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Flanker Progress
Well, Tephie got the website up and running. 'Tis cool, although I haven't figured out how to do Thing One on it yet. Oh, hell, let the truth be told; Teph got it set up just fine, but I want to futz around with it a bit just because. It's at http://flanker.stormdancer.net if you want to look at what's up so far.
One thing you can't do is Buy the Books, nor will you for a while. I'm contracting with Susan Van Camp to do the cover art (http://www.artbysvc.com/). Lovely stuff, but she says it will take about six months to get the first cover done. Then about 6 months each thereafter. That's about the schedule I'd hoped to have Flanker come out, so it's not all that bad, except for the first six months. And odds are, stumbling into this hobby (I will not call it a business) as I am, it will take me that long to get the text set, even though all I know I need to do is set up the Creative Commons license and register my copyright. There's bound to be some other tarball in the process that's going to gum up the project, even if it's just my own laziness.
One good thing about the delay is it gives me time to pay for the cover art. Susan is worth it, don't get me wrong, but this grade of work does not come cheap.
Even though I never expect to make the money back, I just had to have professional-quality artwork for the cover. Just had to. It's not for money, it's for Flanker, and he deserves it.
One thing you can't do is Buy the Books, nor will you for a while. I'm contracting with Susan Van Camp to do the cover art (http://www.artbysvc.com/). Lovely stuff, but she says it will take about six months to get the first cover done. Then about 6 months each thereafter. That's about the schedule I'd hoped to have Flanker come out, so it's not all that bad, except for the first six months. And odds are, stumbling into this hobby (I will not call it a business) as I am, it will take me that long to get the text set, even though all I know I need to do is set up the Creative Commons license and register my copyright. There's bound to be some other tarball in the process that's going to gum up the project, even if it's just my own laziness.
One good thing about the delay is it gives me time to pay for the cover art. Susan is worth it, don't get me wrong, but this grade of work does not come cheap.
Even though I never expect to make the money back, I just had to have professional-quality artwork for the cover. Just had to. It's not for money, it's for Flanker, and he deserves it.