tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23999999963891163302024-03-19T01:16:31.689-07:00Troy CostisickTroy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-42088375858181324732024-01-20T10:05:00.000-08:002024-01-20T10:05:09.753-08:002023 Year in Review - Hunter’s RoseWelcome everyone!I finally had a chance to look back over the previous year and assess how it went. It was a year filled with several major events. For instance, I’ve gone back to college to get another degree. My last remaining grandparent passed away, and my daughter entered high school. The biggest event with regards to this website was the release of my third book: The Huntsman and the Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-30743900253785414872024-01-10T14:53:00.000-08:002024-01-10T14:53:35.954-08:002024 Public Domain Update & CelebrationWelcome Everyone!Every year I try to celebrate the major new entries into the public domain. If you don’t know what he public domain is, I’ll attempt an explanation. Ages ago, it was decided the the creators of art (that is, any type of media) should only get exclusive rights to that art for so long. Then, after a time, that art is given over to the culture. It belongs to everyone. Our Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-85551712427550489092023-10-12T03:03:00.005-07:002023-10-12T03:03:35.423-07:00Price Changes Coming to HR Series Welcome everyone!I hope this post finds you well today. A couple weeks ago I was sent a message from my printer/distributor that online retailers are changing the terms of agreement for selling books on their sites. These would be companies like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and more. This change was out of the blue, and goes into effect the day after Halloween this Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-88388882917715533812023-05-12T02:39:00.006-07:002023-05-12T02:39:51.286-07:00The Roses of Book 3 Welcome everyone!I wanted to share with you some of the artwork that appears in The Huntsman and the Heretic. Specifically, I want to show off the roses. Again, the artist did a wonderful job on them. She is truly talented.After each image, I'll talk about the character just a bit.The first rose is for Devereaux. He's a newcomer to Celandine Valley. For the last two decades or so he's been Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-4823235518019698182023-04-03T17:14:00.002-07:002023-04-03T17:14:22.972-07:00Massive Blow-out Launch Month! Welcome everyone!It's been about a month since The Huntsman and the Heretic launched. It's been a whirlwind for me. I've attended one launch party, two book fairs, and thee speaking engagements! My books are for sale in digital, audio, paperback, and hardback. All that together means I've had my most successful book launch yet, and by most common measures, a fantastically successful launch Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-35303586140732784192023-03-22T16:10:00.001-07:002023-03-22T16:10:17.567-07:00A True PleasureWelcome everyone!One of the great things I've been able to do with my last two book launches was to participate in a local reading celebration. In years where there's no pandemic threat (crazy times, eh?), a generous donor finances the purchase of my books to give out as prizes at a high school/middle school during an annual event that promotes literacy. It's a small thing, but I'm honored to be Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-76845830456652175202023-03-14T03:33:00.007-07:002023-03-14T03:43:00.963-07:00Thank You and a Couple Requests Welcome everyone,First, I want to say thank you SO MUCH for making the launch of this book completely amazing! It's been since 2019 since I released a book, and I had forgotten just how much work goes into it. The process has been stressful, but all of your love and support have made it easy to bear. I've heard it said by authors that, as one gets further and further into a book seriesTroy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-49610068915423164232023-03-06T06:19:00.001-08:002023-03-06T06:19:20.533-08:00Launch Party was a HUGE Success! Welcome everyone!I just want to thank everyone who came to my launch party on March 2nd. It was a success beyond my imagination! In total, I counter 63 guests who visited, and I sold 52 copies of my books. For contrast, in 2019 when I hosted a launch party for The Huntsman and the Vampire, I had 42 guests and sold 38 copies of my books. That's some incredible growth!If you missed my launch Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-28302821387554321622023-03-02T02:42:00.002-08:002023-03-06T06:27:33.702-08:00IT'S