If you want printed copies of these books, read on...or skip to the bottom for a link to pre-order them if you'd rather not read my circumlocutory ramblings.
The Offset Trilogy is finally coming to a close. Two and a half years after I had the idea for Offset, I’m writing the final chapters of Deep Water. Though I’ve written many other books in the meantime–Offset was my fifth book, Deep Water is my sixteenth–it feels like one part of the adventure is finally ending. Of course the adventure of being a writer will always go on, but when you finish a stand-alone novel, there’s something of a bittersweet farewell to that story. You’re no longer living in it as you did while writing, and it fades into the past like a special weekend spent with far-away friends, or a vacation to a foreign country. There will be more in the future, but they won’t be the same.
It means even more to be finishing a trilogy that has a lot of special memories connected to it, than a stand-alone novel written in a few months. I’ll be saying farewell to the characters I’ve known for three whole stories. The characters that helped me score my first major writing victory (finalist in the 2010 OYAN contest), my first characters the world met through self-publishing. And this is the first trilogy/series I’ll have ever finished.
Speaking of self-publishing, I will be selling all three books for Kindle on Amazon. But if you want printed copies, you’ll have a limited time to order them directly from me. I’ll be printing Catalyst ZX-10 and Deep Water in single volumes for people who have Offset already, Deep Water for those who have Offset and Catalyst, and for people who don’t have any, I’m making a special one-volume edition of the entire trilogy. I will not be printing any more copies of Offset as a single book. I actually have one left, other than my personal copy, and it will go to the winner of my latest writing challenge, along with a copy of every single other book I’ve printed. That challenge is still open for entries, by the way, and will be for the rest of the year, at least.
To order, go to
www.mindwielders.com/lukealistar.htm and click on Google Checkout (or scroll to the bottom of the page), and order the book(s) you want. Shipping will be a little delayed as I have to order the books and then ship them out to you.
Deadline for ordering is July 15th, so don't procrastinate too much! This is pretty much the last chance to get printed copies of these books...if they're ever printed again, they'll be heavily revised and published traditionally.
