Showing posts with label the mystery of taconum carnival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the mystery of taconum carnival. Show all posts
July 10, 2013
Write More Better: Who Am I (And Who Am *I*)
In today’s article, I will tell you who I am -- my background, things I like and dislike, what not -- as well as who *I* am -- how I’m somehow qualified to sit on my chair and blog about writing, and why you should listen.
November 5, 2012
New eBooks!
I've made a couple of small changes to the website, including modifications to the text to try to make it a bit easier to read. I hate bringing attention to these details, but I wanted to let you know I'm doing something about it. The map above the entries is also fully-functional; use that from now on to get from page to page.
I also wanted to let everybody know that there are two new eBooks available on iTunes! The first one is Taconum Carnival, available for the first time. I'm super excited that it's now available on iTunes for everybody to read, for the super-low price of $.99. So you really have no excuse.
If you think you have an excuse for not reading Taconum Carnival, then you really have no excuse for downloading the other book available, because it's free! The long-loved Paper Doll, a special giveaway at NYCC that will never again be in print on its own, is now available on iTunes as a free eBook. Yes, I said free -- it was free back at NYCC, and now it's free for you to download and enjoy! (Again, no excuse).
Once you've downloaded Paper Doll, you can go over to Goodreads and review it, let everybody know what you thought! These two books are also set to hit the Nook website; I will let you know immediately when that happens.
Happy reading!
-Emily
If you think you have an excuse for not reading Taconum Carnival, then you really have no excuse for downloading the other book available, because it's free! The long-loved Paper Doll, a special giveaway at NYCC that will never again be in print on its own, is now available on iTunes as a free eBook. Yes, I said free -- it was free back at NYCC, and now it's free for you to download and enjoy! (Again, no excuse).
Once you've downloaded Paper Doll, you can go over to Goodreads and review it, let everybody know what you thought! These two books are also set to hit the Nook website; I will let you know immediately when that happens.
Happy reading!
-Emily
October 17, 2012
Thank You!
I shared a booth in small press with the lovely Tamsin Silver (in the middle; I'm on the left with Victini) and the crazy John Hartness (not in the picture, probably because he was talking to the booth babes). We spent all four days talking to people, taking pictures, and being generally awesome.
I'm happy to say that all of my Cosmic special editions sold out at the con! That also means if you want to read Cosmic, you'll have to wait until the release date is announced, along with more information. (The Workbook doesn't count -- the story itself has finally been edited and sent back and forth to betas.)
I do still have a few copies of Taconum Carnival and RB200X left, though -- which can only mean one thing: that online giveaways are in the works! Keep your eyes here, as I'll have them up soon.
October 9, 2012
New York Comic-Con Fun!
If you're not going to be at NYCC, please still read this post! There's lots of fun for you as well.
I am super-excited for this weekend in New York City, because it's time for New York Comic-Con!
To put it in a very small nutshell, NYCC is the second biggest comic-convention in existence (the first being San Diego) dedicated to all things pop culture. It's being held at the Javits Center, which is a very space-age convention hall on the Lower West Side, and a hundred thousand people went last year. That's 100,000.
I will be one of them. But I'm not just going as a fan.
If you are going to NYCC, I will be at booth #2167 selling both The Mystery of Taconum Carnival and Rhythm Buster 200X: Blue Impulse. I will be on hand to sell both of these books. But it wouldn't be a convention without a couple of fun discounts!
1: Sanctuary Radio, an awesome online radio station that plays all sorts of genres ranging from goth to synthpop to retro 80's has been plugging our booth ALL WEEK. Mention that you heard about our booth at NYCC, and I'll give you a discount.
2: For those of you who want to be in the loop about Cosmic...and trust me, you want to be in the loop about Cosmic. The book is scheduled to launch either at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, but if you're at NYCC, you can pick up an exclusive copy, with a NYCC-exclusive cover! This is a once-only promotion.
