No. 7
The current free April promotion has ended and went off reasonably well. All three of the Trader series saw an uptake across the globe, for which I am most delighted. Hopefully, some will actually read and perhaps enjoy the tale, rather than leaving it languishing on the shelf. America and Australia have been and continue to be the best market for sales and reads, for which I am immensely grateful. Looking at the download reports, we may even potentially see improvements in Britain and Germany, sadly cursed by people who encountered the original Prelude in a woeful state. I would suggest it is worth the gamble, but then I would say that of course.
A one point on the 2nd of April, checking the progress, we noted we were briefly in the top ten for our category, indeed there were two in the top twenty, #5 and #18. Given the subsequent numbers, I think this may have happened for all three at some point, which is kind of rewarding. Freebies, but still nice to see. One day for real is the earnest hope. ;)
We have also dropped the price of the E-Book, world-wide by a dollar, for Prelude. This may happen later in the year with the other two. I would love to do this for the paperbacks, but the availability in Expanded Distribution makes this nigh impossible. Any less would actually incur a cost. Though, please feel free to plague any book-store or Library for a copy.
As usual when checking and re-checking the content, we discovered errors and silly mistakes, which had gone previously unnoticed. Before the commencement, we caught and corrected several in both Prelude and War. I am by no means alone in this. After the conclusion of the promotion, we discovered a couple more in Prelude, which have now been fixed. I misspelt “Starve” as “Stave” and one of the Italicised entries was not as it was supposed to be.
Please ensure, if you have downloaded before the promotion, or since, you are up to date, certainly with Prelude and War. I can only apologise they we not discovered sooner. When I get the chance I will re-check Rebellion.
Progress on the first of the new trilogy is coming along, slowly. We have reached the 40K mark, Chapter 15, though anticipate being over 50% by Easter. Ultimate length could 100K or higher, just depends upon tale. Once completed, the long slog will begin correcting the grammar and making adjustments. Eventual release should be prior to Christmas.
Morwold, Chronicles of Ashland, (Working Title) is in the vein of Lord of the Rings, Song of Ice and Fire. Set in the fantasy, historical genre. Our take on this is both more magical yet realistic and occurs earlier, say twelfth century or slightly later. Though since none of these are set in actual historic times, it is something of a misnomer.
Will there be Dragons, Elves and other magical woodland creatures? Unlikely, but potentially in some form or guise. Like the maps of old, people, adventurers tend to exaggerate and report on seeing things like mermaids, centaurs and other bizarre constructs.
We are running currently 5 separate POV, however, this could diminish or increase as the story progresses and character converge or separate. We are running two tales, on two continents, in parallel, each with two presently independent groups. Though three in one case are due to converge over the next couple of chapters.
A one point on the 2nd of April, checking the progress, we noted we were briefly in the top ten for our category, indeed there were two in the top twenty, #5 and #18. Given the subsequent numbers, I think this may have happened for all three at some point, which is kind of rewarding. Freebies, but still nice to see. One day for real is the earnest hope. ;)
We have also dropped the price of the E-Book, world-wide by a dollar, for Prelude. This may happen later in the year with the other two. I would love to do this for the paperbacks, but the availability in Expanded Distribution makes this nigh impossible. Any less would actually incur a cost. Though, please feel free to plague any book-store or Library for a copy.
As usual when checking and re-checking the content, we discovered errors and silly mistakes, which had gone previously unnoticed. Before the commencement, we caught and corrected several in both Prelude and War. I am by no means alone in this. After the conclusion of the promotion, we discovered a couple more in Prelude, which have now been fixed. I misspelt “Starve” as “Stave” and one of the Italicised entries was not as it was supposed to be.
Please ensure, if you have downloaded before the promotion, or since, you are up to date, certainly with Prelude and War. I can only apologise they we not discovered sooner. When I get the chance I will re-check Rebellion.
Progress on the first of the new trilogy is coming along, slowly. We have reached the 40K mark, Chapter 15, though anticipate being over 50% by Easter. Ultimate length could 100K or higher, just depends upon tale. Once completed, the long slog will begin correcting the grammar and making adjustments. Eventual release should be prior to Christmas.
Morwold, Chronicles of Ashland, (Working Title) is in the vein of Lord of the Rings, Song of Ice and Fire. Set in the fantasy, historical genre. Our take on this is both more magical yet realistic and occurs earlier, say twelfth century or slightly later. Though since none of these are set in actual historic times, it is something of a misnomer.
Will there be Dragons, Elves and other magical woodland creatures? Unlikely, but potentially in some form or guise. Like the maps of old, people, adventurers tend to exaggerate and report on seeing things like mermaids, centaurs and other bizarre constructs.
We are running currently 5 separate POV, however, this could diminish or increase as the story progresses and character converge or separate. We are running two tales, on two continents, in parallel, each with two presently independent groups. Though three in one case are due to converge over the next couple of chapters.
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