Print book file: Complete.
Updated cover w/ updated bar code: on the verge of completion.
Smashwords file for ebook: Almost complete.
Book production is long, painstaking work. The proof copy had a lot of piddling little typographical errors, like reversed quotes, double dashes instead of m-dashes, etc. But otherwise, the proof looks good. The book itself — there is nothing like holding one’s book in one’s hand. It’s such a pretty book. And it looks just right next to the other two books in the series.
I’m planning some mega giveaways and celebrations for The Crow God’s Girl. Right now, ETA for the official debut is mid-June, and I expect the book to be widely available in all formats not long after.
I’m so pleased with how it came out. I think readers will be too.
Here’s an excerpt:
Twigs snatched at her, her breath came hard, and she heard Arrim’s futile bellowing behind her. She closed her eyes and ran, crashing through the underbrush, and when her toe caught underneath a root she went sprawling with such force she got the wind knocked out of her. Kate stretched out her full length on the muddy forest floor, her ears ringing.
She sucked for air, until with a whoosh, she could breathe again. As she struggled to her hands and knees, she looked up and froze.
She looked into the gordath, the blackness between worlds. Gone was the portal through which a person could look from one world to another. This was not the gateway. This was death, obscurity. She remembered a year ago the hapless soldier falling between the worlds, and knowing then, as she knew now, that he was consumed.
She had run to it with her eyes closed. She saw herself plunging forward, her momentum carrying her into oblivion. “Crow god,” she breathed, only half aware that she invoked that god.
6 Comments
J. Kathleen Cheney · May 31, 2012 at 6:25 am
I’m looking forward to getting a copy ;o)
Audrey Lockwood · May 31, 2012 at 6:56 am
Mid-June? Sweet! And the three do look great together.
A3 · May 31, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Will it be available at Apollocon? I’m looking forward to reading it …
Patrice Sarath · June 1, 2012 at 6:29 pm
I’m hoping to have some for sale at ApolloCon. And I’ll do a giveaway at my reading.
ApolloCon is less than a month away!
Andy Allan · July 3, 2012 at 11:59 am
When is a paper copy of “The Crow God’s Girl” going to be available (now into July)? Where is it going to be available? I’ve been checking Amazon.com and amazon.co.uk for some time now but only the ebook available.
Patrice Sarath · July 3, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Hi Andy, Lulu has the paperback edition. You can find it here.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/patrice-sarath/the-crow-gods-girl/paperback/product-20226266.html
I’ve hit a snag in getting it into distributors and I’m working on that. But it’s available at Lulu and they can get you copy as quickly as you please.