Author Topic: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba! (Read 650,928 times)

mouser · « **Reply #425 on:** July 12, 2013, 02:29 AM »

no spoilers!

kyrathaba · « **Reply #426 on:** July 12, 2013, 02:39 AM »

Thanks. I'll work on 5 tomorrow.

kyrathaba · « **Reply #427 on:** July 12, 2013, 02:42 AM »

He was being facetious, though nobody but he, Perry and I would know that.

kyrathaba · « **Reply #428 on:** July 12, 2013, 02:48 AM »

Just so u all know, I'll be publishing via Smashwords, which distributes to ebook retailers in 50 countries. You'll likely wanna order vis Smashwords: those who've joined my blog or liked my FB author Page can contact me fora 15% off coupon on the ebook's already low price of 2.99 US dollars. See my sig for links.

kyrathaba · « **Reply #429 on:** July 12, 2013, 06:59 PM »

Would appreciate it if those of you who haven't yet would "Like" my FB author page: facebook.com/WilliamBryanMiller

Thanks.

kyrathaba · « **Reply #430 on:** July 13, 2013, 01:19 AM »

We've locked in Prologue through Chapter 5. Now working on 6 and 7.

4wd · « **Reply #431 on:** July 13, 2013, 01:50 AM »

You need to update your 4 chapter sampler

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #432 on:** July 13, 2013, 03:18 AM »

Quote from: kyrathaba on July 13, 2013, 01:19 AM

We've locked in Prologue through Chapter 5. Now working on 6 and 7.

In your dreams... it's amazing what you find when you re-read

kyrathaba · « **Reply #433 on:** July 13, 2013, 03:35 AM »

From what I could see, ch 5 looked pretty good. Aside from the spotting/fixing of typos and obvious grammatical mistakes, I'd like to lock these in and not spend a lot of time on less-structural, more aesthetic (and thus, subjective) things. Because I'd like to have the ebook in mouser's hands by Aug 1st and upload to Smashwords by mid to late August.

That should ease your and 4wd's task.

For those unaware, Perry also spent considerable time and effort creating a gorgeous book cover. Can't wait to hear mouser's comment when he sees it

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #434 on:** July 13, 2013, 03:37 AM »

Quote from: 4wd on July 12, 2013, 02:26 AM

I had the whole thing wrapped up in chapter 4 with the death of Sethra indirectly through the effects of an overactive vagus nerve.

It's quite disconcerting how I only linked to a medical article in passing that mentioned the vagus nerve and 4wd has ripped it out and wont it let go: it now seems to be at the centre of every eventuality

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #435 on:** July 13, 2013, 03:40 AM »

Quote from: kyrathaba on July 13, 2013, 03:35 AM

That should ease your and 4wd's task.

We're trying (I'm sure K is amazed how trying we are

), but it's just amazing what you miss along the way...

Quote from: kyrathaba on July 13, 2013, 03:35 AM

For those unaware, Perry also spent considerable time and effort creating a gorgeous book cover. Can't wait to hear mouser's comment when he sees it

Your PDF version sucks. Do you want me to fix it?

kyrathaba · « **Reply #436 on:** July 13, 2013, 03:55 AM »

Sucks? Well, it's just the carrot before the horse, me offering advance reading. The glory of the cover image will be obvious in the ebook formats. I sent you a google+ msg, though, in hopes of addressing your concern.

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #437 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:01 AM »

Quote from: kyrathaba on July 13, 2013, 03:55 AM

Sucks? Well, it's just the carrot before the horse, me offering advance reading. The glory of the cover image will be obvious in the ebook formats. I sent you a google+ msg, though, in hopes of addressing your concern.

Just looking out for your best K (sorry, didn't mean to offend: it was a gentle sucks)... I'm not too concerned, just thought it could be better (without too much work). I noticed you did it in LibreOffice: your publisher doesn't export to PDF?

...just as long as it's not putting the cart before the carrot

kyrathaba · « **Reply #438 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:06 AM »

Oh I know. Did u get my g+ msg? Can u fix it using the pdf, or do you or generate a pdf from the gdoc and insert properly ratioed image? If not, I will take down the pdf for a few hours till we can resolve.

4wd · « **Reply #439 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:12 AM »

Quote from: Perry Mowbray on July 13, 2013, 03:37 AM

It's quite disconcerting how I only linked to a medical article in passing that mentioned the vagus nerve and 4wd has ripped it out and wont it let go: it now seems to be at the centre of every eventuality

I dispute that! You should see what I have planned for chapter 12 involving prions.

@K: What are you doing here? Get back to work.

kyrathaba · « **Reply #440 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:14 AM »

Perry, I took down the pdf sample. We'll get it sorted, then reupload later

kyrathaba · « **Reply #441 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:16 AM »

Quote

What are you doing here? Get back to work.

I'm in bed playing words with friends. I challenge any of you to a game...

4wd · « **Reply #442 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:17 AM »

Quote from: kyrathaba on July 13, 2013, 04:06 AM

Did u get my g+ msg?

Wait...you guys are secretly messaging in G+ behind my back?

kyrathaba · « **Reply #443 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:27 AM »

^ yeah, we're discussing your vagus nerve...

4wd · « **Reply #444 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:30 AM »

No wonder I feel fai....

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #445 on:** July 13, 2013, 05:18 AM »

Quote from: 4wd on July 13, 2013, 04:17 AM

Quote from: kyrathaba on July 13, 2013, 04:06 AM
Did u get my g+ msg?

Wait...you guys are secretly messaging in G+ behind my back?

It was all public

We just thought you were listening, facing the other way...

kyrathaba · « **Reply #446 on:** July 13, 2013, 01:45 PM »

Actually, I thought you'd fainted, 4wd.

kyrathaba · « **Reply #447 on:** July 13, 2013, 01:49 PM »

The PDF sample if back up, thanks to Perry fixing the cover image to be correctly formatted in PDF. Thanks, Perry!

This sample is roughly 29% of the novel. Think that's giving too much away? I don't. I'm going to offer the first 50% of the book as a free preview on Smashwords.

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #448 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:01 PM »

Quote from: kyrathaba on July 13, 2013, 01:49 PM

This sample is roughly 29% of the novel. Think that's giving too much away? I don't. I'm going to offer the first 50% of the book as a free preview on Smashwords.

Maybe taking out every second word would be interesting?

kyrathaba · « **Reply #449 on:** July 13, 2013, 04:46 PM »

Or, just remove every word that starts with a vowel...