My publisher sent me a link to this great article on e-books.  Being the author of an e-book, I’m quite interested in the future of the industry.  I was fascinated at the challenges to the market and the history presented in the article.  I hope we can all encourage the publishing of more material as e-books, because I think it can only encourage more people to read and write in the long run.  

Yes, I like hard-copy books as much as the next person.  Curling up with an e-book reader or a laptop just isn’t quite the same.  Yet, like most people, I do the majority of my reading on screen doing exactly that–curling up with the laptop.  Between blogs, e-mail, critques, writing, and catching up on my favorite websites and online magazines, I’m quite used to reading and having fun doing digitally.  When I need copies of older books, obscure French epic poetry and the like, I’m perfectly happy to find them online.  Despite my love of paperback, I’m also following the general trend and opening up my fiction enjoyment in other medium.

I really enjoyed this article’s thorough disecting of the common complaints and issues around e-books.  Electronic forms of novels only add to our flexibility as readers.  For example,  one of my very busy readers read my novel on her blackberry.  I’m encouraged by the growing interest in other ways of getting our daily doses of fiction.

My book is now up on the Wild Child Publishing website.

I’d like to give a big thank you to the wonderful group of people who helped me get this book all the way from conception to publication.  This is this boring credit stuff I usually skim, but after all the wonderful people who helped me,  I know now why people do this.   I don’t care, I’m thanking everyone who helped me with this novel.

First, I want to thank my sister Julie for being the inspiration of this story.  I wrote it for her during Nanowrimo 2006.  Also, thanks the folks at Imaginaries who introduced me to Nanowrimo in the first place.

A big thanks to my brother JP and cousin Caroline for reading early drafts, to the people in Tina’s Nanowrimo queue, especially Angela (Momzilla), Hilary, Judy, and Ester (Eblgorton) who gave me a whole book crit.  Also my brother Leo who did a late line edit with me and my mother for some wonderful final revision ideas.

I also want to thank Marva, Shana, Shelb, and Katie (Megora) for some serious query and marketing help at various key points in pushing me and supporting me in getting into the submission game.  I wouldn’t have started putting myself out there without you.

I want to also thank Marci at Wild Child Publishing for her ever helpful attitude and Stephanie, my brilliant editor.

Finally, I wouldn’t be any good promoting myself without Laurie (Aspiration) who first poked us into starting the Toasted Scimitar and got me into blogging, Wulfie who put this wonderful website together, and Merwriter my publicity coordinator.

I’ve lots of other wonderful people at Critique Circle who’ve been a great help, but I think I’ve rambled enough and covered everyone in regards to this particular novel.  Thanks again to everyone!

I’ve recieved my new cover.  Isn’t it purdy?  I love it.

The release date is getting moved a week later due to the cover art not being quite done yet.  The book will be released on Jan 20th instead.  I can hardly wait to see the cover art, but I guess I’ll just have to be that much more patient.

Oh, and the webside, thanks to Wulfie, is up and running.  Now I just have to get regular at the blog posts.

My e-book Chosen Sister has a release date set for Jan 13th.  

I’m very excited and trying to get the website updated and ready to roll in anticipation.   I’m going to start getting into the habit of regular posts involving news here and getting up some free stuff for my readers, hopefully some online stories and downloadable bookmarks/coloring pages.  I just have to write and draw the stuff… easier said then done.

Figuring out how to edit and run a website will be quite the adventure.  Let’s hope it’s not the kind that gets you soaking wet in the middle of a forest on top of a hill in a thunder and lightning storm at 2 AM in the morning.  I’ve already been there and done that… and it was wet, cold, and generally unpleasant.