Dear reader who might enjoy excellent acting.
"Distraction" audiobook is finished, and boy did Rish nail this one. I included "Hungry" as a bonus story at the end. He had to age Roup and Arcove down to teenagers. Which he did perfectly. It's fantastic.
You can get it here, combined with the ebook. FYI, I try to combine the audio and ebook if I've got the option (I can't do this if the ebook is exclusive with Amazon, AKA in KU). If you got an audiobook from me, but somehow didn't get the ebook and you want it, just let me know.
Additionally, I now have signed copies of Distraction in my paper book store. The cover by Iben Krutt is gorgeous. I particularly like the way their whiskers glow. You can also order the paperback directly from the Zon. That last option is particularly good if you want paper, but you're international.
If you want something signed from me, but you're on a tight budget, take a look at my discount books with minor flaws. I've got two tiers - small books and large books. There are a couple of copies of Distraction in the "small books" section. They have a handful of typos that later got corrected. Occasionally, things show up first there before I have the final versions in stock. (Why? Because my designer and I are testing.) I list what I've got and what's wrong with it. Then you tell me which book(s) you want, so you have a pretty good idea of what you're getting.
Somewhat related - if you want to listen to all of Hunters Unlucky in my Patreon feed, you need to do it soon. I'll be taking down the first book at the end of this month. Right now, everything is in the feed, including the interviews I did with Rish after the first book. We will be starting into the new material with Lullaby tomorrow (Monday) and the podcast will slow down from Mon/Wed/Fri to just weekly on Monday.
You may recall last week that I was concerned because the Zon's AI robots had mistakenly removed Hunters Unlucky and Lullaby from sale. You'll be pleased to know that, after about 4 days of dithering and intervention from a friend, they fixed it. They even put the reviews back on the books. So all's well there. (Or as well as it can be when a single retailer has such an outsized influence on your books.)
What Else is Happening
As I said last week, I wrote 3 essays on lion biology as part of my research for Distraction and Arcove's Bright Side. I get deep in the weeks about population genetics, bisexual behavior in lions, patterns of violence, social dynamics, how they kill each other, and shockingly devious and complex behavior. The first essay on genetics is at the free level. You can read the other two for a dollar.
The paper version of K&N Complete series is good to go! I'll talk more about this next week, but I've seen the final version and it looks great! :)
A Hardback version of K&N is so close to finished. I've seen the book and the quality is excellent. It just needs one tweak before I give it a final thumbs up.
Yours,
An author with a full bookshelf