Titus Welch

 5+ years since I've posted anything. Thought I should get this site back up and going. Will see if anything happens here or not.

Every time I write one of these I have to apologize for how long its been since I've written one of these. For me, it comes down to writing stories or writing about writing stories... and thus I write few blogs. But I know that from a reader's outside perspective it would appear that I've fallen off the face of the Earth and have given up on writing completely if it's been too long between posts. So here I am, writing about writing. Status updates! Volume 2: -Chapters 7-12 are being proofed and prepped to be collected into Volume 2 for digital and print -Volume 2 cover is in production -Epilogue needs written Volume 3: -Chapters 13-18 are  having their first draft written Volume 2 I hope to have digital/print published this summer. The Epilogue and cover are the only items in need of "new" work. Everything else is proofing and proofing and proofing, which just takes time. Chapters 13-18/Arc 3/Volume 3 I hope to have ready for a September 2015...

Amazon very recently announced the "Pre-Order" option for self-published authors. I don't expect anyone to pre-order my work, but it creates an Amazon listing for the title ahead of time so I went ahead with making Chapter 7 available for Pre-Order. However, KDP (Amazon's Self Publishing interface) has locked me out of editing any of the book details or promotions (to list the book as free). Furthermore, I can't even VIEW the details or promotions. With that said, I believe Chapter 7 will be available tomorrow. However, I am not sure that it will be free. At the very least, it should be free on the 16th. Sorry for any inconvenience.

When I started writing this story, I just started writing one Chapter at a time. I got six Chapters published and brought the story to a good stopping point. The plan was to take a short rest at that time from the six month marathon I'd just performed and then pick up Chapter 7 a few months later. A flooded basement, a print version learning curve, and a slight obsession with a certain video game series would drag that well-intentioned time off into 18 months... Sorry. So here we are at the close of those 18 months with Chapter 7 releasing in just a little over 2 weeks on September 15th. It's been a wait for most of you who were reading from the start and less of a wait for those of you who have only recently come across Pneumadiluvians. But even those who have been reading it recently would be well-served with a RECAP. I have the awful tendency to forget plot points and wish more authors would offer a recap, so this is my attempt to part of the trend to soluti...

I'm going to take a few moments to answer some questions and, well, it's been a long time since I've blogged. When is the story picking up again? At this point, five of the next six chapters are through at least their first and/or second draft with the sixth blocked out. I've also got 3 covers more or less done. This is all a big change from the first go round with the arc 1. That first chapter, and every chapter thereafter, were written and edited in one month's time. That was rough. This time should be much, much nicer for all involved. I wrote the first big chunk of arc 2 in November for NaNoWriMo and have been working it over ever since (when I wasn't in a deep, deep Dark Souls black hole). I'm pretty much on schedule for where I want to be, which is reinforcing what I hope to be my new standard, a new chapter every month from September through February until the story is done. September's my goal for chapter 7. Specifically, the 15th just like wa...

Blogging Ok, I'll say it, it's been too long since I've updated the blog. Eight months between posts is... a bit excessive. I mean, some people probably write entire books in that amount of time and I don't find the time for a blog post? Sorry. I picked up some new readers recently so I feel I need to do something on here to let them know that I am still writing. With indie writers, there's really nothing to stop them from just not writing the next book for whatever reason. So, let me just say that despite my lack of blog posts, I am still writing. Chapter 7 I'd like to say, "Chapter 7 will be available on..." whatever day. But, as I look at professional writers (those who make a living off of writing, not just moonlighting like myself) in the midst of a series with a fan base waiting for the next book, I find that they don't announce anticipated release dates. And I think it's all for the better. There's just far too many variables t...