Chris Howard's Writing & Art

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The Wreath of Poseidon

This will be available soon! The Wreath of Poseidon is basically Saltwater Witch remixed by my daughter Chloe and I.  This version of the story is in 3rd person (Saltwater Witch is in 1st), and this version is a bit longer, contains more story, including some scenes cut from the original. We went back to the original 3rd person story I wrote in 2003 with some help from a nine-year-old Chloe (She's seventeen now).        

Nanowhere is back!

The second edition of my tech thriller Nanowhere is out, although the official release--in print--won't be until next month or early 2012.  The ebook's available right now at Amazon and B&N on the Kindle, Fire, Nook, and any device with the Kindle or nook apps.  (More eBook formats and channels to follow).

This edition has a bunch of edits over the original version, which came out in 2005, and includes two of the research reports by the character John Andreden at the back of the book.

The eBook cover is on the left and the print book is below.

Here's some of the back cover copy:

Nanowhere... it's a love story with all the usual elements: rogue soldiers, computer hacking, tyranny, cryptography, hit-men with an affinity for rolled adhesives, rebellious skateboarders, and sentient billion-node self-organizing nanotech ghosts.

Here's a clip of Cory Doctorow's kind words on Boing Boing:

Chris Howard has released an...interesting and well-written...sf thriller called Nanowhere along with a bunch of supplementary materials that purports to be the lab notes and publications of one of the book's characters ...

 

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Tarot Wallpaper

I had this strong feeling you were looking for tarot card themed wallpaper for your desktop. Here you go. This is the art for my latest book Teller, which will officially be out next month.  Three different sizes to choose from, but one of them should work for just about any aspect ratio you're running.

Click the one that fits your sceen best--then save it and set it as your wallpaper.

The first one is 1280x960 and obviously works well for 1024x768 and other resolutions with a similar ratio. The second one, 1280x768, is for wider screens, and the last one if for tablets (portrait, 768x1024)

 

Ebook numbers—preliminary

I'll post about this with a bit more depth with numbers from another month or two. 

So far here's what I have:

I put up Saltwater Witch, Seaborn, and Sea Throne on Amazon.com, B&N (Nook), Apple iBooks, and Smashwords around the middle of March.  Here we are twelve days into May—so roughly 7-8 weeks of sales, and I've sold just under 600 books.

Saltwater Witch has been hovering in and out of the Top 100 of "Bestsellers in Books > Fantasy > Magic & Wizards" at Amazon.com, which is pretty cool.  All three books have been in the Top 100 in "Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Fantasy > Contemporary" on Amazon.co.uk, getting down into the 40's.  So not too bad.

Details when I get the time!

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New on Kindle: The Complete Seaborn

Okay, all three books--Saltwater Witch, Seaborn, and Sea Throne--are now available under one "cover"--along with some all new transitional material from Michael Henderson, an extra story, and dramatis personae.  $7.99 on the Kindle.

Get The Complete Seaborn on the Kindle

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That's pretty cool...

Saltwater Witch is number 91 in "Bestsellers in Magic & Wizards Fantasy" at Amazon.com.