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Steve’s Update 8/10/2016

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Hey everyone, had a busy time with the book launch and so on, so here’s the latest.  I’ve had a crazy few weeks so it’s not much of an update:

  • Way With Worlds Book 2 is now coming out in January.  There’s two reasons: 1) Editing the last book was brutal and with the holidays I wanted more time, and 2) Deploying the book during the holidays is going to mean it’ll get lost among all the activities of the time.
  • I plan to write more books on creativity, since after a few decades of writing, making generators, coaching people, playing RPGs, and more I’ve got a lot to share.  In time of self-publishing, I figure more advice for creatives can’t hurt!
  • The Pizza Generator is in progress.  No delivery date in mind yet, mostly due to the recent craziness, but I think it’ll be worth it.  Pizzas have an interesting philosophy behind them, and when you look them over, you can see patterns.  For instance, there’s all sorts of ways to combine meats and toppings, but going outside the “normal” spices usually involves only one or two.

I hope to have more in the next week or two.

– Steve

Steve’s Update 7/11/2016

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Man, so much going on last week – ranging from work to all the terrible incidents in the world.  Sorry for slow and weird updates.  So where am I?

Way With Worlds Books:

Way With Worlds Book 1 is pretty much done.  I just have to check the print copy one more time.  The Kindle version is looking good, but a Kindle isn’t something requiring tricky page formatting and breaks.  I’m really proud of it – which is good because there’s a few times during editing I got sick of it.

Way With Worlds Book 2 comes back from my editor really soon.  As noted before my plan to edit this one is to experiment with a slower, but more detailed editing pace to see if that’s more efficient.  Still planning to deliver in November, after Thanksgiving.

Oh and the project after those?  Already halfway outlined.  But I’ll keep teasing that . . .

Generators:

Sadly, not a lot of work on these as other things (work) ate into my free time.   Still got my notes, still got my plans, just getting to the point of having time . . . though maybe having three freaking print books in the work in one year was a tad excessive.

And yes, the theme is still food.

Sailor Moon Book:

Final print copy is coming to me.  Kindle copy is over at my co-authors.  We’re going to use this month to confirm it and wait on any more feedback, do some tours and posts in August, and drop late September.  I also should be speaking at some cons on the subject – hopefully both of us thanks to Skype!

And we’ve already got other subjects to write on after this, so stay tuned . . .

Other Writing:

As you’ve seen I’m back to writing about No Man’s Sky – which makes sense as A) I like video games, and B) it involves procedural generation.  I’m going to keep this up until the game comes out – which it looks like it will be doing on time in August!

I’m also queuing up some more items to blog about I think you’ll be interested in, so stay tuned as I always say . . .

 

 

– Steve

Steve’s Update 7/5/2016

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So there’s a lot going here, but let’s get to the big new release . . . or small release.  A new book!

I rewrote my old Skill Portability columns into a full guide on skill portability, complete with both hobbyist/fan and professional advice.  You can get it here – and it’s only 99 cents!

This is part of a larger experiment of mine to see about revising, compiling, combining, and improving old columns into something more focused and applicable.  I’ve got so much I’ve written I need to think about other formats to reach and help people.  Also looking for reviewers if you want!

OK now on to my other projects!

Way With Worlds

Bopping along with this.  I get what should be the final print copy this week, mostly to confirm the formatting.  Then I’ll regenerate the kindle file and be ready for launch end of the month.

Book 2 is coming back from editor this week.  Since I don’t intend to publish it until November (with so much else going on) I’m going to try some different editing techniques on it – mostly trying slower editing readthroughs as opposed to multiple readthroughs.  Looking forward to it as it’s a completely different focus than the first book – more specific areas of advice with more depth.

New Generators

Sorry I haven’t started a new one yet – things have been incredibly busy, plus just a lot happening at the same time (classes, work schedule, social commitments, etc.).  I hope to get back to the new one this month as I still want to focus on food.

The ones I’m considering are coffee, pizza, and chocolate bar recipes.  I’ve got a few ideas on these on how to analyze the dada, and am looking forward to the insights I’ll get analyzing food . . . because I can apply it in various ways.

Sailor Moon Book

In print, at Bonnies, and final editing is in her hands while I take over formatting.  So next up will be some blog and podcast tours to share things with people.  So far we’re on time for delivering in September.

We’re considering other pop culture books starting in 2017.

 

– Steve