This week's Substack post shares a quick and dirty timeline of my book's journey down the winding road of self-publishing, followed by a "Where I'm at" book update!

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A Self-Publishing Timeline and Book Update!

What a busy week it has been! I had initially planned to post about my experience of signing my book up for ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) sites, but a snag with EPUB formatting led me to change course. So, I thought I’d share the timeline of my self-publishing journey so far instead!

Ruins & Writings (H.S. Gilchrist Author)

Four months to the day until THE END OF THE WORLD launches (Feb. 5th)! Yikes! Planning on sending ARCs out in November. Nothing like reading about a broken, #dystopian world right before Christmas, right?? Maybe I should send them out on #blackfriday 😆

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Weekly blog post is up! No lore dumps this week--just a foray into the 'so-far' costs of self-publishing. Subscribers get notifications sent straight to their email inboxes!

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The Writing

Measuring Success

Ruins & Writings (H.S. Gilchrist Author Blog)

Dumping some lore and artwork from THE END OF THE WORLD into my blog tonight! Learn about “mods”: half-machine, half-human, and fully slave. Earth’s future isn’t looking so nice…

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The Plight of Mods in a Dystopian World

In the desolate future of my upcoming sci-fi novel, “THE END OF THE WORLD”, the remnants of our Earth—shattered by an ancient cataclysm—suffer beneath the oppressive, alien reign of the Technocracy. Mods (short for ‘modified humans’) exist as a bleak symbol of humanity's enslavement.

Ruins & Writings (H.S. Gilchrist Author Blog)

Back into creating #characterart! Meet Eleven, one of the one hundred #Technocrats, a sexless alien species who rule over what's left of America in my #dystopiannovel THE END OF THE WORLD. What role do they play in the shyt that's about to go down?! Find out on Feb. 5, 2024.

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Ziiba, a Crane Clan warrior of the Fire Bones, a people descended from current day #Anishinaabeg. She's something special to Animkii, one of my protagonists in THE END OF THE WORLD. Can what's lost be regained? Find out on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Calib and Amrik, two young acolytes of the Cult of the After, located in the cult's church (re-purposed warehouse). So young and impressionable... What will their fates be? My #dystopiannovel, THE END OF THE WORLD, will tell all on February 5, 2024!

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