Storm of Blood Cover Reveal

Once upon a time I was contacted by a just starting out artist named Cameo Anderson who wanted to draw me some fan art of Tina Storm. I obliged, and you can see this work on art on my Fun Stuff page. After I saw what Cameo could do, I asked her to draw me some more artwork for use as covers.

Today, I am revealing the finished art work.

Ladies and gentlemen and kittens of all ages, I present to you:

Storm Front (Storm Force short stories)

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and

Storm of Blood (Storm Force #1)

Both of these covers are drawn by Cameo. Please support her by visiting:

http://www.wytheria.com/Cameo/ – Illustration portfolio
http://www.wytheria.com/sporepalace/ – writer’s blog/website
https://www.facebook.com/sporepalace?fref=ts – Facebook

Storm of Blood is on Goodreads!

Add it here.

Add iiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

I haven’t put the cover up yet because it’s not final. Also, I put the book on Goodreads because I have been tossing back and forth on whether or not I really want to publish it. Even after paying for custom cover art and editing. Why? Because I’m not sure I want to do this self-publishing thing anymore.

This way I HAVE to publish it. Because one of the things I hate is when self-published authors put their books on Goodreads then never publish them (for whatever reason ).

I will not be one of those people.

Storm of Blood is coming. Soon.

My Experience of Working with a Professional Copy Editor

They will not change your voice.
They will not improve the overall general standard of writing.
What I mean by that is they will not comb through each sentence and rewrite it for you. If your writing is shit, it will still be shit. it will just be readable shit.
They will catch the majority of typos and grammatical errors.
They will fix your punctuation according to the accepted style.
They will tell you when your sentence just sounds stupid.
They will check to see how colloquial your slang is and if it is understandable.
They will tell you to rewrite, but will not rewrite it for you.
They will make sure you don’t use stupid speech tags (SORRY, K!).
They will research the correct terminology and make sure you’re not saying something stupid and/or incorrect.
They will laugh at unintended innuendos.
They will tell you when you’re being cheesy.
They will tell you when they want it to be better.
They will teach you about your own weaknesses, but this does not mean that you won’t need an editor ever again.
They will not be offended when you do not accept a change. After all, they are only advising you. You have the final say on your own product.

The Edge of Darkness Price Drop

I suppose now is as good a time as any to announce that The Edge of Darkness, my deep-space cyberpunk, has dropped to 99c across the board, on Smashwords and thus Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Sony, Diesel, and also on Amazon. It will be available at the cheaper price on the other Amazon stores sometime soon.

This price drop is permanent.

Unless of course, I change my mind.

Enjoy!

And Then It Happened

Well, that’s my NaNoWriMo over for the year.

My computer has died and there’s nothing I can do but wait until it can be fixed. It’s under warranty, but even so, this has definitely put an end to any writing aspirations I’ve had this month.

This may even push back my publishing deadline for Storm of Blood, especially if the computer doesn’t return to me quickly.

To the rest of you: good luck! I’ll be thinking of you as I see your word counts climb and cross the finish line.

Adios.