Richard Raley's Blog, page 29
December 13, 2016
FM5.5 is Free Dec 14th to Dec 18th
You listening stubborn ass fans of mine still haven't read my side novels/shorts? Free copy. Wednesday to Sunday. Go get it. Read it. Last chance before it's spoiled by the new book.
KING HENRY AND THE THREE LITTLE TRIPS
KING HENRY AND THE THREE LITTLE TRIPS
December 11, 2016
FM6 One Week!
Until I push the publish button!
December 10, 2016
Waiting Sucks!
Rogue One doesn't come out until the 16th, urgh!
;)
;)
December 6, 2016
Waiting Game Quick Notes
1. FM6 is 99.99% finished. My last edit is done, have 2 beta readers I'm still waiting on, but other than that, the book is the book it will be when released.
2. Which means: mini vacation!!!!!
3. Woohoo!!!!!
4. Seriously...today I got to read a page of a book that wasn't one of mine for the first time in 3 months! Felt so good!
5. Even made a list of all the games, shows, and books I need to catch up on, so excited for the upcoming R&R for RR!
6. So how do I feel about FM6? Hardest book I've ever written. Perfect? No. None are, but...so many scenes and moments I'm proud of. Can't wait to read all of your thoughts on it in a little under 2 weeks now!
7. Not even in a place to think about the future yet, need to get rid of all the burnout first. Lots of ideas, biggest problem with me after I finish a project is always that I have so many ideas and I only get to focus on a few at a time...argh! Where's the cloning machine when you need it?
8. Got no proof, but I'm pretty sure Brandon Sanderson IS a team of clones.
9. Know Gush is on the plate, know I'll be slowly and occasionally writing FM7s school story, have 2 different novellas I could write from TBone's POV, actually thought up a Eva/Boomworm combo novel I could do if I wanted. Print copies, as always...bunch of standalone novels I could write, and a few new series I could prep for starting after FM7 is out in a couple years.
10. If only I had Ceinwyn Dale's foresight...
11. But for now: mini vacation!!!!!
2. Which means: mini vacation!!!!!
3. Woohoo!!!!!
4. Seriously...today I got to read a page of a book that wasn't one of mine for the first time in 3 months! Felt so good!
5. Even made a list of all the games, shows, and books I need to catch up on, so excited for the upcoming R&R for RR!
6. So how do I feel about FM6? Hardest book I've ever written. Perfect? No. None are, but...so many scenes and moments I'm proud of. Can't wait to read all of your thoughts on it in a little under 2 weeks now!
7. Not even in a place to think about the future yet, need to get rid of all the burnout first. Lots of ideas, biggest problem with me after I finish a project is always that I have so many ideas and I only get to focus on a few at a time...argh! Where's the cloning machine when you need it?
8. Got no proof, but I'm pretty sure Brandon Sanderson IS a team of clones.
9. Know Gush is on the plate, know I'll be slowly and occasionally writing FM7s school story, have 2 different novellas I could write from TBone's POV, actually thought up a Eva/Boomworm combo novel I could do if I wanted. Print copies, as always...bunch of standalone novels I could write, and a few new series I could prep for starting after FM7 is out in a couple years.
10. If only I had Ceinwyn Dale's foresight...
11. But for now: mini vacation!!!!!
December 4, 2016
Two Weeks Until FM6!!!
This is about the time I'll be clicking the button to publish on Amazon two weeks from now.
Also about the time some of you will be searching and refreshing "Richard Raley" over and over if the past is any indication!
Book is like 99% done already. Have about 7 chapters of typo hunting to do personally and still waiting on a few beta readers, but other than that, everything is looking good.
Really proud that I finished the 800 page behemoth in a year like this. Far and away my most productive year as a writer. And what a book, been imagining the last scene since I started working on the series and I'm really happy with it and all the rest.
Hope you fans end up liking it too :)
Think you can push it into the Top 1000 in Amazon sales this time around?
Also about the time some of you will be searching and refreshing "Richard Raley" over and over if the past is any indication!
Book is like 99% done already. Have about 7 chapters of typo hunting to do personally and still waiting on a few beta readers, but other than that, everything is looking good.
Really proud that I finished the 800 page behemoth in a year like this. Far and away my most productive year as a writer. And what a book, been imagining the last scene since I started working on the series and I'm really happy with it and all the rest.
Hope you fans end up liking it too :)
Think you can push it into the Top 1000 in Amazon sales this time around?
December 2, 2016
FM6 Beta Reader Reactions (no spoilers!)
"I thought it was brilliant."
"The book's a monster!"
"Salute. You nailed plenty of feels in this one man."
"The way you deal with character interactions and dialogues is the best."
