Well, Aledan Merfolk, it’s been a while hasn’t it? I feel like I’ve done nothing but swim through new waters for the past few years, moving from one side of the country to the other. And now I’m swimming through new publishing waters too, because I’ve decided to self-publish Speak The Ocean! I’ve spent the last few months learning as much as I can about the self-publishing process, and all of the different ways to self-publish, and I’ve made some decisions I wanted to share.
First, StO will officially be re-debuting in paperback and e-book at the International Mermaid Museum MERMAID FESTIVAL on April 6th! The Festival is on the Pacific coast in Aberdeen, Washington, and is free to attend! I’ll be there signing books on the 6th and 7th, so if you’re in the area, please stop by and say Hi. I’ll be selling new copies, and I’d be happy to sign an old copy for you. I’ll also have swag – because what’s a book debut without swag? I hope to see you there 🙂
I’m still working on the cover redesign, but I’ll show it off when I have it ready. I’m also working on Book Two (tentatively titled See The Depths), and have plans for some sneak peeks. But I know not everyone was able to get a copy of StO when it was originally published, and since I don’t want to spoil the ending with sneak peeks, I’m also giving folks a chance to read StO before it re-debuts!
Starting on Weds, October 4th (why yes, you may recognize this as the Warrior’s Ceremony in Fie Eoin, aka, my birthday 😉 ) I’ll be posting a chapter of StO three times a week on Ream! Haven’t heard of Ream? It’s a subscription service by authors for authors! As Twitter dies, and the bookish community with it, I’ve been searching for new places to gather community, and as a social e-reader, Ream was made for that. You can read chapters and discuss them both with myself and with other folks who are reading along. If you want to cheer on a character for…I don’t know, drowning someone who deserves it perhaps…you can do that! If you want to yell at me for drowning someone who doesn’t deserve it, you can do that too!
Since I’ll be publishing the book in April, I can’t just give it away for free, but I plan to have different tiers that come with different perks. For $3 a month you can read the entire book as it’s posted, and at the pace I’ll be posting, you’ll get the whole thing for the same price as a paperback+shipping. For $5 a month, you’ll get a free ebook copy at the end, and for $10 a month you’ll get a personalized paperback! And when StO is finished, it’ll be time to start Book Two, doing the same with a chapter three times a week, and finished books at the end (and then Book Three, tentatively titled Breathe The Air, and if you can’t guess a major plot point of the book from the title alone, well…you’re gonna want to read StO 😉 )
Eventually I plan to post the rest of the Nameless Warrior series in the same way, although the first book will always remain free on Wattpad and Royal Road.
So that is my big news! StO is returning in more than one way! I’ll be back with more information (and a new cover!) as I have it, and I’ll be sure to post the direct link to StO on Ream on Weds (it’s not live yet, so no link). I hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer, time for murderous mermaid fall >: )