Big News Update...

The 2nd draft of "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home" is now completed.

That's right folks, the 2nd draft is now officially done and I couldn't be happier.  I know this book has been a long time in the making, but Helen and I have wanted to get the story just right.  We take a lot of pride in delivering a quality book to our readers.  Of course, the book is not quite done yet.  

Starting this week, we'll begin the loud readings with our editor to make sure the grammar and punctuation is right.  But possibly even more important, we'll be making sure the story sounds right.  if the words used are not flowing the right way.  We've both read books where 'odd' wording can disrupt our enjoyment of a story, sometimes at a crucial point and ruin the enjoyment of the piece.  So we'll be spending the next couple of weeks getting things just right.

Then comes the 2nd to last stage of the work... beta-reading.  We'll be looking for beta-readers to check out the nearly finished product and give us feedback so we can make whatever final changes are needed.  Those beta-readers will also receive a free copy of the final version in either paperback or e-book form (their choice), as well as a mention in the Acknowledgements page of the book.

So unless there's a major disruption at some point, our plans to release the book this October is looking great.  

Stay tuned for more updates as well as new stories from Nathan and company.  With university over for this semester, we hope to be adding new tales of adventure very soon.

Thanks again for all your patience and support.

Sincerely,  

Allan and Helen Krummenacker

Help Choose The Cover...

I interrupt this story line with a request for help from you the readers.  

The second draft of "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home" is over halfway done.  I'll be sending it to my proofreader/editor for a good vetting by the end of the month (provided all goes well).  

In the meantime, I'm facing a dilemma regarding the book's cover.  I've completed the artwork seen here:

As you can tell I did not incorporate the title into the image this time, because I just couldn't make it work with the scene I'd pictured.  I had tried spelling it out in the tree branches but it looked more confusing and hard to read.  So I experimented with a letter-box version seen here:

From there I tried black lettering over the image, which I think is a bit hard to read...

Finally I went with white lettering over the image...

For myself, I've preferred the red letter-box version since the red helps bring out the colors of the artwork itself.  

But I want to hear from you before I make a final decision.  Please leave your responses in the comment section below and I will announce the results during the finale of the current short story.

Thanks for all your patience and support.  The novel WILL be out this October just in time for you to add it to your spooky Halloween reads.