Writing is all about sharing your inner self without knowing it
I am feeling sort of benevolent, so you will be getting my books, The Betrayed and The Broken, for free, for one day only. Both the first and the second book, respectively, of my epic fantasy series The Lost Words will be available for a free Kindle download on Wednesday, September 18, from midnight sharp all the way to the last minute of that day, Pacific Time.
As you most vividly recall, two weeks back or so, I conducted a giveaway on Goodreads, which allowed pretty much anyone to submit their names and enter the lottery, for a chance to win one of the ten signed copies of The Broken, the second book in The Lost Words series.
Hello friends. Well, I am running a free book giveaway on Goodreads. It is available from August 14 to August 21, and all it takes for you to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a signed copy of The Broken, the second book in The Lost Words series, is to hop yonder and exercise some mouse clicks. Shouldn’t be too demanding.
Long time no write, so here’s a cushty little update. It’s been two months since I have declared the last book of the series to be underway. Indeed, two months later, book four is approx. 40% complete. I have already written 22 chapters, with approximately 90,000 words all total, so we have a fairly decent daily average of about 1,500 words a day. Not bad. But it gets better.
Hi guys, some good news. The Kindle edition of The Broken has been released. And while Amazon are still setting up some of the fine details here and there, the book is available for purchase and use, at a very affordable price, I might add. So if you’re interested, and you very well should be, please hop over to Amazon and do your thing.
Remember that song by Sabrina, Boys Boys Boys? Well, it’s the same thing here, really, only completely different. Anyhow, after several weeks of waiting, some bureaucracy delays, some more waiting, a bit of hustling, pushing, shoving, and arguing with various clerks, I finally got my promotional shipment of books. They are here, the handsome load some 50 kg in mass, or weight, if you will. This means the moment the Limerick competition is over, I will be mailing the books to the lucky winners, as well as the last year’s brave participants.
Well, it’s a simple decision really. I have reduced the prices of both The Betrayed and The Broken, so more people get the chance to buy the books and read them, you know. Now there’s such a thing as a minimal price, which must cover the printing and shipping costs and such. In turn, this means effectively limiting the print distribution, so it won’t include some of the less popular third-party stores and libraries, but I think it should be worth it. While I cannot compete with the standard mass market paperbacks, the discount is still rather handsome.
Yes! Here we go! Finally. The Broken, the second book of The Lost Words epic fantasy series has been published. After almost six months of editorial work, it’s out there. Please note that the Amazon guys are still setting up store. The paperback version is out there, and the Kindle edition is coming out soon.
This 792-page volume continues the story started in The Betrayed. And the reason why it runs twice the length of the first installment is partly because of your feedback, dear readers. You expressed some dissatisfaction with the very fast pace and abrupt jumps between characters across chapters, so I added some depth and color to the tale. Worry not, there are no silly explanations about some dress a heroine might be wearing, or how green the leaves on a tree are in the spring. It’s pure, raw action, with just a little bit more extra background and polish to ease your way into the wonderful world of the Realms.
Yes! I have just approved the second proof of Book Two, The Broken. This version included approx. 40 fixes, which I found and spotted in the first proof, mostly spelling mistakes. Now that they all have been successfully incorporated into the manuscript, and nothing new and bad seems to have shown up, the book is ready to go. What happens now is as follows.
Holy banana! Yes. I have started writing the fourth and last book in the series. Guess what, three days underway, we have five chapters already written, totalling some 19,000 words, busy little steroidal bee that I am. Amazing, would you not agree. I sure would agree. Anyhow, some more details below, if you please.