Thanks again to everyone who's been commenting and emailing. KM Ricker, JLY, and I were very encouraged by all of the feedback!
We've spent the last couple of weeks working on the non-writing side of SFA. We called a couple of self-publishing companies and spent a few hours talking to each of them so we could figure out what the best company for us would be. After much debate, we decided to go with Booksurge (as David Dunham even recently recommended). We picked Booksurge for several reasons, including the book size (smaller, and more like real fantasy books), and the price buyers pay (which should end up being lower than other companies). The process takes a couple of months to complete, so when it's available to buy, we'll be happy to let everyone know!
On top of the self-publishing research, JLY and I also spent many (too many?) hours bashing our heads against the RSS feed, but we finally got it working, so SFA now has an RSS feed. Sign up and stay on top of all the upcoming SFA news. =)
Lastly, you might have noticed that SFA has a shiny new Facebook group, so you can join up and discuss SFA on facebook with other readers, or just show your support. =D Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far!
Whew. Well, hopefully this week it'll be back to writing. Rai's prologue will be posted on Friday, so we can see how Eastridge's resident charmer spent his summer. After that, it'll be time to dive into the first chapter!
By the way, there have been a few emails and comments asking about why Fell isn't more involved in Book 1. Originally, we had a few more things planned for him and for the Warrior major, but as it was we felt we were taking too long to get to the actual overarching plot, so we decided to push some of it to the second book.
So, JLY and I have previously talked about this imbalance, and as we're editing the book, we've been looking to see if we can balance the narrative a bit more evenly while still making sense and without getting too side-tracked. So, it's something we've definitely been thinking about and looking into, although I'm not sure what the end result will be. I can, however, say that we've got lots of plans for Fell this year.
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KL
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