3: If you're not going to make it to NYCC, never fear! Go to CreateSpace, enter code G7FBYZCA at checkout and you'll receive 20% off your order! This is for anybody, anywhere, on either Taconum Carnival or RB200X at CreateSpace. Get Christmas shopping out of the way early!
I will probably post again before the convention, so keep your eyes here!
--Emily
I am super-excited for this weekend in New York City, because it's time for New York Comic-Con!
To put it in a very small nutshell, NYCC is the second biggest comic-convention in existence (the first being San Diego) dedicated to all things pop culture. It's being held at the Javits Center, which is a very space-age convention hall on the Lower West Side, and a hundred thousand people went last year. That's 100,000.
I will be one of them. But I'm not just going as a fan.
If you are going to NYCC, I will be at booth #2167 selling both The Mystery of Taconum Carnival and Rhythm Buster 200X: Blue Impulse. I will be on hand to sell both of these books. But it wouldn't be a convention without a couple of fun discounts!
1: Sanctuary Radio, an awesome online radio station that plays all sorts of genres ranging from goth to synthpop to retro 80's has been plugging our booth ALL WEEK. Mention that you heard about our booth at NYCC, and I'll give you a discount.
2: For those of you who want to be in the loop about Cosmic...and trust me, you want to be in the loop about Cosmic. The book is scheduled to launch either at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, but if you're at NYCC, you can pick up an exclusive copy, with a NYCC-exclusive cover! This is a once-only promotion.
3: If you're not going to make it to NYCC, never fear! Go to CreateSpace, enter code G7FBYZCA at checkout and you'll receive 20% off your order! This is for anybody, anywhere, on either Taconum Carnival or RB200X at CreateSpace. Get Christmas shopping out of the way early!
I will probably post again before the convention, so keep your eyes here!
--Emily
October 7, 2012
Taconum Carnival Kindle Available!
The Mystery of Taconum Carnival is now available on Kindle!
With a price of only ninety nine cents, there's no reason not to join Karen and Jet on their adventures. It's as easy as one click on the cover.
To celebrate, I've included the link to Ruins Deflation Spiral, so you can see the abandoned amusement park that inspired Taconum Carnival. The website itself is in Japanese, but the white buttons at the bottom will lead to other pages. Have fun!
Ruins Deflation Spiral
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With a price of only ninety nine cents, there's no reason not to join Karen and Jet on their adventures. It's as easy as one click on the cover.
To celebrate, I've included the link to Ruins Deflation Spiral, so you can see the abandoned amusement park that inspired Taconum Carnival. The website itself is in Japanese, but the white buttons at the bottom will lead to other pages. Have fun!
Ruins Deflation Spiral
October 6, 2012
E-Books and Cowboy Boots
I've spent most of the day preparing everything for New York Comic-Con! I will shortly have a post up specifically about that (tomorrow or Sunday), and you'll want to watch for that, trust me. It will be exciting and fun to be at the Javits with everybody.
But if you're not in New York, no fear! As mentioned last post, Taconum Carnival and Rhythm Buster are both available in print. Also, Taconum Carnival will be available shortly in e-book format! Kindle will reflect in forty eight hours or so, and Nook and iTunes will hopefully be shortly behind that. If anybody has trouble downloading their copy, please let me know. (RB200X will take a bit longer to convert; I have to strip the 'gameness' from the file.)
It's no secret that I listen to music when I write. As a musician, I let the music become one with the story and carry it forward. Every one of my books has had a soundtrack. When I was writing the original Taconum Carnival, I listened to a lot of the Harmony series of J-Pop instrumentals. Rhythm Buster 200X was certainly conceived by a lot of DDR music, but I ended up actually writing to the Rewrite visual novel soundtrack. Last year's Cosmic was written mostly to 90's boy band music, but that was on purpose.
