Update on Parasite Puppeteers

Parasite Puppeteers, book two in the Green Comet trilogy, has passed one thousand downloads from this website. That took approximately two years from the time I published it and made it available. It has been downloaded more than that in total, since it’s available elsewhere as well, but I thought it worthy of note that it has passed this nice round number here. There’s a little synchronicity in this event since I’m just about ready to publish book three, The Francesians.

By far the most popular format for downloading Parasite Puppeteers is ePub at 83%. PDF is second at 7.5%, with the reading and the text version bringing up the rear at 5% and 4.5% respectively. I guess it’s a good thing that I put so much effort into getting the ePub right. I wonder about the audio recording, though. Is it worth all that work when so few people take advantage of it? Maybe I should save myself the time and effort and just get started on the next book instead.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to download these novels, and a special thanks to those who read them and make the effort to give me your feedback and support. Downloads are nice but hearing from readers is what gives me the encouragement I need to continue. Thank you again.

rjb

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Almost There

I might have just done the second last pass of proofing and revising The Francesians. The changes I’m making are getting pretty trivial and that’s a good sign that there’s not much left to do. I figure one more week and I’ll be able to call it finished. Then it’s just a matter of the mechanics of preparing the various formats and creating the cover. I estimate that it will be ready for release by the end of this month.

It’s an odd combination of anticipation, impatience and a vague dread. Oh well, it’s not as bad as the first time.-)

rjb

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Update on The Francesians

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Public Domain

There’s not much blogging going on here on Green Comet lately. That’s because I’m immersed in proofing and revising the novel, The Francesians. The temptation is to get it over with and put the thing out there, but my sense of duty won’t let me do it. This is the finale of the Green Comet trilogy and I’m responsible for its quality. I don’t have editors and publishers sending me galley proofs for my approval, so I won’t have anyone to blame but myself if it’s not right. I also owe it to my readers, especially the ones who have supported me in this adventure, to give them something worthy of their time.

Thank you for your patience.

rjb

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