Series linking, and a heads up about an author interview I did

 So last night I was working with the Nooks testing some things and went to Smashwords during the process. When I logged in there I discovered that they had given publishers and authors the ability to link the books in their series. I thought that was rather cool. Even cooler?

 

The option for the same books to be in multiple series (ex: The LOTR series, and The Hobbit + LOTR for The Ring series). With this I was able to link the extant series books. I project that this will be useful also for linking Dragon Shaman, Selkies' Skins, Wavelets (the shorts related to Selkies' Skins) and Shadow Chronicles when those series are ready, as they are interrelated. I still have no idea yet of what I would call the overarching collection of those series... It will bear thought and once I have some ideas I may or may not open up a feedback poll on that point.

 

This also means that I can group books that should be read together to give additional understanding of how those worlds function. Thus the birth of Spirit Bridges, I'm debating adding in "Stories of Spirits" to give more depth to one of the characters that makes cameo appearances in Dragon Shaman. 

Yes, this is what happens when I say I feel like crud and am likely going to bed. I really did go to bed. I just apparently don't know how to take a break and just rest (nor sleep it seems).

 

Later today the interview with the Cautilis regarding their book "Robots vs. Zombies" goes live (watch for that at 9 AM Pacific Time). It will be over on the THG StarDragon Publishing blog. I have been reading the book, and so far I am very impressed by young Marisha. Yes, I did say young. She is a couple years younger than my daughter is. I'm finding a few typos as I read, which happens even in books from the big dogs (Harry Potter? Oh yeah, they were there... Eragon and the rest of Inheritance? Yup...) but the story itself so far is very well done.