The Mines available February 1st

After an extremely strenuous week, I'm happy to say that The Mines is ready to go. All things have been submitted, and it should be available for Nook and Kindle in the morning (I will update all links as they are officially listed on Amazon and Barnes & Noble).

The softcover copy is also completed, but will likely not be available until Monday for purchase. I'm ecstatic to be at this point because I am now caught up with all that I had promised with the initial release of the site and can move on to a much more predictable and less crazy schedule for getting things completed, edited, and published.

In order to ensure this, I am going to delay publishing another short story for the world of Crystal Palace until the end of February. The next Outcast series chapter, which is nearly completed, will be released sometime during the next week (that will be my next update). Once that is out, it will be a heavy month of marketing and looking toward the future--finally!!

A few days behind

A quick update, and that is, The Mines will likely not be available until Wednesday. I apologize for the delay, but this month has been unusual because of the amount of materials I'm releasing and having to go over several times. Those of you who write will know how hard it can be to transition from one work to another to another, at least mentally. You can't enjoy that sense of satisfaction that comes from completing something because you have something else that you immediately need to then work on, and you therefore miss out on the rejuvenating effects of finishing something of worth.

That being said, this month, and all of its releases, has really enthused me about the coming months. Full-scale marketing efforts will begin in the coming days and months, and with that will come a lot of new readers. I've been loving the feedback I've gotten so far, and look forward to more of it as time passes. So with that said, I'll push hard to get the Mines out as quickly as I can, which will allow me to be ready for next week when the new chapter of the Outcast is published, as well as a new short story from the world of Eretsfel.

Crashing From Heaven softcover now available.

Crashing From Heaven is now available on Amazon for softcover (in addition to for Kindle and on Barnes & Noble for Nook). I have updated the links on the site for this. 

The rest of this week and weekend will go to finishing up getting things ready for The Mines to be released on next Monday. At that point, the initial release materials will be completed for Thirteen Crossroads Publishing and extensive marketing efforts will begin. I appreciate those of you who have kept up here in the beginning. In the next several weeks, there will start being a lot more of you. 

'Til Monday!

Crashing From Heaven Out... for the most part

I apologize for the day-late update, but Crashing From Heaven is now available on Amazon for Kindle. The softcover copy is in final review and should be available within a day or two (I'll post an update when it is). The Nook copy should also be available for purchase in the coming hours. I will update all links in the morning.

Despite the delay, I will have plenty of time in the coming days to finalize things for The Mines and have it ready to go next Monday.

A Journey South Now Available, The Mines and Crashing From Heaven release dates

A Journey South, a short story taking place in the world of Crystal Palace, is now available on the website and will be available on Nook and Kindle in the coming hours (I will update links this evening when they are fully listed on Barnes & Noble and Amazon). It's the longest short story so far, and the last I will release this month (another coming on February 1st along with a new chapter to The Outcast and the Survivor). 

To give an update on The Mines and Crashing From Heaven, I'm giving myself a little extra time (with specific dates) to finish them up so I can calm down and focus on marketing (which I haven't done at all in an effort to finish off these short stories with the proper touch and attention to detail). 

Crashing From Heaven will be released next Monday (January 19th). It will be available in softcover on Amazon as well as the usual Nook and Kindle distribution.

The Mines will be available the following Monday (January 26th). Like Crashing, it will be available for softcover and also on Nook/Kindle. 

I won't have any big updates until next Sunday evening when I publish Crashing From Heaven. I'm up to Idaho to visit family and do a little marketing for the next few days. Until then, I hope you enjoy the short stories that have been released in the last week.

Update: The Dead Seas now available

The Dead Seas, a short story taking place in the world of Eretsfel, is up and available on the website. I've also submitted it to Nook and Kindle. They should be available in the morning, and as usual, I'll update the links when they're officially listed. Tomorrow (and possibly stretching into Saturday), I'll work on A Journey South and have it up.

Trevor

The Tradesman Now Uploaded to the Site, Kindle, and Nook

Another quick update. The Tradesman, a short story that takes place in the world of Crystal Palace, is now up on the site and has also been published on Kindle and Nook. I will update the links for the site in the morning when they have officially been listed. I will work on The Dead Seas next, another Crystal Palace short story, but expect it on Thursday rather than tomorrow, though you never know.

Outcast and the Survivor Chapter One Now Available

Just a quick update. I've uploaded the full first chapter of the Outcast and the Survivor chapter-series. I also just published it on Kindle and Nook ($.99 for those who want the convenience of reading it using those devices). I'll update the links for Amazon and Barnes & Noble in the morning once they're officially listed. In the meantime, you can of course read it in full on the site.

Enjoy!

Crystal Palace: The Coming Storm has been published!!!

As promised, here is my Sunday evening update. I have worked tirelessly over the past few days to get everything with the website prepared, including sample pages for all of the works that I am releasing (Crystal Palace, The Mines, Crashing From Heaven, The Outcast & The Survivor Chapter 1, The Dead Seas, The Tradesman, and A Journey South) as well as finalized cover designs.

Now while I prepared everything, I still need to do one final proof for each of these (except for Crystal Palace - see next paragraph). So instead of forcing them all out at once, I'm going to release one a day over the next week (when I say release, I mean both the samples on the website and the Kindle and Nook versions). In addition, there are a couple things around the site that I'm working on still (like graphics that I'm trying to refine). You may notice them, you may not. Overall, I'm loving how the site and everything looks and am excited to go on living a much more normal life in which I do more writing and editing than web and graphic design.

CRYSTAL PALACE!!! This, my golden egg that I've been warming beneath my bum for several months until it was just right, has now finally been published on Amazon for Kindle and softcover copies as well as on Barnes & Noble for the Nook. It should be listed and available tomorrow for the e-copies (though Nook sometimes takes slightly longer than Kindle), and softcover copies will be available later this week (I'll update on when of course). Once they're up on Barnes & Noble and Amazon, I'll update the links on the site and begin much more massive marketing efforts.

It's an exciting yet terrifying time. The thing I look forward to most, however, is simply moving on to my next stories. I've been sitting on a 50,000 word outline of Destiny for over a year, and now I'll be able to finally start drafting! I also look forward to working on a bunch of other shorter works and essays, as well as other aspects of graphic and web design. I've said this to people before, but those of you who follow me from this point forward really are going to be joining me for a journey, so I hope you keep up to date and let people know, because there are few if any young authors doing the things that I'm doing, and I feel that the results speak for themselves.

Expect another update in the next couple days!!