Mid-Year (sort of) Writing Roundup
It’s the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer where I am, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been slacking off. Here’s a brief news roundup:
Last chance to get Rymellan 1 and Deiform One at 75% off
The Smashwords summer sale ends on July 31st at midnight Pacific Time. As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve raised the prices of the Rymellan books, so snagging Rymellan 1 for 75% off is a great deal that won’t be available again anytime soon. If you’ve already read it and you enjoy the series, now would be a fantastic time to let a friend know about it, so they can try the first book at a great price. The same goes for Deiform One.
On the other hand, if you haven’t read Rymellan 1 or Deiform One because you’re not sure they’ll be your cup of tea, you can try them for less than the price of a cup of coffee (or tea!). You can’t beat that.
Grab the books here:
Use coupon code SSW75 at checkout.
Deiform Fellowship Page Updated
I’ve made a couple of important updates to the Deiform Fellowship book page. I’ve added the Deiform Two cover and book description, to give you a taste of what the book will be about. I might tinker with the blurb between now and when I publish the book, but the substance will remain the same.
I’ve also linked to where you can buy the Deiform One print book with the new cover. I haven’t updated the cover with my usual printer, for the same reason I haven’t updated the Rymellan 1 print cover. Namely, the printer charges update fees. Given the number of print books I sell, it doesn’t make sense for me to pay the fees. Instead, I’ve set up the book with CreateSpace, Amazon’s print on demand outfit. The catch: you have to buy the book through the CreateSpace store, and for some strange reason, that means creating an account with CreateSpace, even though it’s Amazon.
I suppose that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Authors have to create Author Central accounts with every Amazon site (.com, .ca, .co.uk, etc.) separately, and you have to post reviews at every Amazon site separately. Maybe Amazon will eventually centralize everything.
WIP News
Deiform Two and Identity Crisis (Rymellan story) are with my editor. I’ve asked her to edit Deiform Two first, since I’ll release it first. She’ll probably return it to me in late August or early September, and I hope to release it in October.
What’s Next
I’m taking August off as far as writing is concerned. I’ll use the time to review my story ideas file and choose my next 2 to 3 projects. I suspect I’ll write Deiform Three next. I enjoy writing the Deiform Fellowship series very much, and I want to start the next book.
I usually write two projects in parallel, so the question is, what else will I start? Probably nothing else for the rest of the year. I’d like to write at a leisurely pace for a few months, and I’ll have two stories to publish on top of that. Come January 2014, I’ll start another project. It could be another Rymellan story, another Salbine book, or something new. I’ll let you know when I get there.
Back in January, I said that I might write another Salbine book this year. It turns out that I won’t. I’ll only write another Salbine book if I feel that I have a great Salbine story to tell. I’ve had the experience of reading a disappointing follow-on book and figuring that the author mainly wrote it because they (or their publisher) figured it would sell, and that they would have been better off leaving things as they were. I don’t want to make the same mistake. Having said that, I might decide during August that I do have a wonderful Salbine story to tell, but even if that’s the case, I won’t start it until next year.
Enjoy your weekend! 
Mid-Year (sort of) Writing Roundup is a post from: Sarah Ettritch
