Unpublished, Once Again

Well, fiends, the petition was a success! Thank you so much to everyone that helped us get our rights and royalties back. It means a lot that you stood by us. And I'm especially grateful to my colleagues as well. They're all wonderful, wonderful people. 

So where does this leave me? 

I've finished all of the edits for book #3. My plan right now is to start formatting and proofreading it a few more times so that I can publish it sometime next year. Not just as a stand alone either, but also in a complete collection with She Sees Metaphors and Tales of Timeless Springs, which I will call The Louie Trilogy. These two publications are my primary concern at the moment, and once they're all set I'll put She Sees Metaphors and Tales of Timeless Springs back out into the world. 

Yeah, I guess that's it. I thought I'd have more to say, but really I don't. I'm tired. I have a lot of work to do to keep my writing career going after this little scam hiccup. So I'll keep you all posted in the near future!

Deuces,

-BDS

Please Help Me Get Unpublished

Friends,

I am joining with a few other authors with Blue Deco Publishing to spread word of THIS PETITION. We are looking to remove ourselves from our contracts with Blue Deco Publishing. Here is the written petition, as found on Change.Org:

We are petitioning for the reversion of rights and payment of outstanding royalties for the following authors operating under a voided contract with Blue Deco Publishing: H. A. Callum, Simone Snaith, Samantha Latshaw, Bryce David Salazar, Robin Smith, Karen Wirtz, and Arthur Turfa.

The reasons are as follows:

First, per a statement and contractual addendum written by Blue Deco Publishing, all third quarter royalties were to be paid by November 15, 2017. As of the date of this petition, Blue Deco Publishing has not paid any authors their royalties, nor has it provided any reasons or forewarnings as to the delay. This is not the first time Blue Deco Publishing has been late with royalty payments. Royalty payments were also made late for the second quarter of 2017.

Second, ISBN numbers were listed to be provided in our contracts. However, listings for the books online show that the works are listed as being published by the CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, which is a free self-publishing service. They are not listed as Blue Deco Publishing works, which shows that an ISBN number was not provided by Blue Deco Publishing, but rather Blue Deco Publishing opted to use a free ISBN provided by CreateSpace.

In light of the foregoing, and various other instances not expressly identified herein, Blue Deco Publishing is in violation of the contracts entered into with its authors and, as a result, has voided the contractual obligations with its authors. Since Blue Deco Publishing is not responding to or communicating with its authors, we the undersigned are asking for the public’s support to raise awareness of this issue, and that Blue Deco Publishing revert all rights to us and issue all past due royalty payments immediately. 

We take this step with great reluctance. Each of us entered into a contract with Blue Deco Publishing with the expectation of establishing a long-term relationship with the publisher. Sadly, we have been disappointed.

Thank you to all the readers who have purchased and enjoyed our works. Without you, we would not be here. We hope, as authors, to make certain that our works continue to be available to you without further infringement upon our intellectual property rights as artists.

/s/ H. A. Callum                    /s/ Simone Snaith

/s/ Arthur Turfa                   /s/ Samantha Latshaw

/s/ Bryce David Salazar     /s/ Robin Smith

/s/ Karen Wirtz

#JusticeforDeconians

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New Book, New Shop, New Draft, New... Other Stuffs

'ello There, Fiends!

Howdy, howdy. I hope all is well you're all tucked in someplace warm, with a mug of something steaming and delicious, or perhaps a tumbler full of spirits to sooth the soul as well as the body. It's a chilly, chilly 26 degrees over here in the Murder Mitten, and I'm tucked away in my office with a belly full of breakfast tacos and a craving for a mug of something hot to wash it all down. So with that, let's talk news.

I have been laid off!

Fuck.

Gotta be honest, I saw it coming. Sort of put my foot down about being exploited and mistreated. So naturally my days were numbered. I did my best to beat them to the punch, but alas, no luck. They got me. The silver living is that I did manage to secure a seasonal part time gig at a bookstore, which I suppose is about as safe as swan diving into a swimming pool full of used needles, but.... it's still pretty freaking awesome. Because BOOKS!

Relevant.

I've also gone into business with my friend Brian to create something pretty special.We've purchased a button press, started talking to screen printers and designers, and have been discussing other cool things to sell in an online store dedicated to all things geeky, dorky, and genre-tastic. All is still in the early stages, as we've only pressed some wholesale buttons and made a few designed, but all in all I think this is going to be pretty amazing once we finally get it up and running, as opposed to up and walking. So without further ado, I present to you:

The Dork Knight

 I'm not sure why the pictures are kind of jacked up, but whatever. I'm a writer not a web designer.

More cool stuff is in the works and more will come in due time. This is only the beginning. Stay tuned and follow us on Instagram: shopthedorkknight.

