{"id":5235,"date":"2011-06-14T23:33:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T05:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=5235"},"modified":"2011-06-14T23:33:50","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T05:33:50","slug":"first-radio-interview-and-other-such-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/first-radio-interview-and-other-such-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"First Radio interview and other such stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dude, check it out–my first radio interview<\/a> just went live on the Dungeon Crawler’s Radio<\/a> website!<\/p>\n

I met these guys at CONduit last month, where they had a booth and were recording all sorts of authors and artist.\u00a0 They were way cool when I talked with them, and when they found out I was a writer invited me on!<\/p>\n

Hehe, considering how many big name authors they have on their show, I think I totally bombed–but it was still awesome.\u00a0 The guys who run the show were really great, too; it was a ton of fun hanging out with them.\u00a0 So thanks, guys, for having me on!<\/p>\n

In other news, I just uploaded Genesis Earth<\/em> to Smashwords<\/a>, and I think it’s already live.\u00a0 So for all those of you who want to get it from somewhere other than Amazon, it’s now available!\u00a0 I’m still working through all the formatting kinks, so if you buy it and find some errors, let me know and I’ll send you a fixed copy.<\/p>\n

Also, the cool thing about Smashwords is that you can generate coupon codes and even give the book away for free.\u00a0 What I’m hoping to do is print up a few business cards with the code for a free book, then distribute them at conventions like Worldcon.\u00a0 Hehe, imagine walking up to an editor and being like “hey, want my book?\u00a0 Here you go!” Or even just dropping off a stack at the freebies table; I think it could be an awesome way to get exposure.<\/p>\n

Man, there’s so much exciting stuff going on!\u00a0 This is a great<\/i> time to be a writer.<\/p>\n

On the writing front, I’m making excellent progress on my current WIP (work in progress), Desert Stars.<\/em> I’ve read through all the feedback from my first readers, and have a ton<\/em> of fantastic ideas for how to make this story really shine.\u00a0 I revised through about 2.1k words this morning before work, and I’m hoping to do at least two and a half chapters before this weekend.<\/p>\n

Also, a couple days ago at work, I was trawling through tvtropes<\/a> (one of the advantages of doing data entry is that you can afford to feed the addiction, hehe), and I had a SUPER awesome idea for the next book in the Gaia Nova series.<\/p>\n

Since Bringing Stella Home<\/em> is basically the Mongol conquests set in space, the big story to conclude that arc would be the battle of Ayn Jalut, where the Mongols suffered their first decisive defeat.\u00a0 I did a little bit of setup for that in Into the Nebulous Deep<\/em>, with the remnants of the Gaian Empire gathering at New Rigel.<\/p>\n

Well, here’s what I’m thinking: I’ll bring back Danica’s team of mercenaries from Bringing Stella Home<\/em>, make Roman a viewpoint character, and have Rina from Desert Stars<\/em> join up with them as a quiet little girl in black who seems painfully shy, but is actually a deadly effective assassin whose weapon of choice is a bowcaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Oh yeah, I think this has some crazy awesome potential.<\/p>\n

In any case, I should probably get to bed so I can get up early and write tomorrow. I hope to finish Desert Stars 3.0<\/i> by July 10th, and even though it’s going to take a lot of work, I think I can make it happen. <\/p>\n

And after that…well, things just keep getting more and more awesome. I love writing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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