It's been a while since I wrote a long rambling update about what's coming up soon, so here goes. As regular readers will know, I recently finished writing a book that forms part one of a new dystopian series. I'm hoping to have that available for you to read by the end of the year. It could be a year or two before a follow up, though, as I have unfinished business with other stories first.
So, here's the plan...
Autumn/Winter
Publication of The Puppeteer King (Crow #3)
Publication of Circus of Machinations (Crow #4)
Begin the audio books for Crow 1 and (hopefully) Tube Riders: Exile.
Write Crow #5: The Tower at the World's End and The Tube Riders: In the Shadow of London (side novel set between Exile and Revenge).
Do the paperbacks for the first four Crow books.
Winter 2015 / Spring 2016
Get back to the Rise of the Governor (Tube Riders prequels). Part One will possibly be called Genesis.
At some point there will be a short stories omnibus and possibly a Crow boxed set.
Some of the more beady eyed of you might have noticed the disappearance of a few of my short stories from my Amazon page. This is because I've been thinking long and hard about branding and organisation. Last year was pretty successful, but due in part to market forces and my own lower output due to personal goings on, this year has been a massive let down so far. The simple truth is that the ebook world is growing so quickly that it's very easy to get lost in the mire. Free books don't equate to paid sales as much as they used to and you're constantly fighting a million other authors for visibility. Therefore, my Amazon author page will be getting a streamlining over the next few weeks. All my shorts and stuff will still be available on iTunes and elsewhere, but on Amazon I'll be concentrating on novels.
Also, there is a little Tube Riders news on the horizon. The series will be a getting a bit of a revamp over the next couple of months. There will be no changes to the stories, but one or two elsewhere. No details for now. I'll let you know when I do.
Okay, that's all for now.
Chris Ward
August 15th
