Subject to change, of course!
Under the gentle prodding of other Indie authors, I have finally put together a launch schedule for the rest of the year. All of these dates are subject to change, of course, and it’s always a good idea to sign up for my newsletter (http://SmartURL.it/BillsWorlds) to get all of the latest info.
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Who? What? When? What is this, Bill? You never call, you never write–I could be dead.
Well, I understand. Truthfully, I’ve been writing my keister off, but not so much on the blog. I really have to get better at this… So, launch information first, and how I got here in another post.
Admiral Overton is crushing all new development at Bloemfontein Yards for all IDF ships that are built or overhauled there. His reasons seem reasonable, but nobody wants to get a ship that has been “Bloemed up”.
LT Zoe Fleischmann and her boss, Commander Brooks sidestep the Admiral to test Zoe’s Gaussian Funnel at the far distant Wolfram system. All goes well until the Admiral shows up in the middle of the test, orders it stopped, and orders the officers back to Earth.
Has Overton gone over to the Swarm? Zoe, Brooks, and the officers of the Malta must figure it out before Overton’s shuttle gets to Wolfram’s Q-Jump point and their careers are ruined. But how can an unarmed freighter hope to catch up to and stop an armed scout-class Admiral’s ship? Zoe has an idea.
Special added bonus: The Science of Gauss, my standard science commentary on the various things I had to look up in order to make the plot work, is incorporated with this work. That’s right–no need to perform a separate download to get the real lowdown on how Gauss came to be.
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Oh, yeah, baby! Finally! My 2014 3DN novella, The Longest Con, is finally in Pre-Order at a special discount price of $1.49.
Covers By Christian
Let me have a moment here to stare at this wonderful Cover by Christian. Mmmmm. Damn, it looks good!
Let me say first that I appreciate everyone that has preordered this already, and thank everyone who is thinking of dropping a buck and a half on my work. Please comment and review–I want to know what my audience thinks about my work.
NOTE: I will be sitting down Feb 18-20 to write another tale (NOT a sequel) set in the same universe, so yes, there will be more.
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There will be a short delay in the pre-order page for The Longest Con. I plan to have it completed and submitted by Super Bowl kickoff (that would be Sunday, Feb 5) I will be posting and hitting the email list with the link as soon as I get it.
Thank you for your patience.
PS–I had a glimpse of the next tale in the Family of Grifters universe. NOT a sequel, or prequel, or any other kind of ‘quell. Just another story, set in the same environment with the same protagonists. Yeah. This one will be fun!
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Way back in September, just after I finished the 3-Day Novel Contest, I looked at my hard drive. I mean, really looked at it. What did I see? Seven novellas, all of which did not make the cut for 3Day (I’m not altogether sanguine about my chances this year, either). Of the group, one will never see the light of day, a second is actually a far-distant sequel to The Honorable Thing, and the third (“Live Wire”) is still in the judging queue.
That left me four novellas, of the seven, that were suitable for self-publication. So I picked one. I then reached out to other 3DN participants. Hey, if I am going down a road, why not have friends along? I have three or more who really want to see how things go with me, then they will join me. Not a problem! One I completely empathize with. I am glad to have a cheerleading squad on the bus with me.
So, I buckled down, shook out the novella, and sent it to a beta reader and an editor. Tremendous feedback returned. Both of them, highly successful professionals, stressed how much more they wanted to know about my characters and demanded sequels. Thus, the Family of Grifters series was born.
The Longest Con was a 2014 3DN entry that garnered zero attention from the judges. But it was both one of my favorites and one of the shorter works I have done. Now, I’ve been asked to add something to it (understandable), and get it published. I engaged one of the great upper mid-range cover artists, Christian Bentulan, to create the first of what I hope will be many covers for the Family of Grifters series. Oh, you want to see it? Here it is!
The Longest Con
Pre-order opens on 2/1/2017, TLC launches on 2/10/2017.
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After months of intensive preparation, it has happened!
Chronicle Worlds: Paradisi has cleared the launch tower!
The Road to Indie has finally reached its first waypoint with my first ebook only story release. From the Amazon description:
From Samuel Peralta, creator of the bestselling ‘Future Chronicles’ speculative fiction anthology series, comes a line of anthologies charting new territories within a shared universe, within already-existing worlds.
In the last decades of the twenty-first century, ten families seeking to escape a devastated Earth focus on constructing spaceships to colonize the world they call New Eden, in the Paradisi System. But the world they claim for their own is already inhabited, and the Ddaerans, although human in appearance, possess abilities that the Founders and their descendants do not…
In this latest title in the acclaimed ‘Future Chronicles’ series of speculative fiction anthologies, twelve authors take us on that incredible journey with adventurers, scientists and colonists, as they push the boundaries against the unknown, against alien civilization, and themselves.
Discover Chronicle Worlds. Discover Paradisi.
CW:P is also special to me for another reason: “Nuking the Noomies,” my story, was selected as the first story in the anthology. I want to thank Samuel Peralta for his trust in my story to lead off this excellent anthology.
Since, occasionally, people want to see more of my writing, I wrote a second short story set within the Paradisi Universe. It was published today, and I urge you to check it out.
Ten Foundering Families exploit the intersection between digital copies of human brains and virtual reality, ‘running’ brains to more efficiently manage their global empires. All seems well, but some of the living humans are having some horrible dreams.
“God’s Sandbox” is available for purchase, but if you attend The Chronicle Worlds:Paradisi Launch Party on November 3rd, I will be giving away copies when I am running the party. Just be there at 7pm (Eastern Time), and check out the party!
All readers who purchase “God’s Sandbox,” receive a free download, “Sciencing God’s Sandbox” where I discuss the various science-related elements of the story.
Wow! It’s been a blast figuring out this new space. Thanks for being there with me, every step of the way.
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Just a short note, because I really have to get my head into this: 3 Day Novel begins at midnight. Follow (if you dare) the maniacal crew from all over the US and Canada (and the world) as we try to write a 30k novella in 72 hours. http://SmartURL.it/3DN_ChatZone
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