Over the coming months, I’ll be updating previous episode files to: 1) Improve performance — formatting for working TOC and locations, start position, better sampling, etc. 2) Clean up some minor typos — Hello, forest. Oh, hey! Look! Trees! — This will learn us to rush the production cycle as ruthlessly as we have in the past. 3) Possibly — though the final decision won’t happen for a bit — update cover art. Anyway, point is, if you receive alerts from retailers that new files are available, this is why. No scheduled dates on these: I’m dragging my feet a little so that we only have to update once, and this… Read More
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Quickie post, today. I will likely have much to report on Monday but for today, all I’ve got is the final treatment for One To Watch‘s cover. Have a great weekend.
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So I think we finalized cover art this morning. (That sound you heard was a jawbone bouncing off my desktop when I saw draft12 in das Photobucket.) The designer did read comments on the last cover post (Thank you Chris, Lilio and Melonhead). I have one reservation left regarding overall theme, but if I get over myself or we find a compromise, I’ll post a final soon. Have a good day. I’m off to make my D’s 3.
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Memorial Day posts are hard. Almost everything one can say feels trite, contrived, inadequate or some combination thereof. And it’s too easy, I think, to confuse politics with individual sacrifices, even when we ought to set one aside to honor the other. Thank you, veterans. You have the thanks of grateful nations (and writers) everywhere.
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So. After three meetings and six weeks of pondering, Book 5’s title popped into my head while I was reaching into the refrigerator for yogurt. Two phone calls later, it was finalized, and a very relieved graphic designer was able to send me more drafts. Draft 7: draft 7 Draft 8: draft 8 Draft 9: draft 9 I would have been happy with any of them, but I think she sent the files in this order to torture me. I really, really liked draft 7, was a bit “meh” about draft 8, and then came draft 9 that absolutely wowed me. Anyone have any thoughts or preferences? Do weigh in… Read More
Continue ReadingBecause Monday
Blame the horsecart full of allergy meds I just took… Nothing like a little ‘tude first thing in the morning. Now I must go gird… stuff for the editorial meeting wherein we discuss the fallout from turning in 32k-words of copy for an episode that can only be half that. (I know, right? My editor totally needs moral support today.)
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Today, I’m working on book 5, and feeling petulant because I have to cut word-count pretty substantially, and some of my favorite bits have to go. Here’s one. *sigh* —— “She’s got her own observer, right?” Thomas asked. [Undisclosed character] spoke up. “Yup.” “Josh?” “Nope. He’s in Virginia or something.” “I wonder what they’ll call it once he leaves.”—–
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I’m starting to get a lot of questions in the inbox. I’m happy to answer all emails, but this will be a really busy week behind the scenes, so I figured I’d save people the hassle of waiting for response… Q. When is book 5 coming out? A. It’s scheduled for July. Right now, I can’t be any more specific on an actual date because it all depends on how quickly we can finalize editing, art and other packaging issues. Q. On the Fantasy Heights page, it says Book 5’s title and cover aren’t finalized. What does that mean? A. It means the title and art will change before release. Though we… Read More
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I’m in that weird writer-state today where I’ve got one foot in story world, and less than half a grip on reality, but I wanted to take a moment today to say thank you to all the readers who have taken time out of their busy lives to post reviews for Fantasy Heights episodes. Good or bad, doesn’t matter; what matters is that you didn’t have to, but you did it anyway, and I really do appreciate it. So thank you, and have a great weekend. Retreating back into story world on this end.
Continue ReadingTime To Feed That Hamster
Computer upgrades underway! (yes!) Slowest. Backup. Download. Speed. Ever. (Noooooooooo!) Anyway, please bear with my slow responses while we rebuild homebase with the new hardware. We won’t even talk about the Microsoft Office debates going on right now… Thanks for your patience.
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