Books are at the printer!
In the famous words of the Rebel announcer on Hoth, "The first shuttle is away!'
Yes, indeed, The Cursed Legion has made its way to the printer, then will be shipped directly to Jeff for signing, and then to me for signing, and finally off to all of you backers who got physical copies. As for those of you who have ebooks coming, I'm hoping to have all formats laid out by the end of the week and you should be getting access to them then. Exciting times to be sure! I'm also going to release the books cover design to you here which combines Easley's old school Swords & Sorcery vibe with my love of 1980s cover framing. As you can see, the frame consists of a series of gears and medallions, the only one in full color and therefore 'active' is Adventure Fantasy in the top right. Around the frame can be seen other Art of the Genre series medallions such as Steampunk, Dark Fantasy, and the Taux medallion for our shared world anthology.
That reminds me I wanted to let everyone know that Art of the Genre's Thieves' World inspired old school anthology, Tales of the Emerald Serpent is funded and less than 48 hours from closing right here on Kickstarter if anyone still wants to get in on that new series. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563681582/tales-of-the-emerald-serpent-shared-world-mosaic-a
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as above, plus the author will write an additional short story for all $75+ supporters that will include a black & white original Jeff Easley ‘cover’ from the same universe in which the story takes place. You will also receive an unsigned hard copy of the book.
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as above, plus a main character named for you or a person of your choosing [adapted for this universe's naming conventions] in the story and receive a poster sized 11 x 24 print of the books cover signed by Jeff.
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as above, but you will receive a black/white 8 1/2 x 11" Jeff Easley original chapter drawing from the project.
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Comments
Creator Scott Taylor on May 8, 2012
Brandon: If you had any idea how much I needed that after a very tough publishing weekend! Thanks you, kind sir, and I very much hope to bring you more.
Creator Brandon Haase on May 8, 2012
Just finished reading my .epub copy. Great story and I want more! Please keep the tales flowing. Kudos to Jeff on the artwork, great stuff, mission accomplished.
Creator Scott Taylor on April 17, 2012
Why thank you! I certainly thought it was :)
Creator Leandro Ariel Pezzente on April 17, 2012
That is such an amazing news Scott !!!