Category: News
In a quick bit of news, I’ve been tagged to do signings at Can*Con this year in Ottawa alongside Mona Storm.
– 10 AM, Sunday, November 3rd
– Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa
Major upcoming events:
– Toronto SFF Newsletter: Now!
– SeanGeek & FastFreak Podcast Interview: Releasing July 8th
– Book Launch: Vore Tech by A.R. St.Pierre: July 16th
– Book Launch: The Civilization, by K.M. Mckenzie: October 11th
– Barrie Indigo Book Signing: November 30th
What’s this? A recommended reading list by yours truly has been posted on the 49th Shelf? And it’s about ships in speculative fiction? Go check it out!
Major upcoming events:
– Toronto SFF Newsletter: Now!
– SeanGeek & FastFreak Podcast Interview: Releasing July 8th
– Book Launch: Vore Tech by A.R. St.Pierre: July 16th
– Book Launch: The Civilization, by K.M. Mckenzie: October 11th
– Barrie Indigo Book Signing: November 30th
Pale Grey Dot has officially launched in both paperback and ebook!
This means that across the internet…
Question: When is the launch party?Answer: Sunday May 5th, 3 PM, at Bakka-Phoenix. You can sign up on Facebook, Meetup.com, or just walk on in. Will there be books at the launch party?Yes! There will be books available for purchase, but to guarantee you’ll get one, safe option is to pre-order from Bakka-Phoenix. This is your opportunity to grab the book prior to the world launch date. Will there be refreshments? We’ll have drinks (pop, water) and snacks (cookies, veggies). For those interested, we can even hit a bar afterwards. Who’s hosting?Why, that would be the enigmatic wonder boy himself: Peter G. Reynolds! What if I want to buy the book after that?The worldwide sale date is May 15th. That’s when it becomes available from other bookstores. Check out the Purchase Page for details. Will there be an eBook version?eBooks should be available for pre-order within a few days, and…
Launch parties, pre-orders, and retreats! I figured it’s time for a lil’ update on all things pale and grey as we gear up for the launch:
Behold! We have the cover for Pale Grey Dot, along with a rather flattering blurb by David Annandale, best known for his Warhammer 40k novels. In addition, we have pre-orders available from Bakka-Phoenix, the best known sci-fi and fantasy book store in Toronto. Pale Grey Dot is…
If you somehow missed it, you can catch Part 1 here. Last time, on the Road to Publication… August 22, 2022 The contract with Ravenstone (an imprint of Turnstone) had been signed! This meant it was official: Pale Grey Dot was sold. I’d handled contracts before, both as the publisher and published, but those were for short stories. No, this one was much larger. The key sections covered were: September 13, 2022 I had a little questionnaire to fill out for Turnstone. These are for things like social media information, my personal biography, previous publications, a favourite excerpt, and the inspiration for the book. Why? Because these are the sorts of things useful for press releases, book fairs, and the sales force (i.e. selling directly to bookstores). I actually wish I knew more about how the sales force works. TDotSpec‘s advertising was mostly through Social Media and word of mouth,…
I’ve been asked a whole bunch of times how exactly the sale of Pale Grey Dot to Turnstone Press went down, and since I have a terrible memory I figured this would be a good chance to write it out. So join me for a glimpse into the wild (and slow) world of traditional indie publishing. In the beginning… The major push to write the book happened in 2018, with work prior to that including a ton of reviews by my first team o’ beta readers (Jennifer, Kirby, Pat, and Toronto SFF‘s very own Suzanne), the Toronto SFF Saturday group, and my second round o’ beta readers (Michelle, Randal, and Anahita). I sent out about seventy requests to both US and Canadian agents and publishers, usually in batches of five. The theory here being that if you get five responses with zero nibbles, then your query, synopsis, or first X…
