For this week’s ebook promotion highlight, I’m featuring the A Cinderella Story ebook fair!
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Looking for Cinderella retellings? Look no further! Lots of variations at different prices:
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I hope you find a good book! 😀
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
It’s that time again! 😀
Whew… March was interesting. Half the month was relatively normally, and the other half has been getting used to the new norm.
Anyway, here’s the updates!
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Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Storyboard complete in lieu of an outline! I’m about 8,500 words into a new rough draft.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): I need to choose which cover design to go with for the series and then create the rest of the covers for it.
Galina’s Saga – Part Two (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Outline needs revision.
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits).
Little One: Needs Isaac’s notes added to manuscript, and then revised.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). Needs rough draft written. Possibly needs new, updated outline.
Runes and Ravens (Stone and String 3): Needs revision and rest of rough draft written.
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group: Ro’nor-Zynia cross-over in progress. It’s been going slower than the usual one episode a week that I usually aim for.
The Cursed Halls of Kalecen (Hahven’s Story / A Legends of Cirena short story): Now available! 😀
The Scars of Her Past (Alia’s Story / A Legends of Cirena short story): Read-aloud complete. I need to make a few minor edits and then send it out to beta-readers.
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Needs formatted for print.
Huntress 3: Needs rough draft completed (about halfway through at the moment).
Game Design: On hold. We need product shots of updated Phalanx board for The Game Crafter.
Space Adventure Comic:Â Isaac made several base scenes for the comic as a starting point, and finished a couple kit-bashed ship designs. We figured out how speech bubbles will look, and the base size for formatting. We’ve also started doing a few renders, though we haven’t gotten far with those yet.
Emberverse (Working Title): On hold. I had hoped to work on the part two rough draft for Camp NaNoWriMo in April, but needed to switch that to completing a rough draft for Distant Horizon, since I want to finish up a few of the active series before releasing this one.
That said, I’ve had a bit of fun with the Emberverse Instagram images.
(For more fun Emberverse pictures, check out my Instagram account).
Marketing: Got a month’s worth of weekly promo highlights posted, and got the April ones scheduled.
I have yet to cull the Distant Horizon Universe mailing list for inactive subscribers, which I need to do soon since it’s getting close to it’s max size before costing extra.
I also plan to reset the Amazon ads I have, and to create a BookFunnel promo for May (I still need to decide the theme).
Debating picking up a cheap WordPress plan for this blog so I can remove ads, but not sure when or if that’s likely to happen.
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions and restructuring).
SBibb’s Photographic Illustration:Â Just about done with both formatting projects. One is complete except uploading, and the other needs the cover proof completed.
Daz PA: I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been accepted as a Daz Published Artist! 😀
Right now I’m working on pose sets and character morph presets, but I just submitted my first set through their system, so it may be a little while before I’ll have something to show in the store. More on that once the first set gets approved!
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Happy writing and reading! 🙂
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
It’s that time again! 😀
And wow… February was a busy month. Between Winter Carnival festivities, plumbing issues, various freelance projects, and a couple unexpected deadlines, I didn’t get a whole lot of writing done.
But progress did get made, just not where intended.
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Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Needs new outline and rough draft.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Testing another cover idea to see how it does before deciding which one to go with– whether to stick with the older design for now or update the series with one of the new designs.
Galina’s Saga – Part Two (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Outline needs revision.
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits).
Little One: Needs Isaac’s notes added to manuscript, and then revised.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). Needs rough draft written.
Runes and Ravens (Stone and String 3): Needs revision and rest of rough draft written.
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold. Will likely remain on hold until The Wishing Blade series is complete, and possibly integrated with a storyline I have in mind that takes place after that series. (Alternatively, might get integrated as a prequel to Stone and String 3. Not sure yet).
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group: Ro’nor-Zynia cross-over in progress. The last two episodes have been delayed due to various outside slow-downs, but will resume once I’ve finally reorganized everything.
The Cursed Halls of Kalecen (Hahven’s Story / A Legends of Cirena short story): Pre-orders are up! Releases March 22nd.
I’m currently in the process of reviewing beta-reader feedback and making revisions.
Alia’s Story (A Legends of Cirena short story): This has a title, and pre-orders are live!
*Drumroll…*
The Scars of Her Past
Still needs a few more chapters to go through the read-aloud process before going out to beta-readers, but that’s the next step.
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Needs formatted for print.
