Posts Tagged ‘Camille Picott’

New Version of Raggedy Chan – available now!

Posted on: December 20th, 2011 by Camille 2 Comments

 

For those of you already familiar with the “original” Raggedy Chan, you know it’s an illustrated novella with 40 full-color illustrations.

I recently made the decision to release a text-only version of the book. Why? A few reasons. First, with text-only, I was able to get the price of the print book down to $7.99. I really want to make my books affordable to readers. Secondly, the full color version has no distribution to online or brick-and-mortar stores. (There’s lots of detail behind this difficulty, which I can explain if anyone is interested.) By releasing a text-only version, I was able to get full distribution for the story. This story is dear to my heart, and I want to make it available to as broad an audience as possible.

I am looking at releasing the illustrated version for both Kindle Fire and Nook Color. Stay tuned!

New Short Story – Warming Demon – available for free!

Posted on: December 20th, 2011 by Camille 2 Comments

 

My new short story, Warming Demon, is now available for free download at Smashwords! Check it out!

About Warming Demon:

In a world devastated by massive climate change, the Chinese government holds the key to terraforming distant planets. A handful of wealthy and academically gifted Chinese citizens are selected to journey by spacecraft and colonize a new world.

Humankind envies those chosen for the voyage. But for Senya, a part Chinese, part Caucasian six-year-old from Hong Kong, life in the cramped, interstellar society is lonely and miserable. She struggles to understand her mixed race and to find a place in her new home.

 *Book cover by Joey Manfre*

“Warming Demon” ~ Evolution of an E-book Cover

Posted on: October 23rd, 2011 by Camille No Comments

Here is the cover for my forthcoming free e-book, Warming Demon. It was created by artist Joey Manfre.

 

I had a lot of fun working on this cover with Joey. As usual, I gave him a rough idea of what I was looking for: target audience (adult), central theme of story (Warming Demon as a metaphor for global warming), etc. I left the rest up to his imagination. This was the initial concept that he came up with:

 

Notice how masculine this version is. The main character of the story is a little girl, and her voice is very feminine. I wanted the cover to convey some of that feminism. This was accomplished through the delicate oval surrounding the main graphic, plus the typesetting.

Since I am in no way a visual artist, I try not to “over instruct” when developing book cover concepts with Joey. This gives him the artistic freedom to be creative. I’m always amazed how he takes themes and transforms them into gorgeous works of art.

Warming Demon will be published before the end of the year as a free e-book.

About Warming Demon:

In a world devastated by massive climate changes, the Chinese government holds the key to terraforming a distant planet. A handful of wealthy and academically gifted Chinese citizens are selected to make the journey in a spacecraft and colonize this new world.
Those chosen for the voyage are envied by humankind. But for Senya, a part Chinese, part Caucasian six-year-old from Hong Kong, life in the cramped, interstellar society is lonely and miserable. She struggles to understand her mixed race and to find a place in her new home.

 

 

Broads at Sonoma County Book Festival

Posted on: September 26th, 2011 by Camille No Comments

Broad Universe had a table at this year’s Sonoma County Book Fesitval. I had the pleasure of participating in the Broad Rapid-Fire-Reading. It was my first time participating in an “RFR.” There was a neat camraderie that came with the whole thing that I really liked.

I wasn’t able to get photos of all the readers, but here are the ones I did get:

Camille Picott at the Sonoma County Book Festival with her newly released book, Nint-Tail Fox

 

Emerian Rich with her novel, Night's Knight

 

Ann Wilkes, author of Awesome Lavratt and organizer of the Broad RFR

Press Release: Raggedy Chan Sequel Now Available – Get Your Free Review Copy!

Posted on: September 26th, 2011 by Camille No Comments

 

 

Raggedy Chan Sequel Now Available – Get Your Free Review Copy!

September 26, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Camille Picott

Email: camille.picott@gmail.com

Nine-Tail Fox: a Chinese Heritage Tale is available now!

Nine-Tail Fox, the sequel to Raggedy Chan, is now available! In this modern Chinese fable, Chinese-American author Camille Picott draws on her heritage to weave a story of courage, truth, and adventure. Check with your local bookseller, Amazon.com, or other online retailers to get your copy.

To celebrate the book’s release, Picott is giving away free review copies of Nine-Tail Fox.

Print edition – Picott is giving away 5 free copies of the Nine-Tail Fox print edition. To win your copy, email your name and mailing address to camillepicott at gmail dot com. The first 5 people to respond will receive a free print book. (U.S. residents only, please.)

E-book Edition – For one week only, Picott is giving away unlimited copies of the Nine-Tail Fox e-book at Smashwords. Enter coupon code DX99M to download your free copy. Alternatively, email camillepicott at gmail dot com to get your free copy. Please specify mobi or e-pub file format.

If you enjoy Nine-Tail Fox, please let other readers know by leaving an online review at Amazon.

About Nine-Tail Fox:

When fifth-grade Emma Chan-McDougal is ridiculed by her classmates for being part Chinese, she’s devastated. To ease Emma’s wounded self-esteem, her aunt, a Chinese immigrant, spins the mythical tale of a brave little Nine-Tail Fox named Ainu who lives in San Francisco.

In a parallel animal world that comes to life when humans slumber, Ainu Nine-Tail and her mother face off against Chih Yu, an ancient demon who feeds on hatred. As the last of their clan, the Nine-Tails are honor-bound by a family oath to defend the Chinese animals from the demon. When Chih Yu kills her mother and leads an angry mob against Chinatown, Ainu is left to complete the task alone. Raw with grief and only partially trained for battle, Ainu must reach deep inside herself to find the wisdom and courage to save her people.

Will the journey of Ainu Nine-Tail help Emma find the strength to confront the school bullies and win back her confidence?

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Camille Picott is the author of Raggedy Chan and Nine-Tail Fox, the first two books of Chinese Heritage Tales. To learn about Picott’s adventures in indie publishing, visit her at www.pixiupress.com.