Dungeon Deposed will go up for sale on the first.
It's currently with the editor.
Right now I should be doing a project with Blaise, but he just finished Nora and is recovering.
... so I started writing a new book... and we're already 42,000 words in (33% of the normal length).
It's a Randi Darren book though, so it'll be... different... than the normal Arand books. :)
Let's post a few chapters to see where it takes us.
Shall we? :)
(Do note. This book won...
First wave went out.
Second wave going out tomorrow night if there's no response.
Beta file is already up for first wavers. :)
Already started in on the next book while I wait.
Writing must always occur. O_O
Hey everyone.
As you're my inner-circle, and I do tend to overshare at times with you...
We're nowhere near done with SSoSH3, but I did get the cover finished.
Don't go spreading this around now, otherwise we'll have to be more circumspect with what we share to the IC.
February!
A time of... February.
We've finished Dungeon Deposed. It'll be going out to all the beta readers by the end of this week.
After that, it's a trip down to the editor, and up for sale March 1st.
No idea on the narrator yet, i'm going to put it up to ACX and hold an audition call.
We shall see. :)
Next book after this, a new genre, new type, new direction. I can't say much yet because i'm not doing this alone. Blaise is involved.
Not muc...
2018-02-02 01:22:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone.
Dungeon Deposed is set. As soon as the Patron counter clears for Feb, we'll do our Beta reader pull.
Beta reader slots will be drawn off-screen to those who are a confirmed patron at the start of the next month. This is the fairest way I could think of to make sure that only those who are actual patrons are selected.
Those selected will be emailed the week of Feb 5th to confirm that they wish to participate. I typically use 20 people. You'll receive the full b...
2018-01-25 21:02:58 +0000 UTC View PostHey there everyone.
As many noticed, the banner changed. :D
New artwork you can use as you like for personal reasons as well. The two suggested things I've gotten from facebook already was forum sigs/icons, and one insane person said they were going to get it tatted.
Nutty. :)
2018-01-23 04:06:33 +0000 UTC
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We'll be finishing up Dungeon Deposed this month.
Beta reading will start first week of Feb.
Beta reader invites will go out to the Patron list shortly after the month closes.
Beta reading will last 1 week to 2 weeks. Unsure yet.
Release date should be end of Feb.
Audiobook as of yet undetermined.
We'll be starting on the next book at the same time though. No rest for the wicked.
Here's the cover, courtesy of Amelia Parris. (
2018-01-14 20:07:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
Something went down in Twitch that had an end result I wasn't quite happy with.
To the degree that I hit a point of no return with the platform.
I'm afraid i'm going to be deleting the twitch milestone entirely, never broadcasting again, and changing the goal to something else entirely.
I apologize for those who had watched it, or enjoyed it, but I do not believe I can continue on as I did.
It was an interesting test to say the least. :)
We'll do the drawing on Sunday during the broadcast. I have the list of Patrons for Dec. The brackets are as follows:
Entry Level
Lieutenant
Inner-Circle
Above-And-Beyond(those who did more than $10)
We'll pull one name from each group, then i'll contact them by email to ask which book they want me to sign and send.
We'll be waiting another day or so for patron payments to clear, then we'll take the list of all patrons, and do the drawing.
Good luck to everyone in advance!
Related Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16048970
Alright.
So, 2017 was a pretty great year.
Time to start up a new one I guess.
Super Sales 3 should be in December of this year. This is a fairly rough estimation, but it seems pretty doable right now.
Wild Wastes 3 will be 3 months before that.
Right now, we're working on Dungeon Deposed. That should be done by February.
Super sales 2 audiobook is progressing. No ETA though yet. Sorry folks.
Things are going well wit...
2018-01-02 05:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostWell crap.
Ya'll went and did it. Milestone hit.
I guess that means I'll start live streaming my writing starting this week.
First day will end up testing and figuring out if there's anything I need to change setup wise.
I blame Jacob Shaffer who put us over the edge.
Way to go, Jake.
Did some solid writing, chapters incoming. :)
2017-12-26 03:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostGive away? Give away.
I don't believe in signing books. It's just not in me.
Except for a random give away or for people who work with me. Artists, narrators, etc, etc.
So, let's do a give away!
For those of you in the continental united states, we're going to do a drawing and give away.
For those of you outside, my apologies. If I do select you, I'll be happy to buy you an ebook copy of every book I've written up to this point. (With the price to ship a book, ...
Good evening everyone.
My apologies for being somewhat mum on the whole Audiobook issue.
It's with a heavy heart that I have to inform everyone that Jeff isn't going to be working on Super Sales 2 or 3.
At this time, we're simply going in two different directions professionally.
Jeff is an amazing Narrator, and I know that he'll pick up an even better author than myself to work with.
I can't recommend him enough.
At this time, I've chosen to give the ...
2017-12-13 05:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo, one of the more common complaints is people complaining about sudden jumps in the story.
