It's done!
It's printing!
It's finished!
Return of the Outcast is finally published in paperback edition!
This one was a difficult editing process. But it's finally done!
I'm so happy!
This means...War of the Zealot is officially over.
But the story has just begun...
Showing posts with label War of the Zealot Empire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War of the Zealot Empire. Show all posts
Sunday, December 21, 2014
News!
Okay, this time it's really news.
This is real news.
IT'S REAL NEWS!
Tomorrow, Monday, December 22 of 2014...
Return of the Outcast shall be released in Paperback format!!!!!
DUN DUN DUN!!!
Do you know what this means?
It means the final book of War of the Zealot Empire will be finished!
Not only that, it'll be published!
Everything is falling into place!
I'm so excited!
I'll post more information tomorrow when it's finally published!
Also...as requested...the excerpt!
This is real news.
IT'S REAL NEWS!
Tomorrow, Monday, December 22 of 2014...
Return of the Outcast shall be released in Paperback format!!!!!
DUN DUN DUN!!!
Do you know what this means?
It means the final book of War of the Zealot Empire will be finished!
Not only that, it'll be published!
Everything is falling into place!
I'm so excited!
I'll post more information tomorrow when it's finally published!
Also...as requested...the excerpt!
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
I'm Bored
For those of you who were not aware, there is a blog of War of the Zealot Empire. And I have finally gotten back to updating chapters.
You should go ahead and check it out if you are looking for something to read.
Anyways...
No surprise, it's raining here in Japan.
I'm a bit tired, but overwhelmed with writing ideas.
I can't seem to focus on homework with all of these ideas running around in my head.
All the while...I can hear somebody's music faintly outside.
I don't wanna close the window though. It'll get too stuffy in my room.
So...here I am...trapped at my desk, wondering what to do with all of these ideas.
You should go ahead and check it out if you are looking for something to read.
Anyways...
No surprise, it's raining here in Japan.
I'm a bit tired, but overwhelmed with writing ideas.
I can't seem to focus on homework with all of these ideas running around in my head.
All the while...I can hear somebody's music faintly outside.
I don't wanna close the window though. It'll get too stuffy in my room.
So...here I am...trapped at my desk, wondering what to do with all of these ideas.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Update: Vesuvius' Revenge Picture...maybe?
Okay...so I finished this picture of a zealot helmet.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!
It's going to be a "chapter starter" for Vesuvius' Revenge.
I won't be sharing it yet because nothing is official.
I am sharing my excitement cause I'm too excited not to tell somebody.
I still have this one last step...
Because the zealot lore came out of Andrew Gray's head...there is a bit of artistic distinction that needs to be made with it.
So...in the next few hours, I will be waiting for his response regarding the picture's "accuracy" to actual zealot helmets.
I have a feeling it will not be quite what he had in mind.
But...it's got artistic value. So, who gives a fuck right? :P
But, I'm a formal coworker with this coauthor, so I'm going to wait for his response before I start turning this into actual paperwork.
In the end, I have been trying to work on this for months. It has been really hard for me to do. Visual art isn't really my best...style?
I can make some stuff easily...but some of it just doesn't come easily to me.
...
What? You want to see it?
No...I probably shouldn't...
...
I...I dunno...
...
Okay, you twisted my arm. I'll show you a draft version of what I am working with!
This is not the finished piece though. This is just a draft version...
It's one of more than ten drafts that I went through to get to the final piece...
Don't hold your breath, Andrew Gray is pretty busy. So, we'll just have to wait and see what he thinks of it.
...
Again...not the final piece, so it is a bit more refined than this blocky piece.
What do you think of this draft piece?
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!
It's going to be a "chapter starter" for Vesuvius' Revenge.
I won't be sharing it yet because nothing is official.
I am sharing my excitement cause I'm too excited not to tell somebody.
I still have this one last step...
Because the zealot lore came out of Andrew Gray's head...there is a bit of artistic distinction that needs to be made with it.
So...in the next few hours, I will be waiting for his response regarding the picture's "accuracy" to actual zealot helmets.
