...I'm as surprised as you are.

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So before we get to the reveal for the cover of Book #3... we need to talk about Book #4.

Book #4 will be the initial third of Triptych.

...right. That's why we're starting there. Due to its length, Triptych has to be published in three volumes. This means that by committing to its first cover, I am locking in for two more beyond that.

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Before we start: I just wrote my first choice of artist to ask about commission rates, and will be contacting the current volunteer after finishing this blog. So for better or worse, that's under way. And once I've actually paid someone or received a piece of art, we're at the point of no return: there's a certain obligation to use it...

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The final stage before the results are unveiled -- the choice of exactly which images should appear as cover/interior art -- is a different kind of poll: one conducted entirely in the Comments, where not only the voting is yours, but so are all the nominations.

But before we get to that, the mandatory reminder: publication polls on the short stories, novellas, and novels close at 12:01 a.m. Monday, August 12th, Eastern Daylight Time. The links for those remain:

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So, one last time. As concerns the stories potentially existing in physical book form? These are your polls:

Publication poll: short stories & novellas
Publication poll: A Mark Of Appeal & Triptych

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