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Guess where I’ll be this weekend. Yep! I’ll be there promoting Forging Truth and my other writing across 3 different panels. Here’s a link to where I posted on GeekDad about it: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/11/join-the-fun-memphis-comic-and-fantasy-convention/.
Well, this is the second annual “Exactly What Did I Accomplish” post. Guess it’ll become a tradition if I remember to do it next year. So, what did I accomplish? As far as actual writing goes, I’m not sure I did too much, really. I did however make a couple of large leaps toward getting my work out there.
I spent the month of February furiously typing out the manuscript for what would become Dangerous Hunts: A Zombie Father’s Day Tale. I wrote it for a specific anthology that, I’m sorry to say, I didn’t make it into. While I’m sorry it wasn’t accepted, I’m equally excited with it. Why? Well, because… (See June’s entry.)
March was the month I found my niche, as it were. Wired.com’s GeekDad blog welcomed me into the fold, and it’s become the perfect vehicle for me to express my geekdom (31 articles!!). March was also the month I left my Professional Fanboy column at Project Fanboy. While I appreciate their helping me into the world of geek news coverage, I’ve really felt like a part of a family at GeekDad. Plus, I’ve been allowed to break several exclusives and interview some of my favorite writers and artists. One of the coolest things this year, also happened in March: David Cabrera finished the artwork for Black Dawg, my short story for Viper Comic’s Cryptophobia anthology. Maybe 2012 will finally see it published. Fingers crossed.
In June, I self-published Dangerous Hunts: A Zombie Father’s Day Tale through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing and on Smashwords.com. This was my first time to publish anything, and I was on cloud nine for this 8,000-word story.
August I picked up my first paid job in the writing/publishing world. Where I had been a slush reader for Dark Quest Books, I now primarily do PR work for them. I currently have three authors under my umbrella. I learned a lot about book promotions in 2011 that I plan on building on in 2012. I’ll carry that knowledge over to my own stuff as well.
In November, I began the final edit of Forging Truth, formatting it as I went. The goal was to have it to the printer and in my hands by the end of the year.
On December 21, my 5 proof copies of Forging Truth arrived. They were beautiful. Last night, another 10 books came in, and I have those all spoken for, too. Also, last night, I put the finishing touches on the eBook for Forging Truth. As I mentioned in today’s post, I’m so excited to say it’s now available on the Kindle for $4.95 or through Amazon Prime for FREE.
All and all, it was a pretty awesome year to this guys. So, what goals do I hold for 2012?
I’d like to finish Corrupting Truth and have it ready to publish by June 30.
I’ll probably be doing a Kickstarter campaign to help out along the way, so look for that information soon.
I plan on doing a lot more PR work for my Dark Quest authors, as well as offering my services freelance. (See my Slushpimp page for more details.)
I’d like to wrap up The Coyote and the Spider to submit to Viper soon.
Lastly, I’m hoping to get in with another of Chris Wolfe’s projects, called Project Breakthrough.
Who knows what else waits in 2012? Heck, I didn’t even know most of this year’s goodness was coming.
Happy New Year!
Raymond
I have printed out some of the postcards available from Avery with the following promotional adds for Black Dawg (Coming Soon from Viper Comics) and Dangerous Hunts: A Zombie Father’s Day Tale. I’ll be handing them out tomorrow at the River City Comic Convention in Little Rock, if anyone’ll be there or knows someone who will.
I didn’t get a booth this time, as I only have the one book out, and a table costs $40. They’ll be having another one in November that I might go to. If so, what I’ll probably do is get a friend to gather up his comics for sale and I’ll get together mine. I have Magic: The Gathering cards and Hero Clix I might throw in, too. Combined with our random comic/geek stuff for sale, I could have some hard copies of Dangerous Hunts available.
Just a thought.
Oh, hey, feel free to copy both ads and wall paper the Internet with them. Shoot, wallpaper your local Wal-Mart bathrooms with them. The point is, I need help spreading the word.
“You stay classy.”
Raymond
So, a little while back, one of my scripts was accepted for Viper Comic’s upcoming Cryptophobia online anthology (See previous posts). They thought they had an artist lined up, but he just didn’t work out.
It’s horror, so you would need to be able to capture the darker elements. There’s actually a lot of family drama, too, so keep the emotions in mind.
This is a paid job. Viper is paying a percentage on the front-end to be split among the creatives. I would be willing to split it in the artist’s favor, since there lies the brunt of the work.
If you’re interested give me a shout, and I’ll check out your work.
Thanks,
Ray
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