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Pagadan
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  		   Posted 9/22/2008 11:00 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Rob,

I certainly appreciate the hard work and time you've put into Ricasso Press and these anthologies. Too bad about the covers, but it's good that you can revise the files later. Thank you and Congratulations! I look forward to seeing the Ricasso Press website and the anthologies.

Appreciatively,

Joy V. Smith
 
 
Books:
 
Building a Cool House for Hot Times without Scorching the Pocketbook
Why Won't Anyone Play with Me? (chldren's picture book)
Sugar Time (audiobook--SF/time travel)
Aliens, Animals, and Adventure (story collection from Anthology Builder)
 
Artwork by Andrea Gradidge (Xena on a bad hair day)
 
 
 
 
 

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TW
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  		   Posted 9/22/2008 6:06 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
YIPPEE!

Roll out a link when you get a chance so that I can put it on my Web sites. I'm sure my thousands hundreds tens of visitors wife will want to buy one ASAP.

Congratulations, Rob. A longer journey than you anticipated -- I hope you like what you're looking at.

regards,
Tom

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More about TW Williams and his writing:
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  		   Posted 9/22/2008 2:07 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

I have books in hand.

 

See this post: http://forum.sfreader.com/default.aspx?f=52&m=87071


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  		   Posted 9/18/2008 11:51 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Today marks Day One of running to the mailbox looking for copies. Macy's is having a clearance sale, and my copy of Family Fun magazine has tips for Halloween. Oh, and the dentist sent me a reminder postcard for Monday's appointment. No copies, though.

On the plus side, I think I'll go to Macy's tomorrow.


Rob Santa
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  		   Posted 9/18/2008 10:31 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Looking forward to seeing my copy and reading all of the other great tales that are in there.

Armand

Visit Carnifex Press for more information!
 
 
 
The Freehold site is now up!
 
Carnifex Metal imprint
 
Look for "Lords of Justice" and "Freehold: Beginnings" in 2008 as well as "Metal Queens" from Carnifex Metal!!
 
 
 
 

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  		   Posted 9/17/2008 1:18 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'll add both Magistria titles to the bookmarks I'm working on and mention them elsewhere.

Joy V. Smith
 
 
Books:
 
Building a Cool House for Hot Times without Scorching the Pocketbook
Why Won't Anyone Play with Me? (chldren's picture book)
Sugar Time (audiobook--SF/time travel)
Aliens, Animals, and Adventure (story collection from Anthology Builder)
 
Upcoming:
 
Magistria: Realm of the Sorcerer (shared world anthology--new edition)
Magistria: Shards of the Goddess (shared world anthology)
 
Artwork by Andrea Gradidge (Xena on a bad hair day)
 
 
 
 
 

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  		   Posted 9/15/2008 8:19 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hi Rob!

As soon as you let us know the copies are ready I'll be sending for mine. I've even talked to my local library about starting a "Local Authors" shelf, though I guess that would limit the number of copies sold. Hopefully it may get a few more people interested in the work of us struggling and lesser-known authors.
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  		   Posted 9/15/2008 1:59 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks, Rob, for the work and for the heads up
Tom

More about my stories at: http://sites.google.com/site/twfiction/

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  		   Posted 9/14/2008 3:16 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
However you had to do it, Rob, I'm glad you did. Thumbs up, and save a copy for me!

Robert Orme

Out now:
"More Than One Way to Protect" in Lords of Justice (www.carnifexpress.net/)
"Time in a Capsule" in Unparalleled Journeys II (www.journeybookspublishing.com/)
"On the Tree Top" in Ultraverse vol.3 #5 (www.ultraverse.us)

Coming soon:
"Replacing Someone" in Aoife's Kiss #26, September 2008 (http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/main.htm)

Avatar artwork courtesy of Crystalwizard

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  		   Posted 9/13/2008 9:41 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

*jumps around with excitement*

That's great!  I can't wait to see it and read everyone's stories!  I've been impressed with all the Lulu books I've seen (I even used them once for a collection of comics I put together for friends), so I'm sure the result will be good.

