Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Hello Patreon! We're Live


Hello! We've been hard at work this summer. Icy Road is taking the next steps to put this micro-publisher on the map.

To this end, we've launched a Patreon Page: Icy Road Publishing so now you can donate up to $5 per month to help keep the e-books coming.

Every writer and publisher has to pay editors and cover artists. We have two editors that we use, and a cover artist that we use when we launch a novel. But for the most part, Icy Road is a 1-woman show.

This reading season, we have a couple different projects in the que.


Luck of the Draw is scheduled to come out in December 2018 or January 2019. You can get a sneak peak at it on Wattpad.com: Luck of the Draw. This short story is currently trending on the Literary charts of Wattpad. We aren't sure what that means, but we're tickled to see it.


This short story is also scheduled to come out in 2018, this one will be exclusive to Amazon, part of Kindle Unlimited. We don't have a target date. But it's going up on our Wattpad page: "A Little Stimulation"


This is a longer work than the usual 2,000 words. It's a charming Regency that's also available on Wattpad.com: "Ride in the Park"


Monday, August 6, 2018

August 2018 News


First and foremost, we have a new I. C. Talbot story coming out for release this winter! 'The Luck of the Draw' was just 9k words when I started editing it, now it's a whopping 35k and will be released as a paperback!

This is the story of Stella and her four children who have lived in a 20 foot camper for five years. Stella's husband Rolf is a gambler, a professional poker player who comes home just long enough to give Stella the deed to an abandoned house on Pymatuming Lake before he leaves to follow the game.

Because I've added so many words to this manuscript, it's carries the K. A. Jordan by-line as well as I. C. Talbot.

In addition, I've decided to take most of the K. A. Jordan e-books 'wide' which means they will go out on Draft2Digital starting September 1, 2018. But, because I. C. Talbot is doing VERY well in the Kindle Unlimited program, the works carrying only her by-line will remain in KU for now.

Also in the works is the LONG awaited Doyle Road Bridge collection of short stories by I. C. Talbot, which will replace "Tales from the Bascule Bridge" and be released in paperback as well.

All this is possible because I bought a copy of Indesign software, so I can format and publish paperbacks.