One Week Until The Release Of Monarch: Egg

Seven days and counting until the first of four stages in my novel Monarch is released upon the world.  Holy Christmas! am I excited about this.  This is hardly a finish line, but it is a first step.

For those of you who read this and have not purchased either Monarch: Egg or Monarch (all four stages, which will be updated upon the release of each subsequent stage), no sweat.  Amazon is running them both at discounted prices.  Egg is available for FREE through tomorrow, and all four stages are available for only $0.99 for a limited time.

Believe it or not I have had my fair share of doubts along the way. As an actor out in Los Angeles that "choice" role eluded me.  As a screenwriter I wrote stories that contained the type of roles I had always dreamed of portraying, and finally had the opportunity to do so in the handful of short films I wrote, produced, directed, edited and starred in.  Talk about stress, try wearing all those hats.  That was all GREAT experience, but proved too time consuming and fruitless to continue.

The dawn of the eBook opened my eyes, and the inevitable next step was writing Fiction. All of my previous experience has helped shape the way I work in crafting short stories and now with Monarch.  But it was undoubtedly the writing of screenplays with multiple stories around a central story that best prepared me for writing this novel.

Last night, over a cup of coffee, I was taking account of all my written work over the past twenty years.  I realized that over half of the screenplays that I have written are multi-storied like Pulp Fiction or Crash.  Ironically enough, it was the writing of all those stories that best prepared me for releasing Monarch in four stages.  While there are those who are diehard paper-bound book readers, I love eBooks.   It is because of the eBook format that I wrote Monarch.

My next book will also start off as an eBook.  I don't want to talk about it too much before Monarch is even out, but I will say that it is my favorite screenplay I have ever written and it has multiple stories that will be released in several parts.  But first things first.  In seven days you can start the journey with Ginger Reed and the rest of humanity as we count down the hours to 12/21/2012.

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Finally!

Finally!  All those who purchased a copy of Monarch before Thanksgiving should have now received an email from Amazon.  Just respond "yes" and within two hours all of your Kindle devices or applications should have the "Chapter Preview" update.  Sorry for the delay. I hope you enjoy it.

For those of you who are curious to read the "Chapter Preview," but unsure whether or not you want to shell out any cheese to do so, I got your back.  Click the link below and get a sneak peak at Monarch:Egg.    Only three more weeks until its release.  If you like what you read, I hope you'll consider purchasing a year’s worth of entertainment for just $2.99 and join Ginger Reed in anticipation of December 21, 2012.

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A Halloween Treat

I am posting today to wish you all a Happy and Safe Halloween.  Also, I want to inform you about the Sneak Preview of Monarch:Egg.  Several months ago, I contemplated giving people who purchased Monarch early a collectible item.  My choosing to publish through Amazon seemed to eliminate that option.  I thought about giving away t-shirts with the Monarch logo and had several other ideas in mind.  Oh well.

While I can no longer give away t-shirts or other gifts of appreciation, I can reward those who purchase my book early in one way through Amazon.  For anyone who purchases either Monarch: Egg or Monarch before 11/13/11...ish, I will give you a Sneak Peek at Monarch.

How will I do this?

Well, the Sneak Peek will not be available immediately.  First, I have to attend the 11/11-11/12 Atlanta Writers Conference and see what comes of that.  At some point after that weekend, and before the 12/22/2011 release date, I will make the preview available.  Amazon will send an email informing you that an update has been made to the book.  By clicking on a link in the email it will allow you to replace the message with the Sneak Preview of the book on your Kindle or Kindle application.

I am choosing to do the Sneak Preview for two reasons.  1) It is a way for me to apologize for having to change the Release Date because of the Conference.  2) It is a way for me to thank you for purchasing Monarch before it is even available.  And I appreciate that very much.

Happy Halloween!
Aaron Pitters

Monarch‏ available for Preorder

Today begins the Preorder for my first novel.  Two months and eleven days from today I will not only be releasing Stage One: Egg, but I will also be meeting with a literary agent.  That is one of the reasons I have decided to do a Presale.  If I have crafted a good enough story to go along with good sales over the next couple of months, they may be more open to representing Monarch; thus, increasing the chances that there will be a paperback and hardcover version next summer.  My second reason for doing an early sale is to give my friends, family and those who are keen on the story a break on the pricing of the book(s) before I raise them in November.

It has been over a year since I started on Monarch.  Actually, work began over a decade ago when I wrote a screenplay called Cipher.  Some of you have likely seen the movie trailer that I and others made years ago.  I did little to promote the story and soon moved on to other endeavors, chalking it up to experience, but I never forgot it.  Ten years later, in January of 2010, I was contemplating what artistic undertakings to try to tackle for the year, as I do every year around that time.  That was when it occurred to me: I might attempt something new, while incorporating something over a decade old. 

The much-maligned day of December 21, 2012 was right around the corner; and having witnessed the hysteria back in 1999 over Y2K, I began to construct a plan.  The plan was to bring back the decade-old story of Cipher, and incorporate it into another story.  So, after a year and a half of work, Monarch is almost ready.  She's warming up in the wings, nervously awaiting her chance upon the stage. 

My plan for Monarch is to release it in four separate stages - named after the four stages of the Monarch Butterfly life cycle.  This allows me to do the story like the old serials of yesteryear, a perfect fit for the eBook format that I shall be using with Amazon.  Now I know some of you may be saying, "Well, I don't have a Kindle."  Neither do I, but the beautiful thing is the Kindle is also a FREE downloadable application for multiple devices: Windows PC, MAC, Blackberry, iphone, ipad, Android, Windows Phone 7.  Once you have downloaded the App you must then register it.  As long as you have an account with Amazon, you can now go ahead and purchase kindle e-books.  

If you have the Kindle App on several devices, you can also switch between them.  You can start reading on your PC and then get in a few minutes at lunch with your smart phone.  Pretty Awesome!  We truly are living in a digital age.  Oh, almost forgot Amazon's newest gizmo, you can even use the Amazon Cloud Reader, which allows you to read a book while online.  And then on November 11th you can start reading Monarch. 


This is very important.  Just so you know, when you purchase Monarch online there will be a document sent to your device.  It is not the story.  THAT DOCUMENT WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY BE REPLACED ON NOVEMBER 11th.  You will receive an email from Amazon, probably a few days prior to the eleventh, which will ask you to click a link to replace files.  Click it and Monarch: Egg will supplant the other document.  I will keep you posted on my blog. 

To find out more about the story or to place an order you can either go through my website at monarchthenovel.com, which will send you to Amazon, or go to my Amazon page. 

Thank you for the support.

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August Update

Happy 100 days till the Monarch: Egg e-book release!

Now that we are through July and into August that means not only are the dog days of summer here, but also there is only one month until Monarch is available for preorder.


Keep an eye on the monarchthenovel.com website for updates.

Be safe and enjoy the rest of your summer.

Thanks for reading.

-Aaron Pitters