Huntress 3: Now around 25,000 words into the rough draft. Good news is that I now mostly know where the plot’s going. Bad news is that I have to finish catching up on everything that threw me for a loop in February before I can return to the rough draft.
Game Design: Currently on hold due to Isaac’s classes. We realized we need to take new product shots for Phalanx so we can get the updated Game Crafter version back up for sale.
Space Adventure Comic:Â Isaac has kit-bashed a few more ships and a character design for this, but it’s mostly on hold while we finish other projects.
Emberverse (Working Title): Made a little progress on revisions for the first short story in this series, but had to put it on hold for other projects. Starting to get ideas for where the next part of the story will go, but probably won’t get to write those for a while yet. Hoping to write the rough draft for that in April for Camp NaNo, but that depends on how much progress I can make on the active series that are currently awaiting completed rough drafts.
(Meet Mallie and Spots… a character who can speak to the various “monsters” in Emberverse, and her stuffed animal who became a lot more real).
(To see more sneak peeks from Emberverse, check out my Instagram account).
Marketing: Weekly promo highlights have been put in place for March! (Having reminders to schedule this in my monthly calendar is proving super useful). I still need to cull the Distant Horizon Universe mailing list for inactive subscribers. I won’t know if it helped the Wishing Blade Universe list for a while yet, since that’s a monthly newsletter with the exception of new release announcements.
Also…
One of the unexpected projects for the month ended up being a new website design for our main Infinitas Publishing site.
Long story short, we had planned on revamping it for a while, but then I got wind that Google Chrome has been phasing out how people see sites without a security certificate. Our previous host required a paid plan to get the SSL certificate working, and to have what we wanted (quite a few pages), we would have been paying a lot more than I would have preferred–especially when WordPress is cheaper and, if I’m being completely honest, a lot more user-friendly. (I did try to stick with the old host, but ultimately it was time to say “thanks for the good times” and move on. Hopefully I can use the original free plan as a backup, but I’m not sure how long that free plan will remain.
Anyway, I spent the past couple weeks between the two hosts figuring out what I wanted to do and finally getting everything switched, as well as trying to streamline everything for a sleeker look.
Overall, I’m fairly happy with the change. There’s still a few updates that still need happening–eventually I’d like to create series-specific banners–but it’s mostly complete.
(And it has a shiny security certificate and no ads… sweet!)
Check it out!
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions and restructuring).
SBibb’s Photographic Illustration:Â Received notes on a proof for one project (now in finalizing stage) and I’m in the process of compiling proofreading notes for the other project and creating a cover proof.
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In other news, I’m thrilled to announce I got first place in the Storytelling Category of the It’s Raining Men contest over on the Daz art forums.
This one uses the Daz 3D studio program for 3D rendering and Daz assets, and the key requirements of the contest were that it needed to feature a man/men as the primary focus, and have a storytelling aspect.
Definitely made my day, and I wasn’t expecting it to place:
Story Concept for the image: The apple grove was technically open land, free for everybody’s use. But when a gnarly goblin made the grove his home, wandering travelers often found trouble if they took a juicy apple from the trees.
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Happy writing and reading! 🙂
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
Time for the monthly Infinitas Publishing Status Report! 😀
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Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Needs new outline and rough draft.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Debating trying one more cover design before switching out the covers on the rest of the series.
Galina’s Saga – Part Two (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Outline needs revision.
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits).
Little One: Needs Isaac’s notes added to manuscript, and then revised.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). Needs rough draft written.
Runes and Ravens (Stone and String 3): Needs revision and rest of rough draft written. On the bright side, some of the recent Legends of Cirena stories have given me a better idea of where this needs to go.
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group: Hahven-Alia cross-over complete. We’re currently three episodes into the Ro’nor-Zynia cross-over.
The Restless Sands of Neel (Ro’nor’s Story / A Legends of Cirena short story): Now available!
The Cursed Halls of Kalecen (Hahven’s Story / A Legends of Cirena short story): Scheduled for release on March 22nd. I’m currently getting feedback from beta-readers, and then I just need to make a few final touches before it’s complete.
Alia’s Story (A Legends of Cirena short story): Title to be announced. Book cover near-final complete. Most revisions are complete, though I need to do a preliminary read-aloud with Isaac for any plot holes before sending it to beta-readers. Expected publication is late May.
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Needs to be formatted for print.
