I still need to edit my site to upload the new book covers, update links, etc. For now, here's where stuff stands:
The first volume of The Purple Book is here.
Off the Record is here.
Guys in College is here.
Guys in Cars will be next as soon as we straighten out issues uploading the cover.
After that should be Trent and Jason, once we format it, figure out a title, and design the cover.
After that should be the ITL mystery.
Then (fingers crossed) should be A Suitor's Tale, the rest of The Purple Book, The Rainbow Book, The Gold Book, and the novel about dragons.
The cover for the ITL mystery will be tricky. If it were a murder mystery, it would be easier, because we could just splash some blood spatter across the cover and be finished with it. But it's not a murder mystery, because the Anorians are such cialexes that the atrocity of murder would be so upsetting it would sort of derail the whole plot. It's an "oh no this priceless artifact is missing WHATEVER SHALL WE DO" mystery, with romance and sex scenes and random humor thrown in for fun because that's how I roll.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Gold Book and more
This week's ITL installment will be up shortly! You've probably noticed, what with the wedding and everything, that we're honing in on the end of The Gold Book. I'm really looking forward to the next book! And the one after that, and the one after that! I hope that you've had fun with Remin and Tano. The Gold Book isn't over tonight, but it's about time for things to slow down, and I hope that you'll like where the story goes next!
Since you asked, no, there's no difference between the books on Lulu and the books on Amazon. I do edit and update things between the version on the site and the version which goes into print, but I haven't changed the text for the Amazon versions.
The Amazon versions are there primarily to make my work available for a wider audience. The prices are lower, also, which is nice. Actually, I was counting on the prices being lower with Amazon, and when I saw the Amazon price for The Purple Book, I was so discouraged that I changed my cut from $5 to $4. So you pay less, which is what I wanted, but I get less, which is not what I wanted. Alas.
Anyway, Amazon versions of Off the Record and Guys in College should be next (with new covers) and then, I believe, Guys in Cars. After that I hope to publish Trent and Jason's short story collection.
So! I'm looking forward to the next plotline in ITL, and I hope that you're looking forward to Trent and Jason's book. It'll include "Incredible" and "Stupid Question" from the site now, plus five new stories. Hooray for new fiction!
Editing to add: Speaking of moving from Amazon to Lulu, I find Amazon's process much more pleasant than Lulu's. If anyone out there's considering choosing one over the other, I'd recommend Amazon thus far.
Since you asked, no, there's no difference between the books on Lulu and the books on Amazon. I do edit and update things between the version on the site and the version which goes into print, but I haven't changed the text for the Amazon versions.
The Amazon versions are there primarily to make my work available for a wider audience. The prices are lower, also, which is nice. Actually, I was counting on the prices being lower with Amazon, and when I saw the Amazon price for The Purple Book, I was so discouraged that I changed my cut from $5 to $4. So you pay less, which is what I wanted, but I get less, which is not what I wanted. Alas.
Anyway, Amazon versions of Off the Record and Guys in College should be next (with new covers) and then, I believe, Guys in Cars. After that I hope to publish Trent and Jason's short story collection.
So! I'm looking forward to the next plotline in ITL, and I hope that you're looking forward to Trent and Jason's book. It'll include "Incredible" and "Stupid Question" from the site now, plus five new stories. Hooray for new fiction!
Editing to add: Speaking of moving from Amazon to Lulu, I find Amazon's process much more pleasant than Lulu's. If anyone out there's considering choosing one over the other, I'd recommend Amazon thus far.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Publishing news
https://www.createspace.com/3819396
Yay.
Got the first volume of The Purple Book up; it should be available on Amazon itself in a few days. Much more to follow, including some stuff already on Lulu and some new stuff (hooray). Diamond and I are formatting and editing and reviewing and hope to have most of it up this month.
Yay.
Got the first volume of The Purple Book up; it should be available on Amazon itself in a few days. Much more to follow, including some stuff already on Lulu and some new stuff (hooray). Diamond and I are formatting and editing and reviewing and hope to have most of it up this month.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
What's going on
Thanks to a note in comments, I'm going to try moving from Lulu to Amazon.
Right now, the goal is to publish anything new (like The Rainbow Book, the Trent & Jason book) through Amazon and to re-publish everything that's currently on Lulu (like Off the Record) on Amazon as well. That means that it'll also be easier for me to publish for the Kindle, if you happen to have one.
Looks like I forgot to add A Suitor's Tale to the list of upcoming fiction I posted earlier, so I'll go ahead and add that.
I started a short story for Wamesh that went well but wasn't really what I wanted for him; the completely different second story makes a much better "A Senator's Tale." And I wrote a short story for Jonan that will probably be a better story in a different timeline or a different country; it also has the potential to be much longer than I expected to include in A Suitor's Tale. So there's some fiction that won't make it into the book which you'll probably get in other forms.
Right now, the goal is to publish anything new (like The Rainbow Book, the Trent & Jason book) through Amazon and to re-publish everything that's currently on Lulu (like Off the Record) on Amazon as well. That means that it'll also be easier for me to publish for the Kindle, if you happen to have one.
Looks like I forgot to add A Suitor's Tale to the list of upcoming fiction I posted earlier, so I'll go ahead and add that.
I started a short story for Wamesh that went well but wasn't really what I wanted for him; the completely different second story makes a much better "A Senator's Tale." And I wrote a short story for Jonan that will probably be a better story in a different timeline or a different country; it also has the potential to be much longer than I expected to include in A Suitor's Tale. So there's some fiction that won't make it into the book which you'll probably get in other forms.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Suitors
Emmytie and Sylvie, I really appreciate the support! And the recommendation. I'll look into it.
