There will be 100 copies of Apocalypse in the first run (these are paid for, more if there are enough orders) and it will be possible to order copies in 25,000 bookstores across Australia, the US and UK, and online with Amazon.com and Google Books. The plan is to sell them for $29.95 at this stage. The copies I sell directly will most likely be cheaper (can't say how much yet) so don't be afraid to do it that way.
Email: michael.ruffles@gmail.com to get on the list for one (or more) of the first 100 copies. They will be numbered and autographed, most likely, and I'll keep at least two for myself. Apocalypse and 09.09.09 are not that far away now.
ALSO Photographer extraordinaire Eugene Hyland has agreed to come up with an image (or two) for the cover. That is exciting.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Facts and figures.
Apocalypse the trilogy in a million pieces draft one was finished this evening. The draft began on December 22, 2007, although in honest much of the work was done since September.
Here are the facts and figures.
Words: 98,104.
Chapters: 39, as detailed elsewhere on the blog, plus bonus features.
Pages: 226 (MS Word, Times New Roman 12pt, not the final book size and shape).
Characters: 484, 546 with no spaces.
Paragraphs: 3051
Minutes: 23,000+ or 383 and a third hours which is 10 working weeks, or nearly 16 days without doing anything else. (These are minutes the document has been open, have not spent all that time typing, but does not include thinking time.)
The completion of the first draft makes the author confident the 09.09.09 date for the book launch is realistic, though notes that most of the contents are not.
UPDATE: Having failed to meet the 100,000 word mark, which was not a particular aspiration, means it is unlikely the book will be submitted to any universities as a thesis on the philosophy of anti-post-postmodern monotheism and the subversion of materialistic society. Pity really, but there's scope for that to change after editing.
Here are the facts and figures.
Words: 98,104.
Chapters: 39, as detailed elsewhere on the blog, plus bonus features.
Pages: 226 (MS Word, Times New Roman 12pt, not the final book size and shape).
Characters: 484, 546 with no spaces.
Paragraphs: 3051
Minutes: 23,000+ or 383 and a third hours which is 10 working weeks, or nearly 16 days without doing anything else. (These are minutes the document has been open, have not spent all that time typing, but does not include thinking time.)
The completion of the first draft makes the author confident the 09.09.09 date for the book launch is realistic, though notes that most of the contents are not.
UPDATE: Having failed to meet the 100,000 word mark, which was not a particular aspiration, means it is unlikely the book will be submitted to any universities as a thesis on the philosophy of anti-post-postmodern monotheism and the subversion of materialistic society. Pity really, but there's scope for that to change after editing.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Font update #1
The (main) font for the cover is called Jeopardize Thick BRK, which was bought in a packet of 10,000 (not one, not two but TEN thousand) fonts for a shade over $30 Aussie. Licenced for commercial use and royalty free, they promise. Have chosen a roman font for the actual text inside, pending what the print out looks like and how comfortable it is to read. Nice on the screen.
That's a distraction from me finishing the book, which is not far away. The 09.09.09 release date is looking achieveable at this stage.
Peace in!
That's a distraction from me finishing the book, which is not far away. The 09.09.09 release date is looking achieveable at this stage.
Peace in!
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