After many delays and much ballyhoo, it’s finally available on Amazon Kindle. It’ll trickle out to the other vendors as the files run thru the various processes.
It’s been a while since I posted anything, mostly because I didn’t want to post more “not news.”
I still don’t have anything positive to report.
Yet.
But if you’re looking for Double Share, this would be a good time to get signed up on my mailing list. That way if there happens to be any news–like a release or something–you’ll be in a good place to find out about it.
You’ll remember that I said I wasn’t going to make any more “it’s going to be published” posts. The first notice you’ll get from me is “Here’s the link.”
I have said elsewhere that I’m working on the edits and they’re flowing smoothly.
That’s a good sign.
Just sayin’.
No, I’m not going to prank you. I’m just getting my feet under me from last week and that’s how I feel.
For those that don’t follow my daily walk, I spent last week (Mar 24-Apr 1) in Lincoln City, OR, at a writer’s workshop on Character Voice and Setting run by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Yikes. Major brain strain and HUGE feeling of accomplishment coming out on this side. All you people will reap the benefit from that with the new writing that’ll be coming out over the next few weeks.
Ridan surfaced right after my last post — but has since disappeared again. I’m fairly confident things will be getting back on track this month.
There are some things that I probably need to make clear.
1. I can’t tell you everything I know.
2. I don’t threaten.
While I appreciate that many of you are frustrated by the situation, ultimately it’s a business decision that I’m constantly evaluating. The books will be available for decades after they get through the pipeline. They’ll have the opportunity to find hundreds of thousands of new fans over the next half century or so. They’re going to be around for a long time. This situation is temporary.
So.
Looking forward, there will be new work coming out this month. I’m not sure exactly what because my gray matter is still recovering from the rotor-rootering I got in Lincoln City last week. I can tell you my writing has improved by at least an order of magnitude. Just seeing the difference between what I wrote the week before I went compared to what I’ve written since I got back has proven that to me. It will be reflected in the Ravenwood sequel even though that means it’ll probably be delayed.
There’s a space opera short going into the Galileo Games anthology Have Blaster, Will Travel. You can learn more about that at their Kickstarter page. If you want to contribute to that, it’ll help out (and for a buck they’ll send you my story).
Oh, sorry about the comments. I logged in tonight to a mess of moderation that I’ve neglected. I think there were only two spammers in there, but the rest of them are now released. I didn’t realize how many had built up.
That’s about it for now. I need to get some words herded.
Unfortunately, I’ve got nothing new that’s significant. We’ve heard through the grapevine that my editor is seriously ill which is why she’s disappeared from the face of the earth. I’ve tried contacting her husband and partner in the business to see what the story might be, but so far no response. Apparently the condition is so dire that it’s keeping him away as well.
We’ve gotten to the point where I’ll be examining this relationship very closely. It’s based on the idea that we can do better together than I can do by myself, and I’ve maintained the position that we can. I know a lot of you believe that I’m foolish to maintain in the face of what you see as disrespect. I don’t really care about that. What I care about is producing quality products at reasonable prices for a strongly dedicated audience.
I’m getting to the point where that is in doubt. While I hate to add to any bad situation that they are in right now, the lack of information makes it extremely difficult to make informed decisions.
For those of you wondering how long this will go on. I’ve got two more weeks in March where I can’t do anything because I’ve got other commitments that need to be addressed. April will see some action and you have my word that something will happen in the next 45 days.
Oh, and happy Ides of March.
UPDATE: As I was writing this, Ridan was in the process of getting in touch with me. I’ve had email and more information about the hold ups. Robin will be up on various forums to make some public announcements and I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll have new content soon.
I put my fantasy book, Ravenwood, into the Kindle Select program when it first came out. It might have done better if I’d had the other books in the series, but on the whole, the downside of having the book exclusive on Amazon didn’t offset the value of the “borrows” and exposure from Select.
So at the end of the period, I’ll be coming off that experiment and resuming sales of the Ebook everywhere. To mark the occasion, I’m doing something I’ve never done — making the book free for a few days. If you ever wanted to try it but didn’t want to drop the $5, here’s your chance.
UPDATE: After 11,500 downloads, the promotion ended (a bit abruptly, I thought) around Noon mountain time today (2/27). Thanks to all the people that took Ravenwood to #8 in Free Kindle.
