Release Date Announced for Ancients & Death

I’m happy to announce that, after several years, the third novel of The Redemption of Erâth, Ancients & Death, now has a release date!

It’s already available for preorder on both Kindle and Apple Books, and will be available to download starting November 4th, 2018.

To celebrate, I’ll be hosting a week-long launch party online both here and on Facebook, with prizes, giveaways, (hopefully) guest authors, and more! You can learn more by visiting my Facebook page, or by contacting me at satiswrites@icloud.com.

I can’t wait to share the new adventures of Erâth with you!

Back to the Drawing Board … or the Notepad

Now that NaNoWriMo is over (not that I succeeded even remotely in that endeavor), it's time for me to focus on wrapping up book three of The Redemption of Erâth. I've got twenty-two chapters completed, which means I've only got three chapters left to write. The last couple of chapters have gone surprisingly well, and I'm looking forward to the culminating events of the last few.

However, it's going to take some time. Book three has been the most difficult for me to write yet, having started it over two years ago. It's also the longest book of the series, at (currently) over 160,000 words (on a goal of 150,000). There will be much editing in this book's future, as well as (probably) some extensive rewrites, as I'm not entirely satisfied with the middle few chapters.

So what's the good news? I'm hoping to have these last three chapters done and dusted by the end of the year, at which point I'll be looking for beta-readers to go over the work in its raw, draft form and provide feedback on the plot, consistency and tone. (This will not be an edit request—I have a wonderful editor for those things.)

So let me know in the comments (or email satiswrites@icloud.com) if you have any interest in beta-reading this book; I'd be happy to provide a copy.

Many thanks!

Satis

NaNoWriMo Begins!

Good morning, everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that I'll be participating in NaNoWriMo this year (or trying to, anyway), in an effort to complete the Legends and Myths of Erâth novella that I tried to start last year. I'll be posting each section/chapter as it's completed over at satiswrites.com, so you can follow along as I'm writing.

The good news is that this is more a collection of short stories than a long novel, so it doesn't particularly matter if you follow from the beginning or not; each tale should (hopefully) stand well enough on its own.

So head over here to start reading now, and let me know what you think!

Satis

Ancients and Death, Continuation

Good evening!

I just wanted to update you all on the state of Ancients and Death, the third book of the Redemption of Erâth series. It was a real struggle to get through the past few chapters, and 19 and 20 in particular were a definite challenge. Thankfully, they're done and dusted, and I can (for the moment) put them behind me.

So now it's onward with the final part of the book: chapters 21 through 25. Chapter 21, A Retracing of Steps, is going much more smoothly, and I think a large part of this is to do with the fact that, after two entire books set in a medieval-esque fantasy world, I'm just more comfortable with that setting. The parts of this book that deal with Brandyé, in the technologically advanced, steampunk-ish world of the Ancients, has been really hard to wrap my head around and tell it in a way that doesn't seem completely out of place with the rest of the story.

Of course, I'll still have to revisit these troublesome chapters during the editing process, but at least they're written, and I don't have to write them again!

I'll be publishing chapter 20 this coming week, and hopefully chapter 21 will be complete by then. I'm really pushing to have this third book finished before December, so I can move forward with editing, and hopefully plan for a springtime launch of the book itself.

In the meantime, you can grab yourself a copy of the second book, Exile, over at my Goodreads giveaway, or by downloading it from Amazon or iBooks for just $3.99. The first book is also available, of course, for $3.99 as well on Amazon and iBooks.

If you've been keeping up with the sporadic posts of Ancients and Death, what do you think of the switch between the advanced 'ancients' storyline and the more fantasy-style Elven storyline? Does it work? Let me know in the comments!

Exile Giveaway Is Live!

With the conclusion of Virtual FantasyCon on Facebook, The Redemption of Erâth: Consolation and Exile are back to their regular price of $3.99 on Amazon and iBooks. Thank you to all of you who picked up a copy during last week—I hope you enjoy it!

However, not all is lost, because starting today, you can enter my Goodreads giveaway to win one of ten hard copies of The Redemption of Erâth: Exile directly from me, the author! The giveaway is live here, and there are already almost 80 people requesting a copy, so enter now!

