Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Quick Notes: the Aftermath
1. So I sold more copies on April 2nd than I did on release day. Were you fans broke, waiting for the kids to get lost, or did reading a KH book on Easter weekend just seem too sacrilegious for you? Answers, please!
2. General reaction to FM6.5 is about where I thought it would be. Few people don't like Tyson's whinging (you think it's bad reading it, you should try writing it! So polite! So many qualifers! ACK!), most are digging Eva, and the majority are happy enough that it was at worst worth the $2.99. Not the best KH book ever, but...a nice taste to hold you off to the FM7 feast, I hope. And come on, that ending kicked your ass!
3. Just a reminder: FM6 was insane, topping it will likely take a miracle. I'm going to try with FM7 but...well, hold on to your butts.
4. Speaking of FM7, I started working on it finally, yay! Working on the school story, 5k of work in the bag. We skipped a whole year from Pent to just a couple days before the start of the last year, so there's some catch up in there on what probably would have been some of the most boring school stories if I'd actually written them. Namely the relationship with Eva (pretty sure we've covered this just a little bit) and KH stealing and barting for the materials to make his first artifact. Which if you are a good fan you should know is...?
5. Also working on an edit of Glassbreaker Goes Home. When I started these I much more gravitated to it over Assault, so the 25k I had was all written before I figured everything out with FM6.5. For one, the original version of FM6.5 had no Isabel in it. Crazy thought reading it now, right? That was all added in the second rewrite. Before that it was meant to be Teresa Garcia who stuck around out of vengeance and well... Let that be a lesson to aspiring writers: anything can and will change from draft to draft. So don't be afraid if the first one sucks, it's kind of supposed to!
So, yeah, having to solidify some of the thoughts on the assault in FM6.75 now, and other stuff...like I expect there might be a KH rant about babies coming up...
6. I like FM6.75 so much better than 6.5...oh, I'm horrible father playing favorites, yes I am. It's all character stuff! So good! No yucky action scenes! Just KH and Val and Susan and...there's like a 40 page conversation between Vicky and Moira Welf and I love it so much! Probably not a surprise since one of my favorite scenes I've ever written is the Ceinwyn vs KH argument at the end of FM4.
7. Oh, more FM7 news I forgot about! I took the time to come up with the entire list for all of Ultra Class 2015 this go around. Bit of a spoiler, but Student-Advisor Price has lots of work to do. 30 new characters! Well, 28, you should know two of them already if you read FM5.5. I'll try to post the list soonish, although you still have months of waiting, you poor babies...
8. You will surely recognize some of the last names...
9. This month is looking great. Avengers! God of War! Hearthstone expansion! Tons of writing from RR? I hope so!
10. Generally my goal at this point in a release is to disappear, even lock the WiFi in a drawer if I have to. Thanks to everyone who writes reviews, but man those things tear me up, even the good ones. Never have a job that can be rated by the general public, so stressful!
11. So...writing...I'm gonna get back at it!
2. General reaction to FM6.5 is about where I thought it would be. Few people don't like Tyson's whinging (you think it's bad reading it, you should try writing it! So polite! So many qualifers! ACK!), most are digging Eva, and the majority are happy enough that it was at worst worth the $2.99. Not the best KH book ever, but...a nice taste to hold you off to the FM7 feast, I hope. And come on, that ending kicked your ass!
3. Just a reminder: FM6 was insane, topping it will likely take a miracle. I'm going to try with FM7 but...well, hold on to your butts.
4. Speaking of FM7, I started working on it finally, yay! Working on the school story, 5k of work in the bag. We skipped a whole year from Pent to just a couple days before the start of the last year, so there's some catch up in there on what probably would have been some of the most boring school stories if I'd actually written them. Namely the relationship with Eva (pretty sure we've covered this just a little bit) and KH stealing and barting for the materials to make his first artifact. Which if you are a good fan you should know is...?
5. Also working on an edit of Glassbreaker Goes Home. When I started these I much more gravitated to it over Assault, so the 25k I had was all written before I figured everything out with FM6.5. For one, the original version of FM6.5 had no Isabel in it. Crazy thought reading it now, right? That was all added in the second rewrite. Before that it was meant to be Teresa Garcia who stuck around out of vengeance and well... Let that be a lesson to aspiring writers: anything can and will change from draft to draft. So don't be afraid if the first one sucks, it's kind of supposed to!
So, yeah, having to solidify some of the thoughts on the assault in FM6.75 now, and other stuff...like I expect there might be a KH rant about babies coming up...
6. I like FM6.75 so much better than 6.5...oh, I'm horrible father playing favorites, yes I am. It's all character stuff! So good! No yucky action scenes! Just KH and Val and Susan and...there's like a 40 page conversation between Vicky and Moira Welf and I love it so much! Probably not a surprise since one of my favorite scenes I've ever written is the Ceinwyn vs KH argument at the end of FM4.
7. Oh, more FM7 news I forgot about! I took the time to come up with the entire list for all of Ultra Class 2015 this go around. Bit of a spoiler, but Student-Advisor Price has lots of work to do. 30 new characters! Well, 28, you should know two of them already if you read FM5.5. I'll try to post the list soonish, although you still have months of waiting, you poor babies...
