Reader Questions and Secret Techniques

Today's blog topics include: Reader questions answered; a new secret technique revealed!? 

Tim Cody is currently:
Working on: Crimson Soul 2 marketing
Traveling clear across the country: Soon
Reading: Marvel Civil War, Marvel Civil War: Spider-Man
Blogging: On a Tuesday!?

Crimson Soul 2, Sortied and Prepared to Launch!

Today's blog topics include: Lessons learned from working on Crimson Soul 2; assorted Evangelion and Gundam references; a gradual (?) descent into madness!? 

Tim Cody is currently:
Working on: Crimson Soul 2 cleanup
Playing: Bulletstorm (PS3)
Watching: Video Game Awards (or as I call them, "Games Released in the Last Two Months Awards")
Eating: Delicious Domino's bread bowl

Future Plans and Puns

Today's blog topics include: The novel DLC idea and NaNoWriMo 2012 plans; puns!; let the marketing begin!? 

Tim Cody is currently:
Working on: Crimson Soul 2
Playing: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3)
Watching: Despicable Me
Eating: All your chocolate covered pretzels

What A Writer Writes

Today's blog topics include: Drawing ever closer to Crimson Soul 2's publication; proof that a "writer writes--always;" X-23's Cancellation: Life Imitating Art 

Tim Cody is currently:
Working on: Crimson Soul 2
Playing: Dark Souls (PS3)
Listening to: Paramore
Watching: American Music Awards

It's Like Assembling A Mighty Puzzle!

Today's blog topics include: Polish and miscellaneous Crimson Soul 2 tasks; a pretty sweet Hot Fuzz reference; the novel beard; free Crimson Soul 1 e-book offer still valid!

Tim Cody is currently:
Working on: Crimson Soul II
Playing: Dark Souls (PS3)
Listening to: Paramore
Watching: Durarara

Wrapping Up Crimson Soul 2

Today's blog topics include: Finishing up Crimson Soul 2; how to get a free e-copy of Crimson Soul 1; thoughts and feelings on Uncharted 3

Tim Cody is currently:
Working On: Crimson Soul II
Playing: Dark Souls (PS3)
Watching: Durarara
Recently Completed: Uncharted 3 (PS3)

Inspiration Alley

Today's blog topics include: My inspiration for writing horror; assorted movie and television references of varying obscurity

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Currently Playing: Dark Souls (PS3)
Watching: The Walking Dead, season 2 (hurray!)
Anticipating: Batman: Arkham City (PS3)

My New Old Writing Schedule

Today's blog topics include: Making fine progress thanks to my new old writing schedule; approaching the finish line; alienating readers by writing about anime; FLCL's director commentary, and the the four ways to watch the series

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Recently Completed: Resident Evil 4 HD (PS3)
Watching: FLCL with director commentary
For Dinner: A great big delicious sandwich

Self Reviews and A New Writing Schedule

Today's blog topics include: Reviewing my time as a starving author; Crimson Soul 2's anticipated release date; balancing writing and starting a new job; a great big list of video games I need time to play; thoughts on Resident Evil 4 HD

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Playing: Resident Evil 4 HD (PS3)
Recently Watched: Eden of the East
Eating: Count Chocula (cereal, not the actual Count)

Math, Mondays, Marmaduke

Today's blog topics include: My weekly writing schedule; plug for the Belief Suspenders blog and my author spotlight on it; thoughts on Dead Island and balancing multiple games

Note: All Marmadukes may not appear.

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Almost Playing: Dead Island (PS3)
Watching: Up for debate
Fourth Thing: Something

I Just Love When A Story Comes Together!

Today's blog topics include: Writing new content VS. rewriting older content; fending off Past Tim; not drinking bleach; feeling like Liam Neeson; thoughts on BloodRayne: Betrayal and Dead Island

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Almost Playing: Dead Island (PS3)
Watching: More Bleach
Dining Upon: Spaghetti

Starting from Square One is Advisable

Today's blog topics include: Starting from the start; Inspiration Alley; a year's worth of Bleach (anime, not detergent) and my thoughts on its filler; as always, assorted movie references

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Playing: Dragon Age: Origins (PS3)
Watching: Bleach
Drinking: A Slurpee from Harrison Ford's head

Cleaning Up After Past Tim

Today's blog topics include: Future Tim begins major renovations on Crimson Soul 2; Water World references; what happened to Zack Efron's eyebrows?

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Reading: Daken: Dark Wolverine VS. X-23: Collision
Seeing This Weekend: Final Destination 5
Drinking: Butter Pecan Milkshake

Distractions and Secret Techniques

Today's blog topics include: Thoughts on distractions; Marvel anime and Wolverine in general; a new secret technique revealed!?

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing(ish): Crimson Soul II
Reading: Daken: Dark Wolverine: Empire
Watching: How Do You Know
Three day PAX badge: Received!

Progress! VS. Progress(?)

