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elise_rashaFirst up, publication announcements!
If you're not already aware, I am a self-published author at this point, and I will probably continue to do so for some time. I had an amazing revelation the other day about why I'm currently dissatisfied with some of my works (including those already published), and, because of that revelation, my hopes of finding a traditional publisher who will back me is very slim. Mind you, when the time comes, I'll still try, if only because I want to know what it feels like to get a rejection letter. (And if I'm pleasantly surprised upon querying, then I'm pleasantly surprised!)
At any rate, because I am self-published, the "company" producing this work is my brand, the name of my Facebook page, and of these journals, Enchanted Realms Fiction, and I am quite pleased to announce the following:
The 2019 Publishing schedule:
The Summer of Dragons and Fireflies, Book 1 of the Maepyrian Chronicles, and Ravensrealm, Arc of Fantasy Book 3, are slated for February and July publication dates.
Rune Stories was originally intended for December, but it is now off the 2019 schedule - mainly because there are events going to happen in the four Maepyrian Chronicles that will affect the events in Rune Stories, and thus Rune Stories will be a big spoiler for some of that. So, upon completion of all four books in the Maepyrian Chronicles, Rune Stories will be published at some later date.
Rune Stories will be replaced with a current work in progress to be announced at a later date.
The Summer of Dragons and Fireflies is due out Tuesday, February 5, 2019. An in-person and online release parties are being planned for that time, to be followed by in Tulsa sales at the upcoming Crash-Landed convention.
The 2019 Convention Schedule:
Crash-Landed, February 15-17, the Cox Convention Center, Tulsa
Tokyo in Tulsa, July 12-14, the Cox Convention Center, Tulsa
Heroic Tulsa, November 8-10, the Cox Convention Center, Tulsa
I will also be doing what I can to host meet-and-greets/author signings throughout the Tulsa area through May of 2019 for certain. May is going to be the tricky month as I want to move out of Oklahoma before the summer hits. I love a good, hot summer, but not to the point where I'm being chased inside with the A/C running.That's not a good summer, so I'm doing what I can to head north.
For the record, I did move out of Tulsa in 2016. I lived in Gretna, Louisiana, for a month and a half. Because I had no real life experiences of living with others, I ended up coming back to Tulsa, which has been of a great benefit for me. I'm actually getting out more, meeting with newfound friends, and just enjoying what my life has to offer.
Still, the mountains call me, and that's where I'm going to go. After May 2019, when the dust settles from another move, I'll be looking for local bookstores in my new area in which to promote and sell my books or even restaurants.
And that's pretty much it for right now. For all of my writer friends, I know it seems like you're getting nowhere, the rewards you're dreaming of just aren't there yet, but, in order to reap those rewards, to know that joy of holding your own book in your hands, I encourage you to stay strong.
Seriously, stay strong. Writing has never been an easy gig nor one with instant gratification. Very few authors actually get that right away. Even the ones who "appear" to have done so, well, they worked hard, they believed in themselves and their abilities even as they struggled and fought their inner demons and critics and self-doubts.
Your story is in the shape of someone else's wound.
Heal it!
If you're not already aware, I am a self-published author at this point, and I will probably continue to do so for some time. I had an amazing revelation the other day about why I'm currently dissatisfied with some of my works (including those already published), and, because of that revelation, my hopes of finding a traditional publisher who will back me is very slim. Mind you, when the time comes, I'll still try, if only because I want to know what it feels like to get a rejection letter. (And if I'm pleasantly surprised upon querying, then I'm pleasantly surprised!)
At any rate, because I am self-published, the "company" producing this work is my brand, the name of my Facebook page, and of these journals, Enchanted Realms Fiction, and I am quite pleased to announce the following:
The 2019 Publishing schedule:
The Summer of Dragons and Fireflies, Book 1 of the Maepyrian Chronicles, and Ravensrealm, Arc of Fantasy Book 3, are slated for February and July publication dates.
Rune Stories was originally intended for December, but it is now off the 2019 schedule - mainly because there are events going to happen in the four Maepyrian Chronicles that will affect the events in Rune Stories, and thus Rune Stories will be a big spoiler for some of that. So, upon completion of all four books in the Maepyrian Chronicles, Rune Stories will be published at some later date.
Rune Stories will be replaced with a current work in progress to be announced at a later date.
The Summer of Dragons and Fireflies is due out Tuesday, February 5, 2019. An in-person and online release parties are being planned for that time, to be followed by in Tulsa sales at the upcoming Crash-Landed convention.
The 2019 Convention Schedule:
Crash-Landed, February 15-17, the Cox Convention Center, Tulsa
Tokyo in Tulsa, July 12-14, the Cox Convention Center, Tulsa
Heroic Tulsa, November 8-10, the Cox Convention Center, Tulsa
I will also be doing what I can to host meet-and-greets/author signings throughout the Tulsa area through May of 2019 for certain. May is going to be the tricky month as I want to move out of Oklahoma before the summer hits. I love a good, hot summer, but not to the point where I'm being chased inside with the A/C running.That's not a good summer, so I'm doing what I can to head north.
For the record, I did move out of Tulsa in 2016. I lived in Gretna, Louisiana, for a month and a half. Because I had no real life experiences of living with others, I ended up coming back to Tulsa, which has been of a great benefit for me. I'm actually getting out more, meeting with newfound friends, and just enjoying what my life has to offer.
Still, the mountains call me, and that's where I'm going to go. After May 2019, when the dust settles from another move, I'll be looking for local bookstores in my new area in which to promote and sell my books or even restaurants.
And that's pretty much it for right now. For all of my writer friends, I know it seems like you're getting nowhere, the rewards you're dreaming of just aren't there yet, but, in order to reap those rewards, to know that joy of holding your own book in your hands, I encourage you to stay strong.
Seriously, stay strong. Writing has never been an easy gig nor one with instant gratification. Very few authors actually get that right away. Even the ones who "appear" to have done so, well, they worked hard, they believed in themselves and their abilities even as they struggled and fought their inner demons and critics and self-doubts.
Your story is in the shape of someone else's wound.
Heal it!
