Jane and the Dragon is back in print
Hello friends,
I hope you're all doing very well.
I'm very excited to announce that the original Jane and the Dragon book, first published in 1988, has been republished and is available again in print worldwide. I've modified the original version with two new spreads that were left out due to page count requirements and some extra history behind the story. I was determined to incorporate them into this new version.
It took me quite some time to put this together, and I've been working on it in the background for about six months. Some of the original art has been lost to time, so I've had to recreate it using digital technology, enhancing and reworking my original proof pages. I'm really proud of how it looks!
The paperback is available to order on Amazon, and I've left some links below where you can find it. I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on the republished version. If you decide to pick up a copy, it would be wonderful if you could leave a little review on the listing. I'm hoping to get the book back to its previous level of readership, as it’s obviously very precious to me. It led to the TV show and the Dragonblade novel I'm writing now.
I'm really pleased to have made it available again at conventional book prices because editions of the existing publications have been changing hands for rather crazy prices.
On my other books, Truth and Transformation (Taking Wonderland: Book Two) and Dragonblade. I am still hard at work on both; I’ve put Dragonblade aside for a few weeks as I’m on a roll with the second Wonderland novel. In fact, it’s going so well, and the winter is so cold here that I’ve booked a two-week vacation on a secluded beach in Vanuatu. No internet, no shops, just snorkelling and writing and walking the beach. I’ll send some pictures when I get back. I’m only a few chapters from the end now; I know all the elements of the narrative; I just have to get it done. Then, I’ll move to proofing and editing. Only a few months away now!
Thank you all for reading my little update. I'm keen to hear how everyone else has been. It's currently winter here in the Southern Hemisphere, so I hope all my Southern Hemisphere friends are keeping warm and that my Northern Hemisphere friends are enjoying the wonderful weather. Drop a comment below to let me know how you're all doing. I look forward to reading your comments.
Thanks,
Martin Baynton
As much as I love hearing that Jane and the Dragon is back in print, I honestly saved this article for the poem "Compassion."
Writing takes time and patience. Though I work on it 5-6 days a week, my book (a middle-grade novel) will not be ready until about 2030. At any rate, it would mean the world to me if I could get permission to quote "Compassion" on the title page, just as classic novels quoted other famous authors and poets. So I am saving this page as a reminder to myself that this poem is perfect.