Hello riders.
I'm a bit late with my monthly check-in on things. This month has been crazy and it didn't help any that my pharmacy screwed up my meds last week and it has taken me about four days to get back in the order of things. They didn't really do much wrong they just switched one of my night meds to morning and I found I had know ambition for anything. This also meant I wasn't sleeping at night. But I got it straightened around and I'm starting to catch up on the things I got behind on.
I do have a few updates with things that I am working on as of right now, and I wanted to share them with you.
What is in this post:
* Writing Update on The SwordMaster Brothers
* Writing Update on the Tales of Ferrês re-writes
* Audio production Update
* Kickstarter Mini Update
*Writing Goals for July
What is Happening with "The SwordMaster Brothers?
I have been working on this project with several months already. Currently I have all the feedback from the beta readers and words of insights from my editor Allison. The book itself still needs work and I managed to switch things up with chapter 1. Super excited about how it turned out and waiting for additional feedback from beta readers for progress through the rewrites.
As I work through these chapters I have decided to have "The SwordMaster Brothers," be my second Kickstarter I run. It will be a pre-release special edition. That means I will release it on Kickstarter first then will release it a few months later on the store fronts. I won't go as crazy with this Kickstarter as I did with Tales of Ferrês Anniversary Editions. But there will be fun art to collect and I might have two more addition character cards to collect with the Tales of Ferrês ones that will depict two characters from within this world of Tarzinëa.
What's Happening with the Tales of Ferrês Re-Writes?
I officially have "A Father's Protection," done with re-writes and re-edits. I plan to work on "An Elf, a Dragon, and a God's Intervention" and "Bonds of Friendship" this month. If Michelle can have the edits back as fast as she did with "A Father's Protection" then I should have 3 stories done by the end of the month. That means I will have eight more stories to go before I need to fulfill all the orders with the final product. I still plan to run the Kickstarter in August but right now I might not make the 100 followers mark that I wanted. But who knows I can always push it back another month. I don't have everything set in stone.
What is Happening with Tales of Ferrês' Audiobook Production?
Since I have the final draft of "A Father's Protection," I plan to start recording this weekend while Ben and the kids are away. This way I only have to kick my mom out of the house for a few hours on Saturday while I record. Then I have to pray that Teddy won't bark during the recording time. Not sure how long the first initial recording will take. I have to learn the software and get everything set up how I want it. It will be a learning experience but I plan to do it with each story in the Tales of Ferrês short story series, bundle them together, and offer them as a bundled audiobook for distribution. Yes, I am the voice actor or reader as I like to call myself. Not sure how pretty it will be but I would rather do it myself then us AI or someone that doesn't fit the book just right.
Wish me luck... I'm going to need it.
What's Happening with the Tales of Ferrês Kickstarter Campaign?
Right now I am sitting at 86 followers. Since my last update I have only gained 16 more and have been stuck forever at 85. But I looked this morning and there was now 86 so hopefully if I continue to do swaps with other authors.... I will get more followers. If you happen to share it with your family and friends that would be great too. It could help boost my numbers so I would have a better launch when I go live, hopefully.
I did start working on setting up my campaign page. That means I have been working on graphics and getting everything ship-shape. Right now I am waiting on the whole shipping thing until the last moments so I can get the right amount to estimate for each add-on, tier, and product. I think the hardest one to estimate will be the mystery swag boxes. But I know a lot of you are excited about that as an option, sadly though, I will only be able to share those with US backers right now.
Next update is in two weeks. It might happen sooner if I get to 100 followers. Hoping to get the final files this week of the covers for both the wrap and paperback. This way I can order the final proofs after the holiday.
Writing Goals for this Month:
* Re-Write "An Elf, a Dragon, and a God's Intervention" & "Bonds of Friendship"
* Edit "An Elf, a Dragon, and a God's Intervention" & Bonds of Friendship"
*Re-Write the next 2-3 chapters of "The SwordMaster Brothers"
* Keep up with my blog and start writing in a writer's journal each day I write
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I hope you had a wonderful June and I look forward to seeing what we can accomplish this coming July.
Happy 4th of July USA riders!
And Happy July to Everyone Else!
~Katie
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