Personally, I've always assumed when there's a line of dead space between paragraphs, than the time, location, or scene has changed. That is from a childhood of reading in the 80's, but I begin to wonder if that isn't the case anymore.
That or they're reading in a format that doesn't express the line break as well.
I wanted to ask you, my inner circle, what your thoughts were on this. Do I...
2017-12-11 00:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 6 - Deals with Devils -
Ryker watched quietly as Rob led a group of raw recruits into the dungeon. He didn’t even think for a moment he’d get a chance to kill him, but he’d still wanted to make sure of that.
“Ryker,” Wynne said quietly. “You can’t watch him every time he goes in. And besides, the guy I hired is coming today. He’ll be here in less than an hour in fact. You have to do some planning today.”
Sighing, Ryker let the spell fade...
2017-12-09 03:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post
With the Royal Guard confirming the dungeon was real, and in reality, something they could utilize easily, things were progressing. Half their number rode back to the city to hire carpenters to build their garrison. The remaining half began setting up where they wanted said garrison as well as the guard booth at the limits of the encampment.
For his part, Ryker sat in his office, staring down at a map laying on his desk. He’d made sure to have it drawn up when he was in to...
2017-12-03 21:36:04 +0000 UTC View PostEvening.
Thank you to everyone who was part and parcel to getting book 2 out for Super Sales.
If you don't mind, go out and post, share to your FB groups, talk about, and review the new book. Providing you like it, at least. :)
You can pick it up here(Keep in mind it just went live. Sometimes it does weird things for the first 2 hours): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077WRQ889/
2017-12-03 07:19:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Ryker spent the next day purchasing more humanoids that would fit his vision for a dungeon. This time he bought a number of Hobs to act as caretakers for the inn.
As well as a single farm animal of every type, which was quickly fed to the dungeon.
For the dungeon he picked up a Gnoll and a Kobold.
They were both prime examples of their species. That being something like a large humanoid hyena, and a short humanoid lizard.
The rest of his money he spent on g...
2017-12-01 08:01:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Ryker looked up from the counter in the entry way he was polishing.
It’d been a busy three days.
Day one had been spent in town. There had been a number of things to do and chores to take care of.
Like getting his original land grant paperwork copied . One copy, which he had officially notarized, turning it into a duplicate of the actual paperwork, he put into a bank account for safe keeping, and the other he included in his letter to the queen.
A letter ...
2017-12-01 07:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Ryker’s spells had been more then enough to get them started.
Wynne had provided technical knowledge of the core that allowed him to tweak and modify the spells for better efficiency and control.
They sat there in that basement for hours, planning out the dungeon that was the vehicle of their revenge.
In the end they settled on a straight forward layout.
A large chamber that opened up into his farmlands from below. With multiple shafts in the earth for su...
2017-12-01 07:57:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Thoughts sprang from the void. They filled the crystal with consciousness.
“Where… where am I? What’s going on?” said the crystal. “I was just-”
The voice was cut off as Ryker cut the soul free of the crystal. It floated off immediately and vanished, heading towards wherever it was spirits did.
“Ah? Sorry about that, friend. Let’s both hope your next incarnation goes better,” he said with a smirk. Rolling the dungeon core around in his hand, he ...
2017-12-01 01:16:27 +0000 UTC View PostAlright folks.
New book, new chapters incoming.
I'll be posting 4 to the inner circle tonight to get initial feedback.
If everything still lines up, we're a go :D
Phew. Done.
Beta readers read, 2nd pass complete, everything.
Super Sales on Super Heroes 2 is finished.
Editor just needs to do their thing, than it's off to the Amazon store.
I'm taking a week off. bLeGh.
2017-11-27 05:14:30 +0000 UTC View PostBook is en route to the editor. Here's hoping it comes back soon. Beta is over.
Some beta reader stats because people asked, and why I'm always mildly concerned about beta readers.
The book was divided into three pieces and people were required to notate each file to move to the next.
This was done to prevent people from simply getting a "free book" which has happened in the past.
Invited: 30
File 1: 22(accepted and started)
File 2: 12(left comments in file 1)
FIle ...
After consulting with the Inner-Circle, the next book we'll be working on is a Dungeon LitRPG story.
It's a new series.
We'll be posting chapters for this once Super Sales 2 goes live.
After that... probably Wild Wastes 3, then Super Sales 3.
7 people declined or didn't respond to the first beta reader email.
A second email has gone out with new winners.
Well folks. With Super Sales 2 wrapping up, it's time to consider our direction.
I have 2 books at the 33% marker.
A dungeon litrpg novel, and an anti-hero novel about a sociopath in a video game world.
I was thinking of finishing one of those up, moving to Wild Wastes 3, then Super Sales 3.
Unsure yet.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions though :D
I'm open to anything.
Sample Chapters for the Anti-Hero: 2017-11-07 04:06:54 +0000 UTC
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Here's an early draft of the cover. Nowhere near done, but definitely coming along.
I'd appreciate this image stays here and isn't posted around the web. :)