Welcome to 2014. Here’s wishing you all a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year.
Enough joviality, on with the news. I realize it’s only been two weeks since I wrote but I neglected to put in the single most important news.
I have zero idea when Owner’s Share will be available. The manuscript is still with the editor. I can’t publish it until it comes back and I have no estimate on how much longer that will take. I have been in touch with her and she’s doing the best she can. Have patience. As soon as I get it back, I’ll get it out. It’s the best I can do.
Trust me when I say, “As soon as I know anything, I’ll post it.”
As per last update, I have all three of my completed books with different editors now and as soon as I get them back, I’ll get them published.
This month – January – is a “writing month” which means I’m working on the next book. Cape Grace is the sequel to South Coast (which is currently with an editor) and I’ll be passing it off to yet another editor at the end of the month. Assuming, of course, that I finish it.
Next month – February – is a “production month” which means I’ll be publishing something. With three books out, I don’t know which one might come back first. Which ever book it is, that’s the one I’ll publish.
In other news:
Audio! Yes. I’m still planning on reading Zypheria’s Call and Hermit of Lammas Wood. It’s a big job and I didn’t get Zypheria’s Call done in December. It’s coming and it’ll be a free podiobook download when I get it.
Paperbacks! Yes. There will be paperbacks. Eventually. It’s a soul sucking process that siphons off my will to live but I’ll get the paperbacks proofed and available for sale in between other projects. My goal is to have every book I’ve written so far available in podcast, ebook, and paperback by year end 2014.
Hardcovers! Yes! I’m still planning on limited edition hardback runs. They have to wait until the paperbacks get finished because the interiors will be the same. I’m not going to start publishing hardcover until I get all the paperbacks done.
New Books! Yes, of course. I’m shooting for six new titles this year. They won’t all get published this year because they’ll all need production work after I’ve finished the manuscripts. That means covers, editors, and reading aloud and all that. I’ve got three books in the pipeline and should have three more in line when they’re out.
So, I think that’s it for news.
Thanks for all your support and I’m really looking forward to getting this ship underway again.
Thanks for the update sar! I look forward to listening to Zypheria’s call and since I got a Nook not too long ago I picked up the book anthology you posted about not too long ago and A Light In The Dark. Looking forward to reading those.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the update. You are probably more frustrated than we are over the delay in getting Owners share out. One thought for you to consider is what Baen Publishing has been doing for a couple of years now; offering advanced reader’s copies electronically. they have not been fully edited, but for those of us who can’t wait to get our hand on the next installment of a series they are worth the EXTRA cost.
I note that Amazon is just starting to offer advanced reader copies. However, they are free, which is almost certainly not what you want.
The single biggest problem, Lou, is that these are all backlist titles. They’ve been available for years – just not in text format.
Getting them put into shape for text — dealing with publishers, dealing with editors, firing publishers, dealing with new editors, republishing stuff that already got published once so that the new stuff had a foundation to rest on — it’s taken darn near forever.
I’m working to get it all settled so that new stuff comes out a little more reliably and predictably.
great news about the new books. but I certainly hope none of were given to the slow poke who’s sat on owner’s share 4 months past the scheduled return date.
might be time to send them a note
“thanks for the effort but I have a schedule to keep so I’ve passed a new copy to a new editor” that should get it done sometime THIS year!
Nathan if I may call you Nathan. I have never so enjoyed any books as much as those about captain Wong. I have read each book 5 to 6 times (except of course owners share which I have only listened to) and I plan to keep rereading them. They make me feel good, happy, sad, hopefully, and so much more. I am sure they and your other books must take so much thought and hard work but being a bit selfish about this please,Please, help with my addiction to the deep dark, capt. Wong, and friends
with my heartfelt thanks
Jim