Kate Shaw

Read me in 2008!
"Meet Mary Sue" ASIM (forthcoming, issue #40)
"Sand-Skin Man" Beneath Ceaseless Skies (forthcoming)
"Comparative Anatomy" Space Squid (forthcoming)
"Snow Magic" Fictitious Force (forthcoming)
"Newton the Baker's Boy" Strange Worlds of Lunacy, ResAliens/CrystalWizard Productions
"Trompe L'Oeil" Big Pulp (June 2008)
"Silent Skies" Byzarium (March 2008)
"The King's Messenger" Renard's Menagerie #5
"Honeymoon" Desolate Places, Hadley Rille Books
"Sick Day" Every Day Fiction
"Sea and Sky" Black Dragon, White Dragon, Ricasso Press (forthcoming)
Stories also available on AnthologyBuilder.com

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  		   Posted 9/13/2008 3:04 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congrats Rob,
 
I'm jumping for joy.jumpin
 
Looking foreard to getting the book.
 
mindwing :p  :p  :p

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right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon." Robert Cormier
 

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  		   Posted 9/13/2008 1:07 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Rob,

Thank you for persevering! I can only imagine how tedious, frustrating, and aggravating the whole process has been. Lulu is easier to work with, I think, though not as profitable. I believe their quality is good, and as Jerry said, you might get a better deal in the future, and you'll have the product in hand to show people.

Appreciatively, Joy

Joy V. Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 

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  		   Posted 9/12/2008 11:18 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
That's great news, Rob!

Nicholas Ian Hawkins

Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press

Published
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Rogue Blades Entertainment
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007


Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com

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  		   Posted 9/12/2008 5:46 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'm glad to hear that, and not just because one of my little stories will be in it.  Sticking to it and finding alternates to your original plan when people let you down shows real character, when it would have been easy to just throw up your hands and walk away from the project.
 
On the bright side, not only will you have a fine anthology out there, you should be able to use it as a reference the next time you shop around for a publisher and maybe get a better deal.  That is, if you aren't burnt out by now.
 
Looking forward to buying copies.   
 
 
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  		   Posted 9/12/2008 3:43 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Well, progress was made, though not exactly what i wanted to do. The irony of it all is I was trying not to take this approach, but if I'd had, everything for Ricasso Press would have been on book shelves in about a week.

I already related my tale of woe with a local printer who I wanted to give some business, and he let me down. I then contacted an online printer with very good rates that, after two months, still hadn't provided me with a draft copy. Sigh.

So i went through Lulu. I had a very specific pricepoint in mind for my books, and using Lulu means I either change the price (not very likely) or run a lower return on investment. But it will have exposure through a site that's already set up. My own website will have other materials (such as e-books and perhaps audio versions) plus, of course, access to the Lulu bookstore.

In short, the printing work is done. I should have books in hand in a few days.

Thanks for the patience everyone.


Rob Santa
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  		   Posted 8/27/2008 7:00 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Just as a little extra incentive, I've got a thumbnail of the BD,WD cover on my website (with a link to Ricasso, natch!), and for some reason Google has it as the second result if you search Google Images for "Black Dragon White Dragon."  I get a LOT of visits to my site from people searching for just that.  So there's a lot of interest out there for the anthology!

I can't wait to read the whole thing, myself. :)

Kate Shaw

Read me in 2008!
"Meet Mary Sue" ASIM (forthcoming, issue #40)
"Sand-Skin Man" Beneath Ceaseless Skies (forthcoming)
"Comparative Anatomy" Space Squid (forthcoming)
"Snow Magic" Fictitious Force (forthcoming)
"Newton the Baker's Boy" Strange Worlds of Lunacy, ResAliens/CrystalWizard Productions
"Trompe L'Oeil" Big Pulp (June 2008)
"Silent Skies" Byzarium (March 2008)
"The King's Messenger" Renard's Menagerie #5
"Honeymoon" Desolate Places, Hadley Rille Books
"Sick Day" Every Day Fiction
"Sea and Sky" Black Dragon, White Dragon, Ricasso Press (forthcoming)
Stories also available on AnthologyBuilder.com

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  		   Posted 8/8/2008 1:47 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks, Rob, for posting. I'm really hoping this all works out--not only for the sake of my own little story, but because I've been anxiously awaiting Black Dragon, White Dragon and the Magistria books. The covers alone are attractive and intriguing enough, but thanks to the sneak peaks you've offered here, I know what's in store in terms of content. I'm pulling for you.

