From The Desk of Nerd³ - April 2025 Edition

Dearest Patreons,

My book, The Paradox Paradox, is here.

It’s sitting on my desk right now, the swirly reds and blues of the dust jacket wrapping five years of work up in a neat bow. Well, not that neat of a bow. On the screen in front of me the audiobook sits in an editing suite, thousands of little edits splitting multi-hour recording sessions into pieces. On my phone, emails pop-up and are batted back within moments, like a dull game of whack-a-mole. Dotted about my desk are twenty or so post it notes, each one a vital reminder of a task, an immediate deadline, or an editing note. (“DON’T FORGET MONO R” one helpfully yells at me.)

Yes, my book is here, but that’s not the end of it. With Fuck Yeah, Video Games, the release kicked off a book tour, then a fair few months of finishing off the unique backer rewards before the to-do list was all ticked off. A lot of work to “finish” the book, but I knew everything that lay ahead. With Paradox, the publisher collapsed a month before the release date, and a new company has swept in to release it. So, now what?

Here's what I know. The publication date of The Paradox Paradox is the 17th April and that remains unchanged. That’s the date that the book is considered officially out. Will people receive their copies then?

No.

At least, I hope not. I’ve yet to sign a single copy, despite a plan to sign bookplates instead to speed things up. The moment the bookplates land on my doorstep, which I’m hoping is this week, I’m firing up OBS, streaming the entire signing process, then booking in a pickup ASAP. I don’t actually know how many copies I’ve sold, I think about 4,000, but I can sign about 500 prints an hour so it should be easily doable. Then, the backer rewards. No idea on these at all. I’ve sent off detailed notes, a wonderful artist has been commissioned, but that’s the last I’ve heard of it. Even the audiobook, recorded by yours truly (with Mr Stuart Ashen as the footnotes) is running late. At least this one is on me, as I try and squeeze recording and editing time in amongst all of the above and moving house simultaneously. As you can probably tell, this entire process has been more than a little frustrating, and also why I was insistent that the eBook release early. For a time, I worried that might be the only version to ever release.

But, eventually, the physical book will be in your hands. Five hundred and eight pages of adventure, joy, broken hearts and time travel. Finally, at that point, I hope beyond hope that it will have been worth both the work and the wait.

Until next time,

Daniel

Xx

PS. I am super thrilled by how CHUNKY it is mind.

PPS. Oh, and I officially become a Doctor Who writer this month as well with the release of Short Trips Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex. That’s been so lovely and smooth I almost forgot about it!