As an additional bonus, those of you who win the hard copy of Exile will receive a redemption code to download Consolation, the first book, for free from Smashwords. This way you can keep up with the entire adventure, as some people have told me the second book is harder to follow without having read the first.

So head over to Goodreads now, and try your luck—it’s free, and you’ve got everything to gain!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/207170

99¢ Epicness!

Okay, this is brief tonight—as a reminder, Virtual FantasyCon is going on over on Facebook all this week; stop by to chat with sci-fi and fantasy authors, learn more about their work, win giveaways, and get exclusive offers!

http://www.facebook.com/events/670735369748702/

I was fortunate enough to participate yesterday in the epic/sword & sorcery day; today is sci-fi and time travel, and tomorrow will be fairytale/punk. Each day through next Sunday will host a different theme, and each day there will be opportunities to interact with authors and win things.

In celebration of this event, I’ve decided to lower the eBook price of all Redemption of Erâth books to just $0.99 across the board—that means you can get books one and two and the companion book History of Erâth for less than the cost of a cup of coffee!

Click to buy book one for just $0.99!

Click to buy book two for just $0.99!

These prices will be available all week, so there’s never been a better time to start an epic journey of Darkness through a land riddled with danger and fear.

Let me know what you think of the books, or the Virtual FantasyCon, in the comments—remember, interaction with authors is (for the most part) the best part of their day!

Virtual FantasyCon and Giveaway

I have some exciting news, everyone! This Sunday, I'll be taking part in an online Virtual FantasyCon—a week-long Facebook event where you can contact, interact with and ask questions of hundreds of different fantasy authors, all from the comfort of your own home (if you're not at ComicCon already)! Sunday is the 'Epic/Sword & Sorcery' day, and I'll be running a booth all day long to promote The Redemption of Erâth.

Along with being able to ask me questions and find out more about The Redemption of Erâth, both Consolation (book one) and Exile (book two) will be on sale throughout Sunday for just $0.99, so there's never been a better time to download a copy and get started on the epic adventure of Darkness! Follow the link below to register/show your interest.

http://www.facebook.com/events/518395788285240/

Additionally, I'm running a Goodreads giveaway of 10 print copies of Exile, starting October 13. Head over to Goodreads at the following link to enter the giveaway, and potentially win your very own hard copy of the second book in my series!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/207170-the-redemption-of-er-th-exile

I'm looking forward to talking to you all on Sunday, and please let me know if there's anything else you're curious about in the comments below!

Enter the Season of Writing

It's funny to think that it's already September; autumn is coming, the days are shortening, the leaves are turning, and soon it will grow cold. It's the time of year for reading, cozied up by the fire … and for writing.

I tend to get most of my writing done through autumn and into winter. Part of this is because January is always New Year's resolution time, and my resolution is typically to write more. This leads to a burst of ferocious writing for a few months, which tends to peter out come March and April.

But autumn is just as productive for me; last year I edited and released the History of Erâth companion book, and finished editing the second book, Exile, in preparation for its launch in February. I'm looking forward to (hopefully) achieving a similar goal this year; if I can finish the third book, Ancients and Death, this autumn, I'll be able to release it hopefully some time early next year.

The only downside is that I often get very depressed in autumn, which means that my productivity can sometimes drop. The good news is I'm consistently taking my medication, and with any luck this will be the first year I make through autumn without a debilitating breakdown.

So here's to autumn, and great writing!

No News This Week

Ashamedly, I haven't done any writing this week to speak of. In my defense, I was visiting family in Portland, Oregon last weekend, and I don't have much time during the week to write. With that, here's a photo of a lovely river I visited instead of writing.

Chapter 15 Is Available Now

I haven't had much opportunity to write this week, as I've been pretty swamped at work with teaching and student evaluations. I did get some work done last Sunday, and I'm proud to say that Chapter 15 of Exile is completed, and the first draft is available to read over at www.satiswrites.com. I've made some progress on Chapter 16, but to be honest, I'm feeling a little lost.

