Sunday, January 6, 2019

A Quick Thank-You to Our Readers


We like being able to touch base with all of you every week, but sometimes there's not particularly exciting news to give. At the moment, we're at a sort of mid-point with most of our projects. Things are happening, but they're either basic deadlines being met or decisions being made that we can't reveal until a later date. Suffice to say, things are happening under the surface that you'll be hearing about before long.

That said, it's a good time to stop and, again, say "thank you" to Altrix's early adopters.

As many of you know, we originally started as a vanity imprint simply so that Seasons of War: Gallifrey would have a home. But the more the two of us talked, the more we realized there was more we could be doing. We're both writers with things we want to put out there—whether it's ideas for anthologies, new universes, or essays.

We were lucky to already have Altrix in play when we decided to let the Chronosmiths keep going in their own universe, but there was more that we could do. We aren't a major group (we're two people working out of home offices an ocean apart), so you won't see dozens and dozens of books pouring out each year. We know that, at our size, we have to choose everything very carefully; we'd rather promise a small number and see it through (with potential surprises) than promise the moon and under-deliver.

The other part of small-size projects like this is just how acutely our personal lives can affect them. Kara knows this full well via her collaboration with Ginger on Owl's Flower: if one person is sick, burned out, or on a day-job deadline, things cam get stalled. Yet another reason we work with care: to set up a venture that we can tackle and help each other with even when the unexpected happens.

Watching Unearthed come together story by story is a treat: it feels that much more real every time a set of edits is done. As Kara works away on that, Paul is working away on our summer release, with much the same result. And, of course, the Chronosmiths are brewing. We've had an exciting development there that we can't wait to announce... a truly magical addition to their first series of adventures ahead.

Knowing we have both writers and readers excited about what's ahead keeps us motivated. And having people pitching in with resources and assists as we find our way is going to make us better than we would have been at the start.

So again, thank you for all your support. The best is yet to come. And hopefully, before long and once a few things have been filed and signed, some news is to come.

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