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What is the Century Military Academy, you might ask? It’s the new and improved way to get information, snippets, previews, and exclusive access to book giveaways.
I’ll update it weekly with what’s happening, where to find me for conventions, and for those who sign up, I’ll have a free short story: The Cost of Valor.
If you aren’t a member of my newsletter mailing list, here’s a heads up: next month I’ll be sending the first five chapters of The Sacred Stars, Book IV of the Shadow Space Chronicles with the newsletter.
In addition, I’ll be doing a random drawing to receive some fun Shadow Space Chronicles SWAG.
As a reminder, newsletter readers get early snippets, free short stories, and other cool stuff. Sign up by Friday to be added to the list!
October is here and I’m happy to greet it. It’s been a busy past couple months, with a lot of writing and a lot of editing and trying to meet deadlines, plus a convention thrown in for good measure. So October is here and… yeah, more writing, more editing, and more deadlines. Oh, and a convention.
I’m working on Fate of the Tyrant, Book III of the Eoriel Saga. It is a big book for me, since this is concluding the fight over the Duchy of Masov between Lady Katarina Emberhill and Lord Hector the Usurper. Needless to say, there’s going to be a few fights.
Later this month (23-25 October) I’ll be attending Mile Hi Con in Denver. I don’t yet have a schedule for my panels, but I’ll be trying to find some table space for signings and I hope to see some people there. Colorado conventions are always awesome, so if you’re in the area, you should definitely attend.
In other news, Odin’s Eye, sequel to Fenris Unchained, will be coming out later this month. I don’t have the exact date, yet, but my publisher is trying to line things up to tie the release in with Mile Hi Con, so hopefully I’ll be showing off the new book at the convention!
I’m also trying to line up a book signing tour for the release of Odin’s Eye and The Prodigal Emperor. It will probably be mostly local, but if you’re interested, let me know here.
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That’s all for now, thanks for reading!
This month I’m giving away a signed copy of The Prodigal Emperor to one of my newsletter subscribers. If you want to get your chance to win a signed paperback of The Prodigal Emperor subscribe today. Existing and new subscribers will all have a chance to win a signed copy as long as they have subscribed by October 16th.
Subscribers to my newsletter also get the latest info on what books I have coming out, receive snippets and samples, as well as short stories, and get the news before anyone else as far as what I’m working on and when to expect it. You can sign up on the link to the side or here.
Things are pretty busy for me right now, let me tell you. I’m doing the final edits for The Prodigal Emperor, with the publication date projected at 18 September 2015. This will be the third book of the Shadow Space Chronicles and it ties the story of Lucius Giovanni’s war with the Chxor Empire to a close. I’ll have The Prodigal Emperor available for pre-order sometime in the next couple of weeks.
I’m also working on a novel for Henchman Press, the Eye of Odin, which will be the sequel to Fenris Unchained. My goal is to have the book finished by the end of the month, though the publication date will be sometime near the end of the year, I understand.
Lastly, I’m also working on the next set of Renegades stories. This series has close ties to the Shadow Space Chronicles but is more focused on a small team of misfits rather than large-scale military operations. My goal is to have Renegades: Out of the Cold finished by the end of September.
I’m also outlining the next Eoriel Saga book, Fate of the Tyrant and getting the audiobook for Wrath of the Usurper ready to to go live. The narrator, Eric Dove, did an amazing job of it and I can’t wait for people to be able to listen to it.
Lastly, the July Newsletter went out on Friday, July 31st. If you signed up but didn’t receive your email, please check your spam filter. I’ve also sent out the T-shirts from the winners who contacted me as well as the signed copy of Wrath of the Usurper. If you missed out on those contests, don’t worry, there will be more giveaways, so sign up for my newsletter today!
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!
Well, if you’ve noticed the dead silence around here, there’s a reason: my laptop computer died. And by died, I mean it went completely non-recoverable, complete flatline, OS not found. Fortunately I don’t save any of my writing files on my hard drive. Unfortunately, my ancient notebook isn’t capable of running much more than a word document and my desktop computers aren’t great for traveling, which I was doing a lot of at the time.
So, as you can imagine, I haven’t been able to do much writing for blog posts or updating here. My monthly newsletter, of which the first will go out in only a couple days, will be out on time. I had a nicely written review for Ant Man, but that I had saved on the hard drive, and since it’s been out this long, I’ll just say I had a lot of fun.
I have a release date planned for The Prodigal Emperor, but I’m waiting to hear back on little things like the cover, so I’m not going to make it public just yet. Subscribers to the newsletter will get an exclusive first look at the first two chapters. Also, subscribers this month get a chance to win a signed copy of Wrath of the Usurper. Don’t miss out and sign up today!
That’s all for now, I promise to be back online as soon. Thanks for reading!
I am excited to announce that starting in July I’ll have a Monthly Newsletter, which will post free fiction, snippets from upcoming books, updates to my schedule, and announcements for when books are released.
Kicking it off, subscribers will be entered into a contest to win a signed copy of Wrath of the Usurper and also the first five people to sign up will receive a free Renegades themed T-shirt.
To sign up, follow the link on the main page or click here. Sign up today!
First up, Tom Knighton, an excellent author, has a great review of Echo of the High Kings up. He had some comments that I really appreciated and if you don’t read his stuff, I think he’s a fantastic blogger and author. You can read his review here.
My Liberty Con review went up on Monday. As I said, I met a lot of great people and I mentioned a few of the people I met there at the convention, I didn’t list them all, because I don’t think you want to see long lists of names, but it was funny to me because some of them are names I see every day on Amazon, on the list of “People who bought this book also bought…”
I also wanted to update everyone on my upcoming airing on American Ninja Warrior. The Military themed program will air on Monday, July 6th on NBC and Tuesday, July 7th on Esquire Network. I can’t say anything about what you’ll see, but I had a great time at the event. Be sure to tune in and watch!
Lastly, I wanted to say that I’ll be creating a new program, for those who want periodic updates but don’t regularly read my blog. I’ll have a mailing list which I’ll send out a newsletter once a month with free fiction, snippets, updates on my writing progress, and announcements when books are released. I’ll have a tab on the side and you can sign up now by using the “Contact Kal” page or messaging me on FB with your email.
Kal Spriggs 