And we're waiting.....

So, I am currently waiting for Bowker to approve my account, so I can buy ISBN's directly from them, rather than spending the extra money to go through my publisher. This hang-time is the cause of the current pause in productivity.

I can authorize the second editions for physical print without new ISBN's, but I cannot get the new digital versions live until I have them, and I'd like to get this all done as close to the same time as I can. So... I wait...

In related news, the revisions are done. Once I get the new ISBN's, I am confident that I can have second editions out to teh public in a matter of hours, plus whatever processing time is required on the other end (Apple will review copies before they go live, as will Amazon). There will ~not~ be new cover art for the first key on this edition. I thought about waiting for it, but my cover artist has other stuff to do, which keeps him in his home, so that needs to take priority at times. In the end. I'd rather get the newly formatted (and cheaper) versions of teh books out ASAP, then do a revision for the new cover art later.

All this having been said, I am hopeful that Bowker will get on teh ball, and I can order the ISBN's this week. Here's hoping, at any rate...

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Still in the works

Okay, things are still moving along.

There ~will~ be a more substantive update coming soon, but I want to make sure that whomever reads this, is assured that I am still working on any one of ten different things, at any given time.

Firstly, the Kalijor forums are currently down. Some...... person..... hacked the site and had the events/calendar page randomly generating spam events at a prodigious rate (the calendar table in the dB was already over 4 GB in size, and events were stacking up at a rate of 3-5 a minute). So, I have taken the forums down pending a clean-out of the guilty code. At the same time, I will be upgrading the forums to a new software version. I hope there will be no data loss, but I cannot say for certain.

Secondly, the second editions of the first and second keys are nearly complete. I have a couple tweaks to make on the second key, then it is live time! If you were at StarFest and asked for a digital copy, it will be forthcoming, imminently. Please stay tuned.

The Third Key is still in the pipe, awaiting approval by the powers that be. Hopefully it will be available in stores soon.

The Fourth Key continues to evolve/be written. No announcement on availability as yet, but hopefully sooner than later (hopefully next summer?).

The website will hopefully be getting another revamp in the near future. No word on when, yet. Still looking for good software.

I hope to have some great prints from Full Spectrum Graphics at Gen Con, as well as some apparel, and maybe a few other odds and ends to bolster the Kalijor product line. Stay tuned for more.

Okay, I am off to work on some... work... oddly enough. I hope you are all well, and look forward to our next interaction!

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Update coming soon, I swear!

So, StarFest was awesome, and I will be offering up a real post-op debriefing here soon. I am busy working to get the second editions of the first two books out, in print, and in ePub/digital formats. The first key is done, and the second key should be done by the end of this weekend.

After that, more will be said here,about StarFest, and other news as well!

Stay tuned for more, and thank you all for your support!

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StarFest is go!

So, we are all set for StarFest this coming weekend!

The fun begins Friday the 15th, around 4pm at the DTC Mariott! I will be there all weekend, from open to close, and I will have David (the cover artist and much much more), Taeva (the official model for Riana and Katrina), as well as various other supporters there on and off throughout the weekend. As usual, Saturday will be the big day for costumes, attendance, and fun, so if you can only make one day, that's the one to make it happen. Taeva will be there in full Riana cos-play, with tattoos and everything!

StarFest attendees will have the first chance to see, buy, and read the Third Key, as it's still working its way through the book databases and won't be available on shelves for at least another month, maybe a little longer (we are dealing with bureaucracy, after all). So, if you want one sooner than later, you need to get there! If we don't sell out, then I will have a limited quantity to ship from here, so if you can't make it this weekend, you may still be able to get one before they hit shelves. I'll post after the fest and let everyone know how we look for stock.

Also, that big announcement is going to be made at StarFest as well, the one concerning digital copies, and other projects. Again, an announcement will be made after next weekend, if you can't make it down.

Okay, I am off to work on writing and revisions, so I can keep the stories flowing. I'll talk to you all later, and sincerely hope you can make it to StarFest this weekend!

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Faster than expected!

Well, the publisher keeps getting faster and faster! I ordered 50 books on Monday, was told they would arrive in about 2 weeks and change, and was then informed they had shipped less than 24 hours later I received them Friday, and they look amazing! I am loving the new formatting. It is a little denser, which means less page turning, but the font is still good for easy reading.

Also, the formatting change is saving about 200 pages, which is also great, as it keeps the cost of books down, and saves paper too!

I think we can call that win-win-win!

So, I will have copies of the Third Key at StarFest, beginning the evening of Friday, April 15th (I think they open officially around 3pm) and will be there until the kick us out on Sunday, early evening! If you want a copy, and can make it, do so. Copies will not be available from book stores for another 6-8 weeks, due to the processing time required to get it through all the systems and into the databases.

So, those at StarFest will have a chance to read it before anyone else who wasn't a test reader or editor!

All that said, I also got the formatting down for the ePub version of the book (it's looking very solid now, and handles resizing of the font wonderfully!), so I can now move on to the second editions of the first two books to get the formatting in line, clean upma few odds and ends, and get them ready for the big post-StarFest announcement!

So, I think that's about it, for now. I hope you are all doing wonderfully, and hope to see you all there the weekend of the 15th!

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