Books that are Coming Soon & Writing Progress with Kickstarter Updates!

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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End of the Month Check-In: Accomplishments, Short Comings, & What's in Store!

Greetings riders. This is my first of many monthly updates I plan to share with you all. As for this month I have gone through “The SwordMaster Brothers” and finished editing and rewriting the first chapter. I wanted to get farther along in it, but was distracted by trying to get “A Father’s Protection” ready for audiobook recording.

Yeah, did I tell you I am in the works of editing “Tales of Ferrês,” to where I can record it myself for audiobook. I planned to include it in my Kickstarter campaign but I'm not sure how long that will take to complete. So, as of right now, I plan to keep it on a tier until I launch. I want to see how far I can get into the book before I commit to having it included for sure.

As for my short story with Mazu, I plan to break it into three parts. The first part will be shorter than the rest due to it being in Meisha’s POV. She didn’t have as long a POV in the story as Mazu and Blake did. This means I will share the first part of the story tomorrow. 

I will continue to share short stories on the last Wednesday of every month. This way it is on a schedule you can enjoy. As for the story I am working on I have it about halfway done. This means that I should stay on schedule, mostly with the releases.

The story after “Mazu’s Hatchling Adventure” will be Filthas Dengotta’s story with him featured inside the Forest of Ferrês. Super excited to see what happens in this story. If you want to read it before it releases here on my blog I would suggest you head over to my Kickstarter Pre-launch page and click NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH to get access to all my updates and the launch announcement. 

This is all I have to share with you this month. I hope you all had a wonderful May and look forward to a hot and grueling June. The boys’ birthdays are sneaking up fast and I've got to get things ready for that. But until next time, I wish you a safe flight and enjoy your journey. 

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Tales of Ferrês Kickstarter Update: What is coming in the mail?

Hi readers. Today I am dropping an update on my Kickstarter as it is going so far. Right now I am sitting at 60 Followers. Trying to get to 100 before August 11th. If you would share it around that would be great, or even follow the campaign by clicking NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH if you are interested in getting special anniversary editions of my Tales of Ferrês bundle book. 

I re-did my pre-launch page last week. It looks even prettier now that I got all the graphic updates with the sprayed edges and additional ones that depict the book perfectly. Head over to check it out to see if you find it as special as I do. 

I started working on the story part of my launch page when it goes live. Not even halfway done with it yet but I am getting there. This way, if I hit 100 followers before August I am ready to go if I want to launch it sooner.

Not sure when my proofs are going to come in the mail with the sprayed edges and foiled covers. Hoping it will be before the next update. That way I can show you a video of the final product. But you will have to access the video from my pre-launch page over on Kickstarter. Sorry but I can’t give everything away without getting you to join the fun.

As for the next two weeks, I plan to do more Kickstarter Swaps with like-minded authors and work on Filthas Dengotta’s story so it is ready for when I hit 75 followers. Yeah, I created a reward tier system on my pre-launch page. I also plan to showcase one of the character cards I plan to offer with specific tiers in the Kickstarter when I hit 75 followers.

So far I have little to share this week but I hope you all are getting excited about this Kickstarter as much as I am. Check out one of the trope graphics below and check out my pre-launch page to get all the new updates and the launch announcement. 

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Tales of Ferrês Kickstarter Insights!

Greeting’s o’ sweet travelers. I am back with an update on my Kickstarter for you all. It has been a few weeks since I last checked in. Things have taken root as I have achieved 55 followers over on my Tales of Ferrês Prelaunch Page. 

A new thing I have been doing is setting goals for followers to help share the campaign to get stuff only followers can get. The first thing I offered was the first part of Filthas Dengotta’s story that I plan to release here on the blog later this year. As of right now I will release part two to my followers when I hit 70 followers in total. I am including a reveal for one of the character cards I plan to offer for rewards. 

This hasn’t been shared with anyone yet so I thought it would be something fun to get people more involved with the campaign. My update so far is on how I got the normal editions for paperback and hardcover finished. They are ready to hit the stores but I won’t publish them until after the campaign. These books won’t have foil covers, sprayed edges, or any character art. They will be basic formatted editions.

As for the foiled cover and sprayed edges paperback edition, I have ordered proof copies. I should receive them in the next week. Super excited to see how they turned out. But I am still working on the hardcover edition since I have to create the foiled cover for the case-bound cover itself. Then I have to see if the sprayed edges from the paperback will work on the hardcover edition too. Not sure because I am not sure if they are the same size. I forgot what size I put the paperback edition too. But, o’ well. 

I hope you are all enjoying your fresh start to this month and look forward to sharing more progress on this campaign as time goes on.

Until next time travelers I fare thee well,

~ Katie

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