How long?!

For crying-out-loud!

Why does this blog experience so much neglect?!

I think it is partially due to the fact that I do most of my actual blogging on my deviantart site, and partially due to the fact that I am inherently quite lazy. It's true!

I have to take on additional projects in order to create a sense of constant panic/pressure in my world. This panic/pressure is what keeps me working on things, instead of sitting idly by and watching them roll through my field of vision.

The other day my wife told me I was just like my mother, in that, if there was no emergency, I wasn't happy. I am not (yet) convinced that she is entirely correct about the severity of this condition I have, but I am beginning to understand that she is, at least, correct about it's existence.... *sigh*

Ok then, why not just add another log to the fire then eh? Alright, I think I will!

NaNoWriMo! Why the heck not? So, beginning tomorrow (the 1st of November) I will begin my second year's participation in this wonderful little event that challenges one to create from scratch, a 50,000 word or more novel. Start to finish.

Last year I did 74k words, but I didn't have as much going on in my life. I won't bore you with details, but suffice to say that this year my time is even more accounted for going in. So we'll see what happens. If I pull it off again this year, then next year I will adjust my word count goal.

What will the book be about you ask? I think it will be another Alina Martin novel. I really like her character, and feel she still has a lot to offer story-wise. Left undone from last year is what happened with her parents (is her father really a terrorist? And how could he take all those rifle-blasts to the chest? And how could her mother just turn around and walk away from them like that?), what happened to Niko, how Alina dealt with Daray after the incident in the alley, and much, much more (not even mentioning Turin and Almon... Doh! I just did!).

So I think that will be the subject of this year's novel. If you want to look me up on the NaNoWriMo site, my user name there is *gasp* PaulLell Come on over and say hello!

Kalijor on the iPhone!!!

I just received word that 'The Second Key of Kalijor' is now available on the Apple App Store! Now you can enjoy the entire published Kalijor series on Kindle or as a native app on your iPhone or iPod Touch!

I'll be putting the hard-cover book together next week, so stay tuned for that as well. Also, 'The Third Key of Kalijor' is now well over 300 pages and going strong. Hopefully the momentum holds up and I can see this through to the end before NaNoWriMo time.

'Kalijor: The Aegis Protocol' (working title) is currently being looked at by my amazing editor to get it ready for next year's release, then The Third Key should be hot on its heels.

Lastly, for those able to swing it, I will be signing books at Leisure Mountain Studio in Yampa tonight (Saturday the 26th) from 4 to 7pm. We'd love to have you stop by, enjoy some snacks and wine, and chat with the locals and tourists! C'mon, it'll be fun!

Moving forward.

OK,

'The Second Key of Kalijor' is now available the world around! Go to your nearest book store, and order a copy today. Right now even. It's OK, I'll still be here when you get back, so go ahead!

The price was finally fixed at Amazon, Barnes & Nobel has it, and you can get it from my LuLu store front (via Kalijor.com, then a link right on the front page). Or, if you'd prefer, you can email me, and we can arrange payment and delivery for a personalized/signed copy. I will be getting desktop images of the cover up this week, and believe me folks, this art (by the amazing David Magoun over at Full Spectrum Arts & Services) is totally worth having on your desktop!

This year, I am really going to start pushing Kalijor into the public eye, so expect to see announcements about local conventions, book signings, and hopefully some media coverage here and there.

To start off with, I will be signing copies at the Mile High Karate in Thornton (120th Ave and Colorado Blvd) this Thursday the 17, from 6:30 to 9 pm.

Then I will be signing copies in Yampa, CO on Saturday September 26th, at Leisure Mountain Studios, from 4 until 7pm!

More to follow there, so stay tuned!

Coming up......

OK, since I know you're wondering, here's the scoop on what's happening now that the Second Key is available. First off, we have begun revision/editing on a spin-off novel that takes place between the second and third key books, and involves Riana, Willhelmina, Vincent, Xavier, and more, but centers on a new character who makes his living as a professional, corporate thief!

While that edit/revision is going on, writing continues on The Third Key, and let me tell you, it is coming along quite nicely. I'm about 300 pages in, and going strong. If the story continues as it is going now, this book should be killer (and even bigger than the first two)!

Editing continues on the Kalijor RPG man book. It's over 400 pages now, without any interior art. The Rathalon source book material is being play tested, and as many as 5 more sourcebooks are well into being written. I'm doing what I can to appeal to the publisher I have chosen to support the material, but they have a lot going on in their world just now, so things are going slowly. But fear not, I am confident that we can expect to see a Kalijor RPG in print in future!

