It’s almost here! The series is launching this Friday! See more in the Otherworldly Emergence section.
Okay, this last fortnight has been a nightmare. I have had technical issues and all I can say to everyone is – BACKUP! Yes, my main hard drive had a hardware failure, so I have a new hard drive, but am calling a specialist tomorrow to see if I can get the data recovered. Which will be expensive.
On brighter notes, the weather has been improving. The nights are still chilly, but the days are definitely warmer. Perhaps we will get a touch of El Nino this year. Unsure.
I also did an unboxing, however, the video goes for 12 minutes, so it needs to be edited before I can share it.
That’s about it for now.
Updates
For those who don’t know much about it, this is a series about a clan that is lost travelling through dimensions due to a scientific experiment gone horribly wrong and about the city-state Part 2 concludes in.
Dark Dimensions Part 1 and 2 is recounting that journey to Torkandisch. Dark Reign is the next book in the series and covers the next 12 months in the city-state.
The Dark Road is back with the beta readers. This story takes place about 16 years later. Lots in Torkandish has changed and there is lots of intrigue and heartache throughout this book. Some funny instances, too.
But Dark Beginnings will take us back to where it all started in Tordun, covering Vlad’s rise to power and, perhaps, that fateful experiment, along with the first 15 years of dimension-hopping. Dark Beginnings is still on the backburner. I have started this and I will return to it.
So, that’s what’s in store for anyone who wishes to immerse themselves in this world.
There are also going to be other stories, along with a special edition of Dark Dimensions where the two parts are combined. That will be in the future.
Speaking of other stories, Deadly Convergence is centred on Torkandisch 5 years before the Clan lands in the city-state and follows a crime that twists into something else. This is available only on Kindle and on Kindle Unlimited.
Explosive Reality is live! It’s available through Kindle Unlimited at this link: www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0H8L2XC7W
This is a story about Ryan Locke. It is set during the first half of Dark Reign and is a separate story to that novel. It is about half the size of a novella and I hope everyone enjoys it.
Consequences
This series follows the rise of Marek from a mastermind thief to the saviour of a nation.
Heart of Deception is now available through Amazon. It has been donated to the Midland Library, so it is available to lend out.
Legacy of Risks will follow in the next few months, once cover art is finalised for it. The reason why it will take a few months is because I’m applying The Emotion Thesaurus options to it. And, yes, I am still working on it. I want to be absolutely certain it is finished before it’s published. (Have I mentioned how much I hate editing?)
I am currently halfway through the editing. So you understand why it’s taking so long, I am pulling apart every scene and editing each scene individually. Then I’ll go through it as in the below paragraph. So, I’ll keep supplying updates as I get further along with the editing.
I have been heavily editing Legacy of Risks. As with Heart of Deception, I made some major alterations to Legacy of Risks, so I’m making sure those changes feel right. I am still going to be applying the Emotion Thesaurus to the manuscript before a final look through and then sending it to the editor. Watch this space!
Update – I have 5 chapters to go! I will go through it once more to tidy things, then it’ll go to the editor.
Dangerous Heart will then go to beta readers.
Watch this space.
There will be some short stories come out and, possibly, a fourth book that covers events much later after Dangerous Heart. Definitely a “watch this space” moment.
Other Universes
Strefinobhan
With Heart of Deception released and my work on the Otherworldly Emergence series coming to a conclusion, I should be able to get back into editing the first book of this series and sending it to beta readers. I am still unable to say when this will happen, but hopefully sooner rather than later.
This is still on the backburner, I’m afraid to say.
The Gifted and Exiled Universe
The Gifted and Exiled is a universe where some people have an extra gene than others. When this gene is activated, usually around the age of fifteen, it unlocks a Gift. Gifts can be specialised, as in one ability, or they might be blended. It just depends on that Gift. I have a few characters in this universe and I have been writing furiously about them. Once Hidden Heritage goes to the editor, I will start to edit the first of these new stories with the hopes that it comes out later this year. It will be after the Otherworldly Emergence series is completed, however.
The Exiled part is where a group of people, Nina included, have been exiled from another planet. That story is recounted in short by her in Hidden Heritage.
On an update to the Gifted Universe, I have been writing other stories to support Not your Normal Heroes. These explore the Gifts a lot more and possible consequences of some of those Gifts. Yes, there is a really exciting yet dangerous Gifted being worked on at the moment.
One of those stories is about the detective in Not Your Normal Heroes and a journey of self-discovery that he goes on. Two others are about another Gifted detective. Now, those were pretty full-on, so I’m having a rest from the Gifted Universe.
So, in the last 2 weeks I finished my last story on The Gifted for now and everything’s quiet, so I am able to edit other work. When I’ve finished with that one, and then another, I’ll start editing my first Gifted work and going through that.
The Gifted universe has a heavy police presence and the main character for two of the stories I’ve written is a drug squad officer who is also Gifted. His Gift is the most dangerous and his stories are quite traumatic in themselves. But you’ll read about him in his own stories. Stay tuned – they will come out.
Bushland Castle Productions
Otherworldly Emergence
It’s getting very close! We’re sharing more online and we’re all proud to announce our novellas. These are works that are close to our hearts and I know that I can’t wait for them to be released.
