It's that time again folks, and I see you came to check out the blog.
Not a lot to talk about this month. AW5: Fractured Spirit is with the second editor now. It's still on track for a June release, it might get kicked out a bit head of that but I wouldn't expect much ahead of that.
AG2 is done being written and has gone off to the first editor. If you don't like sexy times in your books, you will want to stay away from AG2 it is going to follow the same style as AG1. I won't be making a pg-16 edition of AG2, due to the books having to be 20% different from each other if I was going to. Amazon frowns on multiple copies of the same book that don't have that 20% separation and as Amazon is how I get all of my books to you, it makes me have to follow their rules.
I did already let you guys know that AG1 is up for audio in my quick update last month. If you want to see the wonderful tones of Andrea Parsneau tell you the tale, it is well worth it. She did a fantastic job with the book, especially those lewd moments.
I'm currently in the middle of writing the 1st book of a new series, it doesn't have a real name yet just a working title; MC OP YO. Which does indicate the MC is going to be Overpowered. It is a reincarnation/transported to another world style of book. Like all of my books it is a bit slow, the first book especially as he is trying to learn about the world he finds himself in and what he can do.
The facebook fan page is doing amazing, we are rapidly closing in on 500 people. I'm thinking of holding a Facebook Live Chat and giving away prizes. It seems the prize most people are interested in is a cameo appearance in the book, (most likely to be brutally killed), which was a little surprising to me.
I'm getting closer to going fulltime as a writer, which is entirely due to you all. Your continued support is making me believe I can do it and not end up one of the starving artists of the world. I'll of course let you all know when that day comes.
I also should thank everyone for the shocking March sales. AW4 sold very well, even without the preorder. The fact there was no preorder helped me get into the top 100 of amazon and stay there for a week. That was because all of you buying it and reading it. Truly I'm humbled that so many of you enjoy my work.
I'm still waiting on the cover for AW5, the artist has been busy and it is a fairly involved cover that I asked for. I can't wait to show it to you all, and as soon as he gets it back to me I will be of course showing it off in the Facebook group.
Well that looks to be about it for this post. If you haven't come by the fan page please do, you'll find a number of others who enjoy the books that will gladly chat with you.
Until next month, have a good one,
Daniel Schinhofen
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Quick Update March 2018
Just a quick update for you all.
Apocalypse Gates Author's Cut book 1: Rapture is now out on audio via Audible.
Here is the link:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Rapture-Audiobook/B07BHWDZD2
I hope you enjoy it as the wonderful and talented Andrea Parsneau is the narrator.
Until my next regular update, stay frosty.
Daniel Schinhofen
Apocalypse Gates Author's Cut book 1: Rapture is now out on audio via Audible.
Here is the link:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Rapture-Audiobook/B07BHWDZD2
I hope you enjoy it as the wonderful and talented Andrea Parsneau is the narrator.
Until my next regular update, stay frosty.
Daniel Schinhofen
Thursday, March 1, 2018
March 2018
I know some of you are probably a bit busy right now, it being just into the 1st of March and AW4 having just hit Amazon a couple of hours ago. But that's no reason to not get my blog done for the month. Let's begin shall we?
Welcome back everyone it's going to start off with a bang this month. Alpha World 4: Playing For Keeps is now live, here are the links for it:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
Those aren't all the areas its sold in just the ones that see the most sales, there are over 12 regions its sold in.
Podium has been handed the manuscript, so audio is all up to them at this point. I'll of course update you on that as they update me.
Last month was busy for the Facebook fan page as well. We did a contest, gave away shirts, ebooks, and even did a Q&A with the LITRPG PODCAST. If you haven't join the fan page you really should, as another contest is just a dozen or so people away from happening as of today. here is the link for any of you who haven't joined yet.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/364674377283655
What else do I have to talk about this month? Alpha World book 5 is currently being edited, tentative release date is the beginning of June. I'm also still writing AG2 at this time as well, but it's about to hit the last arc of that book, then it will go off to the editor, hopefully by the end of March, so i can get it out in September.
