Tag: publishing adventure

Song of the Week

Poe, “Haunted”

It’s Monday again.

This is the week Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea launches! Right now, I’m still waiting for my files to finish processing. Once that happens, I should be able to assemble purchasing links and possibly paperback preorders. Thank you for bearing with me as I figure out this process.

I’m also having a Virtual Launch Party on Friday at 6pm (US Central)! It will be a YouTube livestream, and I’ll have the link for that available once we go live, so keep an eye out on Friday.

I am juggling how much time promotional stuff for the launch is going to take, so I may have the next chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon this week. If not, it’ll be up next week and we’ll be back to our regular schedule of chapters.

Once Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea is out into the world, I’ll start Part Two of The Book of the New Moon Door! It will alternate with Journey to the Water, first on Patreon and then here on the blog. I’m also looking to start a Patreon-exclusive project soon, so stay tuned.

I appreciate you! Have an excellent week.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Update: IT’S HAPPENING

All the files are uploaded!

IngramSpark takes three business days to process everything. I was hoping to have preorders open today–please bear with me, I’m doing this for the first time–but I have to wait at least until it’s done processing (by this estimate, Tuesday or Wednesday). I’ll let you know as soon as I have an update.

Even if I don’t manage to get preorders working, the book will release in SEVEN DAYS: January 28! I’m planning a virtual launch party, and I’ll have more information about that on Monday.

I’m so excited! Thanks for being here for this process.

Song of the Week

Laura Marling, “Night Terror”

It’s Monday again. It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, also. The wheels of history turn toward justice, but slowly, and not without great effort.

Here’s what’s happening in my world this week:

I’ll be on Twitch tonight from 6pm until 8 Central time, if you’d like to stop by and chat. [ETA: no stream Thursday. See you next week!]

On Wednesday, I’ll have the latest chapter of Journey to the Water up! If you need to catch up, all available chapters are under the Stories tab above.

I’m finishing up the final formatting of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea. I should have an update later this week, which will hopefully include information on paperback preorders.

I think that’s it! Have an excellent week.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Update: Good News and Bad News

The good news is that I have a real cover, though as you can see, IngramSpark isn’t allowing any of my good fonts. Here is an updated cover reveal. It took me SEVERAL DAYS to get the background images to upload at a high enough resolution. The last paragraph on the back cover (left) is new also.

Further good news: my January 28th release date is a go! There should be a way to preorder the paperbacks before then. I’ll let you know as soon as I figure it out.

The bad news: In order to make literally any money off of any retail sales (and not owe them money for each book published), I have to set the paperback price at $14.99 and the ebooks at $3.99. These are pretty average prices for major retailers, but since you already have access to a free version, I wanted to make them cheaper. It just didn’t work out, and I’m sorry. There may be a way for me to give you a discount if you buy copies directly from the printer, where the retailer doesn’t take their (ENORMOUS) cut. I will do some more digging in the next week and come back with anything I find.

Thanks for sticking with me! I should have another update next week.

ETA: Also, the book is 312 pages long, including all the front material (table of contents and such) and some bonus content in the back! A nice, quick little read.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Update!

Here is where things stand as of today (Saturday 1/8):

I’m going to be publishing through IngramSpark, which will allow me to get the book out to a wide variety of retailers.

There will be both ebooks and paperbacks available.

I am about a third of the way done with the last round of edits before my manuscript gets uploaded to IngramSpark’s book building program.

The cover design may change slightly depending on what said book building program allows me to do. If so, I’ll show you all the new design.

I am aiming for paperback preorders to open on Friday the 21st, and the book to release a week later on the 28th.

That’s it for now! Thanks for sticking with me.

Song of the Week

Clinton Shorter, “The Expanse”

Happy New Year!

This week, the first week of 2022, I’ll have the new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon tomorrow, and here on the blog on Friday. I should have an update on Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea‘s progress by the end of the week.

I’ll also be on Twitch tonight! My husband/streaming partner wants to play Jedi: Fallen Order this evening.

If you’re interested, I’m trying to stay engaged with social media by doing a one-card tarot reading every day on Instagram.

I think that’s it for today. I’ll be back soon with more updates.

Have an excellent week.

Year in Review, Part the Second

This was a rough year. The pandemic continues, as does injustice, but all hope for change has not been thwarted yet.

Here are some things I accomplished this year:

  • I started streaming again, launching the Tea and Sidequests channel.
  • My husband and I bought a house in possibly the worst market ever, and moved in June! This involved a fight with our former landlord, which is finally reaching its conclusion.
  • I completed Part One of The Book of the New Moon Door!
  • The first Reader Poll told me that the most popular next project was the sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, so I started Journey to the Water.
  • I left my day job to focus on writing full-time.
  • As a birthday gift to me, my friends bought me an ad on the One-Shot Campaign podcast, bringing in a few more readers. (Hi there!!)
  • I officially launched my Patreon! I have five subscribers now, and I really appreciate their support.
  • During NaNoWriMo, I rewrote Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea and am now preparing it for self-publishing in January. If you missed the cover reveal, you can take a look here.
  • I continue to survive the plague (vaccinated and boosted) and fight the good fight in whatever small ways I can.

For next year, I hope to keep this going:

  • I want to publish Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea by the end of January.
  • Journey to the Water will continue, and likely finish in late 2022, at which point I will start editing it for publication as well.
  • Part Two of The Book of the New Moon Door will begin soon, probably in February after Frost-Cold Sea is released.
  • I’ve had to put my “big book,” the 500+ page manuscript I hope to traditionally publish, on hold, so I intend to un-shelve it this year.
  • I also want to start two new projects this year, one for Patreon supporters only, and another for the blog (with Patreon subscribers getting chapters a week early).
  • Lastly, I plan to expand my audience, which means publishing, being more active on social media, and continuing to write.

Happy New Year, all. I appreciate you being here.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Cover Reveal!

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Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Update!

The line edits are done! I’m working on a cover! As my Christmas gift to you, I’ll do a Cover Reveal on Friday the 24th, so stop back then!

Sorry for the exclamation points. I’m very excited.

Patreon Livestream this Sunday!

A snow-covered forest against an orange sunset.
It’s winter!

This month’s Patreon livestream will be this Sunday, December 19, from 3-5pm Central US time. I’ll be playing some Skyrim and talking about fantasy tropes and the publishing process for Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, as well as whatever you want to talk about!

If you’re not subscribed to Patreon, it’s less than a cup of medium black coffee a month, and you get livestreams, early chapters, and more bonus material! Check it out here.