LAUNCH DAY!!!!!! Welcome everyone!Finally. It's launch day. YES!!!!Since the pandemic messed with all of our perceptions of time, many of you might not realize that my last book (The Huntsman and the Vampire) came out in 2019. Four. Years. Ago! It doesn't seem like it was that long ago to me, but yeah, it was. Producing The Huntsman and the Heretic was hard. There were times I lose motivation, times I Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-78696617511426477062023-02-28T03:34:00.002-08:002023-02-28T03:34:13.163-08:00My Books are on Discount! Welcome everyone!To celebrate the release of The Huntsman and the Heretic, I've decided to put my first two books on sale at Amazon. You can now get The Huntsman and the She-Wolf and the Huntsman and the Vampire ebooks for only $0.99! Find them HERE.Also, at my March 2nd Launch Party, all paper copies will be discounted 33%! Paperbacks will be only $10 and hardbacks will be $20. If you can Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-14338265195345218902023-02-24T03:03:00.003-08:002023-02-24T03:03:34.071-08:00Hardback Cover Reveal and Launch Party! Welcome everyone!I hope you enjoyed seeing the front cover of The Huntsman and the Heretic on Tuesday. I thought today, I share the full hardback dust jacket with you: I think it turned out really well. I’ve always loved book covers that carry an image from the front page to the back page, so I resolved to ensure all of mine have that feature. Quite honestly, I’m very pleased with how Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-46370866966702848482023-02-21T02:38:00.001-08:002023-02-21T02:38:29.766-08:00Book 3 Cover Reveal - Part 7 Welcome everyone!Seven is the number of completion, so I feel it’s finally an appropriate time to fully reveal the cover for The Huntsman and the Heretic. I’ve been teasing it for weeks now, and I feel the time is right to show it to all of you!Now, I just want to reiterate that this cover was done by a completely different company than my first two covers. The first company I work with Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-68768172988054733712023-02-17T07:42:00.002-08:002023-02-17T07:42:33.407-08:00Book 3 Cover Reveal - Part 6 Welcome everyone!Now we’re getting to the real meaty reveals. I don’t have too much to say about this one since it really just speaks for itself. I present to you the back cover for my paperback. On it, you can read the blurb for The Huntsman and the Heretic. Here check it out: I’m really excited about this book, guys. I can’t wait for you to read it. Expect the front cover next Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-18549661369590946842023-02-15T13:33:00.004-08:002023-02-15T13:33:32.784-08:00Book 3 Cover Reveal - Part 5 Welcome everyone!We are getting closer and closer to launch day, March 2nd. As a result, the latest cover is almost fully revealed! Today, we take one step closer to showing it off completely.One of the joys I’ve had in creating my covers is choosing the animals for the cover. The wolf on the first cover (see below) was suggested by my cover artist, but I asked for a number of changesTroy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-33829691174073019192023-02-12T04:24:00.005-08:002023-02-12T04:24:57.963-08:00Book 3 Cover Reveal - Part 4 (Tagline) Welcome everyone!When I wrote my first book and I was getting ready to publish it, one of the things that my cover artist wanted was a tagline. I had honestly never given it much thought prior to that. In retrospect, I wish I could have developed a theme for the taglines in my series. Perhaps, for instance, they could make a poem or string together to reveal a prophecy, or even the Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-89959215992940544242023-02-09T03:33:00.007-08:002023-02-09T03:35:01.301-08:00500th Copy!!! Welcome everyone!Just a short post today. I received word from my printer that I have officially surpassed 500 copies sold in my Hunter's Rose Series! This is a HUGE milestone since most independent authors average 200 sales total in a 10 year span. I couldn't be more excited. That number does NOT include pages read in the Kindle Unlimited program. If it did, it would add another 10-15% to Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-88539921453347043072023-02-07T02:34:00.002-08:002023-02-07T02:38:19.586-08:00Book 3 Cover Reveal - Part 3 (The Title)Welcome everyone!I’ve been dancing around revealing my book to you for a week now, so I think it’s time we start to get to the real meat of the novel. Everyone has been asking me, “So what’s the book called?” Today, I reveal it.On this blog I’ve always called it “Book 