I'm still working a full-time job, if this years sales look as strong as last years though I will be strongly considering taking the plunge to full time writer. My Patreon page is still doing well, I've changed the format to send out a chapter every week, or close to every week. The drawback to that is that I need to pull those chapters down a week or so before the next book is published to be in compliance with Amazon's KU rules.
https://www.patreon.com/DJSchinhofen
Welcome back everyone it's going to start off with a bang this month. Alpha World 4: Playing For Keeps is now live, here are the links for it:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07B4Q6M8Y
Those aren't all the areas its sold in just the ones that see the most sales, there are over 12 regions its sold in.
Podium has been handed the manuscript, so audio is all up to them at this point. I'll of course update you on that as they update me.
Last month was busy for the Facebook fan page as well. We did a contest, gave away shirts, ebooks, and even did a Q&A with the LITRPG PODCAST. If you haven't join the fan page you really should, as another contest is just a dozen or so people away from happening as of today. here is the link for any of you who haven't joined yet.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/364674377283655
What else do I have to talk about this month? Alpha World book 5 is currently being edited, tentative release date is the beginning of June. I'm also still writing AG2 at this time as well, but it's about to hit the last arc of that book, then it will go off to the editor, hopefully by the end of March, so i can get it out in September.
I'm still working a full-time job, if this years sales look as strong as last years though I will be strongly considering taking the plunge to full time writer. My Patreon page is still doing well, I've changed the format to send out a chapter every week, or close to every week. The drawback to that is that I need to pull those chapters down a week or so before the next book is published to be in compliance with Amazon's KU rules.
https://www.patreon.com/DJSchinhofen
If you haven't heard yet, Last Horizon was bundled into an Omnibus edition after being given another editing pass. So if you haven't gotten to the first 2 books I've written now is not a bad time to do so.
Almost forgot, the audio for Apocalypse Gates (authors cut): Rapture should be done being recorded early this month. I'll be taking the time to audit the files and get corrections done as needed from the narrator, not that I expect many since Andrea Parsneau very talented. If everything goes well I might get it out by the end of the month, if not early April hopefully.
That's all I got for this month. Just remember to drop reviews on Amazon please, it really means a lot for indie authors like me.
Until next month, peace out,
Daniel Schinhofen
Monday, February 5, 2018
February 2018
Hello all and welcome back again.
Okay so lots of little things to cover, I wonder how many I'll forget. So the big news was I had t-shirts printed up to resemble the ones given away by Gerald and Marysue in AW3. You have a chance to win them over on my Facebook Fan Page
Okay now the bad news about that tidbit. The company kind of screwed up my shirts. How I found out about this, my friend who I was giving a shirt to pointed it out to me. Originally the back of the shirt was supposed to read:
Alpha Company
Recruit First Wave
They forgot the 'Alpha Company' entirely, which was aggravating but I could overlook it. My friend pointed out though that the shirt doesn't say 'Recruit', nope it says, "Recuit'.
Which leaves me waiting for the company to respond to an email from me to see what steps we can take to fix this major issue.
Moving on past that, what else do i have to talk about? I launched an Omnibus version of Last Horizon. I'll be pulling the 2 separate books from KU and leaving just the omnibus up for that service. The original two will stay up as they are tied to the audio books. Further more, the Omnibus was given another editing pass, so its a lot cleaner.
Next let's talk about Facebook again, my Fan Page hit 300 members, which is amazing, thanks to all of you who are there. I'm running contest every 100 people who join. The 300 contest which is now ongoing, has prizes of shirts, which can change depending on above statements about the shirts, a free copy of AW4 when i publish it in March, or being part of the beta reading team. So if you aren't on the Facebook page and you would like one of those prizes go sign up today.