It's a curious thing that this series, which started out portraying the life and struggles of one character (Brandyé), has suddenly started focusing much more strongly on what was initially a companion (Elven). Two of the five sections of the third book are entirely about Elven, without any mention of Brandyé at all. And oddly, I've found those sections easier to write. I've become more invested in the story and fate of the sidekick than I have of the main character. This is even getting to the point where I'm considering doing some terrible, terrible things with the main character, Brandyé—and having Elven become the true hero (Sam to Tolkien's Frodo, I suppose).

So now I'm back to a section of the book dealing with Brandyé, and I'm not quite sure where to go. I know where I need to end up, but I can't quite figure out a way to get there. I last left him captured by the enemy on the brink of a war that will engulf the entire world of Erâth, but I don't know how he's going to escape, and I can't think how he'll return. I'm confident I'll find a way, but it makes me feel like these sections are somehow weaker than those involving Elven.

Either way, the book will get written, and then edited, and then published. This will happen. And then, of course, I can focus on the fourth book. And the fifth … and so on and so forth. For now, all I can do is put my head down and concentrate on writing one word at a time. After all, a thousand mile journey begins with the first step.

Continuing Updates on The Redemption of Erâth

Dear readers,

I realize that it's been a long time since I've updated you on the status of The Redemption of Erâth, regarding either how the existing books are doing, or how far along I am in writing the third book of the series. For this, I apologize. I've been busy, but this is no excuse. Over at www.satiswrites.com, I recently said that I want to commit to writing and blogging more frequently, and the same goes here. I would like to update the world on the status of The Redemption of Erâth at least once a week, even if it's only to say that there's been no change since the week before.

With that being said, what's going on in the world of Erâth? Well, sales are spectacular: a whopping two in the past ninety days. A glorious $1.75 in my pocket. Whee! My royalty check for 2015 was $14.01. Isn't being a self-published author marvelous?

The good news is, I never started writing for the money. If I had, I probably would have picked a different genre to write in anyway—the world is pretty saturated with fantasy novels at the moment. So I'm still working on book three, Ancients and Death: and it's going pretty well. I have nearly fifteen chapters complete, standing at a massive 114,000 words—10,000 more than the completed version of Consolation. This book will be very long, and although I'm sure I'll be able to edit it down somewhat, I'm glad, because there's a lot of content to cover.

Once chapter fifteen is complete, I'll probably post it for a while on www.satiswrites.com for your reading pleasure. Until then, the prior fourteen chapters are over there as well, so you can catch up on where Brandyé and Elven have ended up (you'll never guess what's happened to Elven!).

I'm planning to have the third book finished by this fall, so I can spend some time cleaning it up, editing it, and sending it off for review. Later on, I'll probably be looking for beta readers, so keep an eye out! With any luck, I'll be able to publish Ancients and Death sometime early in 2017, which will keep a good pace with last year. If I could release a book a year, I'd be stoked!

For now, remember to check out Consolation and Exile over on Amazon—get me some sales, friends!

Idle Hands Are the Devil's … Writing Tools?

Good evening, everyone!

Don't forget to visit my Facebook launch party; guest authors and free giveaways are happening all week!

I've been having an absolute blast today over on Facebook, launching my new book, hosting guest authors, giving away free copies, and more. While The Redemption of Erâth: Exile is my second book (technically third, actually), this is the first time I've bothered to do anything to celebrate its launch, and I didn't think it would be so interesting!

The first, most important thing I've discovered is that hosting a party, even one that's online, is hard work! (Mrs. Satis and I also hosted a real life party on Saturday, and that was chaos, too.) I didn't realize that I'd be literally glued to my computer screen, answering questions, replying to comments, and posting new tidbits of information. Originally, I even thought I might have been able to host the party while still working my day job, too—after all, it's only online, right?

I'm very, very glad I chose to stay home this week (besides having a midwinter vacation). I started up this morning around 10:00 AM, and it's been almost non-stop ever since! I've been visited by the talented Nancy Chase (see my interview with her here), who's been giving away copies of her own work, too! I've revealed a book cover for Will Bly. And I've been talking to people all day long.