Today's blog topics include: Progress continues on Crimson Soul 2; hilarious puns; marketing progress(?); pranking on Future Tim

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Reading: Daken, Dark Wolverine: Empire
Listening to: Diddy Dirty Money
Highly anticipating: PAX Prime 2011

We'll All Write On Anyway

Today's blog topics include: Balancing marketing and writing; Neon Genesis Evangelion references; moving forward when nobody cares; assorted movie references

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Waiting for: My new printer to arrive
Recently dreamed of: Aliens invading (after watching Falling Skies)
Watching on a nightly basis: Limitless

Starting from Zero

Today's blog topics include: The differences I've learned between marketing for a company and marketing for myself; some more Crimson Soul e-book info (now just 99 cents!); Catherine and Marvel Anime impressions

Tim Cody is currently:
Writing: Crimson Soul II
Playing: Catherine (PS3)
Watching: Durarara, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Feasting upon: Domino's bread bowl

E-Books sortied and prepared to launch; Crimson Soul Digital, Engage!

The idea of my book strapping into a Gundam and launching out of a mobile space carrier is much more awesome than what actually happened. If you'd like to maintain the illusion that the process is similar to a Gundam launching into battle, then skip the following paragraph. I've taken precautions to maintain continuity for if you do skip ahead.

Tuesday was spent fiddling around with Amazon's Kindle service--getting my document formatted correctly, basically uploading it over and over and over again to make sure it all looked nice and neat in their Kindle emulator... Then it was onto Barnes and Noble's Nook service. The process was very similar, with the added trouble of my e-book looking different between the Nook and the Nook Color emulators. But after another three hours of re-uploading, I was ready to finally hit the Save and Publish button.

Crimson Soul is now soaring through cyber space tearing up hapless lesser-mechs with dual buster cannons and twin beam sabers.

Its price point is considerably lower than the physical copy--$3.00 for the e-book, and $11.00 for the physical book. Linked below are the Tiny URL's where you can find it for digital purchase.

Amazon Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/3lql2j9
Barnes and Noble Nook: http://tinyurl.com/3hgxt8s
Smashwords provides an e-book format for every type of e-reader: http://tinyurl.com/3pudtgh
* Supports Sony eReaders, Nook, Kindle, etc.

Smashwords was fairly simple. Their site provides a handy formatting guide, which was mostly useful for my front and back matter. They translate your uploaded document into every available digital format, and then sell them through their site--so it's pretty much a one-stop-shop no matter which e-reader you happen to have.

I got a few new FaceBook 'Likes' today, but I'm still having trouble breaking out of my own network. My friends and family are a fine stock, but I'm not exactly a collector of FaceBook friends. So feel free to stop by, give Tim Cody a 'Like,' and say hello. :)

FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Cody/244648762226433

At the time of this writing, I still need thirteen more 'Likes' before FaceBook will let me choose a custom URL and get rid of all those numbers. It's my short-term networking goal.

Balancing actual writing and marketing is indeed tricky. An official schedule must be crafted if Crimson Soul II if I want to continue making forward progress on Crimson Soul II.

My PS3 collector's edition of Catherine arrived today, and I'm already wearing the boxers. The soundtrack that came with it isn't as good as Persona 3's or Persona 4's, but that's based mostly on personal taste--Persona 3 and 4 had more vocal tracks, whereas Catherine doesn't seem to have any.

White Collar and Burn Notice on the USA Network have been pretty okay this season, but Royal Pains continues to be my favorite summer series.

Let's see, what other random things can I mention... I want to run the Ninja Warrior course (but who doesn't), I've been watching the anime series Durarara lately and it's pretty good, and I've watched The Social Network several dozen times over the last three days.

That's that and marmalade.

-Tim Cody

Trying to Escape Obscurity

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tim_Cody - Check.
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Cody/244648762226433 - Check.
Blog: (You're reading it, so) - Check.

Phase 1 of my plan to bring myself out of obscurity and rise through the ranks of writerdom is underway.

I don't exactly like the term "indie author;" it tends to have a very hipster ring to it, and I'm not too cool with that. I don't want to grow a pencil-tip mustache like Brian Orosco, and I don't want to get any Apple tattoos. However, as fate would have it, an "indie author" I am indeed.

The first installment of my Crimson Soul series (simply "Crimson Soul") is available for purchase through various online retailers, such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. As I make a push to see it in bookstores, I remain hopeful that retailers will agree to carry it. There are some independent bookstores in the Seattle, and the indie scene out here is pretty okay.

Availability through Ingram, an ISBN-10 and an ISBN-13, and an official copyright with the US Copyright Office adds an air of legitimacy to the whole deal.

While perusing the US Copyright Office website, I happened upon an article explaining the procedure for submitting materials to copyright in hologram form. The future is now, ladies and gentlemen. And the government knows it.

If the retailers don't want to stock my books legitimately, then the next phase of my plan will involve sneaking in and just leaving copies of my book on their shelves. Maybe surgically remove some checkout envelopes from the backs of library books, apply them to my own, and leave them in various libraries.

But for now, the next phase is watching Limitless. That movie rocks my socks in a pretty okay way.