Bootstrap Colony 1 is in PRINT!

 And now the main reason for this string of blogs, Bootstrap Colony 1 is in print!

  Yeah, I took the plunge. The economics still suck but we'll give it a shot. I am only putting books that are 300 pages or less in print that will break even or sell well.

I did a minor refresh of the cover with the help of Mechmaster

You can find it on Amazon

  I ordered 2 author proofs. The first came out rather dark so I lightened it a lot (the above pic) and when that one came in I ran with it.

If it sells well I will be reinvesting some of the money into getting other books into print. The next up is New Dawn (as mentioned in a previous post) then Jethro Goes to War, and possibly others. They have to be under 300 pages and had sold reasonably well in the past. 

If this endeavor works out I'll try to have more books in print from the point of publishing. 😁

AI Art!

 It never rains but it pours. Well, at the moment it is pouring and has been since Sunday here. Fun.

Anyway, Mechmaster convinced me to try AI art to enhance my covers and character art. I went to SeaArt.com Sunday and dug in a little.

I redid the cover to New Dawn.

I like that Irons. He's definitely different!

I will be trying to get that book into print in a month or 2 barring any hiccups or issues.

Since I was having fun...

and then Shelby Logan:

And Admiral Subert:

Admiral White didn't come out so hot.

Horatio Logan came out stunning. I'm still reworking this for a refresh of the original cover to Full Circle:

Here are Catherine and Elvira:

I tried Jethro and other Anthro (Neo) characters with bad results. I'll try again some other time. (when my credits refresh)

Sprite is another one that got badly mangled. 

I'll be refreshing the WIKI sometime as well as some of the covers to some of the books. Eventually.

News!

 Sitrep:

I didn't want to step on the MV 7 launch but...

A lot to unpack. I finished Bootstrap Colony 5, and I've been poking at the cover for the past few days.

 Since I am at it the next book is the Roo one:

Which I may try to enhance with AI later. Maybe, we'll see. I'll get to the AI thing in a moment.

Here is the cover to Expanding Horizons:

I'm going to post 2 more blog posts here...