How it all started…Orion
Hi! It’s Orion.
Have you ever wondered how this all started?
I fed him french fries and coleslaw. Then I let him take off with my top hat to try on.
Okay, a little background first.
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Unidentified Love is Here!
Yay! Unidentified Love is finally available in paperback!
It took Kyros several months of hard work and caused him to pull out chunks of (blue at the moment) hair to kick the original ebook through Scrivener and into a form acceptable to CreateSpace, Amazon’s print-on-demand arm.
But that means you can now hold Unidentified Love in your hot little hands! And Orion and Kyros can add the physical book to their growing shelf of published books.
So, rush to your computer, pull up Amazon, and get your very own copy of Unidentified Love today.
Yay!
The wraparound cover art for the paperback.
Unidentified Love is coming!
We are so excited! We’ve decided to offer a print edition of Unidentified Love. After weeks of hard work to create a matching back cover and reformat the book for print, we’re almost done. The proof copy is on its way to us. According to the tracking information, the proof copy decided to take a tour of the Midwest on its way to California from North Carolina. So far, it’s gone through Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana, which oddly enough is where both of the authors grew up.
As soon as we get the proof and approve it, the book will be available on Amazon. Stay tuned!
Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest
Kyros and I belong to the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest here in Everett, WA. This group isn’t focused on helping you write better (that’s our Kickstart Writers Group) but, rather, they help you with the ins and outs of publishing your writing and marketing your products.
Recently, the Cooperative held a book launch party at the University Book Store in Mill Creek. While it wasn’t as well attended as last year’s event, it did provide a chance for the authors to meet the public. Another event is planned for Saturday, May 13, in downtown Olympia.
Past meetings have covered such diverse topics as: how to build your website, how to conduct yourself at an interview (Orion was the guinea pig for this demo and thoroughly enjoyed it!), and how to present yourself to the public.
Matthew Buza is their technical guru and a writer of YA fantasy. He is also responsible for their website. You don’t have to be a member to read the daily offerings of stories, blog posts, poetry, and other works by the group.
If you’re a writer or an aspiring writer, this group is worth checking out. If not, you can just drop by and read content from some of the best writers the Pacific Northwest.
Postcard
Oh, we’re so excited!
We just ordered our first promotional postcard, featuring UNIDENTIFIED LOVE, our next release in paperback, and listing our upcoming releases.
New Projects In The Works
It’s been awhile since we posted here, but we’ve been busy!
Kyros has been out of the country a lot in the past few months and with the time differences and the vagaries of internet connection, it’s been hard for us to write. Orion has been struggling with some health issues, so that’s slowed us down a bit too.
But in better news, we are happy to announce that we have two projected anthologies in the works: The Other Realms Brewpub and Damned If You Do.
Past Life Regressions
In our book, Dreaming of Xeres, Riley MacPherson performs a past life regression for his girlfriend Tessa. She’s only looking for a connection to explain her fascination with the ancient Celts, but what she and Riley find is much older with worldwide repercussions.
Orion has had several past life regressions. In one, she found herself in the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. In a city of white, square buildings and pyramids, she was a hungry child begging her mother for food when an invading force killed her.
Rustycon 33 – January 15-17, 2016
WooHoo! We’re going to be at Rustycon January 15-17, 2016, in SeaTac, WA. It’s a long-running Pacific Northwest science fiction convention we’ve been to and enjoyed many times over the years. The people are friendly, the writer’s track is awesome, and there’s a food kiosk in the lobby to keep you from starving to death!
Come one, come all! We’ll be at writing panels and at the Cascade Writers booth.Find us out and about or at the Cascade Writers table and get your guild badge ribbons. Everyone gets an orange Xerian Ambassador ribbon. But then you have to decide where your loyalties lie. Do you wear red and swear allegiance to the scientific Bylantians or do you wear purple and swear allegiance to the magical Klymurians.
Hope to see you there!
It’s Here! The Audiobook Version Goes Live!
You can now go to Amazon, iTunes, and Audible.com to find the audiobook of Dreaming of Xeres now! Also, the Kindle version is free for a limited time.
Hint, hint: All three versions of Dreaming of Xeres would make good Christmas presents!
The Audible Book Is Finished!
Yay! It’s taken us two weeks to go over the recording and make corrections. Now we only have to jump through Audible and Amazon’s hoops to get it published.
We hope to have the Audible version available on Amazon around Thanksgiving. The plan is to offer free copies of the Kindle version of Dreaming of Xeres at the time we go live with the Audible version.
Stay tuned!