A Writer's Week #132: Sounding Out

In my last post I hinted that I would have some news soon. Well, the time has come to announce that my upcoming collection of stories and poems, As the Owl Flies, is being released as an audio book! It will most likely be available in early August.  

I'm pleased to announce that I've partnered with Lena Hibala to produce the audio book through ACX. When I opened the book to auditions, I thought I was looking for an American male voice to narrate these stories. However, Lena's audition really blew me away. Listening to her was like listening to someone reading stories by a cozy fireside. The other auditions were too clinical and clean. So, now I have a female British/Irish narrator, and I think she fits the tone of the book quite well.

Lena has narrated seven audio books to date. Eight is my lucky number and I am glad As the Owl Flies will be number eight. I'm really looking forward to the completion of the audio book. It's shaping up to be epic.

As the Owl Flies is another title I've published under White Owl Manuscripts. To celebrate the occasion, I've redesigned the White Owl logo. Here it is:

I think it was time for an update. It will be appearing in the new book, and eventually, I'll be replacing the old logo in the Deliverers Series books, as well as the About the Author blurb.

So, what's next? Well, besides the launch of the new book on July 17 and waiting for the completed audio book production and its launch soon after, I am going to be making a number of appearances throughout the remainder of 2024.

As soon as things die down on the release and production front, I will be continuing work on my Tales of the Dragon Islands book. I'm starting to get excited and fired up to see how this budding project progresses. I'll update you as it does.

Peace.

A Writer's Week #131: A Number of Debuts

 Hi everyone. I'm very excited to be posting on my new author website. This came about because of my upcoming book, As the Owl Flies. While geared to readers of all ages, the genre is different from the middle grade fantasy adventure I've been writing.

That raised the question of how I should promote the new book. My deliverers.net site did not seem entirely appropriate, nor did my Deliverers Series Facebook page. So, I decided to start some social media sites for myself as an author. This blog, is one the other is my Gregory S. Slomba, Author Facebook page. I invite you to like and follow both sites. Now don't worry, the Deliverers site is still up and running. I'll be making updates there when I have news about the series. There is a link on the page bar of this blog that will take you directly to the original site.

Speaking of the new book, here is the final cover:

I have also produced a video book trailer for the book:

SO, lots of exciting things happening. In the coming weeks, I'll have another announcement, right around time the Kindle and paperback versions are released on July 17. That reminds me. The Kindle version is available for presale. To celebrate this, I am offering a presale discount price of $2.99, 25% off the regular price.

I guess that's all for now. I'll be back soon with that special announcement and other updates.

Peace!