I have a feeling it will not be quite what he had in mind.
But...it's got artistic value. So, who gives a fuck right? :P
But, I'm a formal coworker with this coauthor, so I'm going to wait for his response before I start turning this into actual paperwork.
In the end, I have been trying to work on this for months. It has been really hard for me to do. Visual art isn't really my best...style?
I can make some stuff easily...but some of it just doesn't come easily to me.
...
What? You want to see it?
No...I probably shouldn't...
...
I...I dunno...
...
Okay, you twisted my arm. I'll show you a draft version of what I am working with!
It's one of more than ten drafts that I went through to get to the final piece...
Don't hold your breath, Andrew Gray is pretty busy. So, we'll just have to wait and see what he thinks of it.
...
Again...not the final piece, so it is a bit more refined than this blocky piece.
What do you think of this draft piece?
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Vesuvius' Revenge
Vesuvius' Revenge is just about finished.
Next step is publication...
So, we are debating on a publish date.
As soon as that is decided, we will let you know.
Next step is publication...
So, we are debating on a publish date.
As soon as that is decided, we will let you know.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Special Edition: The Artist
So, want to know more about what's going into the special edition?
Okay, we'll give you a tease.
Our illustrator is Akasha Orzora.
She is a talented artist and has many flashy and beautiful pictures.
She will be making about 10 pictures per each book.
I met her in junior college, though we have not seen each other in a long time.
I am excited to be working with her.
Andrew and I are excited to make this special edition version of War of the Zealot Empire.
Okay, we'll give you a tease.
Our illustrator is Akasha Orzora.
She is a talented artist and has many flashy and beautiful pictures.
She will be making about 10 pictures per each book.
I met her in junior college, though we have not seen each other in a long time.
I am excited to be working with her.
Andrew and I are excited to make this special edition version of War of the Zealot Empire.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Special Edition Project Planning
So we are planning on making a special edition version of every book of War of the Zealot Empire.
Heard of that project yet?
Well it's coming!
Maybe in two summers though...
We do not have any deadlines set nor any kind of short term timeline for this.
It will not even commence until after "Return of the Outcast" is completed. Since that is the last book of the series, after all.
This project will be done book by book. We have an illustrator we are talking to about the projects we want to do, and what we want in them.
Heard of that project yet?
Well it's coming!
Maybe in two summers though...
We do not have any deadlines set nor any kind of short term timeline for this.
It will not even commence until after "Return of the Outcast" is completed. Since that is the last book of the series, after all.
This project will be done book by book. We have an illustrator we are talking to about the projects we want to do, and what we want in them.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Publication Update
I keep on keeping on...I think...
Yea, I don't really know what I meant by that...
I am in a really weird zone...
My mindset is far beyond me right now...
Out of my control...
And so...I am doing something crazy...
I am setting a due date for Fall of the Honor Guard (War of the Zealot Empire #4) and I am going to tell you it now...
July 26, 2014 will be the official release date of this book. It will definitely be available in paperback.
(eBook format and hardcover will be available later)
Isn't this exciting?
My head is spinning...
We still have another chapter or so to go before we can even send it to print...
And I'm telling you it's going to be availble in 16 days!
OH MY GAWD IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN 16 DAYS AND I HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS YET!
Yea, I don't really know what I meant by that...
I am in a really weird zone...
My mindset is far beyond me right now...
Out of my control...
And so...I am doing something crazy...
I am setting a due date for Fall of the Honor Guard (War of the Zealot Empire #4) and I am going to tell you it now...
July 26, 2014 will be the official release date of this book. It will definitely be available in paperback.
(eBook format and hardcover will be available later)
Isn't this exciting?
My head is spinning...
We still have another chapter or so to go before we can even send it to print...
And I'm telling you it's going to be availble in 16 days!
OH MY GAWD IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN 16 DAYS AND I HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS YET!
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Think...Think...Think... I cannot!
I think...
I think...
Sorry, I got a hiccup in my thought process.
It seems to be happening to me quite often lately.
I almost repeated a scene from Dorm Haze right into the second book, which seems dumb...