And now...

I've begun the first draft of book #4, which will be the first in a series of books. I'm still world building and plot discovering, but I'm pretty stoked about it. The best I can think of to describe it is that this series will be my Oz or Narnia or Abarat. Something for all ages that I hope to be as fun, epic, and exciting as... other fun, epic, and exciting things. I will blame this first book for any lack of communication. Well, this book and...

I'm not forgetting something.

I'm in the final editing/ rewriting stages of book #3, a novella, titled:

The Absolute End of the World. 

It's true.

This will be my third book, following Tales of Timeless Springs and She Sees Metaphors. And it's quite possibly some of my best work. At least I think so. Everyone seems to loves Tales of Timeless Springs the most. Which is cool, totally, cool. I'm just saying... this one is going to be good too, I think.

The Absolute End of the World will wrap up what I'm calling The Louie Trilogy. Yes, that fat little bastard will return in this novella, in a minor role. The main role will follow a nameless illegitimate child of God during the beginning of a suddenly very changed Revelations. Jehovah has walked away from his children, leaving Lucifer with the keys to the store. And as the end starts brewing and things start going wrong for everyone, the bastard will be in the process of fulfilling a promise to a friend, however futile it seems.

I have not decided if I'll be self publishing or shopping this little guy around, so no word on a release date yet. But, it's coming fiends. It's coming sooner than later and I am so freaking excited for all of you to read it.

And with that, I leave you all to a very wonderful weekend. Stay warm, hug a friend, tell someone a happy story, and share puns. I'm going to go off and work on this crippling depressing all ages fantasy series.

Cheers.

Brief Nightmares

Hello Fiends,

In celebration of Halloween I am going to be releasing a series of creepy micro fictions on my official Facebook page. Everyday in October will see a delightful new story from me, many of which will only be a sentence or two long. 

You have been warned.

The Bastard is Coming. Soon. Ish.

Well hello there, Readers. It's been a while. Have you missed me? Because I've certainly missed you in these months of quiet that passed between now and when I last updated this here bloggy blog. 

I've decided that now is as good a time as any to announce that book #3 is very much written. It's in the editing phases in fact, and while a decent amount of work stands in the way of its publication (all the little fun bureaucracies of making a book worthy of submission), I wanted you to know that I have a lovely 30,000 word tome on its way. I'm kind of being a little hush hush about all the details, because jinxing myself is unattractive, but I will offer you a taste (ooh-la-la). Here is the opening sentence:

The son of God is loved, the illegitimate son is not.

(Naturally that's copyright Jacob Sailor 2017.)

But yes, there it is. The opening line to my next book. More will come in due time. The last thing I will say is that it's very much all of your typical Bryce David Salazar things, packed into one tight little tale. 

But, while this is off in editor land, getting ripped apart and sewn back together, I will work on the book that is to follow. Because what else does a writer do, but write?

And drink. And put off writing to play video games. Speaking of, Dark Souls II and an appointment with the vet are in order. So before I go, here's a photo of my son, Marvin.

Dr. Leo Marvin, that is.

Tales of Timeless Springs is OUT NOW!

Available Now!!!

 

Buy it here! 

Countdown to Timeless Springs!

Lordy Lou, the day is almost here! 

March 10th! #ShitYeah

This really crept up on me. The day job has been keeping me busy pretty much since the new year kicked off, and my life has been a whirlwind of special classes and baked goods. The weeks were long, the hours brutal. And in getting caught up in all of that there were a few times where I literally forgot that I am a writer.

No, seriously. I totally forgot that shit. If it wasn't for Blue Deco Publishing keeping in touch and asking for questions, I might still be lost in that haze.

So it's not really a big surprise that the release date for Tales of Timeless Springs managed to sneak up on me. 

Me realizing Tales of Timeless Springs comes out 3/10 and it's 3/05.

So basically I'm trying to get my author shit together while I recover from my brutal life as a secretary with benefits. 

Not those kinds of benefits. The additional administration work sort of benefits.

It hasn't all been bad though. I did manage to squeeze in some of life's pleasures here and there. I joined a D&D thing where I play a witch and have no freaking idea what I'm doing. I got to see the hippy perform in a hafla, where the mother-in-law sold some of her dope hand knitted stuff. Also...

My new life has begun.

So yeah. Funny how life kind of sneaks up on you like that. But thankfully, I have a little bit more time to enjoy it.  So when I'm not roaming about, killing machines and being a bad ass, I'll be promoting the hell of out Tales of Timeless Springs. I'm working on getting an even together, so hopefully more on that to come.In the mean time, enjoy yourselves, Readers. I'll see you soon. You know, when I'm not doing the thing.

This thing.