03.” Partially, that’s because I wanted to keep the title a secret and also because I didn’t settle on a title until last NovemberTroy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-26874000703387353852023-02-03T02:36:00.007-08:002023-02-03T02:50:05.079-08:00Book 3 Cover Reveal - Part 2Welcome everyone!As we run up to the March 2nd launch date for my latest novella, I’m going to show you more and more about my book. I hope to do these image reveals at least twice a week. I hope you’ll join me for each one, cause they’re going to keep getting better as we go.Today, I’m revealing one of the most iconic parts of my book series. If you check out the image below of my first two Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-17926126254460883362023-01-31T04:12:00.002-08:002023-01-31T04:12:50.728-08:00Book 3 Cover Reveal - Part 1 Welcome everyone!Today, we get to begin the march toward the launch of the third book in my Hunter’s Rose series! This book has been the most difficult for me to finish. I can’t wait to share it with you because I think you’re really going to enjoy it.Out of all the books I’ve written so far, this one is the most personal. I think I’ve mentioned before that I keep a dream journal. When I Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-43360197616756059802023-01-18T16:12:00.000-08:002023-01-18T16:12:00.544-08:00They Had Me Scared, For a Minute Welcome everyone!For the last few days, I've had swirling around me the dark and panicked question that I think all authors face as they near publication: "Did I do something wrong?" Last Friday, I uploaded my covers and layouts to the printer. In the past, when I uploaded my files, they would be processed and ready to go a few hours later . This time, however, that was not the Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-63619823020597893552023-01-12T02:42:00.001-08:002023-01-12T02:42:22.715-08:00Layout is Done and I'm Ready to Upload Welcome everyone!Finally, after all this time, the last and final step toward producing my book is here. The writing, editing, revising, layout, and cover are all completed and now all I have to do is upload the files for final assessment by printer and ebook companies. WHEW! It's been a long time coming.I hope to do the initial uploads this weekend. Then the folks at Amazon have to check Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-18909217926070184172022-12-14T16:34:00.010-08:002022-12-18T12:06:59.341-08:00First Draft is Layout Is BackWelcome everyone!I got the first draft of the layouts for Book 03, and they look great! I'm super excited to see them almost complete. To review, my original layout artist (and also cover artist) when bankrupt and quit the business shortly after The Huntsman and the Vampire came out. As a result, I've had to scramble to replace that invaluable service. Thankfully, mercifully, I have found some Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-84772231888314165472022-11-30T16:37:00.000-08:002022-11-30T16:37:04.923-08:00I Have Contacted A Layout Artist! Welcome everyone!I've made contact with a well-recommended layout artist. My order is a pretty complicated one since I need it done in eBook, paperback, and hardback format. My books also have those lovely illustrations you've come to expect, so it's not just something anyone can do.I hope to hear back within the next couple days. I'll be keeping everyone posted. In the meantime, happy Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-6129697827431400042022-10-16T03:50:00.005-07:002022-10-16T03:50:53.219-07:00Proofreads are in! Welcome everyone!I got my proofreads back! So, now it's time to finish up my corrections, and then it's it's off to the layout artist. Hopefully that will just take a few weeks. Then, we'll have to decide on a publication date. I don't think I want to publish around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Folks are just way too busy around that time to pick up a new book. We'll have to see what Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399999996389116330.post-53067698713343766672022-09-19T02:43:00.004-07:002022-09-19T02:43:38.993-07:00And So We Hit a Snag Welcome everyone!We are still making progress toward publishing Book 03 in my Hunter's Rose series. However, my proof reader (the last editor to see the book before publication) has had some unforeseen personal difficulties arise. She must address those before continuing work on my novella, and I'm only too happy to extend our contract time. I know how hard problems like these can be.I'm Troy M. Costisickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432674745787973103noreply@blogger.com0