Getting my CreateSpace book ready

Here's the CreateSpace preview for the book of mine that will soon be published https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1244870

Latest News on The Illumination Query

Well.... I got a bit too excited by the interest by that Total Recall Press showing interest in The Illumination Query.
I had already signed their contract that left me responsible for only $15 and canceled the whole publishizer campaign when yesterday the TRP guy comes back to tell me that they can't get started on processing my book until I agree to another contract where I owe them something like $267.
When I objected they did at least let me out of the first contract.
So now instead of redoing the whole publishizer attempt to attract a publisher (I've already had the book turned down by all the agents I pitched it to) I'm going to go ahead and Self-Publish. Hey, I still like the story and have multiple sequels planned and partially written.
I may be big-headed enough to tell myself that The Illumination Query is equivalent to The Gunslinger and my Speed of Darkness books will be loved as much as The Dark Tower books, but whatever the truth may be, I am going to get it published. Probably in the next week or so, once I'm completely satisfied with the formatting.

I was interviewed!

I was interviewed about The Illumination Query at Beach Bound Books.
https://www.beachboundbooks.com/author-interviews/author-interview-sarah-baethge2077204

Get your ebook by me signed

Ever wish you could get an ebook signed by it's author?
I found this little program that lets me add a personal signature to your kindle copy of any of my books.
You can request my signature for one of my books here: https://www.authorgraph.com/authors/22niel

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 1-30, 2018 | http://publishizer.com/the-illumination-query/

Visit http://booklaunch.io/22niel/tsod1 for current book and author info

Crowdfunding for The Speed of Darkness, Book 1: The Illumination Query

is Going Live this June

Sarah Baethge is using the launch of her werewolf novel to bring attention to Protect the Wolves

(http://protectthewolves.com/)

What happens when you discover that you are helping evil, and when you can only turn towards the

people that you have hurt in the past when you need help?

‘If the only people wronged are monsters, does that make hurting them Ok?’ -Sarah Baethge

About the author: Sarah Baethge was born in Houston in 1982, and grew up in Texas and

Louisiana. She was an intern for Lockheed-Martin fresh out of high school when she graduated

with a National Merit Scholarship in 2000.

After a traffic accident in 2000, she began writing and self-publishing short fantasy and

science-fiction stories, starting with the original Speed of Darkness book. She soon took the book

down from Amazon and Smashwords because it began a bit too abruptly. Now her intention is to

improve the story with a prequel or two.

As her book/series is sympathetic towards werewolves, Sarah decided that the idea of raising

money to help wolves in the real world would be interesting to try. She found the organization

called Protect the Wolves and admires their efforts to defend the wildlife in Yellowstone and t

hroughout North America. She is curious to see if any of her fans will take advantage of the

opportunity she presents of making a small donation towards the protection of real wolves when

buying her book.

Overview of the novel: First, the book of The Illumination Query follows the story of Ronald

Carpenter as he gets help from a secretive company called The Eclipse. This company takes a

shine to him and lures Ronald into working for them in their attempt to capture and imprison

supernatural creatures. To prove his loyalty, The Eclipse has Ronald help them take their scientist

Dr. Nigel Hunter captive. Ronald and Nigel come to find out that The Eclipse is keeping unusual

animals that the average person would not consider real. The Eclipse is keeping these creatures for

medical testing because they have no legal protections and many of them, like werewolves, are

nearly human.

The story is now told from Nigel’s point of view. We see that he was working in a lab owned by

The Eclipse, but he was unaware of the supernatural test subjects. Nigel had recklessly tested a

procedure upon himself. The Eclipse higher ups decide that Nigel is as good as a test animal now,

and get Ronald to take him captive. Being held with the test creatures, Nigel becomes friends with

the beings he is being kept among. He and his new inhuman friends decide to try standing against

The Eclipse. Nigel’s only chance now is to get past Ronald.

Author Blog: http://sbaethge.blogspot.com/

Sarah Baethge’s Twitter: @22niel

Facebook Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/SarahBaethge

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/22niel/

Request an electronic review copy: http://goo.gl/nQs9RT

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Set up a pre-launch page

Ok, now I have set up a page to help prepare for when I re-launch the pre-order campaign for my book Ihe Illumination Query: http://booklaunch.io/22niel/tsod1 If any of you can help me, please sign up here so I know that I need to to get in touch with you.

Redoing this the right way

If anyone was even paying attention, yes I ended that pre-order campaign for my book. At least I postponed it...
I realized that I set it up too fast without preparing any way to get the word out about what I'm trying to do.