So, I need to find my focus and make these mind hiccups go away.
Anybody got a good scare?
LOL
Any hiccup curing ideas? It has to apply to mental...not real hiccups.
You know?
Kay...so anyways...
Now that I remember...what I was talking about...
No...I don't remember...I was thinking about...
Oh right! I was thinking about publication and stuff...because there has been timing issues and hiccups in my brains...
My coauthor and I had hoped to have "Fall of the Honor Guard" published sometime this month...but I am starting to worry about whether this book will even be finished by the end of this month. It is getting quite difficult to finish.
I mean...we only have about three more chapters to go, but it moving very slowly due to time constraints with the rest of our lives and the hiccups happening to our tired minds.
I might have to take a break from writing this summer to rest up and juice up for the fall school semester.
NAH!
You know I cannot resist writing, no more than a nerd can resist reading their favorite novel over the summer vacation.
Besides, my summer vacation will be longer than most Americans' summer vacation will be. My semester won't even start until October.
Sooo...I guess this comes full circle and I am finally reminded of what I started this post for.
Publication dates are...far away...
Since Fall of the Honor Guard is not yet finished, and we are not entirely sure of how long it will take us to finish the last few chapters. (We really really want this final piece to be perfect before we finally publish the entire series.) So we will not be releasing publication dates for a while.
We do not want to mess up, under the possibility that it might take us longer than expected to finish "Fall of the Honor Guard"
So, we still do not know when we will be publishing the last of the "War of the Zealot Empire" series.
We won't publish book 5 before book 4...so it only makes sense that "Vesuvius' Revenge" and "Return of the Outcast" must wait for the completion of "Fall of the Honor Guard" so sorry...
I think...
Sorry, I got a hiccup in my thought process.
It seems to be happening to me quite often lately.
I almost repeated a scene from Dorm Haze right into the second book, which seems dumb...
So, I need to find my focus and make these mind hiccups go away.
Anybody got a good scare?
LOL
Any hiccup curing ideas? It has to apply to mental...not real hiccups.
You know?
Kay...so anyways...
Now that I remember...what I was talking about...
No...I don't remember...I was thinking about...
Oh right! I was thinking about publication and stuff...because there has been timing issues and hiccups in my brains...
My coauthor and I had hoped to have "Fall of the Honor Guard" published sometime this month...but I am starting to worry about whether this book will even be finished by the end of this month. It is getting quite difficult to finish.
I mean...we only have about three more chapters to go, but it moving very slowly due to time constraints with the rest of our lives and the hiccups happening to our tired minds.
I might have to take a break from writing this summer to rest up and juice up for the fall school semester.
NAH!
You know I cannot resist writing, no more than a nerd can resist reading their favorite novel over the summer vacation.
Besides, my summer vacation will be longer than most Americans' summer vacation will be. My semester won't even start until October.
Sooo...I guess this comes full circle and I am finally reminded of what I started this post for.
Publication dates are...far away...
Since Fall of the Honor Guard is not yet finished, and we are not entirely sure of how long it will take us to finish the last few chapters. (We really really want this final piece to be perfect before we finally publish the entire series.) So we will not be releasing publication dates for a while.
We do not want to mess up, under the possibility that it might take us longer than expected to finish "Fall of the Honor Guard"
So, we still do not know when we will be publishing the last of the "War of the Zealot Empire" series.
We won't publish book 5 before book 4...so it only makes sense that "Vesuvius' Revenge" and "Return of the Outcast" must wait for the completion of "Fall of the Honor Guard" so sorry...
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Slowing down...way way down...
Phew...
That last story kicked my ass. I didn't realize that posting the stories and trying to keep up with them on formatting of the blog would be more work than the initial writing. Seriously!
Taboo was 34 chapters long and so I'm not gonna do that to you again with Dragon's Love. It's shorter. Maybe like 25 chapters.
So... Dragon's Love is coming, I'm just having some issues.
Microsoft Office is an amazing software.
But I don't have it....
On my new computer...
So I must resort to the old one...
