Book of Water Released!

Hello Readers!

I am happy to announce that Realms Quintessential: The Book of Water is now available in print and digital formats.

Print copies are available via Amazon and CreateSpace. If you buy through CreateSpace, you can take 20% off your order with discount code UXB9AX46.

Digital copies are available for Kindle via Amazon. It is exclusive to Kindle for 90 days. If you want it from another retailer after that time, please leave a suggestion below!

Again, thanks to all my readers and fans for making this possible. I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I did writing it!

Happy Reading!

The Power and The Powerless

It's almost here! Day one of NaNoWriMo! What's that? A hurricane is heading for me? Damn.

That's right. Almost one year to the day after Snowtober, Hurricane Sandy is barreling down on the East Coast. It threatens to knock out power for 7 to 10 days, putting us right into the first week of the writing challenge. Without electricity, my laptop would last less than half a day. Troubling times in Viribia indeed.

On the bright side, this may be an opportunity to use up my stock pile of lined paper. Each year, for as long as I can remember, I disassembled my notebooks at the end of the school year, so I've developed quite the stack. Who knows, if the power goes out, maybe I can give away hand written pages with pre-orders of The Book of Water.

But once again, who knows? One day at a time. If I have power, I'll post on Tuesday. Otherwise, I'll post when power comes back.

Happy Reading! 

Run Program

I've been very busy with things other than my novels lately. I've been teaching myself to build websites in HTML, Javascript, and CSS. These efforts have been going more so to my professional (read: Meteorology) career. I do have some ideas in mind to host/redesign this site, but I need the funding to do that.

That's where another list item comes in: finding a job. I'm actively searching for an environmental science job, but I have not secured one thus far. Once I get one, I can look into getting a car, buying more copies of my book, and putting in a greater promotional effort.

I feel it is important to mention here that I am planning to build a corner desk in my room/office. It's going to have a separate set of drawers for my novel business. It's also going to have better wire management for more work space.

Of course, these are all just plans. I'll be able to do these once things start coming through on the job front. Until then, I am doing my run program, for which I'm running my first 5K on Thursday.

Happy Reading!

Games (Maybe?)

Lately I've been thinking of a way to give my novels a better reach. I need to find a way to connect my readers to the reading. So I am looking deeper into the subject matter of fantasy worlds and perhaps developing a game.

That's right: a game.

If I start making something, it will more than likely be a pen-and-paper-and-dice game. My books pretty much have an outline for such a thing already. I have plenty of roles already: light mages, dark mages, seamstresses, etc. etc. I would also need races. Thus far, I have humans, demons (major - no minions yet), and a cameo by a troll in The Book of Earth.

I haven't quite worked out the dynamics of the game yet, add to that not much experience playing those games. Once I think of more roles, I'll develop some benefits for picking one role over another (more Notes for soldiers, more magic points for mages, etc.). Then I'll work out a battle system.

As far as publishing this, I'll probably wait until I make a complete-saga volume of the series. That won't be for another few years at least. Just an idea to share for now.

Happy Reading!

Kindle-ing Progress

Hey everybody!

It's been a very busy time between the last post an this one. I graduated on May 26th with my Bachelor's of Science from UMass Lowell. I've also been putting in a bunch of job applications both for science jobs and smaller jobs (to get me on my feet, keep things running etc). I've also started a 5-K training program, in which I'm at the second week of ten.

That's not to say that I've stopped working on The Book of Earth. ARCs are being sent to a few places, and press releases and promotional materials are being sent along with them. I am fully intent on having this book public on August 1st.

And THAT is not to say the Kindle version won't be out the same day. While I wait for my ARCs to come in, and between making promotional stuff, I am tagging up my book file with HTML and CSS, making sure it looks great on the eReader. I actually find the coding part to be fun. It gives a puzzle of finding out what works in the eBook format.

All in all, pretty excited with the progress that's being made!

Happy reading!

Working Capital

The Book of Earth is still quite some time away from finished. The pace has been a bit slow, since with the start of the semester comes a decent amount of homework. I've been trying to weave some writing time between homework (for example, I owe myself 1000 words in Earth for doing two dynamics problems).

I got some good news recently. I'll be starting a part-time job next weekend, so I'll start getting paychecks. This is great for me because the work fits into my school schedule, and I can start generating some working capital for my novels. The first thing I plan on getting is a new printer/scanner, seeing as the last one died on me. Once I get this, I can print up my "Signed Copy" stickers (just got blanks from Amazon), and start adhering them to books I already signed (ones that my family members have).

I feel great that things are slowly yet surely coming together. Within the next few weeks, The Book of Earth should be in its editing phase, and my marketing plan will be underway.

Readers: How are things going for you? Leave your comments below.

Happy Reading!