OK< that's about it for me. I'll put up more soon, but for now, I have things to attend to, so I will let you go. THanks for tuning in, and I look forward to seeing you al on the forums, at the signings, and on the streets!

Iiiit'sss Heeerreeeee!!!

OK,

Terrible spelling in the title of this entry, I know. But it's been a good day and I am excited, so humor me please!

This is just a brief notice to any fans that are reading this blog that, 'The Second Key of Kalijor' is now in print, and available to the general public!

You can currently find a copy at my Lulu store front, here, or through the Kalijor.com page. In the next couple of days, to a few weeks, it will become available at amazon, Barnes and Nobel, and all other major book stores the world around.

Also in the pipe are all of the electronic versions. The Kindle version is submitted and awaiting the push to the online Kindle store, and the iPhone/iPod Touch version is waiting on a bit of paperwork, but all the files are set and ready to fire off the instant that is covered, so I would expect it to show up in the app store over the next week or so, very possibly much sooner than that.

I updated Kalijor.com with all the new sales/book links, and will be putting in some new desktops to the media section of the page over the next couple days, but I need time to get the files all set up and ready for you lot, so please bear with me.

OK, that is all for now, except to say that the Third Key is already over 300 pages and going strong. I have a fashion gig at the end of this month that I need to fabricate some stuff for, but in September I will hit the Third Key hard, and get it finished up, hopefully before November, so I can let it cool down for a little bit before first revision (although the first 250 pages have already been revised once since I had to reread it all after I nearly lost the file!).

SO, good night all, please stop by the forums and let me know what you think of the new book after you read it! :D

The proof is in the pudding!

The proof copies arrived today and looked amazing, so they have been approved and are off to the printer for final book store approval. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks 'The Second Key of Kalijor' will be available in book stores the world around!

Also, I just updated the writings section over at Kalijor.com with an excerpt from the new book, and another short story about the twins before all the madness began!

The Second Key of Kalijor

'The Second Key of Kalijor' cover art is mere days away from being delivered. The artist has sent the preliminary piece and it is awesome! He is now finishing up the back cover text, ISBN/bar code, and other odds and ends. I am in awe of his amazing work and I think you will be too!

And then?

Ok,

Just so everyone knows (I know the both of you have been wondering), I am still here, and still alive!

I have no idea why this blog is so difficult to maintain regularly (maybe it's because it cost me my last job uh? Meh). Anyway, Just an update on all things Kalijor.

To begin with, The Second Key of Kalijor is done and waiting for cover art. My artist assures me that he is making headway, but he has to pay the bills, so a couple other projects have had to be put ahead of the book cover. I trust it will be done as soon as it needs to be, and am hoping it is before the 4th of JUly, since I will be able to get it in front of my fans in Yampa when we are up there for the celebration!

I have gone through what I have of the The Third Key of Kalijor, checked it for continuity and flow, as well as some general editing, and dived back in to the writing (nearly 60 pages in the last three days). So that is coming along nicely again and may be done before the summer is over! Of course, there will then be loads of editing and rewriting to be done, but that could easily put The Third Key of Kalijor on track for a summer 2010 release (no promises of course though!).

Play-testing on the Kalijor RPG is moving along quite nicely, only a few major issues have been turned up, along with a heap of typos and other technical foibles. It should be in second draft soon and ready to really move into the hard pitch with Palladium!

In similar news, the first source book is done (Rathalon) and several more are in various stages of completion. These new source books include, Earth Ring Station, Pandoria, The Moon, and Avian. Currently the Earth Ring Station is the furthest along (around 30 pages), but they are all sort of being built simultaneously so anything can happen!

For those who aren't aware, the Kalijor universe is in multiple formats now. You can buy the soft cover novel in any major book store around the world or online as always, but you can also get the hard cover special edition on Amazon Marketplace! Also, the books (The FIrst Key of Kalijor and Jumah's World) are both available on Amazon's Kindle platform, as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch via the Apple App store!

The electronic versions are quite affordable (all of them under $10US), and all profits from Jumah's World still go to the Children's Hospital no matter the platform you choose to enjoy it on, so dive right in!

OK. I think that's it for now. Hopefully this will not be the last time I update this blog this month!

Thanks for hanging on for an update, and I look forward to seeing you at the next release party!