Only a week until these are available!

This is the link that will take you to Clans in Conflict where you’ll find both books.

I am so excited by this!

I have also been through Dark Reign and that should be just about ready. Just working through bits and pieces.

I have a beta reader going through The Dark Road, so hopefully that will be up in a few months.

In between working on those, I am also working through the two Consequences books to get them both published. There is also a third book to that series and that is waiting in the wings for its turn!

After Consequences and Clans in Conflict are complete, I may go down the road of paranormal or a completely different dimensional tale. But that is for the future.

In all the misunderstandings with NaNoWriMo and AI as well as the controversy that went through last year, I am not participating in the organisational side of November.

I am still going to be writing this year and I have my project almost ready to go.

I am also considering writing some posts about my experience with an indie publisher who falls off the planet leaving books on Amazon and the challenge that faces people in that situation in getting their books back. I have not written them yet because I believe I will have a similar situation with the two Consequences books that have already been published under the previous publisher.

But that is for the future. Talk to you all, soon!

Finally, both parts of Dark Dimensions are available.

Clans in Conflict is the series both books belong to.

I have to admit – when I uploaded the paperbacks, I made a slight error and Dark Dimensions Part 1 in paperback format is available. I haven’t even got the proof copy yet! All I can say is, “learning curve”.

But it’s all done, now. The ebooks and part 2 are available for pre-order and release date is 29 September.

We are now working on the cover for Dark Reign which is the sequel to Dark Dimensions and this should be a breeze compared to Dark Dimensions. I have a beta reader having a look at The Dark Road before it goes to the editor.

I am currently going through Heart of Deception as the two Consequences books will be the next things to be published after Dark Reign, then after Legacy of Risks I’ll be looking at Dangerous Heart.

I am still working on Mal’s story – that series will be the next one out, I think.

One of the learning curve I did go through on this journey is the paperback. After you set up an ebook in Amazon, it asks you if you want to create a paperback. I clicked on this with Part 1 thinking it would pull over all the info from the ebook which meant I didn’t really pay attention to the publishing date. So, when the review had ended, it was already published. Which is why I still don’t have the proof copy. Luckily I had skimmed through the book for last-minute obvious problems.

However, I am open to feedback on anything in the book when it comes to typos, etc.

Having said that, it is published to Australian Standards, so, everyone, please be aware that it will have some differences to the grammar, punctuation and spelling to other countries.

So, this particular part of my journey is over but there are more lessons to be learned, I’m sure!

Talk to you in a week or more!

Okay, I seem to have made a little progress with Amazon. They emailed me (twice) saying they are investigating and will contact me in 5 working days.

My advice to anyone out there who publishes under a publisher – get a copy of the contract signed by both parties and make sure there is a clause in the contract that if the company goes under, rights revert to you.

Luckily, even though my publisher just went silent and, in today’s terms, ghosted all of his writers, I, with a friend I reached out to, were able to find details where he said the publishing company ended in November 2022. We were also able to find official records that say the publisher actually went into involuntary liquidation in 2021. I have not supplied that to Amazon as yet, but I have supplied them with the details of November 2022. Thus, it is a waiting game.

Regardless of whether I publish Clans in Conflict or Consequences on Amazon or not, I will revert Dark Dimensions to two parts because it is a rather epic-size and I have the two covers for it.

I will be going what self-publishers call “wide” instead of limiting myself to ebooks. I have enough ISBNs to provide paperbacks as well as ebooks, so I’ve decided at this late stage, it’s better to put both out. I won’t be putting out hardcovers, however, unless people specifically want hardcovers.

I have also paused writing in both Clans in Conflict and Consequences until this issue with Amazon is resolved, however, I have been exploring other books, including a private investigator story set in Albermarle, so there are quite a few cross-overs with her due to the size of the kingdom.

I am also working on the story of a young manipulator of quantum energies which I alluded to a few posts ago. Still got more to go with that one, but it is progressing.

On a personal note, we sold our caravan earlier this year and managed to pay off a few huge debts, including our car. So, that is a huge weight off our shoulders.

That’s about all I have, so back into it and talk in another 2 weeks’ time!

