A General Update

Just a general update. My arm has been getting better, so I don't think I tore a tendon, though I did tear the bicep. So it's looking like I won't need surgery. Which is a good thing.

I've been trying to work on a book for the Veil universe with Blaise and William, it's taking me a bit out of my comfort zone because I'm working in someone else's sandbox, but I think it's something I need to try and do because I think it will help me to be a better writer.

While dealing with that, I've been thinking on the next Portals of Infinity book some, and I've been thinking a LOT on how to handle all of the upcoming stuff in the Valens Legacy series.

The funny thing is, that on this series I originally planned it to be 18 books. Then for a while I was thinking I'd be lucky to get to 16. Now I just put out 14 last month and I'm looking at everything that's going on and right now at this moment, I'm not really sure how long it's going to take me to get to the end of it. I don't think getting to 18 is going to be much of a problem. I think trying to finish it by 18 probably isn't going to happen though.

Right now, the hardest thing I'm looking at is covering the timeline from where the last book ended (Mid April) to July 4th, which is when things really start to happen. I'm probably going to have to just 'gloss over' some of that time frame because other then dealing with the day to day stuff, not a lot is going to be happening that's any different conflict wise.

But July is when the main gate opens. July 4th actually. That's when the real war begins. (And no, I didn't plan that date, it just happened when I plugged the starting date into the spreadsheet I had to build to keep track of everything.)

I honestly never thought I'd get to this point in the story. Not and still have so many people still interested in it. It's very humbling. Now I just need to get the rest of it down on paper.

just an update

so. hurt my left arm. may have to see a specialist. not gonna be writing very quickly for a while. hopefully i wont need surgery.

Amazon messed up

So a LOT of new releases got deleted last night on Amazon's US store.
A Lot.

My last two books were caught up in this and I have NO IDEA when they will be restored. I just know that I'm screwed. My latest book was in the 'new release' cycle on Amazon and now it's been kicked out of it.

This is going to suck.

So, in case you hadn't heard....

I've filed a lawsuit in US Federal Court against the guy running that pirate site.
Or rather my lawyer has filed it. I've found out why nobody else has sued him, it's because it costs a hell of a lot of money. Litigation is very expensive.

Why did I do it? Because he's a scumbag and somebody had to. He's ripping me off and when I sent him a Cease and Desist as well as a DMCA take down, he refused. After my lawyer sent him one, he just put up more of my books. Oh, and he's making money off of his pirate site. He even bought himself an airplane. And he's rude and nasty to the people who have been asking him to stop pirating their works. Because he knew those people didn't have the money to go after him.

Now of course, he's in hiding, because someone finally got tired of his bullshit.

I've got a gofundme running to help defray the legal costs, if you want to contribute:
Link -> https://www.gofundme.com/bring-ebookbike-to-justice 

I'm not crazy about having to do this, but the guy is actually hurting me, as well as a lot of other people. Everyone else kept talking about it, but I'm the guy who actually did it. The threats have started, people calling for me to be doxed or assaulted or murdered. About what you'd expect from the folks following a scumbag like him. I don't really expect anyone to really try to attack me, but some of the things people are saying is just flat out nuts.

On the other hand I'm getting a LOT of support from the people who this guy has been ripping off for years. One of the things that convinced me to act was this new author. On the pirate site he was a featured author with (apparently) tons of downloads. But on Amazon he was selling almost zero. That's right, new author puts out a book and this pirate totally rapes his sales and discourages him from continuing.

Also, I just can't stand bullies.