{"id":846,"date":"2014-07-29T01:17:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/?p=846"},"modified":"2014-07-29T01:17:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:17:44","slug":"news-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/news-update\/","title":{"rendered":"News Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things may have appeared static since the last post but, like watching a burrowing badger, none of the effort shows on the surface…<\/p>\n

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Things going bump in the night mean everything isn't as quiet as it seems...<\/p><\/div>\n

Feedback<\/h3>\n

Feedback is now coming in from final-stage gamma readers\u2014the news is good; two have already said they’ve had to go back and re-read chapters for mistakes because they were gripped. <\/p>\n

When they did re-enter crit mode, the worst they found (so far) were typos and a couple of basic continuity issues that were easily fixed. There is still a significant amount of feedback to come, but if it keeps errors in the released book to a minimum it’s worth the wait.<\/p>\n

Cover<\/h3>\n

After six concepts and over twenty rough drafts, the cover design has been finalised. I received some immensely helpful pointers from Colin Barnes<\/a>, a friend of mine who is trained in graphic design and has been releasing his thriller\/SF books with custom covers for several years. Thanks are also owed to the Elite: Dangerous<\/em> community’s very own Mobius, who contributed other useful design ideas.<\/p>\n

The design is going to remain under wraps until it receives official approval from Frontier (hopefully, later this week). I could fall back on one of the others, but the current favourite combines a classic SF look with plenty of Elite<\/em> influences. As requested by the community in the poll, it’s also completely different from any of the other Elite: Dangerous<\/em> books released so far.<\/p>\n

Formatting and Final Read Through<\/h3>\n

Formatting the text has already started. I need to incorporate all the corrections from the gamma readers before I do a last run through the whole ebook. How long this stage will take, I don’t know. Editing the HTML has been the only way to fix some problems in the past…<\/p>\n

Holiday<\/h3>\n

While I await Frontier’s decision and more feedback, it’s family holiday time in just a few days. There’ll be some work done on corrections, but things will really spin back up to speed later in August…<\/p>\n

Until then, have a good summer, one and all.<\/p>\n

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