"I don't even know where to start. Fucking awesome is a start I guess."
"The complete opposite of [middle books]."
"It seems like you've kicked [King Henry's voice] into overdrive."
"Felt like the last book in a trilogy."
"Holy fuck balls."
"Man, I don't know, I'm just overwhelmed. This is by far your best book. I don't know what to talk
about, there are so many things."
"Holy shit this book is long. I feel like I've been reading forever and still only 40% through. THIS IS AMAZING."
"So much information, so much great stuff happening . . . I will admit to being extremely impressed because [I've] only read half of it and I already feel like I've read an entire novel."
"Family missed me the last day, but it was worth it."
"I stayed up waaaay too late last night because I had to finish."
"I'm not lying when I say that I actually look forward to these books more than even Dresden now."
Just over two weeks to go! Give the beta readers a hand, they've already caught over 300 typos/mistakes/brain glitches this go around!
"The book's a monster!"
"Salute. You nailed plenty of feels in this one man."
"The way you deal with character interactions and dialogues is the best."
"I don't even know where to start. Fucking awesome is a start I guess."
"The complete opposite of [middle books]."
"It seems like you've kicked [King Henry's voice] into overdrive."
"Felt like the last book in a trilogy."
"Holy fuck balls."
"Man, I don't know, I'm just overwhelmed. This is by far your best book. I don't know what to talk
about, there are so many things."
"Holy shit this book is long. I feel like I've been reading forever and still only 40% through. THIS IS AMAZING."
"So much information, so much great stuff happening . . . I will admit to being extremely impressed because [I've] only read half of it and I already feel like I've read an entire novel."
"Family missed me the last day, but it was worth it."
"I stayed up waaaay too late last night because I had to finish."
"I'm not lying when I say that I actually look forward to these books more than even Dresden now."
Just over two weeks to go! Give the beta readers a hand, they've already caught over 300 typos/mistakes/brain glitches this go around!
November 23, 2016
Pre-Thanksgiving Quick Notes
1. So today is the first day in about a year where I woke up and I didn't have to think about FM6. Second draft is done, formatting is done, all that's left for me is my Kindle Edit and my beta readers doing their job. It's a weird feeling. Suppose you could compare it to child birth, but I think that moment of silence after your last kid is off at college is a more apt comparison. Especially the way in which anything suddenly seems possible and every project you've ever dreamed up can now be started and...which one to choose!?!?!
2. Gush, choosing Gush. Not even going crazy on Gush, like...taking it easy working on Gush for the next six months. Also occasionally giving some loving to FM7's school story (the last one ever, thank the Mancy!), but mostly Gush. I so need a smaller book right now . I'm not saying I don't understand the fan rage behind waiting 5+ years for a book, but man do I never want to pop out a 800 page book in a year ever again! So tired! FM7 might not be as long as FM6, but it will be pretty long. It just kind of has to be with having two whole stories take place in it. Thankful, again, the last one, so here's hoping FM8+ will be more manageable in size!
3. Speaking of size, FM6 is like if I take FM2 and FM5 and put them together, that's how big this book is. And it's not like there's anything much to cut either. Let a couple people read the first half and on asking if they would cut anything I was threatened with bodily harm if I dared to change anything.
4. Forgot to mention it during the release date announcement, but because of the size FM6 will be priced at $4.99 at release. If I was a huge Welf-like douchebag I could split this one in two and charge you double price and you wouldn't even really have anything to complain about, because each half would still be equal in story to FM3 and FM4, even if it wouldn't be complete. So...I think an extra dollar for all the extra work is more than a fair exchange. Plus, you fans always tell me I should charge more anyway, so...here we are.
5. This book consumed me. Especially these last months. I haven't read a novel by another author in two months. Haven't played a video game or watched a tv show with a plot for three. But I'm pretty damn good at killing people in Battlefield 1 now, so there's that...
6. Still, love plots! Love characters! Rise of the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Dishonored, Westworld, the Crown, Orphan Black, Flash, last Ilona Andrews and Brent Weeks and Steven Erikson books I still haven't even bought. All the other stuff I've missed! New Harry Pooter (yeah, gonna leave that typo in) movie, all mine! Star Wars next month! Kick their ass, Vader! Do it for me, please! No more Raley being consumed, but consume all the content! Yummy, yummy content!
7. As comes up any time I mention the words "beta reader", no, you can't. No, really, random person on the internet, sorry. However, there will be a Put Up or Shut Up moment with Gush where anyone who wants to will be able to get a try out and beta read that book and if you do a good enough job, well...
