Kritter
The one and only...
Last year, I wrote, simply for fun, a daily serial here on TimeBomb called "The Swing." After I wrapped up the story, since it weighed in at over 110k words, I rewrote it completely, start to finish, as a much more cohesive novel. Then I continued to polish and tweak it for close to a year, although I wasn't really sure what I would do with it.
Along comes a start up company called "Grit City," who was looking for edgy SERIALS to make into 'Emotobooks.' These are serialized fiction e-books that are illustrated with abstracts at strong emotional points in the book. A completely new and interesting concept. Without thinking anything would come of it, I sent them a copy of 'Swing Zone,'since it sort of fit the description of what they were looking for. To my absolute surprise, out of dozens of respondants, they accepted it as their very first endeavor. (Outside of the company owner's story.)
From there, working with an editor, I had to completely break the novel BACK down into a serial. Ten issues at 6-9k words each, which will span an issue a month for ten months, for two seasons. (Twenty months total) This required a MASS of new content and a rewrite of quite a bit of the old. A lot of things have changed from the original to fit the 'emotobook' style, but the premise remains the same.
I invite you all to check out the first issue of the serial, which goes on sale April 1!! Swingers and new readers alike should find it an exciting ride! I'll mention it on the main page after it goes live, but I wanted to give you guys a heads up! And THANK YOU to everyone on TimeBomb who gave the story so much love to start with. I'm really excited!
Grit City Publications - SWING ZONE
Along comes a start up company called "Grit City," who was looking for edgy SERIALS to make into 'Emotobooks.' These are serialized fiction e-books that are illustrated with abstracts at strong emotional points in the book. A completely new and interesting concept. Without thinking anything would come of it, I sent them a copy of 'Swing Zone,'since it sort of fit the description of what they were looking for. To my absolute surprise, out of dozens of respondants, they accepted it as their very first endeavor. (Outside of the company owner's story.)
From there, working with an editor, I had to completely break the novel BACK down into a serial. Ten issues at 6-9k words each, which will span an issue a month for ten months, for two seasons. (Twenty months total) This required a MASS of new content and a rewrite of quite a bit of the old. A lot of things have changed from the original to fit the 'emotobook' style, but the premise remains the same.
I invite you all to check out the first issue of the serial, which goes on sale April 1!! Swingers and new readers alike should find it an exciting ride! I'll mention it on the main page after it goes live, but I wanted to give you guys a heads up! And THANK YOU to everyone on TimeBomb who gave the story so much love to start with. I'm really excited!
Grit City Publications - SWING ZONE