Hi all - Quick update for those of you who followed me over from this thread and into my books. For those few of you who might not know, I have a dark/urban fantasy out collectively called
"The Ebon Knight Chronicles"... and THIS thread on THIS forum was my first attempt ever at writing for other people (AKA "the public"). The praise I received here (and in game, and through private messages) was the catalyst that launched my author career, and I love it! I now expect to write until they put me in the ground... and hopefully that's not any time soon!
Book 1: "The Ebon Knight" has done well and a few months ago it got up to #64 in the world for contemporary fantasy fiction for a few hours (right next to Anne Rice!) before slipping back down. I took a picture of that ranking placement, of course!
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There are 12 MILLION eBooks available on the Amazon platform, and The Ebon Knight tends to range from 200,000 to 500,000 most days. I am pleased with it staying power so far, but I am only six months into it, so who knows? The audiobook is available on Audible, Spotify, Nook, Chirp, etc... and if you like audiobooks I highly recommend it because my narrator absolutely crushed it!
Book 2: "The Dark Witch" has also been well received, and I don't think it will shock anyone if I say that I think it is a smidge better than my first because practice makes perfect, yes? The second book has more dialogue and more fight scenes in it - and I love writing both! The world basics was built in book one, so - whew! - more sword play and sorcery INC!
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The Dark Witch audiobook is INCREDIBLE, and I am almost finished with the last listen through before narrator fixes and launch. Expect that to be available on all platforms by mid-June.
Book 3: "The Arch Mage" eBook is uploaded and ready for delivery on June 1st (and for readers of the series it will blow you away)! The Arch Mage Paperback MIGHT have a small delay because my cover artist has not resized the cover to the spec I now need. If she does get back to me within the next 3 or 4 days then it will launch on 6/3, if not then by 6/15.
I know this post may not reach a bunch of people, as this forum is dying, but I have noticed that there are over 7000 views on this thread alone, so I assume that there are still a couple of us lurking around like ghosts here. Anyways, cheers! And for those of you that do read my books, I truly hope you like them!
James Wood
AKA Ebonknight01