I've been working on short stories for A Suitor's Tale this weekend. I need to finish "A Judge's Tale" and edit "A Vizier's Tale," but "A Senator's Tale" is going very well. Can't wait for you to read it!
Hunh. I was going to stop there, but maybe I should explain. Bade and Xio Voe got their own stories (you know, The Purple Book and The Rainbow Book, maybe you've heard of them!) but the rest of the suitors we saw wanted their own stories to be told. So each one got a short story to flesh out what happened to him after he met Anosukinom.
All of the suitors' stories will be gathered together for publication in A Suitor's Tale. The ones already on the site (Aiae, Dranz, T'rin, Dillane, Gael) plus the ones I haven't finished (Wamesh, Lansester, Jonan) along with "A Brother's Tale" (spun off from Aiae's story).
I enjoy writing the suitors' stories. It's fun to write about cultures outside of Orina Anoris.
Who's your favorite suitor? Which suitor's story did you like the most, or which one are you looking forward to?
I've been working on short stories for A Suitor's Tale this weekend. I need to finish "A Judge's Tale" and edit "A Vizier's Tale," but "A Senator's Tale" is going very well. Can't wait for you to read it!
Hunh. I was going to stop there, but maybe I should explain. Bade and Xio Voe got their own stories (you know, The Purple Book and The Rainbow Book, maybe you've heard of them!) but the rest of the suitors we saw wanted their own stories to be told. So each one got a short story to flesh out what happened to him after he met Anosukinom.
All of the suitors' stories will be gathered together for publication in A Suitor's Tale. The ones already on the site (Aiae, Dranz, T'rin, Dillane, Gael) plus the ones I haven't finished (Wamesh, Lansester, Jonan) along with "A Brother's Tale" (spun off from Aiae's story).
I enjoy writing the suitors' stories. It's fun to write about cultures outside of Orina Anoris.
Who's your favorite suitor? Which suitor's story did you like the most, or which one are you looking forward to?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Publishing
Prepping the first volume of The Rainbow Book; should have it up on Lulu this week.
I'm working with Lulu's various distribution services to get my work on Barnes & Noble and Amazon, and to make it available for the Nook and Kindle. Some of those things they'll handle if I just sign up; some of those things I have to pay for. We'll see how it goes.
Speaking of publishing, let me toss you some info about pricing.
When you buy my work through Lulu, I get $5 a book. If you pay $15, I get $5 and Lulu gets the other $10.
Unfortunately, when you buy my work through Barnes & Noble, I get nothing.
The Barnes & Noble price is based on the Lulu price. To raise the price on the Barnes & Noble books to get $5 a book, I'd also have to raise the Lulu price, which isn't fair to you, as supportive and loyal readers.
It frustrates me not to be paid for my work, but for the meanwhile I'm going to try to make my fiction available on Barnes & Noble and Amazon, in the hopes that people who purchase it will visit my site and then subscribe to ITL or buy my other work through Lulu.
In the future, if you see my work for sale at Amazon or Barnes & Noble, please buy it from Lulu instead. Or please make a donation through PayPal. Your support is hugely appreciated.
I'm working with Lulu's various distribution services to get my work on Barnes & Noble and Amazon, and to make it available for the Nook and Kindle. Some of those things they'll handle if I just sign up; some of those things I have to pay for. We'll see how it goes.
Speaking of publishing, let me toss you some info about pricing.
When you buy my work through Lulu, I get $5 a book. If you pay $15, I get $5 and Lulu gets the other $10.
Unfortunately, when you buy my work through Barnes & Noble, I get nothing.
The Barnes & Noble price is based on the Lulu price. To raise the price on the Barnes & Noble books to get $5 a book, I'd also have to raise the Lulu price, which isn't fair to you, as supportive and loyal readers.
It frustrates me not to be paid for my work, but for the meanwhile I'm going to try to make my fiction available on Barnes & Noble and Amazon, in the hopes that people who purchase it will visit my site and then subscribe to ITL or buy my other work through Lulu.
In the future, if you see my work for sale at Amazon or Barnes & Noble, please buy it from Lulu instead. Or please make a donation through PayPal. Your support is hugely appreciated.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Tags
I am super tech-savvy. I just added tags to previous blog posts and added a "tags" list to the side of the page. Handy!
I don't know why I found it necessary to add a tag for ITL and a tag for "In This Land." Redundancy is sexy?
The "fiction" tag will be used for discussions of general fiction. Non-ITL fiction. A post about Remin and Tano will be tagged with "ITL" and "In This Land," a post about my Trent & Jason short story collection will be tagged with "fiction," and a post about both will be tagged with both.
In a few hours I'll become irritated with redundant ITL/"In This Land" tags and get rid of one, so enjoy them now. If they're still up when you read this, vote for which one you'd like to keep!
I don't know why I found it necessary to add a tag for ITL and a tag for "In This Land." Redundancy is sexy?
The "fiction" tag will be used for discussions of general fiction. Non-ITL fiction. A post about Remin and Tano will be tagged with "ITL" and "In This Land," a post about my Trent & Jason short story collection will be tagged with "fiction," and a post about both will be tagged with both.
In a few hours I'll become irritated with redundant ITL/"In This Land" tags and get rid of one, so enjoy them now. If they're still up when you read this, vote for which one you'd like to keep!
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