So June looks like it is going to be national 'Be Mean to Will' month.
Let's get started, shall we?
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Interregnum is now live on Amazon!
Here's the link to the book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YIP44D2
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YIP44D2
Friday, May 29, 2015
The Sequel to Children of Steel is Posting to Amazon
The sequel to Children of Steel is complete, the title is Interregnum, and I will be posting it to Amazon for sale in a few hours. So it should be on sale sometime early tomorrow morning (Saturday).
Here's the cover:
The cover for this one was done by Rozga (http://rozga.weebly.com/) That is what the Astra looks like minus the cargo containers that it usually hauls.
Here's the cover:
The cover for this one was done by Rozga (http://rozga.weebly.com/) That is what the Astra looks like minus the cargo containers that it usually hauls.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Patreon - I now have an account
If you look to the right of this page, you will see that I now have a patreon account.
The primary reason for the account, is the same as for most of the others that people have out there: To help me cover my bills and allow me to write full-time.
Being an artist or a writer is a difficult job: You don't get a regular paycheck, and your pay varies significantly from month to month. Book sales are cyclic, and you always know that some months are going to be slow. So hence the Patreon account. Basically by contributing you are making it easier for me to be creative and write. To devote more time to creating more of the stories you like and want to read, so I don't have to take consulting side jobs to cover expenses, during which I'm often so busy that I rarely can spare the time to write anything.
I have set up a few rewards for people who donate more than just a few dollars, to show them that I appreciate their contribution. Of course being new to this I'm still looking at the page and wondering if I should make any further changes, so suggestions are welcome.
-John
The primary reason for the account, is the same as for most of the others that people have out there: To help me cover my bills and allow me to write full-time.
Being an artist or a writer is a difficult job: You don't get a regular paycheck, and your pay varies significantly from month to month. Book sales are cyclic, and you always know that some months are going to be slow. So hence the Patreon account. Basically by contributing you are making it easier for me to be creative and write. To devote more time to creating more of the stories you like and want to read, so I don't have to take consulting side jobs to cover expenses, during which I'm often so busy that I rarely can spare the time to write anything.
I have set up a few rewards for people who donate more than just a few dollars, to show them that I appreciate their contribution. Of course being new to this I'm still looking at the page and wondering if I should make any further changes, so suggestions are welcome.
-John
INTERREGNUM the sequel to Children of Steel
The sequel to Children of Steel is finished, mostly. I need to send it to my editor, and I will send out copies to my Beta readers, just to be sure that there aren't any issues that I may have missed.
Barring any unforeseen issues, it will be available on Amazon before the end of the month.
There is a sequel to this story, that I plan on writing eventually, it is sort of a convergence of several of the threads of the 'universe' that cross each other at one point. How soon I get around to writing that story will depend somewhat on how well this story does. The better it does, the sooner I can justify writing the sequel.
I will now be starting book five in the Portals of Infinity series, as I'm getting a lot of requests for that, and that series right now is selling extremely well. So I owe it to the people reading it, to get out the next installment in a timely fashion.
Barring any unforeseen issues, it will be available on Amazon before the end of the month.
There is a sequel to this story, that I plan on writing eventually, it is sort of a convergence of several of the threads of the 'universe' that cross each other at one point. How soon I get around to writing that story will depend somewhat on how well this story does. The better it does, the sooner I can justify writing the sequel.
I will now be starting book five in the Portals of Infinity series, as I'm getting a lot of requests for that, and that series right now is selling extremely well. So I owe it to the people reading it, to get out the next installment in a timely fashion.
Saturday, May 09, 2015
Children of Steel Sequel, progress report
So, the sequel to Children of Steel is almost done. Got 5K written yesterday and now I just need to rewrite one scene, tie two parts together and that's it for the first draft.
After that, do the first re-write and edit, send a few copies out to some beta readers, come up with a title (!), then send it to my copy editor, and start on the cover. So it should be done by the end of the month. I hope to get it out by the end of May.