I'm not going to give away too much of the idea for this year's NaNo, save for that it's a sequel to Cosmic (but people already knew that). What they don't know is that I am currently constructing a playlist for this year...that consists entirely of 90's country music.*
That may seem weird to some, but it will fit in with the story. 90's country marked a shift in the style of the genre and how it was marketed. Listen to Taylor Swift? Carrie Underwood? Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum? You have George Strait, Garth Brooks, Jo Dee Messina, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw and several others to thank for kind of paving the way. (Shania Twain released one album in a pop and country version. There you go.)
So as November comes and you start seeing word counts up here, expect to see a bit or two about the music. I'll share as much as I can without totally spoiling the story.
* In Cosmic, culture ends at the New Year, 2000, also known as Y2K. That's why there's the 90's boy bands, and the 90's country: we can't go any sooner than that.
But if you're not in New York, no fear! As mentioned last post, Taconum Carnival and Rhythm Buster are both available in print. Also, Taconum Carnival will be available shortly in e-book format! Kindle will reflect in forty eight hours or so, and Nook and iTunes will hopefully be shortly behind that. If anybody has trouble downloading their copy, please let me know. (RB200X will take a bit longer to convert; I have to strip the 'gameness' from the file.)
It's no secret that I listen to music when I write. As a musician, I let the music become one with the story and carry it forward. Every one of my books has had a soundtrack. When I was writing the original Taconum Carnival, I listened to a lot of the Harmony series of J-Pop instrumentals. Rhythm Buster 200X was certainly conceived by a lot of DDR music, but I ended up actually writing to the Rewrite visual novel soundtrack. Last year's Cosmic was written mostly to 90's boy band music, but that was on purpose.
I'm not going to give away too much of the idea for this year's NaNo, save for that it's a sequel to Cosmic (but people already knew that). What they don't know is that I am currently constructing a playlist for this year...that consists entirely of 90's country music.*
That may seem weird to some, but it will fit in with the story. 90's country marked a shift in the style of the genre and how it was marketed. Listen to Taylor Swift? Carrie Underwood? Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum? You have George Strait, Garth Brooks, Jo Dee Messina, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw and several others to thank for kind of paving the way. (Shania Twain released one album in a pop and country version. There you go.)
So as November comes and you start seeing word counts up here, expect to see a bit or two about the music. I'll share as much as I can without totally spoiling the story.
* In Cosmic, culture ends at the New Year, 2000, also known as Y2K. That's why there's the 90's boy bands, and the 90's country: we can't go any sooner than that.
October 1, 2012
Website Now Live!
Today's been a busy day for the website! I've been hard at work making sure all of the pages are live, and everything is all put together. Feel free to look around and enjoy all of the current stops! The Mystery of Taconum Carnival: This is the novel I'll be pushing at New York Comic-Con. Those of you who have known me for a while know that this book was a special release a few years back. I've reworked a couple of style changes (but the plot, which was a huge hit, is still the same) and am now making it available to everybody. The print version is now up on Amazon; the e-book version will be out before Comic-Con on the 11th of this month.
Rhythm Buster 200X: I would recommend buying a hard copy of this book. Why? It's not that I'm trying to pass on my ego, or saying that e-books are bad (note above where I'm releasing Taconum Carnival as an e-book). I'm saying that because the experience of holding the print version of RB200X will be MUCH different than reading an e-book. First of all, as you can see, the book cover emulates a video game cover. The back cover, spine, and inside of the book also emulate a video game, which you won't be able to see in the eventual e-book version. In addition, the book time skips, and each time skip is marked with a different font. (This is a reason I will eventually recommend the Cosmic print versions as well, but RB200X even more so.)
Almond Dust: There is a lot of information up about the process that went into making last year's album, in addition to a link that takes you right to iTunes. If you are interested in any of my other music, the 'Music Store' stop will take you to BandCamp. You can listen for free there, and some of the tracks are free to download. Have fun!
More will be coming all the time, so make sure to stay tuned.
--Emily
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