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.
Thanks for the updates! I’m really looking forward to both Odin’s Outpost and Cape Grace. I have found that reading the stories in books in paperback seems like a new experience, even though I thought I knew the stories well already, so I guess I’ll have to buy the rest. Meanwhile, this story reminded me of Ish’s famous container load of kitty litter: http://www.gizmag.com/synthetic-sepiolite-kitty-litter/19214/ I didn’t know the stuff actually does have rather “remarkable” qualities (even unused) and is only mined in a few places on this planet. Guess that explains why that planet had to import it. I’ll bet you knew all about that though.
Keep chugging along, you’ll get there eventually. :)
Thanks for the update!
Quality takes Time.
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Glad to see that DS will be out this month, I’m more than ready to ready it. I too noticed some typos particullary in FS and was glad to read that you would be forwarding one of your fans’ corrections to the publisher.
Have you ever considered any collaborative work? After reading the first 3 of your Share series it struck me as a good cross over series.
-Al
Well I bought the new story (Light…) and I thought it was great. thanks for finishing it!
Hang in there, August is always a hump month. Things really start happening in September.
T