Bits and pieces!

I was going to enter a writing contest based on the classic fairy tale of sleeping beauty, but in deciding I am not author enough to compete therein, I have published my two attempts at remaking the classic tale in 'Over the Hills and Far Away,' for the more serious tale and made a Foible out of the other.  Look for 'On Sleeping Beauties: A Foible.' at smashwords, apple, and barnes and noble soon!

I have also released my fourth 'In Shadow' book, 'Captain of Shadow,' so forget the preorder.  It has also been released at Amazon in both stand alone and as part of the complete collection.  Enjoy!

To preorder or not to preorder?

Well we are a day older and a day closer to the release of my new preorder and I don't think anybody cares, when I was assured this preorder thing was the best thing since sliced bread, but then store-bought sliced bread isn't all that great either, so maybe I'll just take my chances next time and release the book when I'm done with it.  It's a great little trick to rack up opening day sales for big name authors, but for us nobodies, it really is kind of silly!

No trick, just a treat!

Get a free copy of my new book, 'Captain of Shadow,' but act fast, like good chocolate, this deal won't last long.  Use coupon code MX94P at smashwords.com before Oct. 21!

Perks

The book is done and scheduled for release on November 1st, but if you have the entire 'In Shadow' collection in one volume and are actually excited about this book, you might want to update your copy:)

Dipping a toe in

So I have tried 'draft to digital' with one book, limiting distribution to a bookseller called Tolino since it is already everywhere else with smashwords, and I'm still having trouble publishing a multivolume set in one volume, even with their automated system.  Smashwords has a 'style guide' that is rather extensive, but once tried, is not difficult to implement though more complicated books are still rather indigestible to their 'meat grinder.'  D2D boasts that it has no style guide save your own, which has its own set of problems.  I cannot say that I am so impressed I am going to bother switching over quite yet, but we'll see once I try updating my 'In Shadow,' box set when the new book comes out.

Update: it seems that though D2D does not have a style guide, they have a style guide, go figure.  I'll be sticking with smashwords rather than reinventing the wheel.