Friday Freebie
Meet Captain Quasar, a cross between James T. Kirk and Dudley Do-Right—except in Quasar's case, things seldom ever go right...
Meet Captain Quasar, a cross between James T. Kirk and Dudley Do-Right—except in Quasar's case, things seldom ever go right...
It's re-release day, and that means every novel in my Spirits of the Earth trilogy and Captain Quasar Chronicles has officially been unshackled from its former publisher + Kindle Unlimited and is now available everywhere books are sold. Click each cover for a direct link to my Payhip store as well as links to Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, and Kobo:
The 50K mark went flying by this past week, which makes my current work-in-progress officially a (short) novel. If I had to guess, I'd say it's maybe 10K away from the finish line. And I'm planning to complete the first draft over the next week because...Spring Break!
With a May release looming on the horizon, now's as good a time as any to share the cover art and blurb with you. So here they are, in all their glory. No pre-order option yet, but if you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll be the first to know when Vic Boyo's Book 3 is released into the wild.
1933, New York City: Prohibition may be over, but that doesn't mean things have cooled down any for our intrepid hero—even when a massive blizzard strikes the Big Apple hard. Good thing Boyo's always got his trusty heater. When an old flame shows up on his doorstep seeking help, Boyo promises to do everything in his power to protect her. Problem is, she's not telling him the whole story, and before Boyo knows it, he's caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between powerful political and underworld forces who aren't playing pattycake. No, they're playing for keepsies.
All of my short story collections are now available wherever eBooks are sold, so that means I've got a new section for them in my Payhip store. When you buy direct, more of the purchase price goes to the author instead of a massive megacorporation, and the author gets paid immediately instead of having to wait a couple months to see those royalties. You also get an actual EPUB copy of the book to keep instead of just a license to view the content on your device. Sounds like a real win-win, don't you think?
But since I like giving my readers all sorts of options, you'll also find these collections on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, Kobo and everywhere else. A few of the books are even free. How about that?
I've passed the 30K mark on my current work-in-progress, and things are shaping up nicely. Been doing a lot of plotting on this one. Not sure if that means I'm getting old and scatterbrained or just more organized. I don't know how I used to draft 100K manuscripts without notes. This one will probably end up being between 50-60K, and I've had to outline almost every scene in order to keep track of what I'm writing about. But it's turning out well, and that's what matters. Slow-going, as seems to be the case lately, but every step in the right direction is progress.
In other news, all of the eBooks in my Captain Quasar and Spirits of the Earth trilogies are formatted and ready to go. Next up will be the paperbacks. I'm planning to release them all at the same time, most likely in April to coincide with my turning half a century old. Something to celebrate.
Next week, each of my short story collections will be dropping out of KU and going wide, so they'll be available wherever you buy such things—including my Payhip store. Coyote Cal has new cover art, which might be my favorite so far. I also tinkered around with BackTracker's cover again (since I was in cover-tinkering mode), and I'm thinking this one's a keeper.
Now to plant myself in the study and see if I can churn out a thousand words or so...