15 Comments
So this has been probably one of my most productive years creatively in a long time. Back in January I published my first novel, The Witch and the Rose, and followed it up in June with a sequel, Bloody Damn Rite. Well, today I’m excited to officially announce the third book in the series, Shadowcasting, will be available on 12/15/2024! Like the earlier books in the series, you can pre-order the book on Kindle immediately, and it will arrive on your device December 15th ready to go.
Honestly, I’m super excited about this one. It’s probably my favorite book in the series, and I can’t wait for you guys to get your hands on it. Here’s the back of cover synopsis:
Winter has clawed its way into the heart of Parrish Mills, and something far darker may have come with it. When Mia Graves, a witch with a habit of getting into trouble, and her best friend Riley Whittaker stumble across a grisly scene along the Wabash River, they find it reeks of dark, forbidden magic and has left at least one charred body in its wake.
With the help of young Bobbi Crawford, the further Mia and Riley dig into the events that took place on that cold Indiana morning, the more dire their circumstances reveal themselves to be. Between a stolen grimoire and a group of young witches who may not know how dangerous their actions are, shadows loom in the dark of winter.
And one of those shadows may be more dangerous than anyone imagined.
(Also, and this is unrelated, the non-Kindle, DRM free ePub version of Bloody Damn Rite is now available in my Patreon store too)
So UnCONventional has been in print for a long time – as the first print collection came out way back in 2010. The first four volumes of the book came out in 6″ x 9″ editions, while the rest of the series came out as larger 7″ x 10″ editions. The first volume was also pretty light on bonus features, as it was the first book I ever put out and didn’t necessarily know what I was doing.
This always bothered me, honestly, so I decided to do something about it.
As of today, the original four volumes of UnCONventional have been removed from the market, and replaced with a single collected volume. It’s 7″ x 10″ like the rest of the series, has new additional commentary (along with the existing commentary and bonus materials updated for 2024), and it’s just nicer. Also, where it would have cost $75 to buy books one through four the old way, this collected volume is cheaper at $60 US.
Now if you just want the commentary and other bonus features and don’t care about having the book in print (or if you already have these comics in the original print version and just want the new stuff), there is a PDF version of the volume for sale in my Patreon shop for only $12.
So yeah, same comics as before, just a new print edition, and its available today. Not super exciting. Not like the next bit.
(I think that was a good transition)
Super Awesome Action Heroes has been around in one form or another since 2006. The Second Edition went into print back in 2020, and we’ve been running Stormwood & Associates and The Meatgrinder on it pretty successfully. But I found a few flaws in the book that needed improving, and rolled out an online appendix to correct those flaws. Well, earlier this year I decided I needed to update the print version to reflect those rule updates too.
So yeah, on September 17th Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition Revised comes out. The print edition will still cost $7 the way the old one does, and honestly if you already own the book? Just download the free expansion. It’s like 99% the same rule book, just with the information on that page sprinkled in.
But, uh, if you don’t own the book and want it? That’s the version to get. That’s going to be the only version available from now on.
But yeah — you know how I said September 17th? That’s just for the print edition and Kindle edition. If you only want the eBook, you can actually buy that right now for $3 on my Patreon shop. Or, if you’re a Patreon supporter even at the $1 level, you get the eBook version included as a part of your Patreon benefits.
So, yeah. That’s the news for today with “books made by Trae.” There will be Mia Graves Book 3 news in the next couple of weeks, but we’ll save that for another day (like after I have some cover art to share with it).
See you then.
So UnCONventional has been in print for a long time – as the first print collection came out way back in 2010. The first four volumes of the book came out in 6″ x 9″ editions, while the rest of the series came out as larger 7″ x 10″ editions. The first volume was also pretty light on bonus features, as it was the first book I ever put out and didn’t necessarily know what I was doing.
This always bothered me, honestly, so I decided to do something about it.
As of today, the original four volumes of UnCONventional have been removed from the market, and replaced with a single collected volume. It’s 7″ x 10″ like the rest of the series, has new additional commentary (along with the existing commentary and bonus materials updated for 2024), and it’s just nicer. Also, where it would have cost $75 to buy books one through four the old way, this collected volume is cheaper at $60 US.
Now if you just want the commentary and other bonus features and don’t care about having the book in print (or if you already have these comics in the original print version and just want the new stuff), there is a PDF version of the volume for sale in my Patreon shop for only $12.
So yeah, same comics as before, just a new print edition, and its available today. Not super exciting. Not like the next bit.
(I think that was a good transition)
Super Awesome Action Heroes has been around in one form or another since 2006. The Second Edition went into print back in 2020, and we’ve been running Stormwood & Associates and The Meatgrinder on it pretty successfully. But I found a few flaws in the book that needed improving, and rolled out an online appendix to correct those flaws. Well, earlier this year I decided I needed to update the print version to reflect those rule updates too.
So yeah, on September 17th Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition Revised comes out. The print edition will still cost $7 the way the old one does, and honestly if you already own the book? Just download the free expansion. It’s like 99% the same rule book, just with the information on that page sprinkled in.
But, uh, if you don’t own the book and want it? That’s the version to get. That’s going to be the only version available from now on.
But yeah — you know how I said September 17th? That’s just for the print edition and Kindle edition. If you only want the eBook, you can actually buy that right now for $3 on my Patreon shop. Or, if you’re a Patreon supporter even at the $1 level, you get the eBook version included as a part of your Patreon benefits.
So, yeah. That’s the news for today with “books made by Trae.” There will be Mia Graves Book 3 news in the next couple of weeks, but we’ll save that for another day (like after I have some cover art to share with it).
See you then.
There’s a small easter egg in today’s Peregrine Lake that you may have missed. On the wall in the guest room of Lynn and Megan’s cabin, there’s a photo from their wedding. For UnCONventional readers, this should look incredibly familiar – because it’s Ethan’s redraw of one of my favorite moments from the entirety of that comic (as well as the cover to the Chapter Six book).
I specifically asked Ethan if we could have that as a “photo” in Lynn and Megan’s cabin, and they did not disappoint. I gave them the original art layers – which is why you’ll notice the background is still the altered photo from the original image.
And I just… I just love it. One of the most amazing things about working with Ethan on Peregrine Lake has been seeing the things I imagine realized in a style so different from my own (and with so much more skill than I have myself). It’s just amazing.
That’s all I really have to say. I just wanted to share this weird tiny detail with y’all because it makes me happy. Here are the two images side by side (click them for higher resolution versions):
So, y’all, I’m going to be at Anime 414 this weekend in Milwaukee down at the Baird center. This is a first year con by a for profit company that runs these things in other states. They’re running an anime con like it was a comic con, and the whole thing is kinda hilarious in a way.
This is the first time this con has happened, and it could go great… or not great. If you’re in the area, and want to find out with me, come on down?
The hours are:
August 10th 2024 – Saturday: 10AM-7PM
August 11th, 2024 – Sunday: 10AM-5PM
Yeehaw, kids. Yeehaw.
