With the release of Soldier of the Crown, it is finally time to polish Beyond the Rails. Accordingly, you will find that Beyond the Rails is temporarily unavailable on amazon.com. It has been sixteen months since it was published, and I have learned a great many things since then. Accordingly, I am in the process of updating the typeface, correcting misspellings and typos, and putting in all the hyphens that I didn't bother with the first time through. I have found one or two inconsistencies that need to be addressed, and the finished product will be an altogether tighter product than it was before. The most glaring error has to be my misspelling of "expatriates" on the back cover. The fact that no one has called me on it in sixteen months could be the subject of a study on modern literacy, but I won't be conducting it. Time, it's always about time.
As to the covers, I am still on track with my cover artist. You have read of our adventures in recent posts. We have been in contact since, and there is no misunderstanding, no falling out. My decision to go with the original cover gives her a chance to catch her breath and recover from her recent bout with a particularly nasty flu. We have decided to release both books (possibly concurrent with the third, Slayer of Darkness) as a simultaneous package in the future. No dates have been discussed yet, but updates will appear on this blog, so stay tuned.
As to the future of the series, I am well into chapter 5 of the third book, Slayer of Darkness. It will be more novel-like than the first two story collections, but still not quite a novel... At least, that's my intention now. This could get out of hand on me and go another direction, but updates will appear here, so again, stay tuned.
And that's going to do it for now. Must get back to work! Look for Book One updated tonight or early tomorrow, and Book Three around New Year, 2016. Book Two you can get now, so what are you waiting for? See you soon!
~ "Blimprider"
As to the covers, I am still on track with my cover artist. You have read of our adventures in recent posts. We have been in contact since, and there is no misunderstanding, no falling out. My decision to go with the original cover gives her a chance to catch her breath and recover from her recent bout with a particularly nasty flu. We have decided to release both books (possibly concurrent with the third, Slayer of Darkness) as a simultaneous package in the future. No dates have been discussed yet, but updates will appear on this blog, so stay tuned.
As to the future of the series, I am well into chapter 5 of the third book, Slayer of Darkness. It will be more novel-like than the first two story collections, but still not quite a novel... At least, that's my intention now. This could get out of hand on me and go another direction, but updates will appear here, so again, stay tuned.
And that's going to do it for now. Must get back to work! Look for Book One updated tonight or early tomorrow, and Book Three around New Year, 2016. Book Two you can get now, so what are you waiting for? See you soon!
~ "Blimprider"