It’s Ceri’s birthday today, so here’s a little something to celebrate.
They’ll be having the usual party. So…
(Apparently, they’ve been having some refitting done on High Towers while I wasn’t looking, hence the new staircase in the front hall.)
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Thaumatology Updates
As I indicated a short while ago, I’m endeavoring to get all the Thaumatology books updated across Amazon and Smashwords. I had them worked over by my proofreader a long time ago but kept them back due to a need to get something else done for the Smashwords release. I’ve decided to just update the texts so everyone can have nice, clean, error-free prose, even if some catalogues won’t currently list some of the titles (long story).
I’m doing three a day (because I want to get some writing done as well) and the first three are now up. That’s:
- Thaumatology 101
- Demon’s Moon
- Legacy (plus the Black Moonlight short story)
Now then, Legacy was updated on Amazon a short while back, but I neglected to add in Black Moonlight at the time. That has now been fixed (or it will be when Amazon have got their end of things together). If you’re interested, you may wish to look for an update to that book on Amazon.
I’ll be updating this list through the week as I upload more updates.
The updated Legacy text is now up on Amazon too.
Current List (18th October):
- Thaumatology 101
- Demon’s Moon
- Legacy
- Dragon’s Blood
- Disturbia
- Hammer of Witches
- Eagle’s Shadow
- Ancient
- Dragonfall
- The Other Side of Hell
- For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll
- Vengeance
I’ll take care of the anthologies at some later date, so that’s all for now.
Fantasy and Sci-Fi – The Problem
I’d like you to meet Ysayn…
Ysayn stepped out of a sleepless night a couple of days ago, and the rather dazed day which followed. Ysayn is a sorceress/magician/witch sort of character who lives in a fairly epic fantasy world with a bit of the Game of Thrones about it as far as life is concerned (though this is me so expect the characters to have a genuine good time at least some of the time). I feel like writing Ysayn’s story once I’ve wrapped the current book I’m working on, which happens in the next few days. here’s the problem…
My sci-fi sells more than my fantasy. Steel beneath the Skin was the book which exploded (and I kind of mean that) and gave me the chance to view writing as more than a hobby. The Aneka books consistently outsell all the other releases. I’m writing another sci-fi character at the moment and it’ll be interesting to see how she does when she appears on the electronic shelves. Whatever, science fiction seems to be a far more economic target for me to write than fantasy. I would love to know why.
My initial thought on why Steel took off the way it did was that there is simply less sci-fi being written than fantasy. I suspect that a lot of sci-fi is also less accessible, focusing heavily on esoteric physics and high-minded comments on modern society so a good, old fashioned space romp caught people’s attention. (Hell, Thaumatology 101 has more physics in it than Steel.) Then again, maybe it’s the urban fantasy bent of the Thaumatology books. Ysayn is more high/epic fantasy. Would Ysayn be more popular?
I would really like to hear people’s thoughts on this stuff. Sci-fi fans, tell me why you jumped on Steel. Fantasy fans, this is your chance to persuade me to do more fantasy. People who like both… uh… good! But why?
Posted in Aneka Jansen, Opinion, Thaumatology, Writing
Tagged Aneka Jansen, fantasy, sci-fi, Thaumatology, writing
The Great Adventure
A little while ago I discovered that Google Play had a bunch of remastered Ultravox songs and several went in my playlist. One of those was “Love’s Great Adventure,” which I recall having a cool video. Anyway, this isn’t the start of a new relationship, but the ending of an old one, and it seems like a good time to finally start using this blog for the purpose it was intended.
Yesterday, March 27th 2015, was the last day of my computing career and the start of my career as a full time writer.
I am, obviously, a little worried that this won’t work out, but I am currently in the delightful position of being able to kick the day job into touch and go into writing as a primary career. It was with a bit of sadness that I walked out the door of the office for the last time; I’ve been there for 6 years and, while I’m not the most social person in the world, there are people there I would classify as friends, not colleagues. But, if nothing else, I have to at least try to make this work. I’m not much for following dreams, but this one seems like one worth following.
Striking out on my own will let me work on some side projects as well as my “main line” of books. I’ll have more time to write, as well as more time to pursue a few other things. This blog is here to be more of a personal journal, while the Steel and Thamatology blogs will remain to support the book lines.
Watch this space.
Witches and Ray-Guns 