The point is, I had no idea that running an online party could be so much work! I honestly believed that I'd be sitting back, drinking tea and idly waiting for people to say something interesting. But so far, I've had people telling ten-word stories, dictating what I ate for lunch, and even correcting minor mistakes I've made!

My hands have been anything but idle today, and I expect the rest of the week will follow suit. I've done more writing—albeit in short bursts—today than I have in ages, and it's a whole lot of fun! The weird thing is, I'm absolutely exhausted, and I've barely moved!

For now, though, it's back into the party—we'll be wrapping up for the day soon, but drop by anytime this week: I'd be delighted to see you there!

Twelve Days to Go!

The twenty-second of February is fast approaching, and with it comes the next chapter in Brandyé's epic journey across the lands of Erâth! When we last saw Brandyé, he was exiled and abandoned on the coast of a dead, black sea, with nothing but his crossbow for survival.

What will happen to him next? Find out how Brandyé will survive in the dangerous lands of Erâth; discover who he will meet; learn more of the history of the world we were first introduced to in The Redemption of Erâth: Consolation! Danger, desolation and adventure awaits!

So come along to the Facebook launch event for The Redemption of Erâth: Exile and meet new authors, ask questions and even win giveaways and prizes! Any and all are welcome, and there will be fun events all week long.

For those of you who wish to preorder the second book, it is now available on Kindle, iBooks and Nook. Preorders aren't currently available for the softcover print edition, but it will start shipping on Monday, February 22 for $12.99.

The Redemption of Erâth: Exile Is Available for Preorder

It gives me great pleasure to announce that The Redemption of Erâth: Exile is now available for preorder on Kindle, iBooks and Nook! If you preorder today, you can enjoy the next chapter of Brandyé’s adventures the moment it’s released on February 22.

It’s been a long road to get here; Exile was originally started in January of 2014, while I was still preparing to publishing the first book, Consolation. But it’s been worth it—multiple edits and versions have passed under my fingers, and it’s only now that I’m satisfied enough with the final story to share it with you all.

To celebrate the release of Exile, I’ll be hosting a week-long Facebook event from February 22 through 26. Attendance is free (obviously), and there will be prizes, giveaways, and guest authors throughout the week, so don’t miss it!

So sign up, preorder, and get ready for a new tale of Darkness and adventure!

Join the Facebook launch event!

Preorder for Kindle, iBooks or Nook

Book Layout Begins

With the final edits for The Redemption of Erâth: Exile wrapping up, I’m starting to look at the internal design of the book. When I published Consolation, I had a publishing company to do all the design work, and I have to say that for the internal design, at least, they did a pretty good job.

This time, though, I’m on my own. I got some practice in when I published the History of Erâth in October, so I know a few things to look out for (for example, good guttering), but since this is a major sequel (the second ‘true’ book in the series), I really want to make sure everything comes out just right. I’m going to try a few different print options—I went for cream paper with History of Erâth, but I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the stock (it’s a little too thin). I might test white paper, and see if the stock is any better.

I also want an internal design to match the first two books—fire for Consolation, trees and leaves for History. The major theme throughout Exile is mountains, so I’ve designed a couple of black and white mountain silhouettes to try and replicate the feel of the first two books. I use them for Part pages and for Chapter headings, and to separate sections of the book. Below are some examples of what this looks like:

I’d love honest feedback on these; I’m open to changes at the moment, but pretty soon it’s going to have to be fixed and locked in. If there’s room for improvement, please let me know!

First Book Trailer for The Redemption of Erâth: Exile

This is a brief announcement to say that I've completed work on my first ever book trailer for The Redemption of Erâth: Exile. In fact, this is my first book trailer ever, and one of the first videos I've ever made. I apologize if it's a bit rough, but honestly I had a lot of fun making it, and I'm pretty pleased with the results! I'd love to know what you think, and please check out the other books in the series so far, Consolation and History of Erâth.

Thank you all!

Find out more about The Redemption of Erâth, a new dark fantasy series from author Satis!