by Paul Sat 15 Jun 2024, 10:39 am
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THE ROAD TO MIURAG ( 2 pages )The war has ended. Now show off that cover!
| The Battle Is Done! The full Sirana plot is complete! 181K words before editing! 
This rematch is the largest and most complex conflict I've ever orchestrated, taking up 75% of the book and taking months to write.
But don't worry! Breathers and quiet moments happen for characters and readers to catch their collective breath, bringing about a resolution and decisive outcome to this war.
Sister Seekers as a whole takes a significant shift after this as the downstream effects of what the characters learn about themselves and their world inevitably spreads through land and Ley Lines alike.
Time for that Book Cover 
As promised, Book 10's cover by my graphic artist, Eris Adderly. | |
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| SQUEE! 0.0 Look at it!! 
That's a Ma'ab Hellhound on the cover. And that was my request back in July 2019 when this was finished: "Let's put a Hellhound on there." And all was well.
But in April 2024, Eris cracked open the file, knowing the paperback cover was going to be coming soon, and was like, "I have new skills! Lemme take another stab at it!"
Oooo... Okay! O.O
The main changes were some background clean-up that's subtle but nice to have done (royalty-free landscape stock photos often have tiny things in the background that don't fit a fantasy setting. ^_^*), improving the backlighting for the figure so he's not covered in so much shadow and making him *Pop* (Eris is the mistress of lighting and color!), refining the subtle depths of the chain and the body as a whole, and lastly...
Oh, she had some fun with those magical tattoos! :D I thought the original was fine, it got the point across (some tattoos were lit up and others weren't). We went with some tribal tattoos and kept it simple.
As she refined this image at the same time that I finally completed the story, I realized... this is not just any Hellhound.
This is Kreshel Divigna, known around the land as the Eternal Hellhound. Stories of his exploits have been spreading for about a century.
We last saw him in Book 8, Battle for Manalar, but he didn't make a visible impact on the story.
Needless to say, for the Rematch in Book 10, he's still there. ^_^ Waiting. And boy-howdy, does he make an impact!
Divigna's existence isn't simple, and the fact that Eris not only shifted from tribal tats to something that suggests an anatomy and/or chakra chart is just... Augh! So good for the story! 
Not only that, but the energy is so much MOAR! He's not just doing one or two magicky things. This is probably when the music starts and the choir sings in Latin! XD
But man, I love this cover. ^_^ It's overall rare that there's a villain featured, but after you've read the book, you'll understand why. | |
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| SS10 Publishing Plan: Finish the Sivaraus chapters. The last two chapters in the Deepearth close the book and are necessary to keep the plot there moving forward. I have completed 10K words in a week and have about 3K more to go!
2-3 weeks of editing, 1 week of formatting, blurbing, & uploading for launch! 
Release will be July 2024.  A precise date as we get closer.
No pre-orders, mainly because they're a pain in the butt to set-up, have a not-insignificant chance of glitches screwing things up, and will only slow down the process of getting this done.
Eligible Patreon and Ko-Fi members will receive the book once it's been uploaded to platforms, probably a few days early. | |
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