What I’m doing and working on NOW
Updated November 8, 2024
Suicide Flats is coming very soon
I’ve completed work on Suicide Flats — a stand-alone novel that takes place in the Gore Point world.
This one surprised me in a bunch of ways. First, it was the first whole book I’ve been able to write in about two years. Administration, life, and blocks have been getting in the way for a while now, and this book finally ended the non-productivity streak.
It was supposed to be exclusive to my last Kickstarter, but instead I’ll give it free to those Kickstarter backers and will sell it widely to everyone else, on my web store and all the usual bookstores.
That should happen the week of November 11th. If you’re reading this and it’s after then and it’s not out yet, oops.
Loving the idea of in-person book events
I already mentioned that I’ll be selling and signing books at RAVE (the Reader Author Vegas Event) in Las Vegas on November 15th, but that’s stopped being from something I’m doing “just because a RAVE table is included with my Author Nation speaker benefits” and has become something I’m actively excited about. I’m not going to phone it in anymore. Now I’m going to DO RAVE for real.
Research into “what I’m supposed to do and how I’m supposed to handle RAVE” has forced me to learn all sorts of things that I’ll be able to transfer to ANY in-person bookselling event. It’s pretty cool. Expect to see more live sales, conventions, and book fairs from me in the future.
Maybe I’ll narrate my own audiobooks
I’ve recorded audio versions of some of my books in the past — all nonfiction. I had to do it in a sweaty little closet to eliminate echoes, and described it as “a real pain in the ass.”
However, I recently recorded audio for a 20,000-word novella for my Kickstarter and found it surprisingly enjoyable and successful. Not only did I not have to work in my closet (I worked at my desk, and the sound turned out great anyway), but I also had fun doing it. I ran it by a friend who listens to a lot of audiobooks and he said it sounded pretty pro. So maybe that’s my audiobook solution: Maybe I’ll narrate my own. We’ll see.