For those few of you who may remember this thread here (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,8319.msg115418.html#msg115418), aside from being an artist, I'm also a writer, and am finally done writing the bulk of Book 2: "Frozen Shadows", and am just waiting on getting proofreaders and hearing back from them for anything I missed in my initial edit before going forward.
While I haven't set a specific date yet, I plan on releasing it(baring any hiccups) within the next month, if not sooner.
Edit 5/27/15:
Book 2, Frozen Shadows, is available now for purchase!
Keep in mind, these are print on demand, and may take up to a week or longer to print before they're actually shipped.
Hardcover version (http://www.lulu.com/shop/kevin-kroschel/frozen-shadows-the-black-dawn-wars-book-2/hardcover/product-22190557.html)
Softcover version (http://www.lulu.com/shop/kevin-kroschel/frozen-shadows-the-black-dawn-wars-book-2-paperback/paperback/product-22190562.html)
Kindle Version coming soon™...
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And for those of you who may have missed it, you can still find the first book at lulu.com (http://www.lulu.com/shop/kevin-kroschel/the-fall-of-var-the-black-dawn-wars-book-1/hardcover/product-20541247.html) for hard cover copies, or amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Fall-Black-Dawn-Wars-Book-ebook/dp/B00BX0SM92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423088708&sr=8-1&keywords=fall+of+var) for Kindle versions, either will give you a free preview of the first chapter, and the preview on Amazon gives a preview of most of the second chapter.
You can also find my crappy "reading" of the first chapter in audio form on my youtube (http://youtu.be/oUrbi95DZvs) account. Please disregard my poor voice work, I'm not a professional voice actor after all...
More information to come soon(tm)...!
Just a slight update:
I'm still waiting on my proofreaders to finish and get back to me, but since I'm bored and impatient and wanted to do "something", I went ahead and finally slapped together a soft cover version of my first book, which is much cheaper than the hard cover version at $11.99(before taxes/shipping and variable wait time for printing)...
Soft Cover Link (http://www.lulu.com/shop/kevin-kroschel/the-fall-of-var-the-black-dawn-wars-book-1-soft-cover/paperback/product-22037548.html)
Update!
I got the last bit of feedback from my proofreaders, which unfortunately took way longer than it should have, I'm contemplating just saving up some money for book 3 to just pay a professional editing service to do it so as to avoid this mess next time...
Anyways, I'm just working out some of the last few details, and waiting on my next paycheck(next week... Sucks being broke all the time...) to order a proof copy and make sure everything is good to go, and then I'll be releasing it. At present, I'm going to set a tentative release date for early June, although that may be moved up or moved back depending on how long the proof copy takes to be printed and arrive, and whether or not any last minute changes are required when it does arrive.
Just hit the big shiny button, Frozen Shadows, book 2 of The Black Dawn Wars is now up and available to be purchased.
Hardcover version (http://www.lulu.com/shop/kevin-kroschel/frozen-shadows-the-black-dawn-wars-book-2/hardcover/product-22190557.html)
Softcover version (http://www.lulu.com/shop/kevin-kroschel/frozen-shadows-the-black-dawn-wars-book-2-paperback/paperback/product-22190562.html)
Kindle version is presently under review, but should be up on Amazon.com within a day or so for those who'd rather buy the cheaper eBook version...
Added the links to the first post as well...
Hey folks, just wanted to pop over here before I forget again and let you all know that book 2 is in fact up on the Kindle store already, and book 1 is available for free off the Kindle store until Tuesday (June 2nd, after that it reverts back to $2.99...).
Book 1: The Fall of Var - Kindle version (http://www.amazon.com/Fall-Black-Dawn-Wars-Book-ebook/dp/B00BX0SM92/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1433030915&sr=1-2)
Book 2: Frozen Shadows - Kindle version (http://www.amazon.com/Frozen-Shadows-Black-Dawn-Wars-ebook/dp/B00YD83B7O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1433030915&sr=1-1)