The old one was cast aside for a reason.
So many many problems, I cannot even explain.
Anyways, I am slowly working on getting you the chapters of that book. It'll take a little time to get that set up.
I've got some important updates though.
We are almost finished with book 3 of War of the Zealot Empire, which is Vesuvius' Rise. Books 4, 5, & 6 are already on their way. But those won't come out in print until after book 3.
I cannot wait for this either.
Also, I would like to thank those of you who have stuck with me through readings, books, and blogs. You are a small few but you have stuck with me. ^_^ Some of you I have even come to know by name.
I feels the love!!!
So...I am slowing down on posting chapters to this blog. I will be updating my other blogs shortly. Formatting requires Microsoft Word, and I do not have that on a functioning computer. :(
Until Next time...
That last story kicked my ass. I didn't realize that posting the stories and trying to keep up with them on formatting of the blog would be more work than the initial writing. Seriously!
Taboo was 34 chapters long and so I'm not gonna do that to you again with Dragon's Love. It's shorter. Maybe like 25 chapters.
So... Dragon's Love is coming, I'm just having some issues.
Microsoft Office is an amazing software.
But I don't have it....
On my new computer...
So I must resort to the old one...
The old one was cast aside for a reason.
So many many problems, I cannot even explain.
Anyways, I am slowly working on getting you the chapters of that book. It'll take a little time to get that set up.
I've got some important updates though.
We are almost finished with book 3 of War of the Zealot Empire, which is Vesuvius' Rise. Books 4, 5, & 6 are already on their way. But those won't come out in print until after book 3.
I cannot wait for this either.
Also, I would like to thank those of you who have stuck with me through readings, books, and blogs. You are a small few but you have stuck with me. ^_^ Some of you I have even come to know by name.
I feels the love!!!
So...I am slowing down on posting chapters to this blog. I will be updating my other blogs shortly. Formatting requires Microsoft Word, and I do not have that on a functioning computer. :(
Until Next time...
Friday, December 6, 2013
Update about War of the Zealot Empire
I just wanted to post a little something updating you about the works me and my partner Andrew Gray have been working on.
(click on that little link provided to see his facebook page)
So, here it is!
(click on that little link provided to see his facebook page)
So, here it is!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Rising to the Occasion: It's coming along great!
Oh man! Now I'm getting worked up over book 3 of War of the Zealot Empire...
It's been many months since Andrew Gray and I began writing this epilogue...
It was originally going to be a trilogy, until we decided that this last book had to be divided in two.
We just started this story about a week or so ago and already we are working on chapter 5. It's got an exciting pace for us so far.
I am liking both the character types and the way these two characters "get along" or rather don't...
I think this one will turn out to be as good as Entangled Heart was, especially since it focuses very closely on two characters. At least the first quarter of the story mostly focuses on Vesuvius' perspective though, giving us a little more time to build characters before grand reveals to the reader as Vesuvius discovers and uncovers what makes this other character who they are.
To read Vesuvius' Rise (yea that's how you know the main character's name, but we're trying to veer towards names that are google friendly) just go to the blog!
It's been many months since Andrew Gray and I began writing this epilogue...
It was originally going to be a trilogy, until we decided that this last book had to be divided in two.
We just started this story about a week or so ago and already we are working on chapter 5. It's got an exciting pace for us so far.
I am liking both the character types and the way these two characters "get along" or rather don't...
I think this one will turn out to be as good as Entangled Heart was, especially since it focuses very closely on two characters. At least the first quarter of the story mostly focuses on Vesuvius' perspective though, giving us a little more time to build characters before grand reveals to the reader as Vesuvius discovers and uncovers what makes this other character who they are.
To read Vesuvius' Rise (yea that's how you know the main character's name, but we're trying to veer towards names that are google friendly) just go to the blog!
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Random Excitement
WOO I went over 1000 views today!
WOO I just made a break through for Red Dragon!
WOO Chapter 1 of the new book (War of the Zealot Empire) is coming out soon! How soon? Prolly once we decide on a name for it...that's about how long it'll take...
