Aramis' Workshop

We’ve Cheated Fate Again

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Good news everyone!
Everything except the videos are up and running (and those will be fixed soon enough).
If you have any suggestions for improvements or things you’d like to see, please feel free to sound off in the comments.

On to more interesting matters, Lynda over at Books Direct is hosting a Christmas Giveaway, so if you’d like a chance to win some great novels (including Dustland Requiem) please check it out.

On a side note, received a kind note from the ever charming Neil Gaiman (care of his lovely assistant Cat Mihos) thanking me for some neat things I sent him and his wife from Afghanistan.
Good karma makes the world go round.

New Emarosa, 6. Her Lineage, posted.

You Can’t Be Caught Red-Handed If You’re Not Red-Handed

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Happy end of July!

Dustland Requiem is now available in Kindle, epub, and paperback here.
Check it out, give it to a friend, leave a review. Every little bit helps.
For Eva fans, 3.33 has been out for a while now, and without going into too much, it’s…different.
But Eva is Eva.

On the Steam front, the Steam summer sale brought out some interesting contenders, such as Rogue Legacy (quite possibly the ultimate rogue-like action game), Reus (the poorperson’s/anyone-with-a-job’s Civ 5), and Evoland (RPG education and fun).
There are plenty more great games, of course, but these are ones worth checking out.

Renamed the Emarosa project since I’ve got some bigger plans for it after A Bard’s Folktale is finished.
Nothing will change for the immediate story though.
Which reminds me–new section of Emarosa posted!

Edit: The contact form is having issues at the moment.
If you need to reach me, I can be contacted at aramis(at)glass-waltz(dot)net.

Rock on Young Savior, Don’t Give up Your Hope

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Many things this month (sticking to monthly posts until this peace-keeping mission is over):
– Writing Updates
– Guest Blogger
– Blood Kiss

Writing:
Secret project Bards the First (aka Roaming Cadenza) is about done; just waiting on post-production.
Since I’ve finished all major work on it, figure it’s time to share.

When I first published Roaming Cadenza there were some issues with the manuscript.
The short version is that the final editor/proof reader and I had some significant disagreements, and I ended up doing the entire thing on my own.
Terrible decision on my part for a first novel; it resulted in the final product being much lower quality than anyone taking the time to read it deserves.
If I had realized how unqualified I was to do a full revision at the time, I wouldn’t have released Roaming Cadenza like I did.
Having said that, I owe my readers an apology. I’m sorry I released it in such a poor condition.

To make amends, I’ve been working closely (and tirelessly) with a couple editors and proof readers to revise and clean up the entire first manuscript, which I’ll be releasing for free over the next two weeks.
I expect the epub/general ebook version to be available by the end of the week, with the mobi/Kindle version available early next week.
EDIT: Both versions are now available here.

Following that, Dustland Requiem’s tentative release date is 25 June, pending any major issues.

And chapter four of Emarosa is posted.

Guest Blogger:
Later this month, I’ll be hosting Dianne Harman as a guest blogger.
She’ll be sharing a bit about her writing, providing a fresh perspective.

Blood Kiss:
Okay, so this is wicked exciting.
Amber Benson and Neil Gaiman have both signed on to act in a kickstarter indie film entitled “Blood Kiss” by Michael Reeves.
Normally I’m not a big fan of the vampire genre–I feel like it has beaten the horse to death, sired it, killed it again, infected it with the t-virus, and then destroyed civilizations before finally dying out for good…hopefully.
However, this particular film seems to have a lot of fresh blood (feel free to flog me for that) and again: Amber Benson and Neil Gaiman.
What more is there to say? Please support.

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