Darkspace Press

Month: October 2015

  • Into the Dark will be free on November 3rd

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    If you’re already at my blog or getting my newsletter, then I assume you’re already a reader of the Alex Carew series — so why would you care that the first book in the series is free November 3rd? You’ve already read it, right?

    Well, also free on November 3rd will be the first books in nearly fifty other series — so mark the date take the opportunity to try out some new authors.

    http://pattyjansen.com/promo/ 

  • Updated Little Ships Release Date

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    I’ve just uploaded the final copy of The Little Ships to Amazon and the new release date is November second.

    I hope you enjoy it. 🙂

    Of course, if you haven’t preordered it yet, you should do that now.

  • Book Recommendation: The King’s Coat

    King's Coat THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE CLASSIC SERIES OF ALAN LEWRIE NAVAL ADVENTURES1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-mastedAriadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding–rather unexpectedly–that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise…

    Previous book recommendations have been both science fiction and indie authors. I plan to continue that trend in the future, but thought I’d throw this particular book into the mix, even though it’s neither of those.

    Many readers of the Alexis Carew series are fans of both science fiction and Age of Sail novels, as I am myself. Some, though, may have come to the series as strictly science fiction fans. If that’s you, and you like the tone and feel of Alexis Carew, then I recommend taking a look at some of the Age of Sail series out there.

    Buy at Amazon

  • The Little Ships update, Planetfall changes, and more

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    The Little Ships final draft is off to the proofreader.

    Sent it off Tuesday morning, 9/29, and I expect it back by 10/15. It should just take a couple days after that to fix the typos, then I can release it via Amazon. Unfortunately, there’s a vagary of the Amazon prerelease system that means it’ll be ten days from the time I say it’s final until it’s actually released. It’s an Amazon thing.

    I’ve also been in touch with Elizabeth Klett, the narrator who’s done such a fantastic job on the Into the Dark and Mutineer, and she’s scheduled to narrateThe Little Ships in November, so the audiobook should be available before the first of the year or shortly thereafter.

    I also have an update on Planetfall, the novella prequel to the Alexis Carew series.

    Originally, Planetfall was supposed to cover the time from the founding of Dalthus until Alexis’ birth (really until when her parents die). What I found was … that’s a really long time!

    Almost thirty years, which is a lot to cover in a novella of thirty or so thousand words. And, in fact, it’s really two stories: First the founding of Dalthus until Lynelle, Alexis’ grandmother, dies; and second her father’s, Harlynne’s, story.

    So I’m now going to release it as two novellas, each covering one of those things. The first will still be titled Planetfall and should be finished around the end of December or January time frame, with the second, still untitled, coming after that.

    Newsletter subscribers will receive both of these novellas at no charge.

    The fourth book in the series is underway — tentatively titled HMS Nightingale — and is so far about 10% complete.

    Thank you all, again, for your support of the series — I hope you enjoy the next installment as much as the first two!

    J.A. Sutherland