(It's an epic adventure/romance...it needs an epic name of sorts)
WOO new story!
...
...
...
wait...
...
...
...
why do I keep getting these projects?
...
Sigh...yes it's true... I'm a story whore...
I have a new assassin story coming out that will be unlike any story I've done before or am doing...
1) it's a badass assassin
2) it's modern day
3) I won't release it for the next month I think...
Anyways...
...
Let me think a moment I got side tracked there.
Chapter 6 of Dorm Haze has been slow to come out, because of a question I ask myself every time I am faced with particular scenes...
Should I really publish it like this?
I eventually come to the conclusion that yes I should...
Then I resume writing...
Overall I think it'll be an interesting taste for a chapter...since you haven't been FULLY introduced to Oriantios' mentality and the relationship between him and Principal Seri...in this series
(That doesn't include Love Me Til You Leave Me)
If you don't know what I'm talking about, go read this book at the Accursed Love blog.
WOO I just made a break through for Red Dragon!
WOO Chapter 1 of the new book (War of the Zealot Empire) is coming out soon! How soon? Prolly once we decide on a name for it...that's about how long it'll take...
(It's an epic adventure/romance...it needs an epic name of sorts)
WOO new story!
...
...
...
wait...
...
...
...
why do I keep getting these projects?
...
Sigh...yes it's true... I'm a story whore...
I have a new assassin story coming out that will be unlike any story I've done before or am doing...
1) it's a badass assassin
2) it's modern day
3) I won't release it for the next month I think...
Anyways...
...
Let me think a moment I got side tracked there.
Chapter 6 of Dorm Haze has been slow to come out, because of a question I ask myself every time I am faced with particular scenes...
Should I really publish it like this?
I eventually come to the conclusion that yes I should...
Then I resume writing...
Overall I think it'll be an interesting taste for a chapter...since you haven't been FULLY introduced to Oriantios' mentality and the relationship between him and Principal Seri...in this series
(That doesn't include Love Me Til You Leave Me)
If you don't know what I'm talking about, go read this book at the Accursed Love blog.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Sins of an Empire
Sins of an Empire is officially published...
In paperback...
I still have work to do to get it into hard cover...phew...
But, you can buy it now in paperback, or you can wait for hard cover to come out (hard cover is nicer, I know from experience).
Or just check out the link to see the really cool looking cover...
It took a lot of ingenuity to come up with the idea for the cover...was somewhat basic to put together...
EXCEPT FOR THE FIGURES...
They were really hard to make because it had to be a plain black and white figure to work...so I made it from scratch on paint...and now it looks all pretty...
I mean, this took hours to do!
I had to compile the figures first, then I had to come up with a colorful idea...
Just coming up with the idea for the figures was hard enough...
I literally had 8 different cover selections for this bit...mostly surrounding these figures and varying colored patterns...I was going to do purple...but then moonlight stuck in my head and it seemed like a perfect "mood" to reflect the story...
As if the nude figures did not hint enough at that...
If you don't know what I'm talking about, either you didn't look at the cover art yet or you haven't the focus to see what that is...
Anyways...Sins of an Empire is published and I'm done for the day...good night, sleep well...
Everybody have fun the next day...which some of you probably are depending upon your time range...
Mine is Pacific time...so midnight...fun times...
In paperback...
I still have work to do to get it into hard cover...phew...
But, you can buy it now in paperback, or you can wait for hard cover to come out (hard cover is nicer, I know from experience).
Or just check out the link to see the really cool looking cover...
It took a lot of ingenuity to come up with the idea for the cover...was somewhat basic to put together...
EXCEPT FOR THE FIGURES...
They were really hard to make because it had to be a plain black and white figure to work...so I made it from scratch on paint...and now it looks all pretty...
I mean, this took hours to do!
I had to compile the figures first, then I had to come up with a colorful idea...
Just coming up with the idea for the figures was hard enough...
I literally had 8 different cover selections for this bit...mostly surrounding these figures and varying colored patterns...I was going to do purple...but then moonlight stuck in my head and it seemed like a perfect "mood" to reflect the story...
