I’ve written about a third of Tom Derringer and the Aluminum Airship<\/i>. When I finish it, The Final Calling<\/i> moves to the top of my priority list, unless some well-paying job crops up.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I’ve written most of Chapter Two of The Final Calling<\/i>. (I’m on page 24.) Once I’ve started Chapter Five, I’ll have enough to launch the serial.<\/p>\n
I do not know how long this will take, and can’t give a definite launch date, but it will be this year and probably no later than August. Could be much sooner.<\/p>\n
If anyone wants to get an early start on sending me money, donations to “The Warlock’s Refuge”<\/a> do<\/i> count toward The Final Calling<\/i>. I did mention this somewhere, but it hasn’t been widely publicized, and so far I have less than half a chapter paid or.<\/p>\n Each chapter of The Final Calling<\/i> will cost $250. $25 will definitely guarantee anyone with a U.S. address a copy of the finished book, if and when there is one — Wildside Press<\/a> has expressed interest in publishing it, if and when it’s written, but of course there’s no contract yet. It’s possible, though not particularly likely, that I might cut that to $20 or offer an e-book option, so if you want to wait and see, you can. Shipping costs being what they are these days, though, a cut to $20 is unlikely, especially since this may (or may not) turn out to be a significantly longer book than my previous serials.<\/p>\n Changing shipping costs and exchange rates mean I don’t yet know what the minimum for Canadian or overseas donors will be to guarantee a copy.<\/p>\n Of course, you’re welcome to send less than the minimum, to help get the thing online; you just won’t be guaranteed a bound copy until your donations total $25 or more.<\/p>\n Please note that when I say “guarantee,” that’s a conditional thing; it only applies if the novel is completed and published. If I don’t finish the book for any reason, then no one gets a copy, whether it’s because it didn’t bring in enough money, or because I got hit by a bus. This is why I call people who send money “donors,” rather than “subscribers” — you’re donating<\/i> money, not buying something. You’ll get a book if there is<\/i> a book, but I’m not promising one.<\/p>\n It’s much too early to be thinking about what extras might be included to donors.<\/p>\n Incidentally, if I were doing this properly, rather than yielding to fan pressure, I should have written Dumery of the Dragon<\/i> before The Final Calling<\/i>. Alas, I didn’t realize that until after I was committed to the present course. Ah, well. It’s not a perfect world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve written about a third of Tom Derringer and the Aluminum Airship. When I finish it, The Final Calling moves to the top of my priority list, unless some well-paying job crops up. Meanwhile, I’ve written most of Chapter Two of The Final Calling. (I’m on page 24.) Once I’ve started Chapter Five, I’ll have… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-progress-reports","category-the-final-calling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}