Hey All,
So this is going to be a long one. In this Saturday morning news blog, I wanted to talk about some future ideas that I have for my projects, what I'm planning for the following year, and what it means to be an author to give some direction to the website. Exciting stuff! So first of all, thank you for spending your time with MKULTRA. The story of Jim Havens is something that is really close to me in a number of ways and from the responses that I've had with it, people seem to have really enjoyed it. In order to give it some greater exposure, I plan on starting up some promotional efforts in the near future and I hope that it will turn into a long term book that readers can enjoy (might take years to grow). The response has been very encouraging to me as an author who is trying to break through in a difficult and competitive market. After all, what do I bring to the table that is different than the other hundreds of thousands of books that you can spend your time on? That brings me to the second subject of today. To me, my stories are warm and entertaining if I am successful. That is my primary goal as an author, that is what I want to give to you, to bring you a story that you can identify with and maybe highlight some of the positives that still exist in our world. We are barraged by the media shoving negative news articles and indecency in our direction, some warranted and some not, and while in my specific stories bad things will happen (you have to have a good villain!), I want to spread the light on the common decency of our shared humanity. Through characters both good and evil, suspecting and unsuspecting, my objective is to give you something that you can care about, something that I can care about. A thing that is deeper, richer, and can entertain. In this, I already know, at times I will be successful and at others, I won't be. But that is part of the journey of writing and being an author! You don't win every game, you don't make every shot, but you surely can prepare your ass off and with any luck, make more than you miss. And I will do my damnedest to bring you some great stuff. The cool thing about being an author is it can be a very personal and shared experience between author and reader, I know you are out there! Now for the future. I have two things in mind that have been starting to brew. The first is that I am planning on writing a third book to follow Horizon 616 and MKULTRA. I have no announcements for the date other than I am going to target the late 2018/2019 time frame. It could be out in six months or twelve, it depends how long it takes the fires to burn and me to really get into it. It also might take a little longer because I am going to split some time with writing the novel with my second big announcement of the day, a short story series. This is the one that is exciting to me because it is new idea for TSSmith. Initially, I will be writing a five part novella, releasing each part individually to form one whole story. I haven't locked down the genre yet but the flames are spreading and at this moment I am feeling that it will be a fantasy series with direct roots from our world and some science fiction sprinkled in, this will be Young Adult to Adult Level reading. During this initial stage, I plan on making many of these parts available on my website for free, that is right! Free. (I will also go for a wider distribution platform, i.e. Amazon, B&N, etc. and I'm not sure about pricing structure at this time). In total at the end of the entire project, there will be three novellas or 15 individual parts roughly 20 pages each (approximately 300 pages total). In short, today's announcements are as follows: 1. A Brand New Third TSSmith Book is Coming Soon in 2018/2019! 2. Three Novellas each containing 5 parts of content that form one cohesive story. My focus will be on the first of these novellas in 2018. If everything goes as planned, expect the first part with a few months. Thank you for always being there, see you all soon! -TS Interested in MKULTRA but haven't gotten your copy yet? Today is the day! The Kindle Edition is available for free on Amazon for Monday, April 16th. Head on over to the following link if you'd like to check it out! Thank you for the constant readership on this blog!
Amazon - FREE MKULTRA Kindle Edition Hope all is well! -TS Hey All,
For those of you who check out my news section on the regular (and for those of you who don't but are here by pure happenstance), MKULTRA will be FREE for download tomorrow, April 16, for Kindle. That is free as in free! I wanted to give a big thank you to the viewers who check into my site and who haven't picked up a copy yet. I really look forward to reaching out to you all and engaging with your responses. My goal is to be a community-based author that is writing the genre that you want to read. What are you all reading right now? What do you like to read? Listening to what you're doing gives me insight into what my next project should be about! I was thinking about writing an introduction novella in the fantasy genre, with a unique spin, of course. Does something like this interest you? Let me know in the comments or send me an email at [email protected]. For the Constant Reader: MKULTRA - FREE - Monday, April 15, 2018 Free! Your Trip's On Us Thank you for the support, -TS Hey All,
Wow, so MKULTRA has been the subject of some incredibly kind things being said and the sales have been doing great! I really hope to expand this story into a larger market and get it some exposure. For those of you who already have your copy, thank you! I am very grateful for the support the book has already received and I am all-forward on the third TSSmith book. Right now, I am busy with the post-release MKULTRA work such as marketing and promotion but the minute I get the opportunity, I will start work on our next journey together. My goal is to provide you with the best stories and novels that I can write and I thank you all for keeping track with my work. Eventually, I'd like to break away from a standard "job" and work on novels and music full-time. I've found that reading, writing, and playing music are my personal passions in life and I have to take a shot at doing what I love with the limited amount of time that we have. It's all within our grasp if we are willing to work for the success... Anyways, thank you all. Your response inspires me to keep truckin'. And for my fellow authors, I can't wait to see all of your exciting work out there. -TS Hey All,
So as promised there is an item to announce and something bigger I still have cooking, which will remain unannounced for now. For those of you who wish to join the mailing list, I will send you exclusive content, advance notice of promotions on the books, and the complete prologue and first chapter of MKULTRA. If you want to check out the first part of the prologue, head on over to the MKULTRA tab beneath Works and it is posted for FREE for your reading pleasure. I look forward to sending out more fun information as we progress through the release of MKULTRA over the next month or so. Check out my twitter handle Author_TSSmith! See you soon! -TS Happy Easter Everyone!
A couple of quick updates: 1. The Works section of www.tssmith.org has been updated to provide more information for your MKULTRA viewing pleasure! 2. Amazon is working out the kinks for the Kindle Edition site, the page is up but some of the links aren't working correctly. It is in the process of being uploaded and I imagine it won't be too much longer. Thank you for your patience as we get everything together for release. -TS To the Kindle Community,
After a long night, the following link is directed to the Kindle Version of MKULTRA. Thank you for your patience! I hope you enjoy this thing: MKULTRA - Kindle Edition -TS |
AuthorT.S. Smith is a mechanical engineer and self-published author. He resides in Southern California where he lives with his family. Archives
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