Nicholas Ian Hawkins

Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press

Published
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Rogue Blades Entertainment
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007


Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com

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  		   Posted 8/8/2008 1:32 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yes, thanks for the update, Rob. I will be waiting to purchase the book when it arrives.

Robert Orme

Out now:
"More Than One Way to Protect" in Lords of Justice (www.carnifexpress.net/)
"Time in a Capsule" in Unparalleled Journeys II (www.journeybookspublishing.com/)
"On the Tree Top" in Ultraverse vol.3 #5 (www.ultraverse.us)

Coming soon:
"Replacing Someone" in Aoife's Kiss #26, September 2008 (http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/main.htm)

Avatar artwork courtesy of Crystalwizard

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  		   Posted 7/28/2008 9:40 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks for the update, Rob. So does this mean the printer has it, or that you are going through the process all over again?

Thanks so much for not giving up. I'm sure it will be a great book when it comes out.

Mindwing

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right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon." Robert Cormier
 

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  		   Posted 7/28/2008 4:17 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks for sticking with it, Rob.
Best of luck going forward.

2007-2008 credits:
"The Man With the X-Ray Nose," in Journeybooks' Unusual Journeys II; "Heartwrit," (a John Humble tale) in Staffs & Starships; "No Man's Knight," (a John Humble tale) in Flashing Swords; "The Second Fire," upcoming in Mindflights; "It Could Have Been Love, But the Turtle Broke the Harmonica," upcoming in Ray Gun Revival; "Shouting at the Stone," upcoming in Speculative Realm's anthology; "Lesson Learned" and "Rip-Snorter" upcoming in Ricasso Press' "Black Dragon, White Dragon"; "Iron Hearts of Death", (a John Humble tale) upcoming in Ricasso Press' "Magic and Mechanica"; "White Willow," (a John Humble tale), upcoming in Carnivah House's "The Infinity Swords." 

2006 credits:
"The Teeth of the Matter" and "Cold Dragons" in Dragons, Knights and Angels; "The One-Legged Assassin" and "Possession is Nine Parts" in Electric Spec.

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  		   Posted 7/27/2008 12:45 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Rob, glad to hear things are moving along in that tunnel.  Thank you for pushing things onward. 

Joy V. Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 

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  		   Posted 7/26/2008 10:51 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hi all,

Sorry, I've spoken about this in other places, just not specifically here on this thread. Forgive my not thinking you would have attached email notifications to here and nowhere else.

My local printer basically defaulted on the project after me pouring tons of time and effort into giving a small businessman a shot. I am working with an online printer right now and will have copies in hand shortly ("shortly" is as accurate as I can be right now).

As clearly as I can say it, the project is not dead only woefully delayed. I understand when projects take long times to wrap up they tend to disappear. That is not the case here. Authors and prospective readers have been inhumanly patient, and I thank you for it. Where the light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be an oncoming train before, the light this time is an actual exit.


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  		   Posted 7/25/2008 7:03 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Mindwing said...
hi Rob.

I am trying hard to be patient, but an update would be nice. I've been hovering over this thread for months, hoping for news.

mindwing


What s/he said. :)
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  		   Posted 7/24/2008 8:35 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
hi Rob.
 
I am trying hard to be patient, but an update would be nice. I've been hovering over this thread for months, hoping for news.
 
mindwing

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Rob, I know how frustrating that must be!  Whatever works for you...  We'll be here, cheering you on!

Joy V. Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 

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