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I launched the cover reveal and announcement of pre-orders for Magic’s Stealing yesterday, so make sure to check that out if you haven’t already. 🙂

In the meantime, I have ideas for new posts, primarily based on my writing process, though they do include minor spoilers (per usual) for the various stories. Possible topics include “Developing A Magic System – Glass-stone (The Wishing Blade series),” “To Swear or Not to Swear,” “How to Keep Characters Alive Under Dire Circumstances/Using Game-play to Solve a Story Problem (The Multiverse Chronicles),” and “Dealing With Multiple Character Motivations in a Scene (The Wishing Blade series).” Let me know if any of them stand out to you that I should write first.

For now, though, I thought I’d go over my publishing process from the past couple days. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Last couple days:

1. Marked up paper manuscript of Magic’s Stealing. Input changes into ebook file.
2. Added the table of contents and platform-specific adjustments to each file.
3. Quickly proofed both files with their table 0f contents on my Kindle.
4. Uploaded files to Smashwords and Kindle (and discovered that if you have the final file ready, you can set the pre-order for only a couple days away).
5. Checked that those files uploaded properly the next day.
6. Added the book to Goodreads.
7. Changed my accounts to have new author photo.
8. Updated the main Infinitas Publishing website with the new book cover, blurb and links. Corrected Battle Decks name, and added a blog post.
9. Tweeted the pre-order announcement from the publisher account (which is specifically meant for announcements).
10. Prepared a blog post announcing pre-orders and revealed cover. (Thank you to everyone who shared the post! I appreciate it. 😀 )
11. Responded to tweets.
12. Sent email to potential reviewer and cover reveal/book launch blogger.
13. Sent emails to beta readers to offer a thank-you copy of the final ebook.
14. Wrote up this list to help me keep track of what I’ve done thus far.

Up next:

1. Complete book cover assignments from separate project (I’m really glad I got through most of those before trying to launch Magic’s Stealing).
2. Update author photo on Author Central for non-US countries, since they have separate web logins.
3. Research potential reviewers and make contact.
4. Continue editing The Multiverse Chronicles episodes. Isaac is getting well ahead of me in getting the rough draft written.
5. Start writing The Shadow War (I have the first portion written in rough form, but I already know there’s a few big changes I need to make before continuing).
6. Take a break every now and then. Probably in the form of role-playing one of my favorite characters in the current campaign with Isaac. (Side note: It will be a while before that particular story gets written. It’s highly convoluted… which is what happens when dealing with a super-powerful fourthwaller. *Ahem.*)

That’s the plan. I hope you enjoyed this post. 🙂 Have you had any experiences with preparations for releasing a book?