Covers are now being revealed, so check out BCP Creative on Facebook – or visit BCP‘s website for the reveals!
Launch dates
We have launch dates for each novella and for the series as a whole. Each launch is limited to 100 places, so get your ticket before they’re all gone.
Can I just say how excited I am for this? I mean, it’s a whole evening of fun and entertainment! Most of the authors will be there to answer questions about our books. I’m looking forward to answering those questions and giving out background information about the two books. So, I’m looking forward to you being part of our celebrations! Come join the fun!
This is the link for the series: www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/event-details/otherworldly-emergence-series-launch
There is a door prize and a lot of games and Q&As as well as conversations! We’re happy to talk about our books at the launch of the series! There is a chance to win a complete set of the entire series of 13 books.
For each individual book, we have a separate day and those are below:
Not Your Normal Heroes
Here’s the link for the novella launch : www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/event-details/not-your-normal-heroes-launch
There is a door prize, an epub and an autographed book available. See details at the link.
Hidden Heritage
Here’s the link for the novella launch : www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/event-details/hidden-heritage-launch
There is a door prize, an epub and an autographed book available for this one as well. See details at the link.
The covers have been revealed. On the BCP Creative Facebook page, information about the authors has been shared, so feel free to use the BCP Creative link below to read up on the authors and subscribe or like the page for more updates!
Not Your Normal Heroes and Hidden Heritage are both available for preorder and the links are below:
All of the information regarding the novella series is at the website:
https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/publishing/owe
The upshot of being involved in the Otherworldly Emergence is that it has opened up a whole new universe for me which has been expanding exponentially. The possibilities in that world are almost limitless and I have to admit to being distracted by writing in that universe. I have called this universe the Gifted universe (see above).
Having admitted that, I will say that I have completed a story that links both my stories in the Emergence series and starts a whole new series in itself. It’s very, very exciting and a lot of questions raised by the second story are being answered in follow up novels.
Otherworldly Origins
Pitching for Otherworldly Origins is open from 6 July for concepts! Book in so you can pitch your story concept for this series. You’ll join a whole collaborative community where you can get help and insights with your writing.
Otherworldly Origins will build on the Otherworldly Emergence concept. Visit the BCP website: http://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/publishing/owo for more information or use the QR code below!
I’ve already booked my pitch meeting and got a sample together for the pitch! I’m looking forward to this series.
BCP have created a blog where the Timeless Paladin answers questions presented to him. Read the answers here: https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/post/consulting-through-time-q-a
While you’re on the website, you will find information about their nonfiction series Australia: Living in the 70s. If you have a life story about living in the 70s in Australia, check the website for more details on that series. I know if I were to submit, it would all be about CountDown, Sandman vans and learning about Unionism through school (and other things, of course).
Also check out their podcast – Finding Elara. Learn about Mindfulness from other creatives – not just writers, but other creative persons, as well as worldbuilding and other information. Season 3 has started, so check out BCP’s website for further information.
At the end of each segment, there’s a prize drawn. Go in to win books and other goodies!
Finding Elara is in season break at the moment and coming back soon with Season 3. In the meantime, there are mini episodes with interviews with local writers at a convention in Bunbury last year.
Grow Write
Once every fortnight, Grow Write meets at the Midland Library in Midland, Perth, Western Australia. Our very first anthology has been published and is available on Amazon to purchase. It is also available through Midland Library
We are all excited to share this anthology with everyone.
We are currently planning the 2027 Anthology.
The launch
Okay, so I was going to bore everyone with reminding you all to backup the various files on your computer however you want to do it, but then I realised that some of what a writer has to do is launches. So, that’s what I’m going to talk about.
So, this is something I don’t usually do with my books, mostly because I don’t have many published. It will be something I do in the future as I get more books out.
But it is part of what an author should be doing. It helps get their name and brand out there.
Now, I’ve only really ramped up my part in the launch activities over the last couple of weeks, even with computer hardware issues. As they say in showbiz, the show must go on.
One of the things I’ve done is created a countdown. Okay, so I’m not tech enough to put a countdown timer on social media, so all I did was create a Libre Office version of a powerpoint and I change that every day. It works and it’s the best I could come up with.
The other thing I did was share it across the social media platforms that I’m on.
Now, so far, I’ve only done this for Friday night’s series launch. I am putting together the same thing for Not Your Normal Heroes and Hidden Heritage. They’ll go out after Friday’s launch is complete.
And I’m doing something else. I’ve started to put together ads for the books. I am still writing the ads (and some of them are atrocious) and I’ll get feedback on them this week on how they go. I’m doing more than one, so it’ll be like a hook, and I’ll also think of quotes to come out of each book. That will take a little bit more time to work on. Fingers crossed I can come up with a few quotes.
I know there are paid ad campaigns, but I’m concentrating on what I can do for myself at the moment. I will admit I haven’t been getting the launch countdown onto my author page, so I will do that from today onwards.
This is the other part of the writing experience that I struggle with. But it’s something I have to do because I can’t afford to spend money on a marketing team. Not yet, anyway.
The main thing is to get your books out there and get people seeing them and sharing the information. That’s all you can do. The rest is up to the reader / customer.
And that’s it for today. Hopefully, there will be no more issues and everything will go according to plan in future.
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