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Waxing Xebec, blog changes and bitsy bits

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I’ve had lots going on lately, working on setting up a new site, and exploring new ways of getting my books out and about. You might have noticed that the website here has changed to seanmonaghan.blog, from seanmonaghan.com. Fear not, seanmonaghan.com is still registered to me and will reappear on my shopify site which is currently the slightly unweildy seanmonaghan.myshopify.com.

You might see at the top of this page that my renewal for the site is turned off and an invitation from WordPress to ‘gift’ me the subscription. Please don’t. I’m downgrading, from the business plan, and the only way to do that is to turn off renewals, but WordPress won’t allow me to sign up on the new plan until after the expiry date. Frankly I’ve become a little disillusioned with WordPress over the last few years, and it amuses me that as I’m in the process of changing, they’re being kind of passive-agressive about it. Kind of helps confirm that shifting around is a good idea.

More soon when Shopify is up and running.

Waxing Xebec, book 11 in the Karnish River Navigations series, is out on preorder now.

When pirates kidnap boat builder Clemens DuToit he expects ransom demands. But the ruthless crew insist on something else. Something unique. Something different.

Racing in, investigators Flis and Grae discover the issues run deep. History reveals old scars. Scars that tear into the very heart of piracy on the River Haxley.

A Karnish River Navigations novel that pits tough characters against desperate situations, in a tantalizing, intense mystery. A must for fans, and a great place to jump into the series for new readers.

$5.99 ebook. $16.99 in print – universal book link here. Due out on May 20th.

 

Eastern Foray – ebook available for preorder… print book available already

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Turns out I’ve still got something to learn about how to run preorders. Apparently it’s a basic for indie publishing… build momentum and generate interest and so on. There are many things about this that I’m still at a very basic level with. I’m okay at business, pretty good at writing, but definitely a novice with sales.
So I’ve set up the ebook for preorder, with release on January 31. That worked fine for the aggregators and for Amazon. But when I went to set up the paperback, I must have messed something up with setting the date. Actually I couldn’t see a place to set date, it just said “Live date”. Figuring this meant a date the same as the ebook’s release I went ahead with the next steps.
Turns out that the paperback went live. So you can get it now. It’s sold a copy already (someone’s got the jump on things there, thank you, I hope you enjoy it).
So, rather than trying to mess with that, I’ll have another go for my next preorder.


I published seven novels this year. All with no preorder. Next year I’m looking at five novels – Eastern Foray, plus two from the Captain Arlon Stoddard series, and two from The Jupiter Files, a new series. I’ll figure out this preorder thing during the year.
Hopefully

The print book is available from Amazon here. $16.99. You can preorder the ebook through the universal book link

Eastern Foray – A Karnish River Navigations novel – now available for pre-order

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The latest installment in the ever-expanding Karnish River Navigations series is available for preorder from all the usual outlets. Release date is January 31st.

“A day learning to fly the giant Alman-Kruder aircraft over the canal lands gives investigator Flis Kupe the chance to unwind after some tough assignments. At least until someone fires a smart missile at her.
Kind of changes her day. A whole lot.
And as Flis and fellow investigator Grae begin unraveling the mystery, missiles might become the least of their concerns.
Another episode in the thrilling Karnish River Navigations science fiction series that asks the question: who can we trust?”

I’ll post a preview sometime before the release date too.

Also, this has the new style of cover for Karnish River Navigations. I’m slowly working my way back through the other books in the series to bring them all into line.

The book is available for preorder here – Eastern Foray (universal book link – leads off to your favorite store). Ebook is $5.99. Print is $16.99. (print is a whole other thing I’ll blog about shortly).