Okay, so I’m an idiot. This is not news to those of you who know me. When submitting DWTT apparently under “contributors” I didn’t add myself as the author, because I thought putting myself as the publisher and everything else covered that. I thought contributors was for the additional people that helped. So, after 24 hours of submissions I finally got an e-m ail that said “hey, stupid, you didn’t list an author. Long story short- in another 12 hours it should be available.
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Get Down With the Thickness!
Okay boys and girls, assuming everything goes right and there isn’t any hitches that need to be fixed by 3 A.M. or so Down With the Thickness should be available for purchase on the Amazon Kindle store for all English speaking countries. It should be available world-wide in the next 24-48 hours (it takes that long for translation). I’ll probably post this again, only with more gusto, tomorrow when it’s official and available. But please, pick up a copy, tell your friends, have them tell their friends. Please help get the word out. It’ll only be $0.99. You can read it on basically any electronic device known to man (there’s an app for that). You spend more for a pack of gum or an item on the dollar menu at McDonald’s and I’d like to think you’d get more out of my book.
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DWTT Final Cover
Well, here it is, the final cover for Down With the Thickness by our own Shawn Skvarna:
Purty, ain’t it? I’ve got a few final things to get into place, but if everything works out the book should be on sale for the Amazon Kindle by the end of next week. It’ll only cost $0.99, and even if you don’t own a Kindle you can still purchase and read it on your PC, iPhone, Android, iPad, etc. The Kindle app is free to download on any PC or device. Please spread the word, won’t you?
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DWTT Cover Rough Draft
Well, here’s a rough draft of the cover by Shawn Skvarna. I think it looks awesome, and it’s scary how much it looks like me. He’s still playing around with the title and backgrounds but I think it’s a great foundation.
DWTT Cover RD
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Update on Write-a-thon 2012
Alrighty, well I’ve got You Only Die Twice and Down with the Thickness pretty much done. Now all that’s left is for me to get the feedback from test readers, do the edits, and wait for Shawn to finish the covers and interior art. Shawn already showed me a few rough drafts of the You Only Die Twice covers and I’ve been floored. He’s really nailing the old pulp fiction vibe and I can’t wait to see the finished product. For my next project I decided to finish up Just Super. Some of you may remember it as a serial I was doing a few years back. I decided I’d dust it off and get it in the can as well. For those who don’t know, Just Super is about a guy who has had super powers since he was thirteen, but he hid them because he was afraid of what would happen if people found out. About ten years later this guy finds out that he’s dying, and so he decides that with the last 6 months he has left he wants to use his powers to help people and try to make a difference in the world. He hires a reporter to live with him and document the last six months in the life of the world’s first real-life “super hero”. So that’ll be next.
What I’m trying to do is put out a shot-gun spread of different types of books. I want to try and reach the largest audience possible, and hopefully at least one will strike a chord with readers and give me a foundation to work from for future projects. They’re all pretty short books, and as such I’ll be able to produce them quickly and make them affordable for people to buy on impulse. That’s my hope anyway. So, keep your eyes peeled. The goal is to have the Clay Colt novel out by the end of the month.
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Back in Black
Well, it’s been a long while but I’m back and this will be my official site…until I hit it big and can afford to have someone do it for me. You can get here by my spiffy new domain name: authenticentertainment.net. I know, impressive. I’ve got a lot going on right now, writing wise. The first of the Clay Colt novels is finished and will be available for digital purchase hopefully by the end of July. Clay Colt is a throwback to the pulp novels of the 50’s, with the wise-assed detective and his beautiful but dangerous partner. My favorite book series is the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, so I wanted to do something along those lines. Mr. Butcher beat me to the magic wielding detective (and I’m glad, because I could never do it as well as he does!) but as much as I love urban fantasy I thought it would be fun to do “urban sci-fi”. So that’s what Clay Colt is. They’re meant to be popcorn novels- short, fun, entertaining, and cheap. Cheap in how much it’ll cost you, not cheap in quality (I hope). All of the Clay Colt novels will be available through Amazon for $0.99, and my goal is to have a new one available for you every few months. Keep checking back here on a regular basis, because I’ll be updating with looks at the cover creation, the process behind digital publishing, etc. Also, keep an eye on my other blog, Down with the Thickness. I’ve had a lot of people ask me about it, and I haven’t really posted anything since Mark died, but I plan on picking back up with that again as well. So welcome back to Authentic Entertainment! i’ll be doing some housecleaning soon, so keep checking back.
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