Labor Day Update

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Skipper

It’s not quite Labor Day but before I get sidetracked by the long weekend…

Old Business:

The Trader’s Tales books thru Captain’s Share are now available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo. They are working thru the labyrinth toward iBook as well.

Quarter Share has been re-issued in paper and you can find it on Amazon.

The links on Get The Books should be correct. If I’ve botched one, please let me know.

Owner’s Share is with the editor. It should be back to me by September 15th and I’m shooting for an October 1 release. A lot will depend on just how much work I need to do with it. It’s a huge book (more than twice as long as Quarter Share) so I’ve got my fingers crossed.

South Coast will be next in line. I haven’t even done the pre-editor cleanup pass yet, so probably November at the earliest. It’s a much shorter work and I’m planning to get it out ASAP.

I still haven’t gotten into the booth to record Zypheria’s Call. Sorry about that.

Current Business:

I’m grinding through the paperback galley proofs for each of the published books. That’s why I haven’t gotten the recording done yet. I’m hoping to get Half Share done today and Full Share underway for next week. I get a lot of requests for paperbacks so I’ve made that a priority. It’s also part of my overall strategy of getting the entire backlist up in all the formats.

Yes, hardcover, limited editions are on the slate but not until 2014 sometime.

New Business:

Cape Grace – the sequel to South Coast – and The Hermit of Lammas Wood – the final book in Tanyth’s first trilogy – are both on the slate for this year. This assumes that I’ll actually finish publishing the backlist sometime in the near future. I know those of you who are all caught up want me to stop messing around and give you new content right now, but this is something I have to do to get the house in order so I can move forward. It’s just one of those things. Given how much stuff I’ve managed to clear in the last 6 weeks, I’m feeling pretty confident that we’ll have new content very soon.

Looking ahead to 2014, I’m planning another Ishmael Wang trilogy and a second trilogy set in the Golden Age universe featuring a new cast and crew. Those two will intersect somewhere near the end. I’m not sure how that’s all going to work yet, but I’m planning on a book every other month next year. It’s good goal for me, but it’s the reason I have to get all the old work off my desk. I can’t afford any distractions once this new production cycle gets going.

That’s it from here for now.

Safe voyage.

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Status Update

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Skipper

Some of you have already finished Captain’s Share are asking about the availability of Owner’s Share.

The book is at the editor’s and as soon as it comes back, I’ll publish it. Don’t look for it this month (August) and probably not September either, but October is possible–even likely.

Keep an eye open here and I’ll keep you updated as to where the process is.

Right now I’m working on the galley proof for Quarter Share. I have hardcopy paper and I’m marking it up. I’m distressed to find a lot of the changes that I *thought* had been made are not reflected in this version. It’ll take some time…probably until the end of the week and then another round of proof copies before paperbacks become available.

All the Shares through Captain are now available on Nook and Kobo as well as Kindle. The Apple store rejected the first round of epubs but I’m hoping the second round will be accepted. They take a couple of weeks to clear so both of you iBook people will have to hold on a while longer.

My immediate goal is to get all the books published in all the available formats before I start trying to do anything new. I realize that this is an unpopular decision for those of you who are looking for new content right now, but I’ve almost got the new foundations laid and it won’t be too much longer.

Next book is probably going to be Book 3 of the Tanyth Fairport Adventures – the Hermit of Lammas Wood.

The book after that will probably be the long delayed Cape Grace (the sequel to South Coast).

Next year there will be another Golden Age trilogy featuring new ships and crews, and another Ishmael Wang trilogy as well. That means I’m planning for a new book every other month. It’ll be a stretch but I think I can do it. The foundations I’m laying now–the delays you’ve been enduring–will pay dividends then if I can pull it off.

Stay tuned.

Safe voyage.

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Here’s Your Captain’s Share

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Skipper

5Captains_Share_Cover_ebookThe book is finally done and published.

Kindle people can buy it now. I’ll get it out on BN & Kobo as soon as Double Share clears.

Next up:
Getting South Coast ready for text
Recording Zypheria’s Call for podcast
Getting the paper formats ready for CreateSpace
Finishing the Owner’s Share edits

I’m thinking it will be October before I get the edits back and the Owner’s Share manuscript in shape, so bear with me. If I get the edits back and can get them incorporated faster, I will, but don’t be surprised if it takes a couple of months. That’s a long book.

ETA:
Nook Book Version
Kobo Store

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Light In The Distance!

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Skipper

First an apology for everybody who has used the contact form on THIS site instead of the one at NathanLowell.com. Because of an address snafu on my part, all your emails went to an email account that collects all my spam now. I’ve gone back to mid April and replied — with abject apologies.

Second the contract story is wrapping up. The story has a flow, I can see the end coming and should have it done in a few more days. I’m honestly a bit leery about predicting this because my history of such predictions is woefully inadequate. If I can just get a draft completed, I will be freed up to get Double Share re-released before I have to deal with contractual revisions. With luck there won’t be too many and I’ll be able to get Captain’s Share out. Finally!

Third Owner’s Share is with the editor. When it comes back, I’ll publish it.

Fourth all the books will be reissued in paperback as well and I’ll be publishing on Kobo and Nook. I will not be releasing on Smashwords. I am still not sure about Apple.

Fifth I will be recording Zypheria’s Call before I start any new books.

My goal is to get all the books out in all the formats by Halloween. Labor Day would be better but I’m just not confident that I’ll have all the pieces I need by then.

So, yeah. I think I see a light in the distance.

I just hope it’s not the headlight on an oncoming train.

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Ships Of My Fathers

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Skipper

I met Dan Thompson in a writers’ group on Google Plus. He was working on space opera that sounded suspiciously like something I’d like. The book came out recently and I grabbed a sample.

I was right.

TL;DR: Good book.

While you’re waiting for my next book to come out, grab a sample of Ships Of My Fathers and see if you like it. There’s a lot of Ishmael Wang in Michael Fletcher and a bit of Lois McKendrick in the Heavy Heinrich. There are a lot more points of view and the book has a bit more interpersonal conflict than the Share series but I’m looking forward to his next book already.

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