Has it been 9 months...? Oops

So, first things first, I am still alive. Second, I’ll be at Dragon Con in Atlanta this weekend speaking on a panel about crowd-funding Monday, Sept 1st morning at 10am. Swing on by to learn about crowd-funding or catch me after to chat! If you aren’t in Atlanta this weekend, the next opportunity will be Nov 8th-9th at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. Historically, I haven’t done a lot of / any in person events, so this is a rare chance to catch me in the wild!

Beyond sporadically showing up at book-ish events, I’m back to working on Wahrheit 5 which is going to be the final book in that series. There was a period of more months than I’d like to admit where I was sucked into side gigs, kids, and just life where progress was stalled, but we’re back in business. I’m really trying to finish this book before the end of the year, but it will be close.

In addition to that, we’re moving right along on the Benjamin Ashwood Kickstarter Collector’s Editions. Benjamin Ashwood is printed and the freight shipment should be moving soon, but I got my advance copy this week and it turned out incredible. Just truly as good as I could have imagined. As the author, I am thrilled, and I think fans will be too. I expect it will be a little over a month before the freight shipment arrives, and we’ll get that kicked right back out to backers, then we’ll have Endless Flight: Benjamin Ashwood Book 2 penciled in for late October. Click below to follow that one!

There will be a Wahrheit 5 Kickstarter and retail release, but it’s pending based on compelling the danged book! My hope, I can run the Kickstarter late November, release ebook & audiobook to backers in January or February, then have the digital retail release in March.

What happens after that? The cauldron of ideas is bubbling, but I’m forcing myself to not even consider it until I get this one wrapped. So with any luck, I’ll be back in much less than nine more moths to give another update!

Happy reading,

-AC

Get SIGNED books in time for Christmas!

Over at Merrick Bookshop, they have copies of my books SIGNED, and can deliver before Christmas. There’s no sales tax in most states, and shipping is free for US orders over $40!

Prefer to listen? My audiobooks are ALL available on Amazon, Audible, iTunes, and just recently, through Amazon Music Unlimited in the US, UK, and CA. If you weren’t aware, you get a credit a month for an audiobook! I recommend you start with a boxset which I have available for every series except Benjamin Ashwood, because that one is out of my control!

Thank you all for reading, however you do it, and if I don’t post before the holidays, have a good one and a great New Year! You can find all of my titles on Merrick Bookshop right here.

-AC

Benjamin Ashwood is getting a COLLECTOR'S EDITION

I published my first book eight years ago. At the time, it was just a hobby. Only my wife even knew I was writing the thing. I had absolutely no idea the insane journey that publishing Benjamin Ashwood would send me on. On the third book, I was able to quit my job to write full time. I started a publishing business. It was the perfect job during Covid. I got bored and started a project management and book distribution business, creating some of the finest editions I have ever seen. I’ve got four series under my belt, and am working on my twentieth book. It’s crazy.

But through all that, there is still one book that comes up more than any other. There is one series that I get asked about as much of the rest combined. So it’s time to give that book, and that series, the treatment it deserves.

A rich green faux leather cover. Gold and silver foil stamping. Gilded page edges. A full color map on the front end sheet, and a brand new color illustration from Joe Requeza on the back end sheet. I’ll recover the paperbacks as well with all new artwork, and they’re going to be available here first. Custom chapter headers from Joan Belda. A slipcase to match. A wooden bookmarks. Drink coasters, of course, this is Benjamin Ashwood!

And that’s just to get us started. When this project funds, and it will easily, I’ll start adding in stretch goals. Hubs on the spine, Pantone (single color) printing on the interior. A laser cut peekaboo dust jacket. More artwork. Gauffered page edges. And I know, you don’t know what that means, so follow the project here and find out!

It’s going to be a true collector’s edition worthy of the book that started me on this journey. If you’re a fan of Benjamin Ashwood, or just a fan of deluxe editions, I hope to see you on the Kickstarter!