Lost Souls will also be coming out soon, I need to do a quick rewrite on that, and send it to my editor, and get a cover done. Lost Souls is a fantasy story, more of a Young Adult (YA) type. It will probably come out in early June.
After that, do the first re-write and edit, send a few copies out to some beta readers, come up with a title (!), then send it to my copy editor, and start on the cover. So it should be done by the end of the month. I hope to get it out by the end of May.
Lost Souls will also be coming out soon, I need to do a quick rewrite on that, and send it to my editor, and get a cover done. Lost Souls is a fantasy story, more of a Young Adult (YA) type. It will probably come out in early June.
Sunday, May 03, 2015
Status on the next book
I'm currently working on the next novel in the 'Children of Steel' universe (I really need a better name for that universe, but that was the name of the first book I wrote in it). This book will be a sequel to that first book, picking up about where Children of Steel left off.
Right now I'm about 50K words into the first draft, it will not be as long as the first book (which was over 170K!), though if it does well in the market, there will be more released in that 'universe'.
This is a bit of a risk for me, but I have gotten quite a few requests for a sequel, so I decided to take the time to honor them, and see if there was enough of a demand to write a line of stories there, as well as the current POI series. As I hope to publish in a few more weeks, I will just have to wait and see.
As for the next Portals of Infinity book in the series, right now I have the basic plot and the title: Demigods and Deities. (Yes, sometimes I do come up with a title before I start a book!) I will be starting work on Book Five as soon as I finish the current COS story and send it off to my proofreader. My target date for publication on Book Five is currently set for the end of June.
And no, the title does not mean this story will have something to do with the old D&D book with a similar name.
Right now I'm about 50K words into the first draft, it will not be as long as the first book (which was over 170K!), though if it does well in the market, there will be more released in that 'universe'.
This is a bit of a risk for me, but I have gotten quite a few requests for a sequel, so I decided to take the time to honor them, and see if there was enough of a demand to write a line of stories there, as well as the current POI series. As I hope to publish in a few more weeks, I will just have to wait and see.
As for the next Portals of Infinity book in the series, right now I have the basic plot and the title: Demigods and Deities. (Yes, sometimes I do come up with a title before I start a book!) I will be starting work on Book Five as soon as I finish the current COS story and send it off to my proofreader. My target date for publication on Book Five is currently set for the end of June.
And no, the title does not mean this story will have something to do with the old D&D book with a similar name.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Moving to my books Amazon exclusively
I've decided to move all of my writings to Amazon exclusively.
Why? Well simply put, I now sell 99.9% of my work on Amazon. I sold one book so far this year (under my name) on B&N, and one on iTunes. But I sold over 10K on Amazon.
Moving a book to being exclusive to Amazon also allows me to sign that book up for the Kindle unlimited, and while I make a lower return in the way of royalties from those books, I still get a respectable return from that sales channel. So it really just comes down to simple economics, and as this is my sole source of income, it is important to do what I can to increase the return on my writing efforts.
As for the printed versions of my works, those will still be available through multiple channels, as this only applies to my eBooks.
Thanks,
-John
Why? Well simply put, I now sell 99.9% of my work on Amazon. I sold one book so far this year (under my name) on B&N, and one on iTunes. But I sold over 10K on Amazon.
Moving a book to being exclusive to Amazon also allows me to sign that book up for the Kindle unlimited, and while I make a lower return in the way of royalties from those books, I still get a respectable return from that sales channel. So it really just comes down to simple economics, and as this is my sole source of income, it is important to do what I can to increase the return on my writing efforts.
As for the printed versions of my works, those will still be available through multiple channels, as this only applies to my eBooks.
