The artists were the wild cards with my delivery schedule. Now that I’ve secured the artist for all three books I want to release this fall, I can finally give some target dates. Here’s the schedule:
- SERVANT (The Dark God book 1) — last week of September, 2013
- BAD PENNY (a Frank Shaw novel) — first week of October, 2013
- CURSE (The Dark God book 2) — first week of November, 2013 (I’d like to make it Halloween for the fun of it, but we’ll see)
- AWFUL INTENT (a Frank Shaw novel) — June, 2014
- GLORY (The Dark God book 3) — March, 2015
I want to get GLORY out sooner, but it’s going to be a big book, and I’m not going to rush the editing phase. I don’t want to release shoddy work. Furthermore, it’s almost the size of two normal 100,000k novels. I hope to significantly accelerate the schedules for both AWFUL INTENT and GLORY, but we’ll have to see if I can make the necessary arrangements.
After GLORY, I will publish another Frank Shaw novel. And then I begin the LORD OF BONES epic fantasy series which is going to be structured differently that much of what’s out there. The concept excites me and allows me to take the story in all sorts of directions. It’s going to be a blast.
Can’t wait to get these books out there and let them find their audience. Thanks to all of you who have hung with me, sending me emails or posting comments of support. It’s much appreciated!
EDIT: I keep the release schedule up-to-date on the Calendar page.
Time to update your calendar web page! It still has Curse for December (and Bad Penny for November).
JohnW, thanks for the reminder. I need to set a tickler to update that monthly.
Brilliant, thanks John! I tracked it down on Amazon UK where the prices are adjusted accordingly. Ebook for SERVANT as I already own the Tor paperback, but I’ll definitely be getting the trade version of CURSE.
Good luck with it all!
Btw, the email notification I received had loads of placeholder text at the beginning: ‘ Insert your text here’ sort of stuff. Thought I’d make you aware so you know for next time.
Tim,
I know! Arg. I caught that right after the email went out.
Congratulations!
Hi John.
I’m very glad to see the new version is up and ready. I am wondering if there is going to be a version I can purchase through Itunes (Canada) as I don’t have a kindle but really want to get the ebook for my ipad.
Cheers,
David
David,
Great question. The answer is YES. The project this next week is to get the epub up on Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, etc. I will be sure to post on the site when they are available. Thanks so much for asking 🙂
I’m looking forward to reading Servant again! Congrats!
Awesome.
Blog has been quiet the past couple weeks, but I see that Curse has moved to 85% (and climbing?)! I have been waiting since 2009 for this book! Now it is 2014. Almost there! 🙂
Thanks for your patience. Getting ramped up on this indie process has taken a bit longer than I’d originally estimated. But, as you’re seeing, both the cover art and final edits are moving forward. I just edited one of my most favorite scenes of the whole book. Can’t wait to get this out to readers.
By the way, the calendar has Curse at Feb 2013. Presumably that should be 2014.
That calendar is a freaking vortex. Updated.
Hi John. Hope you are well. Any chance on an update as to when Servant of a Dark God will hit Itunes. I live in Canada and there is still no sign of it. I understand that you are really busy. Hope you had a good Christmas and New Years.
Cheers,
David
David,
It’s a great question. I have been working since mid December to get the books up on iTunes. Going through Smashwords is maddening. I’m going to give them one more shot and then try to figure something else out. Hopefully, we have success this week. I will be sure to post it here when it’s finally up.