Huntress 3: Was hoping to have rough draft complete in January. That has been rescheduled for mid February. I’m currently 20,000 words into the rough draft. Realized I needed to combine two plot ideas into one, and now it’s been flowing a lot smoother.
Game Design: Currently on hold due to Isaac’s classes.
Space Adventure Comic: We’re in the brainstorming phase for individual story plots, with it on semi-hold while I try to finish some of the current lingering projects. That said, instead of starting with the larger arc, we’re debating trying to complete a smaller adventure first, to get a better feel for comic design and have a better chance of completing it.
Emberverse (Working Title): Somewhat on hold due to trying to prepare the Legends of Cirena stories for publication. I’ve input Isaac’s notes into the rough draft manuscripts. My next step will be to complete revisions to the already-written portions, make note of which pictures I want to illustrate for it in Daz, and then outline the next section to be drafted.
(To see more sneak peeks from Emberverse, check out my Instagram account).
Marketing: I’ve gotten a routine set in place for BookFunnel promos and I’ve started to do the weekly promo highlight again. Also, I’ve culled inactive subscribers from my Wishing Blade Universe newsletter list. I plan on culling the Distant Horizon Universe list as well. (The goal is to lower cost of newsletter plans while improving open rates because the mail services see a higher rate of opens and are less likely to consider it as spam).
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions and restructuring).
SBibb’s Photographic Illustration:Â Near completion of formatting for one project, and need to compile proofreading notes for the other project.
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Happy writing and reading! 🙂
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
It’s that time again! (Actually, it’s technically two months time again… so I’ll summarize the past two months).
First of all, Happy New Year! 😀
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Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). After discussing the plot with Isaac, we ultimately decided to cut a couple of the planned sub-plots in order to focus more specifically on what should be the stronger plot. Thanks to holiday travel, we now have quite a few ideas for the updated outline. I’m scrapping the original rough draft I did for this one and starting fresh.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Still not enough data to know for sure if the new cover is doing better, but it does look like a possibility. Ultimately, I plan to update the other two covers and see how those do.
Galina’s Saga – Part Two (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Outline needs revision.
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits). On the bright side, I’ve discovered that it might fit well into the gaslamp fantasy genre. I’ll be keeping that in mind once I return to revisions.
Little One: Needs Isaac’s notes added to manuscript, and then revised.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). First few chapters need revisions, and then the rest of the rough draft needs to be written.
Runes and Ravens (Stone and String 3): First part of rough draft needs heavy revision, and then rest of rough draft needs written.
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group: Almost finished with the Hahven-Alia cross-over story. A new story will be starting soon.
The Restless Sands of Neel (Ro’nor’s Story / A Legends of Cirena short story): The cover for this story is complete, and the title is The Restless Sands of Neel. It will be a novella, around 23,000 words. I have notes back from the beta-readers, so I’ll be applying their suggestions, doing the read-aloud, and then proofreading it. Release date is scheduled for late January, and the pre-orders are in the process of uploading to the various sites.
Next up for revision is Hahven’s story. The plan is to release a Legends of Cirena short story or novella every two months starting with The Restless Sands of Neel. 🙂
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Needs to be formatted for print.
Huntress 3: I’m currently 8,000 words into the rough draft, and intend to finish it by the end of January.
Book four has a chosen fairy tale, but needs outlined.
Game Design: Currently on hold due to Isaac’s classes, though a bit of beta-testing occurred for one of the games during the holidays.
Space Adventure Comic: I had a little moment of productivity a couple months ago, which gave Isaac and me enough to work with in terms of ironing out a few more details regarding the presentation. I still need to apply those notes, though.
It’s quite a ways off from publication, but here’s another peek at one of the rough pages (still needs words added… and polishing for lighting…):
Emberverse (Working Title): 71,000 words total complete for NaNoWriMo, for the first six short stories. Started as a for-fun project, but I’m really enjoying putting this one together. It’s a series of short stories, each one ranging between 8,000 to 15,000 words. I’m planning to release it as a serial, with each episode containing two of the short stories. They’ll also be illustrated using Daz renderings I’ve created:
(To see more sneak peeks from Emberverse, check out my new Instagram account).
I’m pretty sure it’s going to be classified as gaslamp fantasy… sort of like steampunk, but with a heavier emphasis on the paranormal/magical.
It will likely be a while before it releases, since I want to get a few more of the short stories complete before beginning to release them.
