Latest News:
June 2, 2013: The
continuing saga of an obstinate publisher.
May 26, 2013: Check out this interview with Nine Worlds Media's JM
Martin over at The Cult Den. Joe talks about his work
and a, until now, secret project with Joe, myself, and Kenny Soward, entitled Dead West. They
even reveal the cover, those bastards.
May 25, 2013: Inheritance is only 99 cents for a limited
time!
May 16,
2013: Inheritance, part one of the Heir to the Blood Throne
duology for younger readers looks like it'll be out early. I'd
planned to release it on June 1st but everythign has come together
nicely, so I figure I'll put it out as soon as the formatting is
done. Looks like that might be as early as next week.
May 3, 2103:
Damnation Books on Notice!
After filing a justice court suit against Damnation Books on November 15, 2012 for multiple
counts of breach of contract, I won a small financial judgment
against the publisher on April 26, 2013. The judge, however,
did not feel it was within his power to rescind the disputed
contracts despite finding in my favor, referring me instead to a
higher court. (
My previous post on the subject can be found
here.)
However, as of my Q1 2013
royalties, I have met and well exceeded the contract terms set by
Damnation Books regarding the early termination of my works,
Resurrection and At the Gates.
As per Damnation Books' contract
terms (bolding is mine):
Once a work
has gone into editing and forward and the Author wishes to
terminate this contract prematurely, a
penalty shall be charged to the Author to cover costs of staff and
artists for work already performed. This
fee shall be at a minimum of $50.00 to a maximum of $1000.00 to be
determined by the time spent on preparing the work for publication
and money recovered from sales of the work.
On June 6, 2012, after receiving my
request for termination on April 14, 2102, the lawyer for
Damnation Books set the fee for each of my contracted works
through Damnation Books. He stated (again, bolding is
mine):
"The Company
has calculated the costs and time spent which the termination fee
is intended to cover and in each instance the termination fee is
$1,000."