On top of that I'm looking into holding a Q&A for my fans and have a question post up on the Page as well. Once i settle on where to hold the Q&A I'll be letting twitter and Facebook know.
Big news is that beta reading for AW4 will be starting soon™. I plan to publish it in March, hopefully early March. Following AW4 should be AW5 and then AG2, with probably 3 months between each book.
I'm about halfway through writing AG2 right now. it's coming along and I'm trying to flesh out the MC and Gothy more during the early part of the book.
Let's hit Patreon next. I'm changing the way I handle Patreon, instead of 1 post a month, I'm going to 1 post a week. The downside to this is, that i will be pulling those posts before i publish the book they are attached to. I have to do that per Amazon's rules about content being published, if it's going to be in KU, and I want all my Books to be in KU for you all to be able to read without needing to buy.
I think that's all I have to go over this month, besides one more small tidbit. I'll be changing my monthly posts from the first Monday to the first Thursday of the month. This is due to my job changing my hours and days off. Until I go full time I'm still at the whim of my stable job.
Well, that's it folks, thanks for stopping by again and I'll see you next time.
Daniel Schinhofen
Okay so lots of little things to cover, I wonder how many I'll forget. So the big news was I had t-shirts printed up to resemble the ones given away by Gerald and Marysue in AW3. You have a chance to win them over on my Facebook Fan Page
Okay now the bad news about that tidbit. The company kind of screwed up my shirts. How I found out about this, my friend who I was giving a shirt to pointed it out to me. Originally the back of the shirt was supposed to read:
Alpha Company
Recruit First Wave
They forgot the 'Alpha Company' entirely, which was aggravating but I could overlook it. My friend pointed out though that the shirt doesn't say 'Recruit', nope it says, "Recuit'.
Which leaves me waiting for the company to respond to an email from me to see what steps we can take to fix this major issue.
Moving on past that, what else do i have to talk about? I launched an Omnibus version of Last Horizon. I'll be pulling the 2 separate books from KU and leaving just the omnibus up for that service. The original two will stay up as they are tied to the audio books. Further more, the Omnibus was given another editing pass, so its a lot cleaner.
Next let's talk about Facebook again, my Fan Page hit 300 members, which is amazing, thanks to all of you who are there. I'm running contest every 100 people who join. The 300 contest which is now ongoing, has prizes of shirts, which can change depending on above statements about the shirts, a free copy of AW4 when i publish it in March, or being part of the beta reading team. So if you aren't on the Facebook page and you would like one of those prizes go sign up today.
On top of that I'm looking into holding a Q&A for my fans and have a question post up on the Page as well. Once i settle on where to hold the Q&A I'll be letting twitter and Facebook know.
Big news is that beta reading for AW4 will be starting soon™. I plan to publish it in March, hopefully early March. Following AW4 should be AW5 and then AG2, with probably 3 months between each book.
I'm about halfway through writing AG2 right now. it's coming along and I'm trying to flesh out the MC and Gothy more during the early part of the book.
Let's hit Patreon next. I'm changing the way I handle Patreon, instead of 1 post a month, I'm going to 1 post a week. The downside to this is, that i will be pulling those posts before i publish the book they are attached to. I have to do that per Amazon's rules about content being published, if it's going to be in KU, and I want all my Books to be in KU for you all to be able to read without needing to buy.
I think that's all I have to go over this month, besides one more small tidbit. I'll be changing my monthly posts from the first Monday to the first Thursday of the month. This is due to my job changing my hours and days off. Until I go full time I'm still at the whim of my stable job.
Well, that's it folks, thanks for stopping by again and I'll see you next time.
Daniel Schinhofen
Monday, January 1, 2018
January 2018
Holy fuck balls batman!
The New Year sure snuck up fast, or at least it seemed that way with me.
Welcome back to the blog, I know there are at least handful of you out there. I don't think there's a terrible lot to cover this month but let's get to it.
