K Page Brooke Site

We are teaching ourselves responsive design — very slowly — and put up a simple one-page, mini-site for one of the books, as we figure it all out! It is set up as a subdomain of our parent site, at kpagebrooke.insolentlad.com. Not linked up yet but we'll get around to it.

Bit by bit, we should get more of our online presence into subdomains, including Arachis Press, as we feel our way. It may not be responsive at first; the mobile redirects we use now work well enough and we have more experience with the process, but eventually we should be mostly responsive. By that time, maybe we'll need to learn some other approach altogether!

In other news, the print version of GOD OF RAIN (the new Mora fantasy novel by Stephen Brooke) has been approved and will be available pretty much everywhere by the target release date of March 13. We have copies coming from the printer for the occasion and should be getting the ebook versions up shortly.

God of Rain Release Set

We are pleased to announce a release date of Monday, March 13, 2017, for the latest fantasy-adventure novel from Stephen Brooke, GOD OF RAIN. This is the first of a Mora trilogy, taking up where the three Malvern novels left off, and following the narratives of some of the secondary characters in those books.

As always, there will print (paperback) and ebook editions. The blurb:

Hito had tired of war, of knowing he would never be more than the second to the hero Aranu. It was time he sought his own destiny, to leave fighting behind and seek more. Peace, he desired, and a wife and home. If a bit of wealth came his way, too, that was to the better. But was that what he truly sought? Should there not be more?

From the Mora homeland to the jungled valley of the Gurang, from a new life as a trader to that of a Kohari prisoner, condemned to be sacrificed to the Sun Bird, his quest carries him. And does he find love, as well? Perhaps.

In Teva, the God of Rain, must he seek who he is truly meant to be. In the end, it will be Hito himself he finds, in the first novel of a new Mora Trilogy, GOD OF RAIN.

PDFs

We were just getting some revised ebook editions of our books on line (the great thing about a POD approach is that anything can be fixed, anytime) and began to wonder if there was any point in offering PDF versions. We have always done this as a matter of course, along side the print and epub editions (and the Kindle variant that shows up at Amazon --- they convert that from the epub). But the PDFs do not really sell.

It is not that much trouble to create them, understand, a few very minor changes from the  print edition (margins slightly altered, ISBN removed, cover added). But it is an additional chore and perhaps for no reason. For now, we do not intend to change our procedure and will continue to offer the PDF online --- at book shows and so on, we have been including it in a bundle with the epub and/or print books.

Thinking out loud here --- anyway, PDFs of most of our books are available at our 'spotlight store' and will continue to be. Now we need to start thinking about audio books!

Ending and Beginning

The end of 2016 approaches. It was not a bad year for us; we accomplished most of what we intended, aside from getting our related ‘Eggshell Boats’ magazine project going. More on that later.

So what is to come in 2017? More books, of course! One of those will be the debut novel of Sienna Santerre*, tentatively to be titled ‘Asanas,’ revolving around the lives of a group of friends in a yoga class. As with any book, it will be released when it is ready; one never knows when rewrites and edits will permit that.

There should be a new fantasy adventure novel by Stephen Brooke before long, as well, a semi-sequel to the Malvern Trilogy. Both of these will be announced when we have firm release dates.

Beyond that? Probably at least one poetry collection. Returning to that ‘Eggshell Boats’ mention, we have pretty much decided not to launch a literary magazine, per se, but to use that name for a new poetry imprint here. We shall be looking to publish poetry books; there will be more on that as we work out the direction we are going.

And there are likely to be more novels, maybe a children’s book (or two), and so on. We shall see!

*March 2017 — the name Sienna Santerre was a pen name and is being dropped. The novel will appear but under its author's true name. All that to be announced when it happens.

Christmas Freebie

We are giving away a special PDF version of a short fantasy tale by Stephen Brooke, The Beast, the Book, and the Burglar. Click to download from our Spotlight Store at our distributor (Lulu Enterprises).

Quick-witted young Im attempts to burglarize a demon-guarded tower.

We'll have news soon about what is coming in 2017!

Waves Is Out

WAVES, Stephen Brooke's second novel of crime and surfing set in the fictional Florida town of Cully Beach, is officially out today. Available at our site and pretty much everywhere else in both print and ebook formats.

WAVES is the sequel to SHAPER, and continues the adventures of 'Shaper,' Ted Carrol, surf shop owner and reluctant detective.

Waves Release Date

The release date for Stephen Brooke's new novel of surf and suspense, WAVES, is officially set for December 5. In time for your holiday shopping, perhaps?

This is the follow-up to the first Ted Carrol novel, SHAPER. More info to come!