Friday, May 10, 2013
Free Book for Mother's Day Weekend
Call the Rain will be free on May 11th and 12th! Download! Read! (Maybe even rate it!).
Free on Kindle May 11 and 12, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
What's next after Call the Rain
A downside of my shameless genre hopping is that, so far, I haven't really written two books in a row that are similar to each other. It's not that I can't write a follow-up, but over several years of shopping manuscripts, I was afraid to spend too much time working on a follow-up to something that might never sell. Throwing good money after bad (or, really, throwing good time after bad).
So, if you've read either of my published books (or even if you haven't), you might be wondering what I'll publish next. People like series, and if anyone happened to like what they read, they might want more of the same. The good news is that everything I have written will (eventually) have related follow-ups. The bad news is that I have yet to write most of those follow-ups.
Here's the plan (chronologically):
Near-Term:
Accomplice. Fall 2013 A sexy romantic suspense. Novel-length (around 65000 words). I'm a handful of scenes from the end, plus I have the post-draft work to do (lots of edits, formatting, cover art, etc).
Holiday 2013 I will be release a short (about 7500 words, or about 50 pages) tie-in called The Christmas Affair, featuring a character who only had a brief moment of screen time (Harriet, the disgruntled engineer). I have a draft of this done, but edits remain.
Longer Term:
Follow up to Call the Rain. Alas, I have not #2 in this series. And this will be a series made up of more novellas and some novel-length works. I have two competing ideas for the next installment. One is Quarie's story, the sister of the heroine from Call the Rain. The second is a different part of the same overall world, but all new characters. Quarie may appeal to readers of Call the Rain, but the second idea has been floating around my brain longer. I also have the beginning 1/4 of a longer, also-related work set in the same overall world. (Did I mention that this is Epic Fantasy with a ginormous world in which I shall slowly begin unveiling a rather large problem that affects every one of these disparate peoples that I'm going to be writing about...)
The Vegas Affair. This will be a novel-length direct sequel to The Paris Affair. It is the story of Kelsie, Helmut's sister. I am aiming for a 2014 release, but no promises because all I have written now is a short synopsis and some character notes.
Sci-Fi Romance series. I have been sitting on Leap for a couple of years (title is subject to change), but it is really book two of a series. I have the opening chapters to Take Me Down, book 1. But an opening does not a whole novel make. I have a whole series name and follow-ups planned.
The Wild Card:
And last, but not least, I have yet another contemporary (with series potential). I've been sitting on Hold on to the Knight for several years now. It's a sweet contemporary--another PG-type rated story. I didn't want to release it back-to-back with uber-sexy Paris Affair.
So, if you've read either of my published books (or even if you haven't), you might be wondering what I'll publish next. People like series, and if anyone happened to like what they read, they might want more of the same. The good news is that everything I have written will (eventually) have related follow-ups. The bad news is that I have yet to write most of those follow-ups.
Here's the plan (chronologically):
Near-Term:
Accomplice. Fall 2013 A sexy romantic suspense. Novel-length (around 65000 words). I'm a handful of scenes from the end, plus I have the post-draft work to do (lots of edits, formatting, cover art, etc).
Holiday 2013 I will be release a short (about 7500 words, or about 50 pages) tie-in called The Christmas Affair, featuring a character who only had a brief moment of screen time (Harriet, the disgruntled engineer). I have a draft of this done, but edits remain.
Longer Term:
Follow up to Call the Rain. Alas, I have not #2 in this series. And this will be a series made up of more novellas and some novel-length works. I have two competing ideas for the next installment. One is Quarie's story, the sister of the heroine from Call the Rain. The second is a different part of the same overall world, but all new characters. Quarie may appeal to readers of Call the Rain, but the second idea has been floating around my brain longer. I also have the beginning 1/4 of a longer, also-related work set in the same overall world. (Did I mention that this is Epic Fantasy with a ginormous world in which I shall slowly begin unveiling a rather large problem that affects every one of these disparate peoples that I'm going to be writing about...)
The Vegas Affair. This will be a novel-length direct sequel to The Paris Affair. It is the story of Kelsie, Helmut's sister. I am aiming for a 2014 release, but no promises because all I have written now is a short synopsis and some character notes.
Sci-Fi Romance series. I have been sitting on Leap for a couple of years (title is subject to change), but it is really book two of a series. I have the opening chapters to Take Me Down, book 1. But an opening does not a whole novel make. I have a whole series name and follow-ups planned.
The Wild Card:
And last, but not least, I have yet another contemporary (with series potential). I've been sitting on Hold on to the Knight for several years now. It's a sweet contemporary--another PG-type rated story. I didn't want to release it back-to-back with uber-sexy Paris Affair.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Release Day!
This one is traditional fantasy with a (sweet) romance. It's novella length, clocking in just over 30,000 words. So about a third of a full-length print book.
Yes, yes, I know. A little different than The Paris Affair. If you've been around this blog a while, you're probably not surprised in the least. I'm a shameless genre hopper.*
Anywho, here's the cover, the blurb, and the link to buy on Kindle (hint: Prime members can borrow it for free!).
Blurb:
The water beckons…
Illista and her sister fled their homeland when invaders killed their parents and tried to enslave the girls’ innate water magic. Now disguised as servile Waki, Illista serves the Segra people on the dusty high plains, far from the warm oceans of her childhood.
One night, lured by the siren song of the Segra’s sacred lake waters, Illista sheds her Waki disguise for a swim and becomes witness to a murder attempt on the Segra chief’s only son and heir.
War looms…
Joral’s marriage to the daughter of another tribe will seal the peace between the warring nations and strengthen both halves of the Segra people against invaders from the West. When he is poisoned and nearly drowned on the night of his betrothal, a mysterious sprite of a woman saves his life.
Was the attempt on his life the workings of a rival, or was it tied to the sudden arrival of Western mercenaries who seek the missing water witches?
A secret revealed…
When Joral discovers Illista’s secret, will he sacrifice her to secure peace for his people? Or will he follow his heart for the sake of a water sprite who may be the Segra’s only hope for restoring the rains to the drought-ridden land?
*FYI, I do have a follow-up or two to The Paris Affair in the works, including a holiday-themed short that is in work, and a sequel on the drafting board. Did I mention genre-hopping? Because in the middle of the Paris sequels, I'm planning a little romantic suspense and maybe some sci fi. And I have a sequel or three to Call the Rain also on the drafting board. It's a big board, ok?
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