It's just like the four stages of death, but in a different order.
1) Anger. "Those ^%$#ers! I wanted to make that game."
2) Depression. "Sigh. I guess there's nothing I can do about it."
3) Acceptance. "On the bright side, at least now I get to play it and I don't have to develop it myself."
4) Denial. (Once you actually get to play it.) "Hey, this isn't the game I wanted to make at all!"
What with the Iron Man movie coming out I thought it would be a good time to release my novel as a free pdf. Why now? Because Iron Man is something of a central metaphor, much as the Fantastic Four are a central metaphor in Rick Moody's The Ice Storm. So, if you've been wanting to read my book, and the only thing stopping you was the price - go for it.
And, if you haven't been wanting to read my book - why not? It won an honorable mention in the Writer's Digest Annual Self-Published Fiction awards. It still has a five star average rating on Amazon. So...it must be good.
Random side note - a friend of mine read it a few months ago and said to me, "It's a lot like Freaks and Geeks." I'd never seen Freaks and Geeks, so I watched it, and - yeah. A hell of a lot in common. Geeks wanting to be burnouts. Burnouts wanting to be geeks. Eighties pop culture references. So...if you liked Freaks and Geeks, you should give this a shot. Especially now that it's free.
May 1st, to be precise.
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