Volume Four is here!

At long last, the concluding book in the Inner Voices Series is here. I expect delivery from the publisher any day now, and it's already available as an e-book on SmashWords at Balance Restored

It's been a long process and I hope you've enjoyed the series. My next step is to get it better distributed. I'm looking at having it translated for foreign markets and would appreciate any comments you might have on this.

In the meantime, enjoy!

Book Four Almost Here!

The first draft of book four of the Inner Voices series has been completed, and it's gone to the editors. I'm well on track for having the published version ready for September. In fact, I've planned at book launch at the Ottawa Can-Con science fiction convention September 9 - 11, 2011. Here's the link to their page: www.can-con.org I'll also have a table there selling the complete set of books.

Hope to see you there!

Getting into publishing

Well, I've taken the plunge. After getting my books up on both Createspace and Smashwords, and doing the production for the chapbook the writing group I'm in has created, I decide to set up a web site to help others. The new site - www.alderbookpublishing.ca - is designed for authors who want small runs and/or e-books published. I'll be offering a wide range of services so that I can help anyone, from someone who can do most of the work themselves to those who have no experience in publishing.

In the meantime, work on novel four is progressing. I'm about two thirds done the first draft, so I'm still on schedule for getting the book in print by early fall.

Happy Easter

It's been an interesting couple of weeks. I finally got all the ebooks published with Smashwords, and I've even put up a new short story there. I'm giving the short story away free. eBook one is also free, and I've dropped the price for ebooks two and three to 99 cents to see if I can get more people to read them.

I discovered a couple of interesting things this last week while searching to see where the books are online. There's a used copy for sale in England, and a company in New Zealand that is offering my books for sale online there. I think that's neat.

I've been busy this weekend working on book four and it's coming along. Not nearly as fast as I'd like, but then that's writing! LOL

E-book update

Book two is now available. I've very impressed with SmashWords. I had 119 downloads of the first book, but most of those were free. I decided to put a price of $2.99 for the downloads because I want to build up a customer base I can go to an agent with. Five hundred people who paid for the books carries a lot more weight than two thousand free downloads. And I do want to have the writing be my main career.

Book three will be available later in the week, then I'll get back to working on book four. My target is to have it done by the fall. Wish me luck!

Book 1 e-book now available

Wow! They're fast. I submitted book one to Smashwords.com less than an hour ago, and the book is now available!

Time to start on books 2 and 3! LOL

E-versions soon available

I recently discovered SmashWords and will be using them to produce e-versions of the first three books. Once book four is done, it will be available as well.

Book four IS coming along. The past year has been rough, but I'm still working on it. I'll keep everyone up to date as things develop.

I won't be going to many science-fiction cons this year, just CanCon on Ottawa, but if anyone knows of others near Ottawa, please let me know.