📝 Today we have Infinitas Publishing updates for the past two months!
I’ve highlighted the projects that had changes in blue.
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Sweetweird Genre Notes: On hold with 2,100 words.
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.
Betrayed (Deceived #2): On hold. I need to finish the final proofread/revisions of minor notes. After this is complete, I plan to send this to beta-readers for any remaining feedback, and then set a release date for the ebook.
I’m currently planning to release Deceived #3 on this blog, but haven’t decided if I should also release it via newsletter format or if I should offer early release chapters as a subscription on Ream.
Next up: 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.
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): Rough draft at 53,000 words. Over the last couple months I’ve been revising this and adding new scenes. Currently this is in Isaac’s hands for a developmental edit.
Goals: Add the last few scenes and polish. Redo 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.
Huntress 3: Progress! I’ve read a couple non-fiction books for brainstorming and research (skimmed The Tyranny of Big Tech by Josh Hawley, and fully read The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow), and I’ve begun re-reading the first two books in the Huntress series and creating a series guide.
Next up: Finish re-reading first two books for the series guide and refresher, and finish creating a detailed outline.
Game Design: On hold.
Mist Catcher (Isaac’s Sci-Fi Story): On hold. The current draft sits around 111,000 words, (not including the Halloween episode?).
Marketing: I held off on any BookFunnel promos for the past couple months, and I only did a couple newsletters, but they went on an unplanned temporary hiatus due to life events (friends graduating, moving, being sick for a week, etc). However, for the newsletters I did I continued writing the spin-off short story from The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear) and I wrote a short email from the perspective of Krissa Wolf which included a few Distant Horizon-themed printable bookmarks.
I continued the Amazon drip ads, but ran into a mishap of one of the keyword targets being priced higher than planned. I didn’t see much change in interest, so I ended all but one of the US ads and will likely end the other country ads later this month.
As a last minute decision, we decided to vend at the KYCA (Keweenaw Youth for Climate Action) Earth Month Festival, only we focused more on our art prints than on our books.
We ran around to several local consignment and thrift stores, found several inexpensive pictures frames, and took a really nice day out to clean the frames. We created something of a mini gallery, which was quite fun.
We plan to show a few of those prints at an upcoming art show with friends from our local art group next month. 😁
During this show we had a couple people ask about paying with Venmo, so I have added the business payment option for future shows, and I’m currently in the process of setting up a LinkTr.ee for our links.
Additionally, we’re preparing to vend at Marquette Pride and do a presentation on self-publishing followed by a book signing while visiting in Missouri.
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. Eventually continue updating Stripe and Payhip so I can offer direct sales from the main website. 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: I’ve continued the short story spin-off of The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear. I’m debating making that the new newsletter reader magnet, but will decide once it’s complete. For now I intend to continue writing short stories or flash fiction for the newsletter once I restart the newsletters.
I also finished revisions for my Writers of Warrensburg anthology short story and submitted them.
Next up: 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”).
SBibb’s Photographic Illustration: I’ve completed ebook formatting of my current project and it’s been approved by the author. I’ve begun paperback formatting but ran into a few hang-ups with the new software I’m testing. Debating whether to continue work in that program or return to using Word 2007 as I’ve done in the past. I also may be taking on a new project later in summer.
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: My dragon hoards project has now been proofed! It is a coloring book with 24 designs, set to release on June 4th! I’m received my proof copy (which I had to adjust because I accidently missed including two of the designs… but hey, that’s what proofs are for).
More details coming soon! 🐉
Daz PA: I finally finished and submitted my newest pose set, the Infernal Queen poses for Genesis 9. It’s now available at the Daz store! 🔥
SBibb Infernal Queen Poses and Expressions for Genesis 9
Meanwhile, I’m considering enlisting outside help with finishing my Diverse Worlds Genesis 9 morphs set since it would require a considerable amount of time for me to complete the morphs needed to create the required corrective morphs (which may be a lot easier for someone more experienced with character creation to complete.
However, I’m also in the process of training Isaac how to finish pose sets so that we can tag-team on their creation. I’m creating our own personal standard operating procedure/tutorial for reference, and Isaac (who already has experiencing making poses/promos) will start creating products as well. I’ll be acting as the quality assurance to make sure it still matches the required standards before submitting them per usual. (And in the meantime, having that SOP will be useful for keeping me on track as well).
Isaac and I have started doing weekly meetings to stay up-to-date with our progress on both Daz, SIFlint Art, and Infinitas Publishing.
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Happy writing and reading (Or 3D rendering if you’re into Daz)! 🙂
Stephanie Flint - Author and Artist 