December came to an end with Alpha Company the 3rd book of Alpha World being released via audio. Which is pretty snazzy, and can be found here:
https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Company-World-Book/dp/B078BV4ZCB
December had also brought us Rapture the 1st book of Apocalypse Gates in both the uncensored and PG-16 editions. For those who are wondering, 40 to 1 was the ratio, heavily favoring the NSFW version. If you haven't read it yet, you should take a look, here is the NSFW link:
https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-Apocalypse-Gates-Authors-Book-ebook/dp/B077LGZ12S
Let's see what else do I have to tell you all, Alpha World 4 is still with the editor. The deadline for them to get it back to me is 1-24-17, they fell a bit behind but have assured me it will be back to me when it by deadline. Which will give me a week to go over it again before getting to my beta readers come February, with the tentative release date being in March. I'll have more on that next month.
Speaking of beta readers, I will be looking for a new reader or three when AW4 is ready. If you haven't joined the Facebook fan page, you might want to do so. I will be posting for beta readers there and will be selecting people to fill the gaps. Join the page via this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/364674377283655/
Also be aware I will be requesting beta reader can work via Google Docs, this way all of you can see what the others are finding. I will also be taking a page from fellow author William Arand and breaking the beta reading into sections. To get the next section you will need to show your willingness to improve the book in the previous section. I've had a few too many people 'beta read' but in reality just want to read the book for free and before it is published, hence why the change.
In other news, AW5 is finished with the first draft. It took me about 2 weeks longer then I wanted, but I got there. Also it has shown me that AW will stretch to 7 books as there were too many loose threads by the end of 5. The editor will be getting AW5 from me when I get AW4 back from them. Tentatively looking at June for its release. Before any of that though the next few days will be the first edit by me to catch all the big issues with it.
I also might be starting on a super secret project with a fellow author as my next book. I will hopefully be chatting with them today and getting things lined up. Once things are in place if possible I will do a mid month update and fill you all in on the surprise if it happens.
One last thing before I turn you all loose, Apocalypse Gates is slated for an audio version, it will be the NSFW version of it. Andrea Parsneau will be the narrator, and I hope i spelled that right, she did the narration for Wild Wastes by Randi Darren. She is a talented narrator and I'm happy to be working with her. I almost went with podium to handle the series like I did with Alpha World, but I wasn't able to guarantee a female narrator from them. As such i went out and found a narrator I wanted to work with. It's no slight on Podium, they have been wonderful to work with, but if I'm listening to sex be described I'd rather have a sexy female voice tell me about it then a guy.
With all of that said, i guess there was more to talk about than I had thought, heh. This concludes the Schinhofen Blog for the first month of 2018. I hope this year is better for you all than the last year was. I'll do my best to bring you even better books.
Love and Kisses,
Zaphod Beeb...
I mean... Until next month or a mid-month update, peace and good times,
Daniel Schinhofen
The New Year sure snuck up fast, or at least it seemed that way with me.
Welcome back to the blog, I know there are at least handful of you out there. I don't think there's a terrible lot to cover this month but let's get to it.
December came to an end with Alpha Company the 3rd book of Alpha World being released via audio. Which is pretty snazzy, and can be found here:
https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Company-World-Book/dp/B078BV4ZCB
December had also brought us Rapture the 1st book of Apocalypse Gates in both the uncensored and PG-16 editions. For those who are wondering, 40 to 1 was the ratio, heavily favoring the NSFW version. If you haven't read it yet, you should take a look, here is the NSFW link:
https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-Apocalypse-Gates-Authors-Book-ebook/dp/B077LGZ12S
Let's see what else do I have to tell you all, Alpha World 4 is still with the editor. The deadline for them to get it back to me is 1-24-17, they fell a bit behind but have assured me it will be back to me when it by deadline. Which will give me a week to go over it again before getting to my beta readers come February, with the tentative release date being in March. I'll have more on that next month.
