Some work, some waiting, and some stuff to read.

After a few misses with the printed proofs for One Day Lucky, I have a surreally delightful hard copy in my hand. The cover art looks amazing (thanks Dave Law) and I am happy with the overall design after my wife/creative director pointed out a few changes that made a massive difference to the title layout. I've now ordered a case of books so for those of you that are waiting for a physical copy, it will be on the way to you soon.

In-between bouts of cursing at the screen trying to get the proof layout correct, I've also finished up another novella. Unlike Roller Dogs, this is entirely a prequel, following the mercenary Hux as he makes his way towards San Francisco. It will be a short read, with plenty to cement Hux as the unluckiest mercenary alive as he gets suckered into a really crappy job and, of course, there's a Stop N' Kwik involved (still blows my mind that there is not an actual store with that name). I don't know that it will be done and ready before One Day Lucky comes out, but as soon as it has been edited and a proper cover is done, I'll share it with you all. For now, here is the dodgy placeholder cover I created myself which features the mascot for the Mulez app that Hux uses to find mercenary gigs.

I can't wait to see what Dave Law comes up with for this one.

And, an email from an author wouldn't be complete without a pitch for something. In this case, it's a pitch for you to check out some other books that you might like, given you're here hanging out with me. Some dystopian offerings (I've already grabbed The Post-Apocalyptic Independent Author), plus some more traditional fantasy/scifi (I am not super into fantasy but I still downloaded Immortal of the Saltless Sea just based on the cover). As with most (all) things, I don't know what I am doing here so I probably signed up for more of these swaps with other authors than I should have, but there are some pretty cool books/novellas in there that you can grab for free.

Thanks,

Dave