Marketing: I’m planning to make a bit bigger push with the BookFunnel promos and tweaking my newsletters over the next few months. Probably not all at once, but I’m starting to look at how to improve those. In addition, I intend to return to doing the weekly book promo highlights on this blog.
I’ve also started an Instagram account which will primarily have short excerpts from work-in-progress projects and various renders I’ve been working on. At the moment, most of them are from the Emberverse project (so if you want to keep up with that project, definitely follow me there).
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions and restructuring).
SBibb’s Photographic Illustration: Proofreading a manuscript, and working on formatting/cover design for two separate projects.
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Happy writing and reading! 🙂
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
Time for the Infinitas Publishing monthly status report! 😀
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Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Outline needs review.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): We’re temporarily testing a new cover for the series, starting with Whispers in the Code. If sales do better, then I’ll swap out the rest of the covers in the series. If not, then I’ll switch back to the original for the time being.
Also, Whispers in the Code is free from Oct 30th to Nov 3rd.
Afterward, it will be 99 cents throughout November.
If you haven’t already got a copy, now’s the time to grab it. 🙂
Galina’s Saga – Part Two (Distant Horizon spin-off series): With Deceived now published, it’s on to book two!
We’re expecting two or three more books in this series, and possibly a brief crossover between this series and Distant Horizon #3.
At the moment, we have a rough outline of book two, but the outline needs revision before we begin the rough draft.
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits).
Little One: I’ve managed to input a few more of Isaac’s notes into the manuscript between projects, though there are more to go.
Magebane: (Book Three of The Wishing Blade series) The print edition has been finalized! Click here to order the paperback!
Next up, writing book four.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). The first chapter has been revised from Isaac’s notes and I have an idea of where additional revisions need to be remade for the next couple of chapters. Then I’ll need to continue writing the rough draft.
Runes and Ravens (Stone and String 3): I’ve got an idea for how this story is going to go, but I need to revise a few scenes and continue the rough draft. At the moment, I’m expecting this will be the final story in the series, but we’ll see.
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group:Â Recently finished the story of the Anethian priestess of Harethn, the god of travel, in the Darden Isles… though she might have gotten to travel a bit further than she expected.
Getting ready to start a new series. A cross-over has been voted on, so now we need to decide which characters will show up. 🙂
Ro’nor’s Story (A Legends of Cirena short story): I’ve almost finished revisions. Just a couple small polishing tweaks still need to be made, and then I’ll be sending it out to beta-readers. 🙂
I’m hoping to finish revisions on the next couple LoCCA stories before the end of the year, that way I can put them up for pre-order early next year.
I also have an idea of what the covers will look like, and I have a proof cover created for Ro’nor’s story.
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Needs to be formatted for print.
Huntress 3:Â Now has an outline! Still needs a bit more detail, but there’s enough there that I can start the rough draft. I’m planning to write this in November for NaNoWriMo.
This one will focus on the fairy tale of Rumplestiltskin. 🙂
I also have ideas for book four, though it still needs an outline.
Game Design:Â Currently on hold now that Isaac’s classes have started back up.
Space Adventure Comic:Â I’ve begun rendering scenes for the comic, though it’s been a bit slow going since the scenes are fairly large.
Add having to send the new laptop in for repair earlier in the month, and progress has been slow.
However, there has been progress, so that’s a plus. 🙂
Marketing: In mid-September we had a booth at Geek U.P. in Houghton, MI. This was a blast, and we had a lot of fun. We had our books and games available for sale, played several rounds of Phalanx with con-goers, and I also offered a few of my Daz-creation prints for sale.
A friend snapped this photo for us while everyone was on dinner break, which is why you don’t see many people walking around behind us (and it was one of the few times we were free). There were several really awesome cosplays there, too. 😀
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions and restructuring).
SBibb’s Photographic Illustration: Finished blurb work for one author and I’m now in the progress of proofreading a manuscript for another author.
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Happy writing and reading! 🙂
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
I managed to miss a monthly Infinitas Publishing status report last month, so I’ll be covering both July and August (and about half of September) this time around. Lot’s to report! 😀
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Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Outline still needs review.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Now available in Kindle Unlimited!
The series is no longer wide at multiple retailers, but this is a test run to see how it does in KU. If there don’t appear to be results, then I’ll probably move it back to multiple retailers.
In the meantime, if you’re a subscriber to Kindle Unlimited, you can read Tim’s story at no additional cost.
