April's Writing Progress
I've written about 6,500 words of Dragonrider 2, which now stands at 16,500 words.
I've updated the ebook editions to include maps at the back (those that have maps, anyway). This was a long-standing request from some fans. I'd shied away from doing it, partly for fear it would needlessly bloat the file size and partly because I thought they'd be too hard to read on a small tablet or e-ink screen, but I think they've turned out quite well.
I've decided to release an omnibus edition of The Barefoot Healer. This will obviously have all four novels, but I want to add some extra material. Some of it is background information I wrote to keep everything straight when I was writing the series, and some of it is new. Some of the existing stuff is already available on my website, but the rest has never been seen before. The highlight (so far) is a glossary of all the people, places and things mentioned in the books, which I expect will prove helpful if I ever write another story set in this world. It's already found a continuity error - the name of the Centadorian king changes from Plague & Poison to Dust & Water. D'oh! The new material will probably find its way onto my website eventually, but for now, it will be exclusive to the omnibus.
The omnibus will be ebook only - in print, it would be about 1300 pages, which is nearly twice the length allowed by the printing companies that I use. I plan to release it on or about 2nd July, which is the fifth anniversary of the release of Death & Magic, my first publication.
I've updated the ebook editions to include maps at the back (those that have maps, anyway). This was a long-standing request from some fans. I'd shied away from doing it, partly for fear it would needlessly bloat the file size and partly because I thought they'd be too hard to read on a small tablet or e-ink screen, but I think they've turned out quite well.
I've decided to release an omnibus edition of The Barefoot Healer. This will obviously have all four novels, but I want to add some extra material. Some of it is background information I wrote to keep everything straight when I was writing the series, and some of it is new. Some of the existing stuff is already available on my website, but the rest has never been seen before. The highlight (so far) is a glossary of all the people, places and things mentioned in the books, which I expect will prove helpful if I ever write another story set in this world. It's already found a continuity error - the name of the Centadorian king changes from Plague & Poison to Dust & Water. D'oh! The new material will probably find its way onto my website eventually, but for now, it will be exclusive to the omnibus.
The omnibus will be ebook only - in print, it would be about 1300 pages, which is nearly twice the length allowed by the printing companies that I use. I plan to release it on or about 2nd July, which is the fifth anniversary of the release of Death & Magic, my first publication.
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