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April 23, 2012
It's here!Stanley Finnigan is officially available in pap...
It's here!Stanley Finnigan is officially available in paperback. You can get it TODAY at https://www.createspace.com/3842981
OR, you can find it at amazon.com. Just search "Stanley Finnigan"!
The book looks great...I was really excited to get it in the mail today. I hope you enjoy it, too!
Also, please join my facebook page! Just search "Stanley Finnigan" to join. Keep checking into my blog, and message questions and comments to this blog or the facebook page. I'll pick questions and respond to them on this blog. Enjoy!
Dan Cuoco
April 11, 2012
Stanley Finnigan: Available soon in paperback!
Hey everyone,
So my new book, Stanley Finnigan and the Race Around the Universe, was released on Amazon Kindle this past week! The even better news is the book will be available in paperback shortly! I can't give an exact date yet, but it will be soon. The hard copy will be going for $8.99. I've also decided that, since it will be available in two formats, to make it available on Kindle for ONLY $3.99! Enjoy!
Here's a product description:
Stanley Finnigan is a normal seventh grade kid in a quiet town. He has to deal with the regular stresses of middle school life, like tests, teachers, and Trevor, the school bully. Stan’s best friends, Richey and Betsy, help him get through the daily grind, but an embarrassing encounter with Trevor in Science class leaves him humiliated. To make matters worse, Bryan, the newest dork in school, is thrown into his group Science project.
Everything takes a turn for the strange when a mysterious space ship intercepts the kids on their way home from school. Stan and his friends quickly find themselves attempting to complete a week-long race through the Universe to recover four unique relics. He has to overcome furry birds, space slugs, asteroid fields, and giant robots in this life-or-death mission to return home.
Stan and his friends need to learn how to work together in order to survive the seemingly insurmountable odds set before them.
So my new book, Stanley Finnigan and the Race Around the Universe, was released on Amazon Kindle this past week! The even better news is the book will be available in paperback shortly! I can't give an exact date yet, but it will be soon. The hard copy will be going for $8.99. I've also decided that, since it will be available in two formats, to make it available on Kindle for ONLY $3.99! Enjoy!
Here's a product description:
Stanley Finnigan is a normal seventh grade kid in a quiet town. He has to deal with the regular stresses of middle school life, like tests, teachers, and Trevor, the school bully. Stan’s best friends, Richey and Betsy, help him get through the daily grind, but an embarrassing encounter with Trevor in Science class leaves him humiliated. To make matters worse, Bryan, the newest dork in school, is thrown into his group Science project.
Everything takes a turn for the strange when a mysterious space ship intercepts the kids on their way home from school. Stan and his friends quickly find themselves attempting to complete a week-long race through the Universe to recover four unique relics. He has to overcome furry birds, space slugs, asteroid fields, and giant robots in this life-or-death mission to return home.
Stan and his friends need to learn how to work together in order to survive the seemingly insurmountable odds set before them.
April 3, 2012
Book available on Kindle!
Stanley Finnigan and the Race Around the Universe will be available in the Kindle Store tomorrow morning, April 4th! Special thanks to Will Bruner for the awesome cover art. I'll be checking the book out on my Kindle to make sure all the formatting went as planned...here's hoping! Enjoy!
March 26, 2012
Stanley Finnigan Kindle Publishing Date
Edits are done! I'm waiting on cover art, and the book should be available in the Kindle Store by April 2nd, 2012!
February 29, 2012
So...what have you been reading? Part II
As of this week, I've continued my pursuit of finishing the Ender saga. I read Ender's Game a couple years ago (after a friend recommended it to me) and more recently decided to read the others. I read Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide within weeks of each other around the start of the new year, but decided to take a break before taking on Children of the Mind.
It's interesting to me how different (as I see them) Ender's Game and the three other books in the quartet really are. Ender's game seemed like more of a juvenile read (this of course strictly refers to the intended audience, not the writing itself) while the rest of the series seems to be far more philosophical and written for a more adult audience. Speaker was simply amazing. I enjoyed Xenocide and the dual plot, but don't feel like I can truly appreciate it until I finish Children.
Beyond the Ender saga, I have several other reads to take on. A co-worker, who has also edited my own book, also recommended The Sparrow and The Golden Compass series. I'm looking forward to reading The Sparrow after I finish Children of the Mind but am also interested in reading Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers by Heinlein.
I can't help but find it funny that all the novels I am currently interested in are science fiction. Of course, one might consider my own work juvenile science fiction, but my science, at least in Stanley, does not go any further than what is necessary to explain simple plot points. The first sequel dives much deeper into current theoretical physics (as well as some of my own theories.)
