Current Status Update (chapter 96) (Patreon)
Content
Just to bring you up to speed on eBook 2:
I spent the first few days of December finishing off the second eBook, so the text for that is ready to go. It's nearly 50% bigger than eBook 1 and covers chapters 11-20. I fixed all the grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors, then rewrote some of the dialogue to make the characters sound more "like themselves". (Thanks very much to my super hardworking editors!). There's also about another 13,000 words I've added while editing, with a few new scenes, (flashback to Alyssa and Dana on Karron), and extended scenes (discussion about the Galactic League and lots of others).
The artist has come back to me with his first draft for the coverart of ebook 2. It looks very cool, and I've given him a small list of tweaks which I hope he'll finish soon. I'll be posting that here within the next few days hopefully.
The scene is of Alyssa in the Fool's Gold as they approach the Corvette Griffon and the pirate freighter. "But that's from chapter 5!" I can already hear you saying... :-) Yes, very true. What I'm planning on doing is releasing eBook 2 with this new cover, which I'll keep for the first month or so. Then I'll switch covers between eBook 1 and eBook 2.
The reason I'm doing this is because otherwise I'd be releasing eBook 2 with the same cover as the first one, which I'm sure would also cause lots of confusion. I love the current eBook1 cover, but this new picture is a better fit for the first book of the story. ;-)
Patreon payment discussion:
Thanks to everyone who chipped in to that discussion. Most people seemed to be happy enough staying with a per/content model, but there were also quite a few who didn't mind the idea of moving to a per/month.
Based on feedback from that post, I'll leave things as they are for now and see what kind of impact there is in January. I'll create a new post towards the end of the month and you guys can let me know your thoughts.
Chapter 96 status:
I've sketched out the scenes for the next few chapters and I've been working through them for Chapter 96. I've written about 10k so far, so with any luck, it should be ready around the 15th December. I'll crack on with Chapter 97 immediately afterwards, hopefully getting it done before Xmas.
Cheers!
Tefler