Deceived: Galina’s Saga – Part One (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Since I made The Glitch Saga exclusive to Amazon, that meant I needed a new newsletter reader magnet. I was hoping to have this done last month, but the order of projects meant that I just now put it up for pre-order.
That said, the outline has been written, rough draft written and revised and handed to Isaac while on a trip, edited, and then sent to beta-readers, read-aloud, proofread and now up for pre-order! It’s been sent out to Distant Horizon Universe newsletter subscribers, who received it for free as a thanks for being a subscriber.
I plan to release it to the public on September 22nd. I’m releasing it at 99 cents until October 1st, when I plan to raise it to $2.99 later.
This is a novella (23,000 words), and is the first in a series of novellas following the character of Galina (who is mentioned in Distant Horizon). The cover is complete and title chosen (“Deceived”).
It’s now available for pre-order at most major online retailers. 😀
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Lady Black’s Story:Â Isaac and I brainstormed ideas for this story… but for now, we’re realizing that we don’t have a good way to tell her backstory within the scope of the current universe for the cover we originally planned to use for this.
So her story is being put on hold. Not to say that it won’t ever be told, but it’s going to need a lot more refinement and a different cover if we do tell it.
That being said, we’re tinkering with other ideas for a story to use the cover we originally picked up for her story. Nothing set in stone, but we’re considering going a bit further back and focusing on Patricia Black’s story (thus making it a Multiverse novel instead).
Still a lot in the air on that one, though.
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits).
Little One:Â Needs Isaac’s notes input into manuscript, and then revisions.
Magebane: (Book Three of The Wishing Blade series) The paperback edition has been formatted, and the proof copy came in a few days ago! I’m currently in the process of reading the print edition to look for any sneaky typos that slipped through my previous round of proofreading.
That said, the print edition is technically available on Amazon right now, but I would advise not ordering a copy until I officially announce that the proofing is complete.
(It would be really nice if KDP Print would let us order author copies without publishing first.)
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). I still need to revise the first few chapters from Isaac’s notes, and then adjust the outline.
Also, I have a bit more plotting for the series that will come after The Wishing Blade is completed… though there’s still two more books to go before we reach that point.
Stone and String 3: Figured out a new plot… wrote about 10,000 words… realized there were some major plot holes on the character side of things with that plot after talking to Isaac.
Made new plans, need to revise the current draft and then proceed from there.
On the bright side, I think we have a title: “Runes and Ravens!”
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold… though I have some adjusted plotting in mind for it thanks to working on the adjusted plot of Stone and String 3.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group:Â We completed the “Militant Merchant” story arc in July, and I took a hiatus during August to try to get other projects done while on break. (I was hoping to complete a rough draft for SAS #3 and/or TWB #4, but ended up working on the print formatting of Magebane and polishing Galina’s story/Deceived instead).
However, we have now started a new story line following an Anethian priestess on a mission from the god of travel to find his missing patron in the Darden Isles… a land where dragons once flew.
“The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear” (A Legends of Cirena short story): Published! Got the revisions made, did the read-aloud and proof-reading, and finished the cover.
Ro’nor’s Story (A Legends of Cirena short story): This is the next Legends of Cirena story I’ll be editing and polishing. No release date as of yet, though I have an idea of what the cover will look like. It still needs a title (though I have a few ideas for that, too). Unlike the first two stories in the series, this one is a novella.
Once this one is complete, I’m considering making an ebook “box set” of the the first three stories, along with a print edition collection. I’d like to have it ready in time for the holiday season, but we’ll see how things go.
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Huntress: The print edition has finally been proofread and typos corrected! That means it is finally ready for ordering. 😀
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Needs to be formatted for print.
Huntress 3: Took a while to finally hit on which fairy tales I want to use for this plot, but I think I now have it figured out (after switching plans a couple times). I’ll do a bit more research to be sure, and then start the outline. I’m hoping to write the rough draft during this year’s November NaNoWriMo.
(Plus, I have an idea for two spin-off stories that could show up in this universe, one being based on Beauty and the Beast, and the other based on a Rumpelstiltskin/Tam Lin crossover).
Game Design: While we haven’t made much progress in beta-testing our WIP games, we did make progress in updating the Phalanx game board that will be sold online through Game Crafter. Took a couple shots to get a box and board (in this case, we’re testing a game mat) we liked after they phased out the previous box edition we had been using, but we’re both fairly satisfied with the final results. (Now if we could just get the base cost down).
Plus, we ordered trial run tokens for that game we haven’t officially announced yet and is still in progress.