8. You will surely recognize some of the last names...
9. This month is looking great. Avengers! God of War! Hearthstone expansion! Tons of writing from RR? I hope so!
10. Generally my goal at this point in a release is to disappear, even lock the WiFi in a drawer if I have to. Thanks to everyone who writes reviews, but man those things tear me up, even the good ones. Never have a job that can be rated by the general public, so stressful!
11. So...writing...I'm gonna get back at it!
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
FM 6.5 Discussion Thread
Last time you fans seemed to enjoy this, so I guess I'll put another one up this go around too. Granted the book is smaller...but I'm sure you have some thoughts on the events that took place...especially, ya know, maybe the last few pages...
Spoilers...duh.
Spoilers...duh.
Friday, March 23, 2018
Assault on Dread Fortress Paine (FM6.5) is OUT!!!
Coverage:
Blurbage:
Price: $2.99
Kindle Select/Unlimited: Of course.
Have fun reading, don't inhale too quickly or you'll get a tummy ache!
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| Return of the Quick Self Made Covers! |
Blurbage:
The Battle of Eureka is won! The Curator is vanquished, his Wilder army is shattered, and his apostles have fled for their lives.Linkage: Assault on Dread Fortress Paine by Richard Raley on Amazon Kindle
But even in victory, the legacy of Obadiah Paine is not so easily washed away. His hidden lair yet remains, Dread Fortress Paine yet stands! Within it . . . none can be sure what monstrous acts are waiting to be uncovered or guess the number of Paine loyalists who linger.
It falls on the shoulders of ESLED Strike Alpha to answer these questions and to seize Paine's hideout for the Elemental Learning Council. Led by spectromancer Ramses Lamprey, joined by civilian observer Tyson Bonnie, and aided by Council fixer Eva Reti, failure is not an option.
This volume is a can't miss for Foul Mouth fans, acting as an action packed epilogue for "The Foul Mouth and the Pit of No Return" while priming many plot points for the next main volume and even those well beyond.
Dread Fortress Paine must fall!
Price: $2.99
Kindle Select/Unlimited: Of course.
Have fun reading, don't inhale too quickly or you'll get a tummy ache!
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Pre FM6.5 Quick Notes
1. So about 24 hours until I hit the button and then everything is in Amazon's hands.
2. The beta readers have saved you from a little over 100 typos this go around. I'm sure some remain. Feel free to email me after release and I'll get to them eventually.
3. Only slight change to the book is its about 500 words lighter, the cuts coming at the very beginning to make the first scene quicker. That first scene also now ends on a bit of a mouth dropping moment that should make Tyson's anxieties and equivocations EXTRA unbearable :)
4. Beta readers are liking the "final" fight quite a lot, so...yay!
5. Other news, I'm having to come up with a whole new ultra class since FM7's school story deals with King Henry as a student-advisor. Those poor children. Of course if you read King Henry and the Three Little Trips then you know who two of them are and some of what will be going down. Last school story, no more, yay!
6. Big storm tonight :(
7. Have 14 more WWE PVPS to catch up on before Wrestlemania. Last year I went through 2011 to halfway through 2015, last couple months has been 2015 to 2018. I'm hearing the entrance music in my sleep at this point. And not the good ones either. Like a week ago I has Carmella's entrance stuck in my head on a loop for like 48 hours. It was horrible!
8. You fans ready?
9. Feels good to be publishing again! Last year was rough. Here's hoping I keep kicking some ass!
==Update==
10. Button has been pressed. As usual, it can take either 1 hour (like FM6) or 3 days (FM5 took about 24 hours if I remember right) for it to go through, so, start refreshing I guess?
11. And now I'm going to go distract myself by blowing up rebel scum in Battlefront 2. Which is only 20 bucks now and the progression system isn't evil any longer, so...it's kind of okay-ish.
2. The beta readers have saved you from a little over 100 typos this go around. I'm sure some remain. Feel free to email me after release and I'll get to them eventually.
3. Only slight change to the book is its about 500 words lighter, the cuts coming at the very beginning to make the first scene quicker. That first scene also now ends on a bit of a mouth dropping moment that should make Tyson's anxieties and equivocations EXTRA unbearable :)
4. Beta readers are liking the "final" fight quite a lot, so...yay!
5. Other news, I'm having to come up with a whole new ultra class since FM7's school story deals with King Henry as a student-advisor. Those poor children. Of course if you read King Henry and the Three Little Trips then you know who two of them are and some of what will be going down. Last school story, no more, yay!
6. Big storm tonight :(
7. Have 14 more WWE PVPS to catch up on before Wrestlemania. Last year I went through 2011 to halfway through 2015, last couple months has been 2015 to 2018. I'm hearing the entrance music in my sleep at this point. And not the good ones either. Like a week ago I has Carmella's entrance stuck in my head on a loop for like 48 hours. It was horrible!
8. You fans ready?
9. Feels good to be publishing again! Last year was rough. Here's hoping I keep kicking some ass!
==Update==
10. Button has been pressed. As usual, it can take either 1 hour (like FM6) or 3 days (FM5 took about 24 hours if I remember right) for it to go through, so, start refreshing I guess?
11. And now I'm going to go distract myself by blowing up rebel scum in Battlefront 2. Which is only 20 bucks now and the progression system isn't evil any longer, so...it's kind of okay-ish.
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