Titus Welch

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...

Most of what I do for Pneumadiluvians I like to think that I have at least a little bit of talent towards, mainly writing and art. I guess if I didn't, I wouldn't be wasting my time with them. However, something I've never been great at for most of my life is a salesmen. Not sure why, I'm just not. So, this leaves me thinking, If I'm going to be putting effort into getting the word out about Pneumadiluvians, I better be putting it into the right places. Help me make sure my efforts go to the right places, leave a comment and let me know how you've come across some of your favorite stories (whether books, tv shows, or movies, I don't care).

Just a reminder, Chapter 7 will not be released until later this year. In the mean time, I'm compiling  Chapters 1 through 6 into one easy to find volume while I write the second arc. You've been warned. While you're here, jump over to the sidebar and vote on whether or not you're interested in seeing a gallery of the artwork I've produced in the past six months for Pneumadiluvians included in Volume 1. At present, I've got 9 covers, 3 miscellaneous artworks, and I may even have a blueprint or two. So if that sorta thing interests you, let me know and vote! Or, let me know what you would like to see included in the volume. thanks~

So, I can't remember the exact date, but I remember my wife and I were babysitting my nieces for Valentine's two years ago. I believe it was the Saturday just before, which makes it February 12th, if I remember correctly. While kicking it on the couch watching my nieces, I wrote the Prologue for "The Oren Letters: Demos". At that point, I had been thinking about the book and had been doing some planning since January 2011, a little over a year. So, there I had a head full of ideas and several files filled with notes and ideas. Finally, there on the couch I jumped and started writing on my iPhone of all things. Can't say I've taken much of a break since. I planned to take a month off after finishing Arc 1 of Pneumadiluvians, but just days after the fact, I can't help but feel the itch to write more! Oh, well, if I can manage a break, I'll take a break, if it doesnt happen, it doesn't happen. So, the purpose of this post is just for me to reflect on ...

So, in an effort to expand my readership to other platforms and also provide my work for free longer on Amazon, I tried a different approach with Chapter 3 of Pneumadiluvians. I've heard from those in the know that a simple trick to get your work posted for free on Kindle (since the lowest price I can list my work at is $0.99) is to publish it with a secondary publisher who allows for free postings, then simply tell Amazon that your work is free elsewhere. So, this month I published through Smashwords which is a great free tool to get your books into other formats. However, they have vastly different timelines. The book was uploaded two days in advance and passed their initial automated reviews, however, it took 4 days to achieve premium status which is required to push the book through to other publishers (Apple, Barnes&Noble,etc), and then the books aren't shipped to the other publishers immediately, and most of them will then take another span of time for review. For a t...

So, I'm excited and nervous for the month of November. The month itself will see the release of Chapter 3 and, for non-writers, it's National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The goal of NaNoWriMo would be to write 50,000 words of something new. It can be a re-worked story or a story within an established universe. New Formats Chapter 3 will be available in nearly every e-book format out there. However, ONLY Chapter 3 will be available in the other formats for the time being. Chapter 1 and 2 will still be up on Amazon but this will be the only place they are available until December and January, respectively. When I published Chapter I, I signed up for Kindle Direct Publishing's "KDP Select" program. This program allows the author to list their book for free for 5 days out of 90 and also puts the book into the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. The advantages of this are that there's no other way to list your book for free on Amazon and also, everytime y...