8. Less than a month, people!
9. Put the book into Goodreads so people can already add it if they want: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33106905-the-foul-mouth-and-the-pit-of-no-return
2. Gush, choosing Gush. Not even going crazy on Gush, like...taking it easy working on Gush for the next six months. Also occasionally giving some loving to FM7's school story (the last one ever, thank the Mancy!), but mostly Gush. I so need a smaller book right now . I'm not saying I don't understand the fan rage behind waiting 5+ years for a book, but man do I never want to pop out a 800 page book in a year ever again! So tired! FM7 might not be as long as FM6, but it will be pretty long. It just kind of has to be with having two whole stories take place in it. Thankful, again, the last one, so here's hoping FM8+ will be more manageable in size!
3. Speaking of size, FM6 is like if I take FM2 and FM5 and put them together, that's how big this book is. And it's not like there's anything much to cut either. Let a couple people read the first half and on asking if they would cut anything I was threatened with bodily harm if I dared to change anything.
4. Forgot to mention it during the release date announcement, but because of the size FM6 will be priced at $4.99 at release. If I was a huge Welf-like douchebag I could split this one in two and charge you double price and you wouldn't even really have anything to complain about, because each half would still be equal in story to FM3 and FM4, even if it wouldn't be complete. So...I think an extra dollar for all the extra work is more than a fair exchange. Plus, you fans always tell me I should charge more anyway, so...here we are.
5. This book consumed me. Especially these last months. I haven't read a novel by another author in two months. Haven't played a video game or watched a tv show with a plot for three. But I'm pretty damn good at killing people in Battlefield 1 now, so there's that...
6. Still, love plots! Love characters! Rise of the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Dishonored, Westworld, the Crown, Orphan Black, Flash, last Ilona Andrews and Brent Weeks and Steven Erikson books I still haven't even bought. All the other stuff I've missed! New Harry Pooter (yeah, gonna leave that typo in) movie, all mine! Star Wars next month! Kick their ass, Vader! Do it for me, please! No more Raley being consumed, but consume all the content! Yummy, yummy content!
7. As comes up any time I mention the words "beta reader", no, you can't. No, really, random person on the internet, sorry. However, there will be a Put Up or Shut Up moment with Gush where anyone who wants to will be able to get a try out and beta read that book and if you do a good enough job, well...
8. Less than a month, people!
9. Put the book into Goodreads so people can already add it if they want: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33106905-the-foul-mouth-and-the-pit-of-no-return
November 20, 2016
The Pit of No Return (FM6) Release Date
Release Date = December 19th, 2016
Page Count: 788 at 1.5 line spacing format
Chapter Count: 27 at an average of 10k words per chaper
Awesome Scene Count: Whole Bunch of Them
Uses of the F-Word: Over Six Hundred
Blurbage:
My name is King Henry Price.
I'm tired of the lies I have to tell to others. Lies that I haven't walked through another Realm separate from this Earth. Lies I don't have in my possession a World-Breaker that can make any city on this globe go crack.
My name is King Henry Price.
I'm tired of the lies I tell myself. Lies I don't miss my mentor's advice. Lies I don't love a woman named Valentine. Lies about how I can do this all alone.
My name is King Henry Price.
I'm tired of the lies they tell us all. Lies that this world ain't run by blood gods. Lies about how dragons have gone extinct. Lies to make us weak. Lies to cover up a great war. Lies, lies, too many lies to count.
My name is King Henry Price and I am the Foul Mouth. I am the Dirt King. I am the Glassbreaker.
What I ain't . . . is lying no more.
It's time to steal some truth.
It's time for the Pit of No Return.
November 17, 2016
Done
Done.
Done, done, done.
Release date announcement soonish.
Done, done, done.
Release date announcement soonish.
November 14, 2016
Quickest Notes #2
1. I'm writing again.
2. 1 and 1/4th chapters left to go.
3. Will likely go over 100% in the estimate.
4. Will post the minute I'm done to let you all know.
5. Expect a release date very soon.
6. Somehow sprained my left index finger :'(
7. Have only about 8 chapters still in need of a 2nd draft. Formatting is 90% finished. Already copy edited 7 chapters. Working very hard on finishing this one.
8. Have a handful of my beta readers signed on already, still waiting to hear from a few more, but may the typo hunting gods be with them very soon.
9. So close!
2. 1 and 1/4th chapters left to go.
3. Will likely go over 100% in the estimate.
4. Will post the minute I'm done to let you all know.
5. Expect a release date very soon.
6. Somehow sprained my left index finger :'(
7. Have only about 8 chapters still in need of a 2nd draft. Formatting is 90% finished. Already copy edited 7 chapters. Working very hard on finishing this one.
8. Have a handful of my beta readers signed on already, still waiting to hear from a few more, but may the typo hunting gods be with them very soon.
9. So close!
