Richard Parry: writer, liar, superhero
Rebekah’s given life to Mason and Sadie for the first time. I love it! If you’ve picked up Chromed: Upgrade, be sure to get a title refresh so the latest cover appears on your device. If you haven’t read it yet, WTH are you waiting for? If you want to see the paperback wrap:
…and to have the completed trilogy arrive over the break 😎 Chromed: Restore will be out before you know it. I hope your festive break was festive, a break, or both. Today for me marks the grueling start of trying to remember what words are; wish me luck.
This is one of my world-famous emails, originally sent Saturday 15 December. If you want on this crazy ride, sign up here. Progress is … progressing. We’re crushing the 15-Day challenge. By “crushing,” it means in some instances we’re being crushed by it. This week: A new release! Story samples from the Challenge; Our updated: a video of week two; Speaking of videos, an author interview with O.E. Tearmann; and What I’ve found time to read this close to Christmas. Let’s get ready to rumble. It’s out! Chromed: Rogue hit the shelves. I’m kind of nervous; this is actually the dark middle chapter of a bleak trilogy. The more I watch the news, the less like fiction it seems. If you pick it up, I’d love to hear what you think of it 🧐 I’m nervously awaiting early reviews. Everyone Read More …
Spoilers: Steph quite liked it 🤩 “The main character, Delilah is a genuinely tough, kick-ass protagonist; a professional who gets the job done and deals with the consequences afterwards. I loved her! Delilah is a short, sharp rush of awesomeness…” Check out the full review below: https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/chromed-delilah-richard-parry-future-forfeit-city-stories-book-2/
This is one of my world-famous emails, originally send Friday, 16 November 2018. You can get on the list here. But first… …we need to acknowledge the passing of a titan. Today: The late, great Stan Lee. A tiny bit of author biz, and Chromed: Upgrade’s launch week. Let’s dig in. Marvel has the best characters. I reckon that’s all down to Stan Lee. I’ve read comics for while, but not forever. I noped out in my early years – I didn’t really understand things like Commando or Archie, and when I found ‘superhero’ comics, they were full of muscle-bound weirdos and not-empowered women. I didn’t get the magic. Then a friend told me about Ronin. This changed my whole world. How he explained it: ‘comics’ were for kids and ‘graphic novels’ were the real deal. Fast forward a number Read More …
When I released the first tortured edition of Upgrade in 2014, it sank without a trace (from a sales perspective). While sales aren’t the total arbiter of success, they’re definitely a leading indicator! The re-master launched last Friday. Today, it snuck into the top 100 of the cyberpunk genre on the world’s biggest bookstore. No clue if 96 is as high as it’ll go, but it feels like I might have finally given this book the treatment it deserved.
“A fun, fast paced romp through the future of humanity. Buckle up.” [Check out the full review here] and maybe then [your retailer for Chromed: Upgrade]. In unrelated news, I dig the header logo on their site 😬
Chromed: Upgrade is on virtual shelves across planet Earth. It’s about the twisted, beautiful creatures we are and what this world does to us. It’s 2150AD. There hasn’t been a corporate war… until now. Mason Floyd is an augmented syndicate enforcer at the top of his game. His job is asset protection and acquisition, no questions asked. Company tech is stolen on Mason’s watch. Rival megacorps want it, and they don’t mind killing him to get it. Framed for the theft, Mason runs. He tangles with off-grid rockstar Sadie Freeman on the grimy seam between the powerful and poor. Together they uncover a secret an entire city died to keep. Hunted and desperate, they must team up to survive. Together Mason and Sadie can save the world. Apart, both are lost. They must trust each other or die. Megacorps. Cyborgs. Read More …
Soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Chromed: Rogue is preloading on the Kindle store, just in time for Christmas…
No. Wait, you want something better than that? Okay. I entered, and “won,” NaNo back in 2014. I was itching to write a cool, edgy cyberpunk book. I’d originally titled it Uplinked, but after conversation with my wife that changed to Upgrade. I had so, so many ideas for this book. Bionics. Particle cannons. Plasma weapons. Always online, always ready. Love. Hope. The people lost in the cracks. I would do William Gibson proud, man. A little peer pressure crept in. October of that same year, a few friends were talking big about how they’d win NaNo. I’d never heard of NaNo, thought, “How hard can it be?” and wrote Upgrade (or a hyooooge chunk of it) during November. Despite knocking something like 65,000 words out of the park during NaNo, well in excess of the 50k threshold, I discovered Read More …