Sitrep: I finished In Search of Pi several weeks ago and it is in the hands of the Betas. If any Betas who haven't been poked want a go at it, better let me know.
What is In Search of Pi you ask? Well...
In Search of Pi is the first of what is turning out to be another Federation spin off series. It will eventually combine with one of the others so it will be only a couple of books.
Back story: See, when I wrote Hunter or Hunted (one of the Io 11 short stories in one of the anthologies! Go find it if you haven't read it!) I thought of it as a lead in to another story. Then I did 6BO and I thought, wouldn't it be fun if they met?
This was supposed to be that story, but it grew. So, I took Hunter or Hunted and tucked it in there, added a bit of other stuff, and then remembered I'd planned to do a story about the Prowler team exploring Pi. That was waaay back in Pirate Rage, I'd set things up then if you recall.
Anyway, I added that, and before I knew it I had a full on novel going. I decided to push it up the queue and I wrote it last month since I had more freedom to operate in Pi.
You saw a piece of it in The Turning Tide.
So, not only do you get to see the events in Hunter or Hunted, but also the aftermath, that chapter in The Turning Tide, the Federation's work in Pi, and more.
And, I'm already working on the next book already. Yeah, I found enough material to write a second book, Pi Fight and added it to the queue as well. I decided to dive right in with it since it has enough freedom to stand outside of Liberty or Death, the next Federation book. I've finished 3 chapters of it so far. (I started it last Thursday.) Ironically, 1 of the chapters I finished, the first actually, is a crossover with Liberty or Death as well as HL3. Enough said there.
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In other news, I worked on a single Zoid image in the 4 days off in between books:
I also have the Karanak Firewalker spider tank nearly finished. I printed a few bits yesterday but I can't get the basket to print right for the life of me. It is so spindly it comes apart! I admit, I'm too much of a fumble fingered idiot with fragile stuff okay? I'm about to give up and go with the best one I've got. 6 tries at printing it are enough.
I'll post pics when I'm done.
No! (screaming in indignant rage) Dang it, I just glued the legs to the hull and I find someone had made a remix with moveable legs! GRR! ARGH!
Anyway, I am not enjoying the heat. It is too fricken early for 95! I am going to fiddle about a little more and then see how much more of Pi Fight I can get done before lunch. :)
Hi Chris, how soon do you think the book will be available?
ReplyDeleteDoes switching to In Search of Pi means that The Turning Tide was less successful, i like it a loot!!!
Can you give some snippets of the new book?
Thanks
Hi BitCreator,
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We should be seeing the book out by the first week of May, unless there is an issue with Goodlifeguide.com.
ISOP is in parallel to the The Turning Tide.
TTT sales are anemic.
I'll post snippets soon since I sent it to Rea last night.
Can't wait! So much potential in this new storyline. I was going to whine...I mean comment that the cameo in TTT was too short. 95? you must be here in California, lol.
ReplyDeleteI'll post snippets this weekend.
DeleteSnippet: It was supposed to take up a third of TTT but other events took over so I had to move them to their own book. I am waist deep into the next book, Pi Fight already.
95: yes, sunny Southern California. (though we did have a light spatter of rain yesterday for all of 20 minutes!) I've lived in the same city here for the past 28 years. (or, at least it will be 28 as of April 24!)
That snippet was one of the best parts of that book and that book has a lot of great parts in it. When I read that part I had a vision of that crafty ol lady armed with a Seal team and what's left of a cruiser. She's siting in her captains seat with her fingers tapping together looking like Montgomery Burns saying "Excellent" as another ship full of poor unsuspecting pirates falls into one of her traps. Lol. Yeah I'm Central Valley born and raised. 47 years this Aug. 36 of them in the same town. You would think it would only take one summer in the devils crockpot to motivate people to get the hell outa here, but...I had more but a three year-old just ran past me with an open eight pound bag of cheese yelling "Me da BABY" with the rest of the brat pack in hot pursuit. Why me. lol
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