Thanks,
-John
Saturday, April 04, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
The next book may be a few days late
Everyone,
Due to a sudden and unexpected death, (My father passed on the 19th), the release of book four will be delayed by at least a few days. I need to finish the final re-write and send it to my proof reader still. The cover however is finished, I just received it today. I will try to post it here later, or on the POI facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PortalsofInfinity?ref=aymt_homepage_panel).
Due to a sudden and unexpected death, (My father passed on the 19th), the release of book four will be delayed by at least a few days. I need to finish the final re-write and send it to my proof reader still. The cover however is finished, I just received it today. I will try to post it here later, or on the POI facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PortalsofInfinity?ref=aymt_homepage_panel).
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Book Four, draft complete!
Well the first draft for book 4 in the Portals of Infinity series is finally done! Now I can start the re-write and get it ready for publication.
Oh, and come up with a title...
I will be releasing in March, as promised. I'm not sure on the date yet, but the contract I'm working wraps up on the 20th, and I'll be moving back to my home in California a few days after that. So it will either be just before that, or a few days after.
Oh, and come up with a title...
I will be releasing in March, as promised. I'm not sure on the date yet, but the contract I'm working wraps up on the 20th, and I'll be moving back to my home in California a few days after that. So it will either be just before that, or a few days after.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Book Four, writing continues
As of last night, book 4 passed the halfway point in the first draft. I'm still on schedule to deliver in March, but to be honest I had hoped to be to the 2/3rds point by now. However, work issues have gotten in the way with the day job (lots of unexpected OT), and I've been sick for the last two weeks on top of that.
This weekend was very productive, and I got almost back on track. As next weekend I'll be home for Valentines day, I'm not sure how productive the writing side of things will be, but I'm taking the Friday before off, and will try to make that a full writing day.
Book 4 doesn't have a title yet, I've always been bad about titles, not sure why, but I need to get rolling on that so I can contact Dane, my cover artist over at eBookLaunch.com so he can get started on it. I've been incredibly happy with his work, he's really excellent at the job.
Book 2 is in audiobook form now as well, on Amazon and ACX. Rob Shamblin, my narrator has also been great and done truly wonderful work. It's gotten to the point where I hear his voice in my head a lot when I'm writing several of the character's dialogues.
I'm hoping to return to full time writing here in the future, so I can go back to publishing every six weeks or so. I also want to announce that I am planning to spin Nikki's story (Will's sister) off into a series of its own. Ideally I'd like to alternate writing the stories, and there are a few other books on the line up I want to finish. The only way to do that and keep the POI series coming out at a regular interval to keep everyone happy, is to return to writing forty to sixty hours a week.
Plus writing full-time makes me happy, that so many people enjoy my stories as well is like winning the Olympics. Yes the pay isn't great, but the job satisfaction is immense.
-John
This weekend was very productive, and I got almost back on track. As next weekend I'll be home for Valentines day, I'm not sure how productive the writing side of things will be, but I'm taking the Friday before off, and will try to make that a full writing day.
Book 4 doesn't have a title yet, I've always been bad about titles, not sure why, but I need to get rolling on that so I can contact Dane, my cover artist over at eBookLaunch.com so he can get started on it. I've been incredibly happy with his work, he's really excellent at the job.
Book 2 is in audiobook form now as well, on Amazon and ACX. Rob Shamblin, my narrator has also been great and done truly wonderful work. It's gotten to the point where I hear his voice in my head a lot when I'm writing several of the character's dialogues.
I'm hoping to return to full time writing here in the future, so I can go back to publishing every six weeks or so. I also want to announce that I am planning to spin Nikki's story (Will's sister) off into a series of its own. Ideally I'd like to alternate writing the stories, and there are a few other books on the line up I want to finish. The only way to do that and keep the POI series coming out at a regular interval to keep everyone happy, is to return to writing forty to sixty hours a week.
Plus writing full-time makes me happy, that so many people enjoy my stories as well is like winning the Olympics. Yes the pay isn't great, but the job satisfaction is immense.
-John
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