That’s right–after a whole lot of work, my novel is now up on Amazon for $3.95. Check it out! This novel is the first of a much larger series that I have planned. It’s not a series like Ender’s Game or Song of Ice and Fire, though; all of the novels are supposed to stand… Continue reading Bringing Stella Home is now up on Amazon!
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T minus 24 hours and counting…
That’s right! After much wrangling, I formatted it this morning and published it to Amazon this afternoon. In less than 24h hours, it should be up for sale! In many ways, Bringing Stella Home is a lot different from Genesis Earth. For one, the scope is much larger, with the rise and fall of galactic… Continue reading T minus 24 hours and counting…
Getting ready for publication
So the edits for Bringing Stella Home came in just a couple days ago, and I’m hoping to finish running through them either today or tomorrow. After that comes formatting, then uploading to the various ebook vendor platforms. I have to admit, even though this is my second full-length ebook, I’m a little terrified. Formatting is… Continue reading Getting ready for publication
Wow, this is fun
I spent almost the whole day Saturday with family, but when I finally got around to working on Sholpan, I breezed through almost 10k words in only a couple hours. Granted, it was mostly light revision and the material was fairly well polished to begin with, but still…it was just fun. The best part of… Continue reading Wow, this is fun
Fighting for a Homeland
For the past few weeks, I’ve been brainstorming ideas for my next big novel project. One of the ways I’ve been doing this is to by trawling tvtropes and putting together a mashup of the story tropes I’d like to play with. By far, the one that’s struck me the most is Fighting for a Homeland.… Continue reading Fighting for a Homeland
Sholpan, or The Great Novella Experiment
So now that I’m finished with Desert Stars, the next project I’m working on is a companion novella to Bringing Stella Home titled Sholpan. While Bringing Stella Home is about James and his quest to rescue his brother and sister, Sholpan is entirely from Stella’s point of view and traces her rise in Hameji society, from prisoner… Continue reading Sholpan, or The Great Novella Experiment
Blurb for Bringing Stella Home and thoughts on Borders
One of the essential elements for a successful in epublishing is a killer book description, and I think I’ve got a pretty decent one for Bringing Stella Home. However, I could use some feedback, so if you could read it and tell me what you think, that would be great. Here it is: It is a… Continue reading Blurb for Bringing Stella Home and thoughts on Borders
Desert Stars 3.0 is finished!
That’s right; after almost exactly two months of writing, the third draft of Desert Stars is now complete! This is the first draft where I feel that things are truly coming together the way they should be, where the story is transforming into something that not only works, but is actually fairly awesome. I’m probably… Continue reading Desert Stars 3.0 is finished!
Teaser: cover art for Bringing Stella Home
Not too much news today; just plugging along in the final chapters of Desert Stars and working full time at the warehouse. Liva just finished with the cover art, so without further ado, here it is: Pretty sweet, eh? I’ll figure out the typesetting tonight; what fun! I’m hoping to have the novel out before… Continue reading Teaser: cover art for Bringing Stella Home
Q2 roundup
For those of you who don’t know, I keep a spreadsheet with my daily writing word count and use that to help set personal deadlines for various projects. In order to keep myself honest, I do a report every quarter on how I kept up with my writing goals in the past three months. So,… Continue reading Q2 roundup