Good morning, Friends!
Today’s a big day – an image reveal for Virago.
I am still on target to release the Print version Friday, October 15th. I believe the Kindle version will be available the same day. Both will be available through Amazon.
The podcast of the first episode should be available on Spotify the same day, too, although you can always listen to all the episodes here, on my Escape Into Storytelling page.
Join me under the cut, won’t you, and see the fruits of many labors?
The artwork is inches from done, and the print book too. But getting all the other matters – podcast files cleaned up, art added, files set to publish, etc. – added up and I just couldn’t get it done in time.
So! OCTOBER 15th is the new date.
Greetings friends and readers!
I have good news, and bad news.
Bad news – I will be pushing the Virago release date back 2 weeks. It turns out trying to do a bunch of book/podcast release stuff in the month I start a new job while my cat has health problems and family visits was less than ideal, and I ran out of spoons.
The artwork is inches from done, and the print book too. But getting all the other matters – podcast files cleaned up, art added, files set to publish, etc. – added up and I just couldn’t get it done in time.
So! OCTOBER 15th is the new date.
Good News – There will be more adventures on the horizon for these characters in the world of Eyam. There are two more books, in very late stages of completion. At least one will be available next year. Also I plan to start an Instagram/Twitter account of artwork of the world and characters, too.
So please bear with me. I’m trying to present the absolute best face of all this creative work and it’s taking more time and energy than I anticipated.
The New Normal in the house involves much less dry food, available throughout the day, a bigger water fountain, and a serving of wet food at both 7:30 AM and PM. At the same time as the wet food, I also administer an insulin shot.
Greetings, friend!
I was musing on all the things I’m dealing with at the moment, and realized it’s a lot. Rather than try to fit all this shit into a tweet or a tweet-thread, I decided to indulge myself and fill the vasty white fields of a blog post with swarms of words. I have an awesome mechanical keyboard, let’s bang on this thing.
(CW: Pet health, needles, harsh language)
Feel free to skim the Herzog paragraphs- there is a bullet list at the bottom detailing the other mountains in my range of Recent Anxieties.
(Author’s Note: Once I was done with this emotional barf party, I dithered on whether or not to even post it since it’s a few thousand words of just BLAAAAAAHHHHGGGGHHHHH. But I decided to go ahead and post it – let things that need be said, be said. At another point in the future, I will do a post about all the things I am looking forward to, in order to voice to the positive as well as the negative.)
There’s definitely more to come concerning this world, and more short stories will be posted as well.
Monday saw the posting of the last chapter of the Virago Podcast – so what’s next for readers and fans of Adelaide, Neville, Winston, and Gordon?
October 1st
I don’t have a start date for The Secret Wilderness chosen yet, but I quite like the Spring/Autumn schedule of this year – I know common-held belief for creators is that I should keep posting content or risk losing the audience, that people demand constant content, content content content, but I’m not on that schedule. And these aren’t stories you blow through in a weekend and never read again. When I find something I really like, I spend time on it. I re-read, re-watch, explore fandom, discuss with friends, etc. Also, I have a full time job and a life outside of writing, so as much as I’d like to just write all day, I can’t.
Also, that will mean more time for revising Barghest, the third book in the series. It’s completed, but it needs some work.
So! There’s definitely more to come concerning this world, and more short stories will be posted as well.
In the meantime, I’m making a resolution to focus more on actual writing – the podcast has been fun but without the writing, there’s nothing to share. I’m resolved to spend less time On the Couch, the gravity well toward which I drift so I can watch movies/TV while knitting.
So for now – I want to hear from you! I’m open to observations and suggestions for improvement! Please like, share, subscribe, and let me know what you’re thinking about the story overall, or just say hello!
Until next time, be seeing you!
On OCTOBER 1st, you will be able to read the words I read to you in various bad accents and with mumbly pronunciation these past months yourself!
Friends!
Yes! You are correct, you didn’t see an episode of Escape Into Storytelling yesterday. That’s because:
But! I have big news!
Virago will be available in print and e-book format OCTOBER 1st.
That’s right! On OCTOBER 1st, you will be able to read the words I read to you in various bad accents and with mumbly pronunciation these past months! YES! You will be able to hold the book in your hands, either in print or downloaded to your tablet or Kindle. I already have a working relationship with Amazon, and am going to be looking into other opportunities for self-publishing.
To be clear – Virago was originally published in 2015. This version has been workshopped and revised, and anyone who owns an old copy can trade it to me for a new one, free of charge. Or if you want both, I will give you a copy of the new one, free of charge.
The 2021 revision will contain:
The other news is I will be GOING BIG with the podcast on Spotify. THAT’S RIGHT! You will be able to stream the episodes from a REAL PODCAST SOURCE that is not just my dinky blog. BIG TIMES.
So! Mark your calendar! OCTOBER 1st.
It’s a Friday, it’s the first day of the best month of the year, which contains not only Halloween but also my birthday AND when temperatures in Orlando start to creep down into those autumnal 70s and 80s.
So! Mark your calendars, set an alert, do whatever y0u do to remind yourself of big important things. Because they are coming – Oh, yes.
As always, thank you for supporting independent and self-published authors like me. Until next time, be seeing you!
