Course Books Second Ed
Like many random-ass pages on this wiki, this is a place to put my personal thoughts. On the Internet. For anyone to read.
This page is a notepad for the process I am beginning of creating a "second edition" of the existing Course Books, making some changes, tweeking a few things, and generally fixing stories I haven't been happy with. This is accompanying a project to migrate to a new PoD distributor where I can fully control the layouts and interiors, as well as migrating to distributing my own e-books.
Another step in this process will be migrating away from AuthorHouse. Which will make me sad, but the time has come.
Books
The books, and what parts of them need to be fixed:
PTA
Surprisingly not that bad.
- The Dark Lord Nimi is getting a from-the-ground re-write.
- Virus needs some re-writing. Its ok, but I think I want to fix the part with the plasma coolant and make it not about HIV
- I'm not really happy with Wildfire Emerges, the Rian character never really "went" anywhere, so to speak...
- Always been a touch iffy on The Truth Finally Revealed, maybe just need some feedback on it? is kiiiiiiind of important?
All tolled 3 stories that need some thought and 1 total re-write
RTW
I'm not gonna lie, I killed it with this book. Its worth running through for corrections, but there's nothing that really needs work.
One minor thought is to replace Dragoon Lancers: Wrath of the Lancer's Light with a different short story thats about the same characters. There's nothing wrong with that story per-se, but it is something of a nonsequiter. I will speak to the 3 people that actually read the book and find out.
CTV
If I'm being perfectly honest with myself, this is another one thats just good as-is.
Its worth taking another spin through Forbidden JUST because of how vital to the series it is.
ITD
Again, really nailed it here. The main issue with this book was the way Authorhouse screwed up the cover. There are stories I could stand to re-read for my own purposes, but over all it was great.
BTF
Can I just name this one The Way to Freedom? Is that cool?
The famous(haha) unreleased work, the final volume, the one basically put on hold because reasons. While the wiki was never updated, the writing is finished and probably top-tier.
Oh, this one hasn't been proofread.
Yes, after reading the final story list, it does need A LOT of work, but its just more on the lines of "its a book I didn't finnish" work, so there's that.
Cover design, this one is going to be white. I am insanely tempted to just... make it white with black text. I dunno. I'll see if my cover designer wants to come out of retirement for one last job....
Over All
Ok, upon review, my giant intensive project is more like a couple of afternoons. The biggest challenge is just going to be re-learning all of the ebook stuff and settling on a new PoD publisher.
Potential PoD sources
Pros: CHEAP! Does e-books, has store for what its worth, books might cost as little as $16 each + shipping, bulk books
Cons: No hardcovers
Pros: Also cheap, ebooks, offers hardcover
Cons: appears to max out at 440 pages? wuh?
Notes: This would be a good site to come back to for 1-off childrens books.
