I just left a new post over on Lammas Wood about Debora Geary’s newest release.
Seems like I’m not the only one rolling out new fiction this week.
Enjoy.
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Here’s what I got so far, crew. The story is complete and this is my draft cover art along with the “blurb” that will go along with it. I suspect we’ll clean up the blurb as it gets closer but I wanted to give you all a sneak peak at what’s coming. I’m contemplating the podcast idea but I think this is too short for Podiobooks–it would barely fill the required five episodes unless I made them REALLY short episodes. Someone made the suggestion that I offer it to Tony C. Smith over at StarShipSofa and I think that might work out quite nicely if Tony wants it.
UPDATE: Wow! That was fast!! A Light In The Dark seems to be available on Kindle already. I messed up the blurb, and it won’t let me fix it yet, but apparently the book is for sale.
UPDATE (Again): Barnes and Noble and Smashwords now available. (Note: The Smashwords meatgrinder put some bullets in front of the chapter headings for some of the formats. I’m working on fixing it.)
When Captain Bjorn Gunderson docks with what he thinks is routine cargo, he embarks on a very different voyage. On a milk run from Welliver to Breakall, a tiny rock punctures his ship, The Wanderer, and leaves the crew adrift twenty-thousand years from home. With food, water, and air running out, a desperate crewman takes a reckless gamble, risking his life in a daring bid to find safety. What he finds instead puts them all at risk.
Join Captain Gunderson and his crew on the final voyage of the Solar Clipper Wanderer in book one of Tales from the Deep Dark — A Light in the Dark.
An award winning producer of science fiction and fantasy podcasts, Nathan Lowell has produced eight novels totaling over 160 episodes and 70 hours of podcast fiction. Since 2008, four of his productions have been finalists in the Parsec Awards and his book–Captain’s Share–won the 2010 Parsec Award for Best Podcast Fiction (Long Form). In 2010, Ridan Publishing began producing his work in paper and ebook formats. Those books are available online from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, the iBook Store, and from Ridan Publishing.
A Light In the Dark is the first of a series of novellas set in the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper. The series focuses on the happenings in and around a renegade outpost, a place outside the jurisdiction of the Confederated Planets–a place where the normal rules don’t apply and where anything might happen.
For more information about the books and author, visit the Trader’s Diary at http://www.solarclipper.com.
Novel Nibbles are a series of shorter works offered in ebook only format for those who would like something to read on their phones and other small screen mobile devices. Coming in at around 20,000 words, they’re shorter works for smaller screens. See http://novelnibbles.com for more information and other titles in the Novel Nibbles family.
Really? Mid-July already? Seems like just yesterday I was in Mid-June.
No news on new projects at the moment.
Hard covers for Half and Full Share are still on the table, but Robin hasn’t found a supplier that she likes yet. Between quality and price issues, it’s being a bit sticky.
The Odin’s Outpost story is still limping along. There are things I need to do here or I’d have written this off a while back, I think. Every time I try to walk away from it, it drags me back.
I have an outline for Cape Grace. Yes, I know, I don’t work from outlines, but this is a very loose one. Similar to the plot points I had in the back of my mind while I was writing the other books. If I can focus, this would come together pretty well.
Double Share is slated for an August release. I’ve tossed my first round edit over the fence to Ridan and expect those’ll come back to me with some work for me to do pretty shortly.
Sales for Full Share are sliding down slowly. Over all sales for the three volumes is still very good with all three books in the 1000-2000 range of sales rank. I’ve got a 2-star review sitting at the top of the “most recent” and a 3-star on top of “most helpful” … I think most of the criticism will be shifted once Double Share hits the screens and people get a look at Burnside.
Beyond that. Not a lot happening here at the moment. I’m trying to work up a bit of momentum for the projects I have going and I’m not sure how effective I’m being at it.
The latest news is that I’ve finally gotten my Parsec Award submission off to the committee. We’ll know in a few weeks if I’ve made the cut again. With four novels hitting the finalist list in the last four years, I’ve got a good track record. Last year’s win felt great and I’d love to be the first author with repeat wins in the Long Form category. Here’s a link to the 48 minute mp3 file I’ve sent to the committee. I was allowed to have one 30-second intro and up to six clips not to exceed one hour. I picked five and kept it under fifty minutes. If these five don’t do it, I don’t think adding another few minutes of audio will help.
Double Share is on track for release in August. I need to get the edits over to Ridan by the end of this month so they have a chance to deal with them in July. I’m getting a lot of interest from readers who are looking for the next book and I’m sorry to have to say “August” but given how fast Ridan is rolling these out in comparison to a mainstream press, I have to say that I’m impressed. At least we’re not having to wait for me to write them first.
Speaking of Ridan, we’re still having transitional issues with Robin Sullivan going full time with Ridan Publishing. The transition from her old day job to the current situation along with significant back-to-back conventions on top of an exhausted body has some of the expected consequences – along with some unexpected ones. Please have some patience as they gear up with more staff, extra editors, and all the other things that need to happen but can’t happen quickly.
Hard covers are still in the mix. There will be 250 of each title. Ridan is still evaluating presses.
I’ve had a lot of questions about Nook and iBook versions of the books. The intention is to get them into those places. It hasn’t happened yet. In the meantime, there’s a manual process in place for you to order them on your format of choice through the Ridan site. A couple of people have been surprised at the amount of time taken to turn them around. Hang in there, folks. (See the paragraph above about growing pains.) It’ll get addressed.
That’s it for now.
Safe Voyage.
The paperbacks are *finally* available at Amazon. You can always order signed copies from Ridan Publishing and get them signed but the files have finally cleared on the main site.
Come and get ‘em.
Yes! Hardcovers are in the works. We’re still looking for the right printer. Patience. 
