A big thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday to support the launch of my inaugural novel, "Jupiter Symphony." The book is now live and available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and the Apple iTunes store.

Also, I want to thank Book Reader Magazine for interviewing me for their Featured Author page. You can check out the interview here.

Again, I can't express my thanks enough. This is only the beginning. Keep your eyes peeled for "Unto Persephone," and see the events that unfolded before "Jupiter Symphony."

A.C. Harrison
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Jupiter Symphony is now loaded through my distributor (Smashwords) and is ready to be released on September 20, 2014. On that date, the book will automatically distribute to every retailer supported through Smashwords. I have also separately uploaded to Amazon for the same release date, though that is still processing. Moreover, I've been spending a ton of time overhauling the site in preparation, but the final piece comes down to you, my readers. Writing is a connection. It follows a cyclical path of creation, consumption, and commentary. What I need now is for everyone who has been following along to tell their friends, family, coworkers, etc., about this novel and what it offers: the excitement, the drama, the intrigue, the hackers, the nomads, the traitors. Show them this site. Let them read the preview. Let's work together to make independent authorship a reality.

A.C. Harrison
Like what you see here? Spread the word and support indie authors! Follow me on Facebook or Twitter. Find me on Smashwords and Kindlemojo.

P.S. For those of you who have been watching from the very beginning, I'll be keeping my promise. You'll want to go back to the start on release day for your gift.

I want to apologize for not updating last week, but I was holding out for what I what you see on the left: my cover!

Knowing it was very close to being finished (and indeed it's technically still being worked on), I thought it prudent to wait and offer up a substantial little tidbit for people to see. I hope it excites everyone as much as it does me. I can say it's very surreal being this close to publishing, so if someone could just nail my feet to the ground, I would appreciate it.

Right now all I have to do is get the final few cover revisions, double check the formatted version of the text to make sure I like how it looks, pick an excerpt from "Unto Persephone" to put into the end of the book as a preview, and then pick an actual date to publish on. Scary!

So right now I am in full marketing mode, and that means that for all of you who have been quietly reading along, I'd ask for your support to be in full marketing mode as well. Tell your friends and family, and make them tell their friends and family (pull a gun if you have to). I actually hadn't made up business cards yet (it's on my list...) and of course found myself at a social gathering where, shockingly, I found a collection of people who not only were interested in my book, but were interested in the genre and familiar with authors such as Stephenson and Gibson. I ultimately relied on pen and torn strips of paper to get everyone navigated to my site, but it wasn't pretty. Then again, if it's stupid and it works, it isn't stupid, right?

I should also let it be known that aside from my Twitter and Facebook, I finally configured my site's email, so you can use the contact link in the top-right corner of any page on my site to send me an email. Keep an eye on my blog and my Twitter for the countdown to launch, as well as a special promo that I offered way back when I first started this blog. I'll give you a hint: it has to do with a lack of munnies, but it will be for a short time only.

Also, I should mention that I had a banner month in August, with more hits to the site than ever before, so thank you all for your new and/or continued interest. I'd like to keep it up, so keep coming to my blog for new content. As the publication of "Jupiter Symphony" draws closer, I'll be able to shift my blog back over to being more about writing than just small news updates.

Now if only my second book would hurry up and finish writing itself, I would have more free time to work on the third.


A.C. Harrison
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