📋 New month, new Infinitas Publishing status report! (On time this time!)
I’ve highlighted the projects that had changes in blue.
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Crafting Your Fictional World (Non-Fic Book): Rough draft sitting at 22,000 words. On hold.
Sweetweird Genre Notes: On hold with 2,100 words.
Distant Horizon: (Book 1 of the Distant Horizon series): Next up: Paperback version of this in Atticus, which can be used on Draft2Digital in order to release a paperback version wide across multiple retailers, rather than only on Amazon. I intend to revisit the blurb before finalizing this. On hold.
Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Blurb needs to be updated across all retailers.
Changing Tides: (Book 4 of the Distant Horizon series). On hold while working on Legends of Cirena #9. Next step is to merge the two revised drafts and start writing the missing scenes.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Goal is to create a new cover and print edition for the complete collection edition. (On hold).
Deceived (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Needs print formatting. On hold.
Betrayed (Deceived #2): Isaac and I have finished the read-aloud of Betrayed and we’ve started releasing new chapters on Wattpad again! One new chapter so far, but the rest are ready to go.
Future Goals: Continue revisions to Deceived #3. Add Isaac’s notes from Deceived #5 (formerly #4) into the manuscript, revise Deceived #5, and revise #6 (formerly #5) before handing it to Isaac for his feedback.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). On hold. Next step is to finish adding the remaining outline to Scrivener, review that outline for missing plot points, and then write the rough draft.
Wishing Blade Prequel (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade): On hold. My next step is to write the rough draft of the new scenes and begin revising the original scenes to match the updated outline.
Once complete, this is intended to be a newsletter-exclusive story.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group: On hiatus.
The Dark Forest of Aneth (“Ro’nor (“The Restless Sands of Neel”) & Zynia (“The Dragons of the Mist”) cross-over / A Legends of Cirena short novel): I’ve been revising the scenes that are already present, reorganized the scenes for better flow, and added in additional missing scenes.
I had hoped to have this ready to pause before NaNoWriMo, but there are still a few scenes to read through. My plan is to finish the current read-through, make notes of any scenes that still need written, and then put it on hold until after NaNoWriMo is complete.
Last time I posted this was 51,000 words, and it’s now sitting at 55800 words.
Goals: Finish rough draft. Edit the book cover.
The Wind Mage and the Wolf (“Livena (The Wind Mage of Maijev”) & Nuaka (“The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear”) cross-over / A Legends f Cirena short novel) : Joran’s short story is on hold. Still needs a couple scenes smoothed out, and I need to cross-reference the final scene in The Wind Mage and the Wolf (from Joran’s point of view). After that, it’ll be ready for a read-aloud and proofreading.
The Legends of Cirena Volume One (LoC #1-6 Collection): I’ve been formatting stories one through six of the Legends of Cirena series in Atticus so that I can create an omnibus print edition. Five of the six episodes have their chapter backgrounds completed, and I’ve updated the Cirena map to represent the Legends timeframe.
Next up is finalizing the cover, finishing the last chapter background, and compiling the six episodes into one volume.
Huntress 3: Well… I was planning on working on this for NaNoWriMo, but I haven’t had a chance to reread the first two books so that I could make my outline. It looks like I’ll be working on the “Untitled Fantasy Story” from the Backburner Projects page since it already has a full outline to work from.
I’m not sure yet if I’ll try to switch projects midway through or not.
Huntress Prequel: On hold at 18,000 words. Needs rough draft completed.
Game Design: On hold.
Mistcatcher (Isaac’s Sci-Fi Story): Last time this was at 45,600 words and it’s now at 46,600 words (including some notes). Isaac has started working on editing the first episodes, and is working on continuing drafting this project for NaNoWriMo. In the meantime, has written a special Halloween episode (word count not included in the total).
Marketing:
We got our new business cards and catalogues from CatPrint, so we’ll have those at the Poor Artists Sale. 🙂
No new BookFunnel promos, though I finally uploaded the subscribers from previous events to their respective newsletters. I haven’t yet resumed the newsletters, though I hope to do so next month. Amazon drip ads ran as usual.
Next up: Continue adding sample chapters to the BookFunnel pages and the main Infinitas Publishing website, and update my author bio across the different websites. Remember what my plan was for Stripe and Payhip direct sales. Update the business ledger on a regular basis. Add a progress tracker somewhere for the different books. Revise Amazon ads, and overhaul book categories, keywords, and blurbs.
Other Stories: On hold
Next up: Draft my next Writers of Warrensburg anthology short story. Revise ending of YA Alien Invasion/Dystopian story.
Other on hold projects include: a “for-fun” space/portal fantasy story rough draft, Mermaid/Siren Sci-Fi short story draft, and comic script (“If I Had Asked”).
Unofficial Minecraft FanFic: On hold.
SBibb’s Photographic Illustration: On hold.
Future Goals: Figure out a schedule for uploading general art projects. Update the SBibbPhoto website to incorporate Daz work, and fix the SEO information.
SIFlint Art: On hold for other projects, though we plan to order a few pencil bags with our designs for the upcoming Poor Artists Sale.
Daz PA: I’m about finished with the Genesis 9 version of my Diverse Worlds Head morphs sets for 200 Plus Head and Face Morphs. Did a few tweaks to make the product and promos look better, and I think I’m ready to move on to finalizing the set. 😁
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Happy writing and reading (Or 3D rendering if you’re into Daz)! 🙂
Stephanie Flint - Author and Artist 