Aloha – A fair amount of things going on behind the scenes at the moment. I am seven chapters into a requested sequel of “Salt of the Earth” which is currently in print and e-book format through several venders. I was stalled for a while, but writer’s block eventually gave way to a fun sequence I just wrote. The ending is clear in my mind, but that is a long way off.
Both “Salt of the Earth” and “Project Lilliput” were published by Next Chapter. I feel like they have done a good job with the book so far, but I wanted to get the audible rights back, which they have agreed to do. I was also able to contact the narrator for the entire Orion’s Spur series, so I hope to have at least one of those two books available in Audible by the end of summer.
One of the main reasons I want the audible book rights back is that the Orion’s Spur series has done much better in audible format than in e-book or paperback. The five books are not best sellers in Audible, but the sales and ratings have been very good. Two of the books: “Demeter” (book 1) and Paragon’s Virtue (book 5 and end of the story arc) have made it into the top 10 of the sub-category: Action Adventure Sci-Fi for teens, and have rated in the top 50 for Teen and Young Adult Science Fiction Action and Adventure. All 5 books are doing very well. “Haumeah” is selling as well as the others but listed in an entirely different category. It periodically breaks into the top 100 of Space Opera Science Fiction (like today), and is in the top 200 in Space Opera as its own category.
In any case, I’m just waiting for the all clear, and will start production. Anticipate seeing both books on Audible.com ACX before the end of the year. I’ll keep you informed as news unfolds.