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Phoenix
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Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 02, 2012, 08:36:50 AM »
I'm super-psyched about this.
My novel
Children of Sun and Moon
is now available on Amazon Kindle, and should be up on B&N and other formats shortly.
For those interested in ebooks, you can
download the free Kindle app
for your computer or other device even if you haven't yet bought an ereader. Kindle books can be previewed (that is you can download a sample of the book--in my case, it comes out to about 3 and half chapters).
Longterm members may remember when I was first brainstorming the novel, I posted a setting inspired by it called Eclipse. It's grown way beyond those original designs now, but the CBG helped me get the earliest feedback on it. Special thanks to Sparkletwist, my first beta reader, back when the consulting project was going on.
Thanks, all.
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Re: Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 02, 2012, 08:59:45 AM »
I will make sure to grab a copy soon!
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Re: Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 02, 2012, 09:28:19 AM »
oh my god
ed: no seriously, this is incredible! Congratulations on being a published authorial bigwig such as your talents and creativity mandate. Read the plot summary; sounds like a ton of fun.
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Re: Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 02, 2012, 01:40:50 PM »
I know what I'm doing next paycheck - getting kindle app and CoSoM (Heh, your first book's acronym rhymes with Awesome). Major congratulations - this is a huge accomplishment and I'm so glad to hear that you've achieved it!
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Phoenix
Incandescence
Jörmungand
Re: Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 02, 2012, 04:11:17 PM »
Hey, thanks guys!
Xathan
CoSoM (Heh, your first book's acronym rhymes with Awesome).
Whatever happened to that :rofl: smiley?
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Re: Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 02, 2012, 06:56:48 PM »
What Phoenix didn't mention was that I read the beta pretty much in one sitting because I couldn't put it down.
I'm looking forward to diving into the revised final version.
As, for the trilogy bit, this is good news to me! If you want me to beta part 2 as well, consider me already volunteering.
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February 02, 2012, 08:21:55 PM »
Did you self publish, or did you get a backer?
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Phoenix
Incandescence
Jörmungand
Re: Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 02, 2012, 09:22:34 PM »
Xeviat
Did you self publish, or did you get a backer?
It's self-published. Self publishing has become far more viable in the last year and half (speaking as someone who once went to publishing school, that's a scary thought--but an exciting one, too). I know you're a novelist, too, Xev, so PM if you want to discuss my reasons in more depth. There are definite advantages on either side of the fence.
sparkletwist
As, for the trilogy bit, this is good news to me! If you want me to beta part 2 as well, consider me already volunteering.
Glad to hear it ;) And yeah, you got your wish and it became a trilogy. Actually, all of the beta readers said this needs to be a trilogy. Work on book 2 is under way.
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February 07, 2012, 09:40:09 PM »
I posted a copy of the Skyfall Isles map on my
blog
. I figured I'd cross post here. I'm pleased with the work my graphic designer did (especially on the cover).
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February 07, 2012, 09:45:03 PM »
Wait... is this a story set in a "parallel universe" using South East Asia's map?
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February 07, 2012, 11:34:58 PM »
Magnus Pym
Wait... is this a story set in a "parallel universe" using South East Asia's map?
If I understand the cosmology right, it's because the Earth is an unending cycle of being created, destroyed, and re-created again, and this was one of the "earlier iterations" of Earth, which happened to have the same layout and be inhabited by humans, but different cultures.
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February 08, 2012, 06:20:43 AM »
Yes. It's an alternate history, in a mythic past. Kind of like the Hyborean Age in Conan.
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Re: Children of Sun and Moon (Skyfall #1)
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February 10, 2012, 12:59:42 PM »
I was featured as a guest blogger on
Wicked & Tricksy
! This is a great site run by four authors, two published, two aspiring. They talk about the craft of writing mainly, but also about books they like.
My post discusses how I moved from my early drafts of the first Eschaton novel to what became Children of Sun and Moon (originally called Eclipse).
If you're interested in books and writing, I encourage to check out the blog. It's one of my favorites. And if you're not into writing or books, you could always check it out since a CBGer is featured today
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February 17, 2012, 11:42:17 AM »
From Amazon.com Product Description
She knows little of spying, but the blood of the Moon God running through her veins gives her powers mortals can’t match, powers that let her slip into places she’s not supposed to be. Of course, the more she uses her powers, the faster she becomes a lunatic.
That little passage was enough for me to click the buy button.
LUNATIC
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English lunatik < Old French lunatique < Late Latin lūnāticus
moonstruck
. See Luna, -atic
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February 17, 2012, 01:28:03 PM »
Thanks Stryker!
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