Update for May 2016

May 17, 2016July 2, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / Leave a comment

Okay folks, it’s time for another update on what I’ve been up to as an author and what sort of stuff is going to be happening in the future of C.T. Phipps. Things have been going very well for me and while there’s setbacks, I’ve got to say things are all on the up and up when it comes to writing.

AMBER COVE: My relationship with Amber Cove Publications is especially good as I’ve signed an agreement with them to produce four 60K word books a year. Two AGENT G and two SUPERVILLAINY SAGA for the next few years. It’s a pretty hectic schedule but I believe I can hold onto it. It’s my hope to eventually produce twelve books for both series but we’ll see how that works out.

The Supervillainy Saga has sold well in combined audiobooks, ebooks, and paperback, with no sign of stopping. Indeed, its equal to a store release during the “heyday” of such things and that couldn’t make me happier. Not bad for an indie publisher.

RAGNAROK PUBLICATIONS: Ragnarok Publication’s deal with IPG (Independent Publishing Group) is closer than ever. It’s meant delays in releasing some of my books but is going to change the nature of publishing for all of my works with them as well as their existing prints. One consequence is you’re going to be able to see ESOTERRORISM and WRAITH KNIGHT in stores come 2017 which is something I’m ecstatic about. We’re also going to have them promoted very heavily by their reps. A small downside of this is we’re not going to have as quick a release period as Amber Cove. We’ll have roughly one book a year released from both series.

Now here’s some updates on individual series:

AGENT G: The first novel in the series, AGENT G: INFILTRATOR, will be released on October 15th, 2016 with present schedule plans. It follows the adventures of G, a assassin who has had his memory erased by the mysterious Society. He’s supposedly signed a ten year contract with them in exchange for fabulous wealth as well as a return for his memories. Is any of it true? Even if it isn’t, does he have a choice? What about when he’s sent up against a dangerous group of cybernetically enhanced assassins in the Carnivale? Sci-Fi espionage and murder action awaits! We’re hoping for a simultaneous ebook and audiobook release with Jeffrey Kafer set to do this volume as well. The sequel is already ready to go as well with AGENT G: SABOTEUR.

SUPERVILLAINY SAGA: The next book in the series, THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY is set for release on July 15th, 2016. Gary Karfosky a.k.a Merciless: The Supervillain without MercyTM is scouring the globe for secrets to restoring his now-cursed wife Mandy. Unfortunately, this has brought him closer to his partner Cindy a.k.a Red Riding Hood and he finds himself conflicted about his feelings for both women. Worse, both their lives are rudely interrupted by the news of a great superhero’s death as well as the fact they’ve made an enemy in the deranged new President of the United States. THE SCIENCE OF SUPERVILLAINY, Book 4# in the series. is set for release in early 2017.

RED ROOM: The Red Room series will continue past ESOTERRORISM but the first big news there is Jeffrey Kafer is also doing the audiobook adaptation of this work. He’s just finished it up and it’s set for release in the upcoming few months. The second book in the series, ELDRITCH OPS. will be released in Spring of 2017. This will follow newly promoted Committee member, Derek Hawthorne, on one last field assignment for the Committee to investigate “A House within the House” which is threatening to start a war against the Vampire Nation. Werewolves, pirates, and vampires menace our hero as well as a threat among his own family. Worse, the most famous vampire of them all in Count Draculs is coming to threaten him.

WRAITH KNIGHT: This is a book I’m immensely proud of and follows the basic premise of, “So, the Dark Lord is defeated and the heroes return to their homes. What would happen if, after five years or so, everything went to hell?” Jacob Riverson is a creature not-too-dissimilar to a Ringwraith and after regaining his free-will, finds himself in a world centuries older than the one he left behind. Recruited by a young heroine to try to defeat the very heroes propelled into power by the previous generation, he must deal with the fact it’s a much more complicated and grayer world than the stories of his now-legendary adventures depicted it. The first book is scheduled for release on November 8th, 2016. Like Esoterrorism, it will be released on audiobook but we haven’t picked an audiobook narrator for it.

So, our schedule for 2016 looks like:

2016

THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY: 7/15/2016

AGENT G: INFILTRATOR: 9/15/2016

WRAITH KNIGHT: 11/08/2016

Early 2017

THE SCIENCE OF SUPERVILLAINY: 3/15/2017

ELDRITCH OPS: 4/15/2017

AGENT G: SABOTEUR: 5/15/17

The cover art for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY

April 26, 2016April 26, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / 6 Comments

THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY is the third book of the Supervillainy Saga. It’s a great depiction of Nightgirl and Ultragoddess by Raffaele Marinetti.

THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY follows Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless the Supervillain without MercyTM as we join him one year after the events of THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY. Desperate to find a cure for his wife’s vampirism, Gary has taken to practicing black magic and dealing with the worst scum of the magical world. His world has been turned upside down with Cindy becoming a superhero, his wife a blood-hungry antihero, and the allure of supervillainy no longer there.