Space Adventure Comic:Â As of a couple weeks ago, all the characters for the first episode have now been finalized.
Next step… setting up the scenes to render. (That, and making a few edits to the script to fix a couple plot holes we found).
Then we need to figure out where to host the comic.
Marketing:Â I did a paid promo for the free books Fussy Librarian newsletter with Huntress. There was definitely a spike in downloads on the day it went live, though I stacked the promo on the days around it with free newsletter swaps so it wouldn’t be quite such a stark jump. Since then I’ve seen a minor increase in KU reads, and a few extra sales, but I’m not sure if they’re attributed to the Fussy Librarian promo or general sales. No new reviews yet.
However, it’s only been three weeks since the promo, so I’m not sure how long it might take for readers who are interested to pick up the free book they downloaded.
Thus far, general newsletter swaps seem to have been some of the best way to get word about the books out there.
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions and restructuring).
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Happy writing and reading! 🙂
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
The vacation month has passed (spent a lot of time roaming around Missouri visiting friends and family), and now it’s time for another Infinitas Publishing Status Report! Not quite as much to report, since… you know… vacation, but there’s still a few updates. 😉
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Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Outline needs review.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): As of July 12th, we will be removing the Glitch Saga (Whispers in the Code, Ghost of a Memory, and Spirits of a Glitch) from all retailers except Amazon. Then, once it’s been removed from all retailers, we will place it in KU (Kindle Unlimited). KU requires exclusivity, but we’re hoping to see a boost in readership similar to what we saw with Huntress.
In the meantime, I’m writing a new short story for the reader magnet. It will be free to newsletter subscribers, and I intend to make it available for 99 cents elsewhere.
The new short story will be from the point of view of a Community student who has failed the Health Scan, which means an inside look of a beastie plant from someone who doesn’t know/believe that powers exist. Currently working on the rough draft.
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Lady Black’s Story:Â Needs brainstorming.
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits).
Little One:Â Needs Isaac’s notes input into manuscript, and then revisions.
Magebane: (Book Three of The Wishing Blade series) Needs paperback edition formatted.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). Isaac has read the first few chapters and provided notes. I will be revising those chapters based on his notes and then I’ll adjust the outline before continuing with the rough draft.
Stone and String 3: Original outline needs updating after discussing plot with Isaac. New plan for the story.
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group:Â We’ve completed the cross-over story between Livena and Nuaka, and have started a new story following an ex-militant merchant who has discovered a threat in Sastae, the city of the gods.
“The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear”: (A Legends of Cirena short story). Beta-reader feedback is in. I need to make revisions and edits, and then I’ll move on to finalizing it for publication. I’m almost finished finalizing the book cover.
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Huntress: Proofreading the print edition for typos.
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Needs to be formatted for print.
Huntress 3: Still brainstorming. Have a few more plot points, but may need to re-evaluate the fairy tale I originally planned on using for this one.
Game Design: It’s summer, so Isaac has been making progress. He’s revised the rules for one of our games (as of yet unannounced, but has been through multiple beta-testers, and is the second game we started working on with Infinitas Publishing). Plus, he’s made place-holder tokens for testing, along with an updated map to allow for more space. All of this still needs more artwork finalization, but the good news is that version two is almost ready for testing.
Character from our Work-In-Progress Space Adventure Comic
Space Adventure Comic:Â We’re diving into the waters of comic book creation!
This is still very much in development, but is a project we’ve been working on here and there for the past couple months.
I’m using Daz (a 3D modeling program) to create the art. Right now we have most of the basic character designs, as well as the assets needed to render the images. Isaac has put together a couple different ships and ship bridges from those assets, as well.
Currently we have a rough draft of the script for the first issue, and our next step is to edit that draft so that I can begin finalizing characters and rendering the images.
We are still debating where to host the comic, but it will be online.
Marketing:Â I kind of slacked on marketing, largely due to vacation. Did attempt Facebook ads, which was… an experiment. Definitely needs more work.
I plan to revisit Amazon ads later in the month to decide how to proceed. Also, I would like to get back into creating Book Funnel promos, which I plan to focus on a bit more once I have the new reader magnet written for the Distant Horizon universe.
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions and restructuring).
Also, Isaac and I did a panel on Self-Editing Your Manuscript at the Writers of Warrensburg Writer’s Workshop. We had a lot of fun, learned some new things, met new people and had a chance to catch up with old friends. Definitely an enjoyable experience. (Plus, book signing at Reader’s World in Warrensburg!)
