Jason M. Hough
Short answer: Yes! When? Hard to say.
I'm working in it, but have to do it myself. So, it's taking longer than a contracted release because I have to sneak in work on it here and there. Once I've got a complete manuscript I may do a Kickstarter in order to help hire an editor, cover artist, and so on. Please join my mailing list for more timely updates on that and my general progress: https://www.jasonhough.com/maillist
(UPDATE Jun 2019) - Currently between projects so I have a few months to focus on this. With any luck I'll get to spend all summer on it. I'm currently aiming to have a complete manuscript by the end of the year, which could mean a publishable book by summer 2020.
(UPDATE Aug 2018) - Managed to get about a third of it done this summer, but unfortunately will have to set it on the back burner again as I've signed contracts for two other books. Once those are out of the way, I'm going to make every attempt to focus entirely on ZW2.
(UPDATE Feb 2018) - I'm actively working on it now, and hope to be done September (or so). Note that I am doing this entirely on my own, and being labor of love, if another project comes my way that might affect the schedule.
I'm working in it, but have to do it myself. So, it's taking longer than a contracted release because I have to sneak in work on it here and there. Once I've got a complete manuscript I may do a Kickstarter in order to help hire an editor, cover artist, and so on. Please join my mailing list for more timely updates on that and my general progress: https://www.jasonhough.com/maillist
(UPDATE Jun 2019) - Currently between projects so I have a few months to focus on this. With any luck I'll get to spend all summer on it. I'm currently aiming to have a complete manuscript by the end of the year, which could mean a publishable book by summer 2020.
(UPDATE Aug 2018) - Managed to get about a third of it done this summer, but unfortunately will have to set it on the back burner again as I've signed contracts for two other books. Once those are out of the way, I'm going to make every attempt to focus entirely on ZW2.
(UPDATE Feb 2018) - I'm actively working on it now, and hope to be done September (or so). Note that I am doing this entirely on my own, and being labor of love, if another project comes my way that might affect the schedule.
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Michael Wilson
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Jason M. Hough:
I enjoy the Dire Earth books & am anxious to read books 4&5. The eBook is $9.99 while the print book is $2-3 less. My issue is not with the eBook’s price, only that a costlier print book is cheaper. My hope is that you might talk to your publisher & ask them to set a minimum price for print books 60-70% higher than the min eBook price? I hope to read these books soon, but will wait until prices are logical.
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