Sidebar: I also recently finished The City of Ember, the first book in the Ember series. This book took me a while to get through. I found the narrative style intriguing. That is, I understood the purpose behind how simplistic it was, and almost the style alone is what kept me interested in the novel. The plot seemed to linger, and I feel that the only way I can accept its pace is by finishing the series in order to see how it develops. That series, I feel, will have to wait a while.
So...what have you been reading?
It's interesting to me how different (as I see them) Ender's Game and the three other books in the quartet really are. Ender's game seemed like more of a juvenile read (this of course strictly refers to the intended audience, not the writing itself) while the rest of the series seems to be far more philosophical and written for a more adult audience. Speaker was simply amazing. I enjoyed Xenocide and the dual plot, but don't feel like I can truly appreciate it until I finish Children.
Beyond the Ender saga, I have several other reads to take on. A co-worker, who has also edited my own book, also recommended The Sparrow and The Golden Compass series. I'm looking forward to reading The Sparrow after I finish Children of the Mind but am also interested in reading Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers by Heinlein.
I can't help but find it funny that all the novels I am currently interested in are science fiction. Of course, one might consider my own work juvenile science fiction, but my science, at least in Stanley, does not go any further than what is necessary to explain simple plot points. The first sequel dives much deeper into current theoretical physics (as well as some of my own theories.)
Sidebar: I also recently finished The City of Ember, the first book in the Ember series. This book took me a while to get through. I found the narrative style intriguing. That is, I understood the purpose behind how simplistic it was, and almost the style alone is what kept me interested in the novel. The plot seemed to linger, and I feel that the only way I can accept its pace is by finishing the series in order to see how it develops. That series, I feel, will have to wait a while.
So...what have you been reading?
First Novel Updates, Second Novel Hiccups
Well, as of today it would appear that I will have the remainder of my edits back this coming week. That means that the book will be ready to publish as soon as I have a chance to review those edits and make any corrections I feel are necessary (which I predict won't take me too long.) Therefore, I can comfortably say that Stanley Finnigan will be published to the Kindle Store sometime in the month of March, 2012!
As for the sequel, things have moved much slower in February than they did in January. This was due to a combination of things, really. I was hoping to get a lot done during my work break, but had family visiting for 10 days and then, inconveniently, jury duty. The sequel is, as written, in chapter 6 and is approximately around 80 pages. Again, everything is planned, it's just a matter of "getting there." That is the other factor. I've reached a pivotal point in the plot, and considering how much attention I give to the current chapter, how much description, how much I develop the plot as I see necessary is very important. I foresee the next chapters going much more smoothly.
I'm excited to be publishing soon, continuing work on the first sequel, and submitting the first book to agencies again this month!
As for the sequel, things have moved much slower in February than they did in January. This was due to a combination of things, really. I was hoping to get a lot done during my work break, but had family visiting for 10 days and then, inconveniently, jury duty. The sequel is, as written, in chapter 6 and is approximately around 80 pages. Again, everything is planned, it's just a matter of "getting there." That is the other factor. I've reached a pivotal point in the plot, and considering how much attention I give to the current chapter, how much description, how much I develop the plot as I see necessary is very important. I foresee the next chapters going much more smoothly.
I'm excited to be publishing soon, continuing work on the first sequel, and submitting the first book to agencies again this month!
January 25, 2012
Moving Right Along!
Well, the final editing stages before I can publish to Kindle have taken longer than originally planned. That's okay! I'd rather have precise, careful edits and comments than rushed ones. On a more exciting note, while waiting for those edits to come in, I've been working on the sequel every night. Since January 1st I've written about 18,000 words. The plot is planned out in my head! Hopefully the pieces will continue to fall into place.
If I can keep this current pace, I should be able to finish the first draft by the summer. Fingers crossed!
I guess I can attribute some of my pace to the sad fact that it has been a terrible snow season up in the mountains, so I haven't been using every weekend to ski. Hopefully the last few months of the season will be better. I'll be doing my snow dance. On a related note, I will be on a three week break from work during February and into the first week of March. Maybe I'll get to do a lot of writing and skiing!
If I can keep this current pace, I should be able to finish the first draft by the summer. Fingers crossed!
I guess I can attribute some of my pace to the sad fact that it has been a terrible snow season up in the mountains, so I haven't been using every weekend to ski. Hopefully the last few months of the season will be better. I'll be doing my snow dance. On a related note, I will be on a three week break from work during February and into the first week of March. Maybe I'll get to do a lot of writing and skiing!
