{"id":511,"date":"2013-08-17T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T16:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erikdolson.com\/?p=511"},"modified":"2013-08-19T22:25:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T22:25:41","slug":"chalice-is-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/?p=511","title":{"rendered":"Chalice is available"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last night, I received notice that “Chalice” is now available on Amazon<\/a>, Apple’s iBook store (go to iTunes and search on “Erik Dolson”), Barnes and Noble (not quite yet), and the Vook<\/a> Store.<\/p>\n

I should have a hard copy in my hands next Tuesday, with the first print run available soon after.<\/p>\n

What an odd mix of emotions. Fear, elation, pride, anxiety. Chalice was close to two years in the writing, some of that the hardest work I have ever undertaken. After four or so hours, I would stagger from my table and run the river trail, lift weights, get the mail, or just vegetate away from where I work, unable to string two sentences together.<\/p>\n

“Chalice” is not perfect. Every time I opened the file, I would find things that just had to be changed. So I finally “locked down” the file. After 20 or so readers reviewed writes and rewrites, after endless edits, after the second round of proofreading by a professional,\u00a0I had to let it go and be what it is. And it is not perfect.<\/p>\n

But it is the best I can do, at this moment, on this book. And I am proud of it. “Chalice” is an exploration of ideas that are significant to me and many of you. It is a sharing of my playground, an intersection of language, passion, and reflections on what’s real and what’s important.<\/p>\n

“Chalice” is not for everyone. As an exchange of emails, “Chalice” is in a format that some \u00a0may find difficult to follow. The characters are flawed, and many might find their exchanges \u00a0unpleasant.\u00a0There is a sex scene that was called gratuitous by one reader. It’s not, but it is graphic. If that’s going to disturb you, please don’t read. Another was put off by the fact that I dipped deeply into my personal experience to give the text “life.” Yes, I did, but “Chalice” is still a work of fiction.<\/p>\n

But about a third of those who read early drafts found value in “Chalice.” Some said that value was significant for them. This validates the effort.<\/p>\n

A word on pricing: I finally came to the conclusion that I had to be my own guide on this. I priced the ebook at $4.95 because I think “Chalice” is worth the price of two cups of coffee, even for readers who don’t like it.<\/p>\n

I initially set the price of the paperback at $14.95, then learned I would receive 3\u00a2 for each book sold. Three cents. At the print distributor’s suggestion, and his noting that the book would be discounted by book sellers anyway, I repriced at $19.95 and will receive about $2.30 of that.<\/p>\n

If enough sell so we can go to offset printing, I hope the price will come down.<\/p>\n

Thank you, friends, family, and readers I’ve never met but feel I know fairly well: You are the reason this book was written. I hope you think it was worth it.<\/p>\n

~Erik<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Late last night, I received notice that “Chalice” is now available on Amazon<\/a>, Apple’s iBook store (go to iTunes and search on “Erik Dolson”), Barnes and Noble (not quite yet), and the Vook<\/a> Store.<\/p>\n

I should have a hard copy in my hands next Tuesday, with the first print run available soon after.<\/p>\n

What an odd mix of emotions. Fear, elation, pride, anxiety. Chalice was close to two years in the writing, some of that the hardest work I have ever undertaken. After four or so hours, I would stagger from my table and run the river trail, \u2026 Read more\u2026 → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[332,155,154,18,17,141,107,59,10],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chalice","category-out-my-window","tag-chalice","tag-erik-dolson","tag-fiction","tag-love","tag-novel","tag-philosophy","tag-psychology","tag-romance","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mcOb-8f","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":524,"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}