Dark Dimensions Parts 1 and 2 cover art is done, even down to a blurb on the back of the paperback!

I have also almost finished their registration in the ISBN company, so once that’s done I can look at the next step to publishing.

Our next step is Dark Reign. When that’s sorted, then that will be getting registered to the ISNB company and also published.

Now, I’m not sure if other countries have this, but in Australia, if you publish a book or serial, it is a requirement that a copy goes to the National Library and the State Library for prosperity. The NLA has a pre-publishing service, so I’ve already started research on that as well.

After Dark Reign will come the Consequences books 1 and 2 – Heart of Deception and Legacy of Risks. As I said in the previous post, both of these have had a major rewrite because of those big events in Marek’s earlier years. I’ll make sure with my editor if I have captured his reactions correctly.

I am still waiting on feedback regarding the new book, but the second in that series is well under way.

For those interested, Troy’s father, Vlad, finally has his own book, Dark Beginnings. In this book, I have already written the start of the whole vampire path and am working on the next phase of his life. There’s still a lot of writing to do but it will get there.

The book between Dark Reign and The Dark Road is currently on the back-burner – only because it’s a tough write and I need to concentrate on it but I’m slightly distracted by those new books above as well as Dark Beginnings. Have no fear, it will come.

And that’s it for today, although not as chilly weather-wise as it has been.

Okay, finally have some news!

Almost ready to reveal the new covers for Dark Dimensions 1 and 2, not quite there, but very close.

I have also begun the registration process of the ISBNs for the two books. From there I will look at Dark Reign being the next book with Consequences 1 and 2 going to the editor after the rewrites.

I have worked out the ISBNs for each book, so once they’re ready to go I will be able to register the ISBNs against the books.

I have also begun work on the book between Dark Reign and The Dark Road. It’s a hard slog, but on the other hand, Vlad has been talking and I have made headway on Dark Beginnings. It’s interesting finding vampire movies with battles in them to work out various things.

I am still working on Malevictus’s story, but that’s been pushed back a little.

Results on the editing unit should be available tomorrow. I’m not sure whether I’m waiting for that with trepidation or not. Considering the unit wasn’t what I was looking for in the end, I’m not that worried if the results don’t come out the way I want them to. The main thing is that I learnt why I dislike editing so much and prefer writing new scenes and stuff.

Interesting learning you’re more a visual person than a literary one.

Anyway, hopefully in the next two weeks I’ll have more information for you!

TTFN

Don’t you hate it when real life suddenly hits you in the gut? Literally!

That happened last week – first Stu has the most miserable birthday lunch you can think of, then I come down with it on Sunday, a friend comes down with it on the same day and a second friend comes down with it on Monday! What a nasty piece of work!

So, I spent most of last week fighting a wonderful stomach virus. Maybe it was payback for what I do to my characters…..

In other news, the covers for Dark Dimensions 1 and 2 are getting closer and once they’re up and running, I’ll send out Heart of Deception and Legacy of Risks to get those checked before getting the covers for them finalised.

What else have I done? I’ve been rewriting a story I wrote in January and it’s far better and more complex than what it had been.

On a different note, I will include this here.

I have watched all of Flashforward. What a series! I was very impressed with it, even though I haven’t read the book. I think it was very well done and kept the interest of the viewer through the entire series.

Now, remember, this is only my opinion.

I found the plot fascinating and full of possibilities and I love where they left it. Certainly open if they ever got the funding to do another mini-series.

What I did find fascinating was Joseph Fiennes – the main actor. He is the brother of the well-known Ralph Fiennes but has amazing similarities to Christopher Lambert. I kept waiting for the Scottish accent of Connor MacLeod to come shining through. Fiennes kept fairly much to an American accent the whole way through, but I am not an expert on American accents, so if he slipped, I apologise.

This resonated with me quite a lot because of the number of stories I’ve written where people move through alternate universes or different dimensions. That’s what I meant by the possibilities brought out by the show were numerous.

The other show I watched was The Listener. Now, this show intrigued me and had me watching through all the plot holes, poor writing and poor acting. Somehow, it just captured my attention. The premise, for me, was captivating and thank you, Canada, for creating this little gem. Going to sort out the fire now!