Because I've done "final" (ish) edits to it and am now exercising my right to sell it wherever the hell I damn well please.
Now that you've calmed down a little, Dear Reader, perhaps I can get you some tea? Okay. Okay, obviously we DO need to talk a little though.
Some of you, ESPECIALLY those closest to me, know of my efforts in the past year at several projects. This one is just one of those, the writing and eventually serialization and sale-ification (yes, it's a word. I just made it up. Right now. It's a word if I made it up, I'm a freakin' artist apparently) of The Generalist series you've grown to love and cuddle up to.
So yeap, it's that time. After re-editing a FINAL final time, re-packaging and improving on the manuscript, I've finally got it up and ready to sell on Kindle (though do give me OOOOOONE last revision, since I'm preparing it for Smashwords as well and I want to use that format for Kindle), but there's a few issues going down.
For one, there's that Smashwords format of programming/writing I want to bring to Kindle.
Secondly, it's currently stuck at $2.99 though I lowered the price to $1.50, and when it comes time to pop Taboo 2 up for sale, I'll raise the price of Taboo 1 and sell Taboo 2 at $1.50, same with all other Taboos from now on.
Whenever an episode goes up for sale, they gotta come down here and you get this message with a link to buy and sample.
I'll still continue to post the unedited/lightly edited/raw manuscripts up here, and then later on give them the same treatment. This way you can sample what it's going to be before you buy, a system I believe in highly. BUT, I AM trusting you guys, y'knowwhatImean?
This is the honor system: you can accept the crappy-edited version of these stories and not pay, or pay what amounts to less than a cup of coffee (in some places) and receive a polished version full of proper grammar, little writing tidbits, and slightly more content. I'm willing to believe in youse guys, and those who can't afford squat but are perfectly happy to retweet my tweets and repost my posts at Faecbawks.
Of course this might change depending on customer performance...we'll see.
In the meantime, that's what's up and I'm stickin' to it!
The Generalist - Taboo 0: Cliché of Memories is free over here:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/239832
And The Generalist - Taboo 1: Where's the Beef? is only a $1.50 at both Smashwords and Amazon:
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/249546
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/The-Generalist-Taboo-Wheres-ebook/dp/B009YLO9XU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1352071466&sr=1-1&keywords=the+generalist+taboo+1+where%27s+the+beef+thomas+duder
tl;dr - LOL I'M SELLIN' OUT, SO THIS PART HAS BEEN COMPILED AND RECODIFIED WITH THE REST FOR MASS CONSUMPTION! SOCCER MOMS ARE GOING TO SCHLICK OVER MY STUFF NOW, KTHXBAI! #TheNewTwilight #Platitudes #Hashtag
Now that you've calmed down a little, Dear Reader, perhaps I can get you some tea? Okay. Okay, obviously we DO need to talk a little though.
Some of you, ESPECIALLY those closest to me, know of my efforts in the past year at several projects. This one is just one of those, the writing and eventually serialization and sale-ification (yes, it's a word. I just made it up. Right now. It's a word if I made it up, I'm a freakin' artist apparently) of The Generalist series you've grown to love and cuddle up to.
So yeap, it's that time. After re-editing a FINAL final time, re-packaging and improving on the manuscript, I've finally got it up and ready to sell on Kindle (though do give me OOOOOONE last revision, since I'm preparing it for Smashwords as well and I want to use that format for Kindle), but there's a few issues going down.
For one, there's that Smashwords format of programming/writing I want to bring to Kindle.
Secondly, it's currently stuck at $2.99 though I lowered the price to $1.50, and when it comes time to pop Taboo 2 up for sale, I'll raise the price of Taboo 1 and sell Taboo 2 at $1.50, same with all other Taboos from now on.
Whenever an episode goes up for sale, they gotta come down here and you get this message with a link to buy and sample.
I'll still continue to post the unedited/lightly edited/raw manuscripts up here, and then later on give them the same treatment. This way you can sample what it's going to be before you buy, a system I believe in highly. BUT, I AM trusting you guys, y'knowwhatImean?
This is the honor system: you can accept the crappy-edited version of these stories and not pay, or pay what amounts to less than a cup of coffee (in some places) and receive a polished version full of proper grammar, little writing tidbits, and slightly more content. I'm willing to believe in youse guys, and those who can't afford squat but are perfectly happy to retweet my tweets and repost my posts at Faecbawks.
Of course this might change depending on customer performance...we'll see.
In the meantime, that's what's up and I'm stickin' to it!
The Generalist - Taboo 0: Cliché of Memories is free over here:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/239832
And The Generalist - Taboo 1: Where's the Beef? is only a $1.50 at both Smashwords and Amazon:
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/249546
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/The-Generalist-Taboo-Wheres-ebook/dp/B009YLO9XU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1352071466&sr=1-1&keywords=the+generalist+taboo+1+where%27s+the+beef+thomas+duder
tl;dr - LOL I'M SELLIN' OUT, SO THIS PART HAS BEEN COMPILED AND RECODIFIED WITH THE REST FOR MASS CONSUMPTION! SOCCER MOMS ARE GOING TO SCHLICK OVER MY STUFF NOW, KTHXBAI! #TheNewTwilight #Platitudes #Hashtag
You've got a knack for this. Great description, snappy dialogue, and a fun story. I think possibly my favorite part, though, is the transitioning. In this part alone, I love that Tony is killed (post coitus, of course), and then we jump to a reflection of the LA rain while Frank sips his coffee. Not many people could pull that kind of transition off, which leads to a solid ending, but you do. I'm looking forward to the next of the series!
ReplyDeleteThanks m'man! I'll try not to let the commentary swell up my already enlarged ego. :D Which is noteworthy for it's larrrrgeness~!
DeleteI can't promise that I'll ALWAYS AND FOREVER consistently write like this, but I am going to try to keep The Generalist to the vision that I have of it, y'know? The dialogue, the descriptions, the location and the action.
Especially the action. I've heard from one of my readers that this particular Taboo was distinct in how incredibly vivid the fight scenes were.
I still think the Battle at Brownstone is going to blow it out the park, but in the meantime I got the hijinks to write out for Taboo 2...and ohhhh boy.
Shenanigans.
Freakin' shenanigans, bro. :D
Wow, I started reading. And then I kept reading. And next thing I knew, I was at the end. I love it when people die in stories! Its just my thing. You have such a talent for this. Ugh, now I'm REALLY jealous.
ReplyDeleteHey hey, thanks!
DeleteAnd don't worry, be as jelly donut as you want - I've been collecting quite a bit of haterade and jelly donut as of late. :D
But I do thank you for the commentary. My only issue about writing these is that when I do I focus on nothing but them...which means my other projects fall to the wayside. ;_;
Still, here's to Taboo 2 once I get it started!