Hobson & Choi Self-Publishing Attempt - An Early Update

Like most of my big announcements, this one was somewhat buried in various podcasts and the London Book Fair blog post a month ago, so here it is up top: I am planning Hobson & Choi self-published editions, collecting the series storyline-by-storyline, with proper covers, editing, extra material and general joy.

The first of these should be out in the summer, for both e-readers and paper-readers. The second... hopefully by the end of the year, but that could end up being optimistic.

So, as I embark on this adventure, I thought I'd blog about it a little. These will be on an irregular basis rather than every week, as there won't always be anything to report. And yes, it is taking a fuckton of willpower to not call this Self-Pub Update #1 and start numbering them, but I've only just made myself stop doing that with the writing blogs. Must be strong.

Anyway. How's it going with the self-publishing, Nick?

Game of Thrones review! Tyrion goes on trial!

New Game of Thrones review on Dork Adore! Tyrion Lannister goes on trial and the DA site has a new design! Double the excitement!

Exciting blog post tomorrow, in which I finally go into some detail about that whole self-publishing thing. Oh, and an almost-relevant picture of the back of my hand. Wow.

I AM NOT A NUMBER (but my novel editing progress is and I can't stop looking at it)

This week, threatened as recently as last week, I launched into the third draft of my constantly-in-progress novel. This is the phase where I trawl through the entire text of the book, picking at individual words and trying to get it to the stage where I'm willing to share it with my elite team of beta readers.

ASIDE: If you want to join said elite team, email me and volunteer, or contact me using any other method available to you. All viable humans considered, especially those able to read a book in 1-2 months and provide feedback more detailed than "Yeah, it was okay." Beta reading likely to commence in early-to-mid June.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. I launched into the editing process, and quickly settled on a method. For more details on said method and its implications for my location, read on...

Hobson & Choi #66: "Modern Life Is"

Latest chapter up now! The team arrive at the venue for their newest case: Westfield in Stratford! And yeah, it's all distractingly shiny.

As you may have heard if you follow our various social media presences, Hobson & Choi was #6 in the Jukepop charts for April, which was pretty good. Thanks to all voters as ever.

Aside from that, work continues towards the self-published edition - possibly some kind of blog update next week if I have time. Hope you're enjoying it.

Game of Thrones 4x05 - THE REVIEW

Review of Game of Thrones up now on Dork Adore! The ghost of season one rears its head.

Hope you all had a good long holiday weekend thing. Well, those of you lucky enough to be British and get to celebrate it.

Is it me or is there a COMPLETED SECOND draft in here? (WriteBlog #24)

Unfortunately, the pun in the title doesn't really work, as that kind of draft is spelt draught. But enough self-sabotage.

This week, on Wednesday to be precise, I completed the second draft of the novel I've been blogging about for ages. So yeah, hit my self-imposed deadline of the end of April by about six hours, go team. Now, this doesn't mean it's time to show it to publishing professionals, or indeed other humans at all, but it is a major chunk of work finished, and I'm going to number it as second draft anyway, simply because it gives me a feeling of progress.

So what exactly do I mean by second draft? And what's next if not showing it to others? Time now for a little pause-and-take-stock in the editing process.

Hobson & Choi #65: "Matchstickmaker"

The soap opera reaches critical mass in this week's episode. Will anyone survive the awkward sex conversations and needless poo joke?

A good one this week. And also next week, actually - clearly I'm on a roll.

Genuine query, now: I've had a bit of a rush of votes on H&C lately, has anyone done a post/blog/review/plug for us somewhere? Much appreciated if so.

In non-H&C news, I finished the second draft of my novel! A full blog about this to follow, but it seemed to go well. Next: the third draft.