Unfortunately, Gary has unwittingly made an enemy even he might hesitate to cross in PRESIDENT OMEGA — The most evil POTUS of them all. The President has decided to make Gary Public Enemy No. 1# even as Gabrielle Anders a.k.a Ultragoddess brings him news of the death of the world’s greatest superhero. Some crimes need the insight of a villain to solve and the world’s greatest antivillain is the only one who can do it. Time will tell if Gary can get over his depression to solve all of these problems and his own or succumb to a despair great enough to turn him from bad to evil.

I think Raffaele does an amazing job with the characters.

Cover sketch for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY now available

April 6, 2016April 6, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / Leave a comment

Awesome cover sketch by Raffaele Marinetti for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY, the third book in the Supervillainy Saga starring Gary Karkofsky a.ka. Merciless: the Supervillain without Mercy. Here, we see Nightgirl and Ultragoddess. I described the latter as “Supergirl by way of Rosario Dawson and Ronda Rousey.”

Great work.

THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY should be out this July.

AGENT G and SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY approved for publication!

April 3, 2016April 3, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / 4 Comments

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AGENT G: INFILTRATOR and SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY have been tentatively accepted for publication by Amber Cove. I was pretty sure there was no real doubt on either but it never hurts to receive official confirmation after your boss returns from his cruise where he read them.

For those unaware, AGENT G is a a series about an assassin for an organization called the Society which removes the memories of its agents for a ten year period before promising their return if they succeed in fulfilling their contract. It also promises amazing wealth and an end to all pesky moral issues via conditioning (which our antihero isn’t very good at despite).

SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY is the 3rd novel of the Supervillainy Saga which follows Gary Karkofsky as he deals with a recent loss in his life…badly. Trying to find a cure for his wife’s vampirism, he ends up attracting the ire of the time traveling despot who has set himself up as POTUS. Oops. Special guest star: THE GARY OF EARTH-B!

We can expect Secrets to be published sometime around July. I’m not sure about Agent G but will make sure everyone is kept in the loop.

Great GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY review by the Bookie Monster

March 27, 2016August 4, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / Leave a comment

Hey guys,

The good folks at THE BOOKIE MONSTER have decided to do a review of my book THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY and I couldn’t be more pleased with their review.

Laughter is guaranteed and occasionally you might say, “Hey, wait a minute that sounds just like ….” The characters are very realistic. C.T. Phipps has a unique sense of humor that leaves one shaking in laughter. I enjoyed this book tremendously. Lots of clichés but done in a way that one cannot help but laugh. It is action packed with never a dull moment.

If you want a longstanding book reader’s review of my book, then check it out here.

Gary and Cloak have returned from the supervillain prison on the moon only to discover the city he plans to conquer and rule with an iron fist has been overrun with the living dead. Once again taking up the mantle of Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy™, Gary will have to pull it together quickly, find his wife, his gang, and a whole lot of help to stop the Brotherhood of Infamy from slaughtering the population of Falconcrest City and opening a portal to summon a primal force of destruction.

But Gary has a plan, or at least he’s sure he’ll have one soon. Just give him a second.

Available for purchase at Amazon.com

A March/April update on my writing

March 21, 2016August 9, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / Leave a comment

Well, folks, things are going well in the Phipps household. Kat is almost over her flu (which I gave her, sorry) and my father is better than he’s been in months.

Which is sad because it’s due to getting the dialysis which he desperately needed for a long time but was in denial about. We have been giving him rides out to his place. We also got our primary dog, Treasure’s, ear fixed after it had gotten a serious infection which required surgery. Still, things are looking up. I managed to assemble the treadmill yesterday and only kinda threw out my back (okay, okay, it just hurt a lot–sheesh).

Business is doing well with THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY and THE RULES OF SUPERVILLAINY still selling pretty well. ESOTERRORISM didn’t sell quite as many copies as Rules but I still consider it my best book until WRAITH KNIGHT comes out this Fall. SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY is set for release in June.

WRAITH KNIGHT has been approved by Ragnarok Publications and it’s sequel is already for publication immediately thereafter. I have strong feelings about this book and think it will be a big success. Currently, I’m envisioning five books for the series total.

I’ve submitted CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON, my first non-original material novel, to Cohesion Press and I hope they’ll be interested in it. It’s the rewrite of CTHULHU APOCALYPSE (which is a name already taken it turns out) with my skills as a writing from five years after the original manuscript.

Ultimately, I’d really like to be done with the final 15K of LUCIFER’S STAR (A Spacer’s Saga), my space opera novel, *RIGHT NOW* but the grand finale can’t be rushed. It’s going to be 90K at the end and I’m just in need of doing the final climatic scene.

ESOTERRORISM’s sequel ELDRITCH OPS, Book 2# of THE RED ROOM series is set for release in early of 2017. I’ve got the unedited manuscript version of OPERATION: OTHERWORLD written up for release in 2018. I originally envisioned THE RED ROOM series as a ongoing open-ended one but the characters decided to make it a trilogy. Except all of the major plotlines wrapped up by the third book.

AGENT G has been submitted to Amber Cove Publisher who does THE SUPERVILLAINY SAGA and if they’re not interested in it, I have a secondary publisher for it lined up. So, book progress wise, I’m very well off.