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Happy writing and reading! 🙂
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Infinitas Publishing – Status Report
Almost hit two months between Infinitas Publishing Status Reports, but here it is!
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Fractured Skies: (Book 2 of the Distant Horizon series). The paperback edition has now been proofed and is ready for ordering! You can grab it from Amazon.
Plus, it’s part of the Kindle Matchbook program, so you can get the Kindle edition for yourself when you order the print copy.
Starless Night: (Book 3 of the Distant Horizon series). Need to review the outline with Isaac.
The Glitch Saga (Distant Horizon spin-off series): Debating on putting this into KU for a few months and seeing how it does. I’d like to have another reader magnet prepared before pulling it from wide retailers, though.
Lily’s Story: (Distant Horizon series spin-off/prequel novel) On hold. (Has outline).
Lady Black’s Story:Â Needs a bit more brainstorming and an outline.
Sky Runner:Â (Multiverse novel). On hold. (Has outline)
The Multiverse Chronicles: On hold. (Needs edits).
Little One:Â Preparing to input Isaac’s notes into the manuscript and begin revisions.
Magebane: (Book Three of The Wishing Blade series) This is the next one up on the formatting list for a paperback edition now that the paperback for Huntress is complete.
TWB 4: (Book Four of The Wishing Blade series). First part outlined, and the rough draft of this story is currently sitting at 14,500 words.
Stone and String 3: Outlined, with plans to write the rough draft after TWB 4.
The Secret in the Shadows: (Prequel novella for The Wishing Blade) On hold.
The Legends of Cirena – Collaborative Adventure Facebook Group: The current cross-over story continues Livena’s adventures from “The Wind Mage of Maijev,” and we’re a few episodes away from wrapping this up!
After that, I’ll see whether the group would prefer another cross-over between characters we’ve already seen, a single-character continuation of the characters we’ve already seen, or a whole new character.
“The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear”: (A Legends of Cirena short story). Currently out to beta-readers. Then it will go through one more round of revisions before I move on to the read-aloud and proofreading. I also have a cover proof created, which needs to be finalized.
“MOG”:Â On hold. (Needs revisions)
Huntress: Paperback edition is here! I am currently in the process of proofreading the paperback in case there are any formatting errors, but this time I checked those pesky ellipses before submitting it, and so far I’ve only found a couple issues that need to be corrected.
Changeling: (Huntress #2) Published! (Also available to read for free for those with Kindle Unlimited subscriptions). Next step, creating the paperback edition. (This is my next formatting project after creating a paperback for Magebane.)
Huntress 3: Still in brainstorming stage. Next step is creating outline.
Game Design: On hold.
Marketing:Â Getting back into using Amazon Ads now that Publisher Rocket is working smoothly again. In the event that I put The Glitch Saga into KU, I’ll need to change the set-up for the reader magnet (currently Whispers in the Code).
LitRPG / GameLit Story:Â On hold. (Needs revisions, possible restructuring).
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Have a good month! 🙂
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Changeling – Now Available!
Changeling has arrived! 😀
99 cents for a limited time… and free with Kindle Unlimited!
Changeling is the second book of the Huntress series, and it picks off almost immediately where the first book left off.
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“Changeling”
Huntress #2
YA Dystopian/Cyberpunk Fairy Tale Retelling
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When the clock strikes midnight, will the huntress become the hunted?
With President Koenigin stuck in the form of a changeling miner, Koenigin Corp is in disarray.
A new president has stepped into power, and he’s asked Verdi to trade her role of huntress for that of an ambassador to the Society for Natural Progression.
At first, Verdi is eager to accept. Being an ambassador means she’ll finally have her voice heard. Better yet, she’ll be able to spend more time with Maria Snow, the woman she loves.
But participating in social “balls” isn’t a job she trained for, and certain members of Koenigin Corp are determined to get revenge on those who pushed Koenigin out of power.
When Verdi is framed for murder and placed on house arrest, will she find a way to get to the ball and warn Maria of the rising threat?
Or will she, too, find herself trapped in a changeling body?
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Step into her shoes in this Cinderella retelling… and read Changeling to find out what happens!
99 cents for a limited time, or free with KU!
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Also, check out this cool bookstagram image one of my beta-readers made for Changeling: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxIq4uinDTo
Enjoy! 😀
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