I launched my Kickstarter campaign for the Og-Grim-Dog omnibus yesterday…and it’s already funded!
For all the details on rewards, bundles, and stretch goals, check out the live campaign page
Kickstarter Launch
Kickstarter Campaign Coming
I’m excited to announce my upcoming and first ever Kickstarter campaign. I will be offering an exclusive hardback omnibus edition of my Me Three series, featuring all four books in one awesome hardcover.
In addition, eBook, audio, and paperback versions will be available. Stretch goals will see even more goodies added, including custom artwork.
Launch day is 13th March. For now, please sign up to my pre-launch page. You will get an email when we go live. Thanks for your support!
Ogre’s End Game: Final Audio Release of Me Three
The final book of the Me Three series, Ogre’s End Game, recently got its audiobook release. What a fun project it’s been, listening to Chuck Wagner bring the series to life!
Even if the writing’s gone a bit slowly this year, I can content myself with the release of four audiobooks! It’s been great to hear the positive feedback for Chuck’s performances – thoroughly deserved.
Remember, this series is WIDE, so there are several options to pick up the audio – check out the audiobooks page of my website for all the details.
Audiobooks Announcement
I’m excited to announce that all 4 books of the Me Three Series are going to be recorded in audiobook format.
Narration is by Chuck Wagner. A cult legend in the sci-fi & fantasy world as the star of 80s TV series Automan & with a long career in the theatre, he has the perfect voice to take on the role of the infamous ogre, Og-Grim-Dog.
I have listened to book one and I can’t wait for people to hear this performance. The audiobooks will be released wide to all retailers and I will post more updates when I have them.
Cover Reveal/Release of Og-Grim-Dog: Ogre’s End Game
It’s not every day you finish a series, but here I am pleased to report that Me Three has come to its epic conclusion with the release of book 4, Og-Grim-Dog: Ogre’s End Game. Andrey has done another fantastic job with this one, evoking the world-hopping, time-travelling, superhero elements of this story with his cosmic cover.
‘It’s all too easy for everyone else,’ said Grim, ‘to leave people behind. They just walk away, with their own pair of legs; their own arms, and head. We’ve never been able to do that. We’re stuck with each other forever. But that’s our strength. We’ve been forced to work as a team. And we’ll get through this just like we’ve got through everything else. Because we’re not doing this for ourselves, or for each other. We’re doing it for everyone else. For the scattered and the lost. We’re the only ones left, so we have to see it through.’
The paperback is already available to buy and the official release date for the eBook is 1st December, but you can get it now on pre-order.
What’s next? Some kind of recharging is necessary after a hectic 2020 – it’s been one hell of a year, hasn’t it? Releasing a 4-book series in the middle of it all has been intense at times. But I have plenty of ideas jostling each other for attention to be my next series. It’ll be interesting to see which one wins!
Cover Reveal: From The Shadows
With the final book of Me Three due soon, I have great news for fans of the series. A tie in short story will feature in the forthcoming fantasy anthology, From the Shadows.
I’ve had a sneak peek of this and it’s an incredibly well presented book, on the theme of villains. There are some awesome authors involved and the book version is going to be available on all the major sites for free. It’s a really great way to get a taste of their work with some diverse approaches to the topic.
As for my story, it’s called Interview with the Dark Elf. It’s a paraquel story, set broadly at the same time as book three of the series, War of The Dead, but following a different character to Og-Grim-Dog. Some of it will make most sense for readers who are up to date with the series, but I hope it can be enjoyed by fresh eyes, too.
More details around the release to come. For now, you can bookmark it on Goodreads.
Finally, this month I’m celebrating the anniversary of the completion of my first series, The Weapon Takers Saga. The Giants’ Spear was published in November 2019. Man, that seems like a long time ago! Anyway, I have reduced my boxset of books 1-3 to 99c/p as a way to mark the moment. You can check this offer out here.
Og-Grim-Dog in the Stores
The Amazon set up is all done now. The paperback of Og-Grim-Dog is for sale already and the eBook is on pre-order in all stores, with a release date of 15th June.
The book is also entered in the SPFBO6 competition, which is an exciting addition. I’m looking forward to meeting other authors and finding great indie reads through that.
Reviews from my ARC readers are also mostly in now, with a lot of positive responses. There are already 9 reviews of the book up on Goodreads, a great way for potential readers to get a feel for what the book is like.
As for the rest of the series, my beta-readers have had a look at the second book in the series, Og-Grim-Dog and the Dark Lord. That will get a final edit over the next few days. I have asked Andrey, the same artist who did the first cover, to work on the cover for book two. We have agreed on a design and I think it’s going to look awesome! Meanwhile, I have begun to write book 3 of the series, Og-Grim-Dog and The War of The Dead.
So in other words, it’s getting pretty busy right now!
Og-Grim-Dog Character Design
In these strange times, my daily schedule is relatively untouched, though I do now have my children at home with me as the UK self-isolates.
I’m excited to introduce the character design for Og-Grim-Dog. I think the artist has done a fantastic job of bringing the brothers to life. At the moment he is working on the cover for book one, so I hope I will have news on this for you before too long.
I like the fact that the fantasy community is still active online during this period – it’s nice to be able to interact with other people in this way. In that vein, I’m letting you know about an online reading festival I’m involved with over on Fantasy Sci-Fi Focus. It’s on virtually all day (especially if you’re in North America) this Saturday, so make some time to check it out!
