I’ve just posted the latest update to Alayne’s Story over on the WoW RP forum. This week’s update takes us through the last part of the run-up into Grim Batol.
I’ve started to get a better hang on my different writing projects. I’m currently working with two guys who want to do illustrations for my original novels (Alayne’s Story will never be published for-sale because I really don’t want to tangle with Blizzard’s Legal Department). I’ve decided to self-publish Twilight of Lanar’ya and my other novels through Amazon and other electronic services. The more I think about it, the more I realize that it’d be monumentally stupid of me to do otherwise. I’m a trained editor (though I do have others read my stuff to find things I overlooked). I’ve worked in marketing so I can do my own promotions. Distribution was my hang-up but Amazon and other services render that moot. So, why should I pay an agent a percentage to find others to do things I can already do myself?
Kinda like hiring servants to take care of your house. Sure, go for it if that’s money you can part with but otherwise, a vacuum cleaner and a washer and dryer unit are a much better investment.
I’m hoping to have Twilight of Lanar’ya out for sale some time early next year.
Alayne’s Story should be completed within the next few months though the updates will go on longer than that. I’ve already said that Part IV will be the last part for the foreseeable future. I just cannot see myself dragging these characters through Happy Cheery Fluffy Pandaland. I may eventually do an epilogue to round things out but I do want to wait a while on that in case Blizzard actually brings out an expansion worth my time. Considering the epic fails that have been Cataclysm and now Pandaland, I somehow doubt it will happen but then, never say never. They could surprise me.
