Pre-order The Reluctant Spacefarer
As promised, here is the cover for the newest edition in the Reluctant series, The Reluctant Spacefarer.
You can now pre-order The Reluctant Spacefarer from your preferred ebook vendor here: https://books2read.com/u/3JLNYg
The book goes on sale April 23, but avoid the rush and pre-order now!
Until next time,
Happy Journeys!
Mike
Coming soon to a book retailer near you!
I’m happy to announce the third book of the Reluctant series…The Reluctant Spacefarer! And here’s a teaser for the new cover:
If you were a member of my mailing list, you would already see the new cover. To join, just click on the link at the right to join The Crew of the Daedalus, my mail list.
The next steps are to finish the book setups (paperback, hardcover, and ebook) and proof the final copies. I’m tentatively shooting for a publication date of April 23, but it’s dependent on getting the proofs back in time. Again, if you sign up for my mailing list, you’ll be notified as soon as pre-sales are launched!
I’ll unveil the full cover in a little but, so check here to see the new book.
In other news, I went to a jazz concert in the city where I went to college to see Bria Skonberg, an excellent vocalist/trumpet player. I was fortunate enough to talk to her after the concert. Later, she and her band stopped at the bar my wife and I had visited for an after concert drink. We stopped to tell her how much we loved the concert and talked some more – she even gave us hugs!! Here’s a picture of me with her after the concert
Stay tuned for more news and events around the launch of The Reluctant Spacefarer!
Happy Journeys!
Mike
New Year, New Look – Part II
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been updating the covers of my existing books. This month, I’m proud to reveal the new cover for my second book, The Reluctant Agent:
I’ve just spent the afternoon updating the covers…everywhere. Everything should be processed in a few days.
What Else Is Going On?
I’ve received most of the feedback from my beta readers and I’m making the final tweaks. Once I do that, I’ll take one more editing/proofreading pass and then it will be ready to start the publishing process. Given the lead time for getting a new cover (which I can’t do until I know exactly how big the book will be), I think that the actual release day will be in April – date to be determined. Watch this space for news of when the pre-order will be available.
Join the Crew
Once again, I invite you to join my email newsletter – You can do that over on the right under the “Join the Crew of the Daedalus” box. Members of the newsletter get early notifications about what’s going on and extras. Recently, I’ve shared some images I generated using Mid-Journey (AI Generative Art) to highlight some scenes from both The Reluctant Captain and The Reluctant Agent.
Until next time,
Happy Journeys!
Mike
New Year, New Look
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that 2024 brings you health and happiness!
2023 was certainly an interesting year. I finally finished the writing and editing of the newest Malcolm adventure. My daughter has started her own adventure with her new husband and my wife and I are adjusting to an empty house. And 2023 ended with the start of renovation of our kitchen. As I post this, we no longer have an oven. It won’t be long before the stove and sink are gone as well!
But 2024 is a new start – As part of that new start, I’m “re-releasing” my existing books with new covers. While I love the artwork on my current covers, they don’t match other steampunk books on the market. So I’ve commissioned new covers that I plan to roll out over the next two months. Although I have already shared the new covers with members of my newsletter (you can be a member as well by clicking the link on the right to join the Crew of the Daedalus!), I present to you the new cover for The Reluctant Captain:
I will update the new cover on the various ebook stores soon – it will take me a little longer to get them in place for the print editions.
I’m still gathering feedback from my beta readers to see if the new Malcolm novel (which still doesn’t have a title) to see if it needs any changes before I publish it. I’m shooting for publication in March (fingers crossed).
If you want to be notified as soon as the new book is up for pre-order, I encourage you to join the Crew of The Daedalus, my sometimes regular e-newsletter.
Until next time, Happy Journeys!
Mike
Anticipation
Greetings! The good news is that Malcolm’s new adventure is in the hands of my beta readers – the bad news is that it didn’t make it there until November! Before I sent it out, I had Siri read the book to me to catch any mistakes I made (and there were plenty). That process took much longer than expected. As a result, the new book won’t be out until early in 2024. I’m also working to get new covers for both The Reluctant Captain and The Reluctant Agent as part of a relaunch of the series. In the meantime, I’m continuing to work on the fourth Malcolm book.
In other news, I dipped my toes into the world of audiobooks. I have an AI narrated book from Apple books for The Reluctant Captain nearly ready. However, the AI narrator mistook the St in Joan de St. Leger as Joan de Street Leger instead of Joan de Saint Leger. It’s being re-recorded and when it’s available, I’ll let everyone know.
Music, Music, Music
In the meantime, I’m working on the next book of Malcolm’s adventures and also gearing up for the many Christmas concerts. As an early birthday present, I bought myself a new trumpet – a Shires TRQ10S. I love my new trumpet and it’s even got me practicing regularly. Although playing in so many bands takes time away from writing, music has always been a big part of my life. When I was in high school, I seriously considered going to college for music, but got into computers instead. I figured it would be easier to be a computer person who played music than a musician that played with computers. Playing in the various bands gives me a view of what my life would have been like if I had gone the music route.
Happy Holidays
Let me close this update by wishing you the best for this holiday season!
Until next time,
Happy Journeys!
Mike