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Q&A&Two&Two

Hey everyone! I wanted to jump back on to provide some quick details about the upcoming release of Three and Two and Two!

When is it coming out?

I’m currently targeting a release date of 7/1, and so far, everything is on track. I’ve reviewed the digital proof of the paperback, and now I’m just waiting on the physical proof copy (leaving some padding in the schedule in case anything needs to change). Given that the digital print proof looks good, I’m not currently anticipating any issues with validating the ebook layout either.

What formats will it be available in?

Ebook and paperback, available from most digital storefronts where books are sold. Time permitting, I will be attempting to make some inroads at physical bookstores as well, but that will not be immediate. I may release a hardcover edition at some point, but there are no plans for that at this time.

What happened to the Crossroads posts?

They are now behind a password (with the exception of the Prologue, which, not to spoil anything, got cut. It will likely appear in a subsequent book in the series). Despite the volume of editing that went into the book, there is still enough similarity with what is there that I would prefer my readers engage with the finished product. At some point, I may offer access to the unedited content of my released books as a paid subscriber perk (e.g. on Patreon), but that framework is not in place yet.

How many books will be in the Crossroads series?

Three! When the subsequent two will come out remains a mystery. The soonest the second could arrive is probably around a year from now (though I may publish a book outside the series before that), but depending on my professional circumstances (as well as the sales of the first book), that could very well be longer.

For now, though, stay tuned. The future be damned, the beginning of the story is finally here, and I’m so excited to share it with all of you.

Big News on Small Numbers

Hey folks, I know things have been radio-silent here for a few weeks, but it’s all been building in the background. Building to this:

My first full-length book, Three and Two and Two, the first entry in the planned Crossroads trilogy, will be releasing later this summer! The exact date will be announced in a later post, but stay tuned for more details! In the meantime, this does mean that the Crossroads entries on this website will be moving to password-protected very soon. If you are curious as to the unedited material that went into this book, feel free to give those a read.

Editing Takes Forever

Sorry to those who have been checking day over day for the next thing. There are several next things forthcoming, including more Whom Emperors Have Served and some more review material (I’ve jumped back into the Borges pool recently and am glad I did). But transcription and editing are taking a long while (alongside editing for the Crossroads book), so the wait will be a small bit longer.

Thank you to all of you who have purchased or otherwise acquired my book! I appreciate you very much, and I hope your fortunes are or continue to be favorable.

Where Is All This Dust Coming From

In a way, publishing my work has been very exciting, if finicky and social media-y. I’m out there in the world, readable in a format that people will actually approach. By this, I don’t mean you. You’re better than people–you read my website. I am rather referring to the sort who react to my declaration that I have written a thing with a squint, a frown, and an apologetic “oh, it’s online? I don’t really read things on the internet…”

But that’s okay.

On the off chance you moonlight as one of these people, my book, Promises for a Worse Tomorrow, which, yes, I will be mentioning in every post I make for at least the next month, sorry, is going to be free on Amazon this weekend, 3/31 to 4/2. If you were interested but put off by the cost, think that all written material should be free (which I’m with you on, but I have bills to pay, so throw me a bone), or just feel like doing me a favor at minimal cost to you, go pick it up!

The link is here!

However, that does not mean that the delights featured here on mY wEbSiTe will be going away. Pre-editing chapters for Whom Emperors Have Served and Crossroads Book 2 will continue going up, the former hopefully sooner rather than later. In the meantime, thanks for reading. I continue to appreciate all of you.