won it, he had barely rested since, knowing that the peace would not last long. For an English king, he had learned, it never did. There was always another war.
He had spent his entire reign defending his homeland and his faith against the hordes of Norse barbarians from across the sea. For nearly a century, they had been arriving in fleets of longships, raiding England’s coastline and laying s. . .
Hello you lovely people! Gary here. Just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your incredible support and patronage of ABOMINATION over the past 24 hours. As you may have heard, the book smashed through its crowdfunding goal in a SINGLE DAY, which is absolutely phenomenal. It's an old cliche to say that we couldn't have done it without you, but in this case we literally could not have done ANY of this without you. So THANK YOU SO MUCH for believing in this book and bringing it to life with your support. I can't wait to get a finished copy into your hands.
On that note, with the book fully funded we're moving straight on to making that happen! The manuscript of the novel will now go through a final, rigorous copy-editing phase to weed out any remaining typos and other anomalies, and at the same time we'll be working with the amazing Jason Gurley on the final cover art for the limited hardcover first edition. Jason has already blown us away with some of his rough concepts, and we'll be sharing those with you as we begin to narrow them down to what will be the final cover. Stay tuned!
That's it for now, but there will be much more soon. Thank you again, if I could kiss every one of you on the mouth I would. And I may still do that. So be on your guard over the coming days.
Gary