Your Attention Please.... · 9:43pm Apr 8th, 2013
Many of you have been curious about the information regarding my recently completed novel. Well, here we go.
For those of you who follow my webcomic, this takes place in the same universe and a few of the characters interact or know each other. For those of you who don't...why aren't you?
It's in editing right now (my super-capable team of editors, including coandco, bluebastard and cody fett) are all doing what editors do, and I can't thank them enough for that. More information will be coming along about this, and if you've got any questions, please feel free to ask below.
Now, what does this mean for the AAG saga? Nothing. I still intend to keep chugging along, though because the editors are tied up with a 240K word novel, chapters of AAG and Polarity and new story arcs of BH will be slightly slower in coming; everyone's a bit double-duty right now and I hope you'll stick around for that - I apologize for the delay, but these guys are being rock stars at getting this stuff done and it'd be unfair to push them harder.
So, with that said...ask away!
Will this be a digital download?
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Digital download and hardcopy (paperback and hardcover).
When can we expect to see the hardcopy?
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That's the toughie. I will probably be holding a Kickstarter at the end of next month to cover it all, because there are fun expenses (and I mean that sarcastically) like printing, binding, cover commissions and all that. But I'm going to be doing perks I'm sure everyone will like...as well as a few secret Brony perks for those here who want to contribute.
Explain your username and avatar.
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The handle is a gift from an old friend, sorta. It's a Japanese botanical term to refer to a cherry tree sapling (shin = new, sakura = cherry tree, so shinzakura). The avatar...well, I like Pinkie and I thought the current one is cute. Might change it in the near future again.
991954 Whenever you say anything, I imagine that you sound like Pinkie. Except, she sounds all philosophical and deep. Also, why did you call your username 'the handle'?
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o_O
As for handle....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_(computing)
A user is an agent, either a human agent (end-user) or software agent, who uses a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified by a username (also user name). Other terms for username include login name, screen name (also screenname), nickname (also nick), or handle, which is derived from the identical Citizen's Band radio term.
Just chose to refer to it as such. Could have easily said SN or LOGID.
992020 I usually think of weird things based off of avatars.
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Please Yell if You're Paying Attention!
(Heh, I actually built a replica of the BMG's Tubulum for a physics project in high school. I used flexible tubing and some duct tape in the construction, but you could play music on it!)
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For what it's worth, one of the other authors whose books I've edited/helped bring to fruition has had good luck with print-on-demand services such as Lulu. He also (IIRC) found a service that would do both print-on-demand *and* Amazon listing, so it might be worth asking what worked for him. You can find links to all of his books here.
So what will be the immediate focus? Rewrite of AAG, new chapters of Polarity / the side stories?
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Polarity, because a chapter's overdue; then the two COMBS chapters of BH, then the rest of the AAG rewrite.
998491 Good luck, have fun.