Speaking of beta readers, I will be looking for a new reader or three when AW4 is ready. If you haven't joined the Facebook fan page, you might want to do so. I will be posting for beta readers there and will be selecting people to fill the gaps. Join the page via this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/364674377283655/
Also be aware I will be requesting beta reader can work via Google Docs, this way all of you can see what the others are finding. I will also be taking a page from fellow author William Arand and breaking the beta reading into sections. To get the next section you will need to show your willingness to improve the book in the previous section. I've had a few too many people 'beta read' but in reality just want to read the book for free and before it is published, hence why the change.
In other news, AW5 is finished with the first draft. It took me about 2 weeks longer then I wanted, but I got there. Also it has shown me that AW will stretch to 7 books as there were too many loose threads by the end of 5. The editor will be getting AW5 from me when I get AW4 back from them. Tentatively looking at June for its release. Before any of that though the next few days will be the first edit by me to catch all the big issues with it.
I also might be starting on a super secret project with a fellow author as my next book. I will hopefully be chatting with them today and getting things lined up. Once things are in place if possible I will do a mid month update and fill you all in on the surprise if it happens.
One last thing before I turn you all loose, Apocalypse Gates is slated for an audio version, it will be the NSFW version of it. Andrea Parsneau will be the narrator, and I hope i spelled that right, she did the narration for Wild Wastes by Randi Darren. She is a talented narrator and I'm happy to be working with her. I almost went with podium to handle the series like I did with Alpha World, but I wasn't able to guarantee a female narrator from them. As such i went out and found a narrator I wanted to work with. It's no slight on Podium, they have been wonderful to work with, but if I'm listening to sex be described I'd rather have a sexy female voice tell me about it then a guy.
With all of that said, i guess there was more to talk about than I had thought, heh. This concludes the Schinhofen Blog for the first month of 2018. I hope this year is better for you all than the last year was. I'll do my best to bring you even better books.
Love and Kisses,
Zaphod Beeb...
I mean... Until next month or a mid-month update, peace and good times,
Daniel Schinhofen
Monday, December 4, 2017
December 2017
Wow, is it that time again already?
Okay let's see what we have to talk about this month.
First: Did you know I had a new book out? I'm sure you did, right? It's a LITRPG/GAMELIT series, this one starts off with Zombies but starts to add in new things before the end of the book. The series will be open for a lot of stuff and I don't plan for it to end quickly. It even has a form of Settlement building. If you're interested let me help you find it, as it comes in two flavors. Vanilla or Dark Chocolate Carmel Swirl. Okay seriously it comes in a PG-16 edition which has the sex bits fade to black. Or, you can have it in the Author's Cut edition which is Graphically inclined.
This is the PG-16 edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077L9V72Y
This is the Author's Cut Edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077LGZ12S
I hope you enjoy the book, either way you want to have it. If you enjoy it please remember to drop a review on Amazon. Us small indie authors need all the good press we can get.
Secondly: Did you hear that AW3 audio edition is up for pre-order? Sure you did, because you love me. However, just in case the fast approaching Holiday drove it from your mind, let me help ya out.
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Alpha-Company-Audiobook/B077R1WNSR
That is the big, big news for the month out of the way. So for the smaller news, did you miss out on the free book promotions I ran at the end of November? I blasted about it on Twitter and on my Facebook Fan page. AW1 and Last Horizon: Beta were both up for 5 days, absolutely free. I also ran a small contest to give away 3 copies of my latest book. 20 people was the entire pool for that even on the Facebook page, if you had entered your chance to win would have been damn good. I try to run a small giveaway each time a new book is coming out, so maybe stop on by and keep tabs on my page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/364674377283655/
What else do i have to talk about? What's next, you ask? Well I am in talks with Podium and Tantor about who gets the audio rights to my new series. While I'm also considering going it alone. I'll figure it out by the end of the month.
AW4 is off to the editor, they work a little slow but they do right by me. So at the moment tentatively I have a March release for AW4. Following that should be AW5 around June-ish. Then I should follow up with Apocalypse Gates 2.
