Tag: publishing adventure

Song of the Week

Wendy Melvoin, “Carnivàle Main Title Theme”

It’s Monday again! Welcome.

In case you missed it, Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea released on Friday! It’s been three or four months of non-stop work, not to mention all the time I spent writing the thing, so I’m very excited to share it with you.

You can purchase it from these handy links:

Amazon (ebook and paperback)

Barnes & Noble (ebook and paperback) It says large print, but it’s the standard edition paperback. I am working on fixing it.

Kobo (ebook only)

If you want to read the first chapter before making a decision, you can do so here.

The earlier, serialized version will remain up on the blog, but I highly recommend buying the book, as it’s far more polished and of better quality, in addition to being easier to read in your preferred medium.

Other stuff happening this week:

There will be a new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon! My Patreon is only $3 a month, and it gives you access to serial chapters a week early, plus Patreon livestreams and an exclusive project or two that I will be announcing in the next couple of weeks.

I’ll be on Twitch tonight and Thursday night with the Tea and Sidequests channel.

I will also be doing a minor blog remodel, so you may see some things move around. My goal is accessibility and readability, so if there’s anything I can do to make your blog experience easier, please let me know! Comments are open on almost every post.

Thanks for being here! Have an excellent week.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea is now available!

Read the first chapter!

After losing everything in a foolhardy quest to slay a sea serpent, Eske of the Bear Clan journeys across the world to the holy city of Phyreios. There, he meets warriors from faraway lands, a rebel leader with the courage to defy the gods, and a gentle healer whose dreams foretell a great calamity.

While at first Eske seeks only an opportunity to test his strength and a distraction from his grief, he soon becomes entangled in a clash of gods and monsters that will change the fate of Phyreios-and the world-forever.

Inspired by Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian and Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea novels, Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea is an epic tale of love, loyalty, rebellion, and ruin.

Amazon (ebook and paperback)

Barnes & Noble (ebook and paperback) It says large print, but it’s the normal paperback.

Kobo (ebook only)

If you want to order the paperback directly from me (good for bulk orders, and you’ll get a significant discount), please fill out this form, and I’ll be in contact with you within the next 24 hours:

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TOMORROW!

All my files are approved and we are back on track! Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea will release tomorrow (Friday) as planned!

I’ll be back tomorrow with all the links you will need to purchase your preferred format, as well as a link to my Virtual Launch party, which will be 6pm tomorrow (US Central time).

Thank you for being with me on this adventure! I’m so excited to share this story with you again.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Chapter I (Free Preview)

In which the tale begins.

Listen. Let me tell you a story. 

I will tell you of my journey, from the ocean at the other edge of the world to the mountain of iron, beneath which slept a horror of an age long past. 

I will tell you of the daughter of the stargazer, who found me on the northern wastes at the end of my long winter.

I will tell you of those who dared to defy the seven gods of the citadel.

And I will tell you of the barefoot prophet, for the man who now sits on the throne of Phyreios is not the same as the one who walked among its people in the days before the cataclysm. 

Continue reading “Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Chapter I (Free Preview)” →

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Update: The Final Countdown

THREE DAYS, YOU GUYS

IngramSpark is still processing my files. Based on their three-business-day turnaround, everything should be ready tomorrow. That means that tomorrow (Wednesday), I *should* have a way to preorder the book.

Thank you so much for bearing with me on this endeavor.

I have a Facebook author page as of about an hour ago, if you’d like to follow it. I’ve also updated the widgets in the bottom left corner of the blog (under “Find Me Elsewhere”).

No new chapter this week–sorry! We’ll be back to our regular posting schedule next week.

I’ll be back later this week with more information on buying the book (a Real Book! that you can hold in your hands or e-reader!) and about my Virtual Launch Party on Friday.

I appreciate you!

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.