Review-wiser, I’m down to fifteen novels I have to read on my Kindle, which may sound like a lot but is down from something like sixty and I’ve made a vow not to pick up any other novels until I’ve finished them. I broke that oath almost immediately by ordering the Dark Horse ALIENS Omnibus Vol. 1# and Nylund HALO novels.

Later this month, Kat is going to be going on a short weekend trip to visit her favorite author at a con. I pity her for trusting me with the house while she’s gone since I fully expect the place to be ashes when she returns (sorry, Kat!)

A great interview with me by the Fantastical Librarian

March 20, 2016March 20, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / Leave a comment

I had a great interview with the Fantastical Librarian and thought I would share its contents with my fans. I hope everyone will go to her website and check it out.

Here’s a sample:

Let’s start with the basics. Who is C.T. Phipps?

C.T. Phipps is an immortal wizard from the Age of Chaos reincarnated as a huma…oh, err, I mean I’m a perfectly ordinary geek from Kentucky in his thirties. I’m the author of THE SUPERVILLAINY SAGA and the RED ROOM series by Amber Cove Publishing and Ragnarok Publications respectively. I have a new series called WRAITH KNIGHT coming out this Fall.

How would you introduce people to your writing?

It depends on what you’re interested really. I wrote the Supervillainy Saga as an easy-going bit of fun celebrating my love of superheroes. People really seemed to have liked it and responded well to the book’s irreverent style and asking the question, “What kind of fellow sets out to be a supervillain?” The Red Room, by contrast, was my attempt to write a celebration of over-the-top spy fiction with a James Bond and Black Widow-eque set of protagonist against monsters.

Available for reading here

Two great THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY reviews

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / 2 Comments

One of the things which authors love is getting reviews, especially positive ones and I thought I’d share two of the best ones I got for THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY.

The first review is from My World…in words and pages.

I can’t express how much I enjoyed this book, and particularly in audio. It’s the fun I needed and will look forward to in future installments! Battles with Nazi Robot, dragon, Amazons, cybernetic dinosaurs, cultists, zombies, deal with ghosts, Death, demi god, ex-girlfriend of his own and his wife’s. Sounds like a lot but it all fits and makes for so much fun while battling. And Gary’s one liners along the way. LOL!

The second review is from The Audio Book Reviewer.

This was another fun ride, the way Merciless’ mind works to come up with the outrageous plans……his dry sarcastic and gene savvy sense of humor……the supporting characters Diablo, Cindy, Cloak…….I liked that Gary got to have an hour with his brother, and hope he shows up in future stories…..I also hope we get to see more involvement from Death….she is a pretty cool character. I have to say the ending shocked the hell out of me, totally did not see that coming, I should have but didn’t. I do have faith the Merciless (The supervillain without mercy ™) will prevail though and make it right.

I hope my fans who haven’t checked out Games will decide to do so along with those who aren’t yet familiar. It’s doing well!

See at Amazon.com

The Games of Supervillainy audiobook is now available!

January 16, 2016January 16, 2016 / C.T. Phipps / Leave a comment

Great news, everyone! Jeffrey Kafer, the narrator for THE RULES OF SUPERVILLAINY, not only successfully completed and submitted the sequel but it is now available for purchase from Audible as well as Amazon.com. I’ve, of course, already heard his results and I believe them to be better than his previous work–which was amazingly well done.

Get ready for the action-packed follow up to The Rules of Supervillainy. This time with zombies, zombified heroes and villains, cults, magic, super-science, a dragon, a giant Nazi robot, a Greek demigod, and so much more!

Gary and Cloak have returned from the supervillain prison on the moon only to discover the city he plans to conquer and rule with an iron fist has been overrun with the living dead. Once again taking up the mantle of Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy™, Gary will have to pull it together quickly, find his wife, his gang, and a whole lot of help to stop the Brotherhood of Infamy from slaughtering the population of Falconcrest City and opening a portal to summon a primal force of destruction.

But Gary has a plan, or at least he’s sure he’ll have one soon. Just give him a second.

Pick up your copy of THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY today!

Amazon.com purchase link

Audible purchase link

Update for THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 / C.T. Phipps / 2 Comments

Hey folks,

I just wanted you all to know that THE GAME OF SUPERVILLAINY’s Kindle version has been updated. There were a few typos and mistakes which we missed the first time around (a couple of egregious ones) which were errors made by our editing process that we’re all very embarrassed about. The new version has corrected these and is the one we’ll be using for our print release as well as the audio book.

Our apologies and this won’t happen again.

Speaking of the audio book version, Jeffrey Kafer has finished the audio book version of TGOS and sent it to me for approval. I’m listening to it now and should have it approved this week. I’m very proud of his efforts and I’ve got to say I genuinely think this is probably better than his work on THE RULES OF SUPERVILLAINY.

Jeffrey Kafer is an amazing narrator for hundreds of audio books and has brought to life my characters in a way I don’t think anyone else really could have. I give him props for his humor, inflection, characterization, and timing. You’re all in for a real treat with him and I hope you enjoy the ride.

The print version has also been submitted and should be available for purchase in the coming week.

Thanks again to all of our fans for the Supervillainy Saga.