As if the nude figures did not hint enough at that...
If you don't know what I'm talking about, either you didn't look at the cover art yet or you haven't the focus to see what that is...
Anyways...Sins of an Empire is published and I'm done for the day...good night, sleep well...
Everybody have fun the next day...which some of you probably are depending upon your time range...
Mine is Pacific time...so midnight...fun times...
Saturday, November 9, 2013
I'm Busy... Gotta Publish!
It's official! I and my partner have finished "Sins of an Empire!"
Phew! What a relief!
Or not...
I'm writer and publisher U_U
That means my job isn't done.
I have to format and layout everything...
I have to check and double check font and spacing in each chapter...
I have to set up the page numbering so that it lines up and looks the same as well as footers and headers...
I have to make a new copyright page for this book...
I need a new set of first pages...
I finally made chapter starters for this...very simple...kind of elegant...but the same thing for each chapter by proxy...
But now the biggest thing of all and its a great challenge with every book I publish...
It's the cover art...
I can't just google stuff and throw it together...
1) it has to look nice
2) it has to be eye catching
3) it cannot be something with a copyright that arguably belongs to somebody else...
4) it needs to be large enough to fit the cover page...
5) it needs both author names and the title of the book...
6) ISBN!!!
7) I have to make sure none of the words will bleed off the cover...I had that issue with the hardcover of Devil's Grace for a time...
8) most importantly...the cover has to actually hint at the scenery, ideas, themes, etc. of the story
So as you can see, I am very stressed out...I have a lot to do for this book.
In the mean time, that has put a lot of stalling on books. So I am apologizing for those...
I'm not apologizing for Dorm Haze...that one is on a roll and there is no stopping it. It's basically what I do during my relax time.
You should be getting the next chapter in the next week or something like that...
If you have any questions, comments, worries, concerns, troubles, increments of doubt, necessary quarries, qualms, digital unawareness, kindly/unkindly thoughts, judgments, reviews, inquiries, displacements, or anything else you need to get out of your system....
Please to use the comment box...
Phew! What a relief!
Or not...
I'm writer and publisher U_U
That means my job isn't done.
I have to format and layout everything...
I have to check and double check font and spacing in each chapter...
I have to set up the page numbering so that it lines up and looks the same as well as footers and headers...
I have to make a new copyright page for this book...
I need a new set of first pages...
I finally made chapter starters for this...very simple...kind of elegant...but the same thing for each chapter by proxy...
But now the biggest thing of all and its a great challenge with every book I publish...
It's the cover art...
I can't just google stuff and throw it together...
1) it has to look nice
2) it has to be eye catching
3) it cannot be something with a copyright that arguably belongs to somebody else...
4) it needs to be large enough to fit the cover page...
5) it needs both author names and the title of the book...
6) ISBN!!!
7) I have to make sure none of the words will bleed off the cover...I had that issue with the hardcover of Devil's Grace for a time...
8) most importantly...the cover has to actually hint at the scenery, ideas, themes, etc. of the story
So as you can see, I am very stressed out...I have a lot to do for this book.
In the mean time, that has put a lot of stalling on books. So I am apologizing for those...
- I Am Woman
- Red Dragon
- Dragon's Blood
- A Boy Named Cy
- Blood
- Dragon Girl
- Ed
- Jatova
- Love Me Til You Leave Me
I'm not apologizing for Dorm Haze...that one is on a roll and there is no stopping it. It's basically what I do during my relax time.
You should be getting the next chapter in the next week or something like that...
If you have any questions, comments, worries, concerns, troubles, increments of doubt, necessary quarries, qualms, digital unawareness, kindly/unkindly thoughts, judgments, reviews, inquiries, displacements, or anything else you need to get out of your system....
Please to use the comment box...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Sins of an Empire Update
Here's the most recent chapter of the story...
Sins of an Empire: Chapter 16 ~ Telemechus' Girl: Eleji was listening to the zealots discuss a battle plan when she heard music begin to play. There was a flute, accompanied by drums, ...
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