Kip Ayers has finished work on the first cover for me. I think it fits the idea of “fantasy quest” much better.

I’ll be making some detail maps for each book in a bit.

Except for Korlay and Zypheria, I’m not bound by any of these other names. If you’ve got any suggestions for alternatives for the other two continents or the bodies of water, let me know in the comments.

Ebooks are also available at a variety of places including the Kindle Store at Amazon and Barnes and Noble and even Smashwords.

I’ve got a case of books on the way here, but they won’t be here for another week. (I picked cheap shipping. sorry).

They’re here and I’ve added a “Buy Direct” Page up there. Who want’s to be the first brave person to try it out and tell me how/if it works?

Ravenwood is now live in the kindlestore at Amazon.

I’ve uploaded it to Barnes and Noble and I’ll be making ebook versions available here in a few days for those people who just can’t deal with either of those.

The paperback should be coming online in a day or so as well. The files are in review now.

And just to kick this out early:

1. Yes, you will be able to order signed, limited edition hardcovers sometime in January.
2. Yes, you will be able to order signed paperbacks sometime in November.
3. Yes, you will be order the ebooks direct from my site.

And in other Tanyth Fairport news, my younger daughter is going to do NaNoWriMo next month. Her teacher has offered extra credit at school and I’m going to attempt the sequel to Ravenwood. I’m not sure what the title will be yet. I’m thinking it might be “Lammas Wood.” We’ll see when the characters tell me, I guess.

1. The title sat too close to the edges.

2. There wasn’t anything on the cover that said “Fantasy” to me. It could have been horror, or even mystery.

3. The back blurb was too large. It filled too much of the back cover and looked pasted on.

So, here’s the new one. I think it’ll work better.

That’s the full wrap cover for the print version. I’ll use just the front (obviously) for the ebook. We’re getting the proofreading done now and I hope to kick out a galley proof this weekend as soon as I get all the changes incorporated. Once I see that, I’ll pull the trigger on paper and ebook formats including – for the first time – selling ebooks direct from here.

I’m shooting for a release date that makes the books available around the end of the month so you’ll have a little something extra this Halloween.

The last episode has been posted to the Podiobook servers and we’re just waiting for it to pass their quality control checks to mark the book complete.

For more information see The Crown Conspiracy at Podiobooks.com, Michael Sullivan’s web site or search for The Crown Conspiracy at the iTunes Music store.

Those who follow the Trader’s Diary know that the books are being produced by Ridan Publishing. I had a chance to sit down with Robin and Michael after BaltiCon and hammer out a production schedule for ALL my books over the next four years. Yes, you read that right. ALL the books.

For Tanyth Fairport fans that means you’ll be seeing her in print much sooner than you might expect. We’ve tentatively slated Ravenwood for production in November, 2010, — just in time for Yule.

But that’s not all! I’ve got the sequel to Ravenwood (tentatively titled Overton) in the queue for February, 2011.

With a little help from the All Mother, and the creek don’t rise, we’ll be seeing a LOT more content coming out.

Also, fantasy lovers, note that I’ll be producing the podiobook versions of Michael J. Sullivan’s Chronicles of Riyria starting later this summer. I’m almost done reading the first book and it’s really a fun romp. This one sets the stage for an extended six book series and I’m looking forward to producing these in podcast format.

Ravenwood: Episode 1

Music by: Ivan Chew – MyRightBrain.wordpress.com
http://www.archive.org/details/TheHill2008

Thanks for the music, Ivan. It works really well with the theme of the story I think.

I didn’t copy it onto the site here, but you can hear it over at Starfish Stories. If you go listen, leave him a comment and thank him for letting me use his work.

It’s coming together! I’m getting excited now.