Okay that about rounds me out for the month. Just one small thing, not even worth mentioning. I'm taking a small road trip in a few days. Driving the road from Green River, Utah to Beatty, Nevada. I need a good look at the road and the terrain along the way. Why? Well you probably know if you've read Apocalypse Gates. If not, maybe you'll figure it out when you do.
Peace out,
Daniel Schinhofen
Okay let's see what we have to talk about this month.
First: Did you know I had a new book out? I'm sure you did, right? It's a LITRPG/GAMELIT series, this one starts off with Zombies but starts to add in new things before the end of the book. The series will be open for a lot of stuff and I don't plan for it to end quickly. It even has a form of Settlement building. If you're interested let me help you find it, as it comes in two flavors. Vanilla or Dark Chocolate Carmel Swirl. Okay seriously it comes in a PG-16 edition which has the sex bits fade to black. Or, you can have it in the Author's Cut edition which is Graphically inclined.
This is the PG-16 edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077L9V72Y
This is the Author's Cut Edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077LGZ12S
I hope you enjoy the book, either way you want to have it. If you enjoy it please remember to drop a review on Amazon. Us small indie authors need all the good press we can get.
Secondly: Did you hear that AW3 audio edition is up for pre-order? Sure you did, because you love me. However, just in case the fast approaching Holiday drove it from your mind, let me help ya out.
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Alpha-Company-Audiobook/B077R1WNSR
That is the big, big news for the month out of the way. So for the smaller news, did you miss out on the free book promotions I ran at the end of November? I blasted about it on Twitter and on my Facebook Fan page. AW1 and Last Horizon: Beta were both up for 5 days, absolutely free. I also ran a small contest to give away 3 copies of my latest book. 20 people was the entire pool for that even on the Facebook page, if you had entered your chance to win would have been damn good. I try to run a small giveaway each time a new book is coming out, so maybe stop on by and keep tabs on my page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/364674377283655/
What else do i have to talk about? What's next, you ask? Well I am in talks with Podium and Tantor about who gets the audio rights to my new series. While I'm also considering going it alone. I'll figure it out by the end of the month.
AW4 is off to the editor, they work a little slow but they do right by me. So at the moment tentatively I have a March release for AW4. Following that should be AW5 around June-ish. Then I should follow up with Apocalypse Gates 2.
Okay that about rounds me out for the month. Just one small thing, not even worth mentioning. I'm taking a small road trip in a few days. Driving the road from Green River, Utah to Beatty, Nevada. I need a good look at the road and the terrain along the way. Why? Well you probably know if you've read Apocalypse Gates. If not, maybe you'll figure it out when you do.
Peace out,
Daniel Schinhofen
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Novemeber 2017 Update
So update post for the month. the reason why this time, my next book is up for preorder on Amazon.
Apocalypse Gates Book 1: Rapture comes in PG-16 and NSFW versions.
The (NSFW) Author's Cut edition has descriptive sex scenes. So please be aware of which one your buying. I have attached different covers to them to make it obvious which one you are looking at.
So without any more delays here are the links:
PG-16:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077L9V72Y/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TSSVHDDTMAHC179E8TEZ
Author's Cut (NSFW):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077LGZ12S/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RAEYE8MH21F8WG4CXGB0
I hope you enjoy.
Daniel Schinhofen
Apocalypse Gates Book 1: Rapture comes in PG-16 and NSFW versions.
The (NSFW) Author's Cut edition has descriptive sex scenes. So please be aware of which one your buying. I have attached different covers to them to make it obvious which one you are looking at.
So without any more delays here are the links:
PG-16:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077L9V72Y/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TSSVHDDTMAHC179E8TEZ
Author's Cut (NSFW):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077LGZ12S/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RAEYE8MH21F8WG4CXGB0
I hope you enjoy.
Daniel Schinhofen
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