Igor Ljubuncic's Blog, page 23
May 18, 2013
Book Four is underway!
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. I [...]
May 12, 2013
Amazon.co.uk reviews are coming in, too!
Hey, hey, good things are afoot in the kingdom of Igor. That would be my kingdom. I’ve just realized I have several new reviews on Amazon.co.uk, in addition to the dot com site. Always a pleasure to see someone commenting on your work, in a simple, honest way, especially if the simplicity and honesty lean [...]
May 7, 2013
The Broken physical proof is here!
Yes, finally! Today, the first proof arrived via courier, and boy, it looks awesome. The book is big and shiny and sexy, and weighs over one kilogram. It’s also one of the thickest books I’ve ever seen, rivaling some of the 1,000+ page mass market paperbacks like The Lord of the Rings or The Song [...]
May 4, 2013
Manuscript proof, version one, approved
With some small, unexpected delay in the overall process, I finally approved the 800-page first version of the manuscript of the second book in the The Lost Words series, The Broken. A physical proof ought to be delivered to me via courier service any day now. Then, it’s reading everything all over again and finding [...]
April 14, 2013
From cream to white
Hello people. Here’s an interesting piece of information that you should read. About a week back, I got a phone call from my project team, telling me that they were forced to change the interior setup for my upcoming, second book in the series, The Broken. Namely, the book was too thick. It runs some [...]
April 1, 2013
Amazon support is quite dandy
Normally, I am quite agnostic when it comes to vendor support on anything. And what I mean by that is, I let them be, and they let me be, and our paths do not cross. Most of the time, I prefer to resolve things on my own, and other times, you simply do not wish [...]
March 23, 2013
Book Two manuscript is ready, almost
Even though my English is fairly awesome, I would not dare publish a book without submitting it to a rigorous, professional proofing service. Indeed, approx. three weeks ago, I got the book back from my editor, with all the little fixes, changes, suggestions, and whatnot added therein. Mostly, they were consistency fixes, to align with [...]
March 9, 2013
Read a book, write a review, maybe win a smartphone
Several days ago, I came with a wicked idea. As you know, I make my living out of Linux, and I’m trying to promote Linux-based technologies that I think can benefit computer users worldwide. Then, I also want to promote my own work. So what’s the best thing? Roast two birds in one oven! Promote [...]
March 2, 2013
Getting better – at writing
This sounds like a post-trauma group therapy slogan, but iI assure you, it is not. We’re here to discuss a rather interesting topic, namely, does one improve in whatever they are doing after doing it for a long while? There’s the so called 10,000-hour threshold of excellence and a few other metrics, all of which [...]
February 11, 2013
The End tour
Survival is a mean, cold bastard. You think you’ve got it all figured out, then the world ends, and you realize, well, not quite. At least, that’s what the twelve stories in The End, a short story apocalyptic anthology featuring speculative fiction written by the SFFWorld.com forum members, tell us. And so you learn that [...]
