Spent too much time yesterday working backend stuff. Figured I had to have updated. Woops!
I’ll probably collect TiH into book form by year. Right now, it’s a little under 50k words, which is a very short book. I love short books, but they’re expensive on my end. Imagine 100k vs 2 x 50k. Editing is about the same, but obviously the two short ones require twice as much in cover design. Interior layout isn’t quite doubled, but it is more than the long book because I’ve got two sections of front matter, tables of contents, etc. I kinda want to do a glossary and maps, so they’re in too. Ultimately, the short books are more expensive.
Kickstarter could help, but I’d like to do a few independently first. A lot of Kickstarter problems seem to be people in way over their heads. BH and Mara are both out, but they were very much learning books. A few system books to show I have a rhythm down would be good.
A few of my people may have left the industry. That’s always a big difficulty.
Anyway, the PhD proceeds. I should graduate before Kog induces the Fall of Man and goes west to meet the elves. (Final climax, Kog and Finarfin vs Morgoth. It’s been fanfiction all along!) Artificial intelligence is dumb. Circuits are circuitous. Waveforms have been formed. And yes, spellcheck, waveforms is one word!