Today we are working on organizing beta read for Iron and Magic. I keep having to warn people that the book is pushing the envelope when it comes to violence and sex. Hugh starts the book as a suicidal alcoholic and he was a villain for most of the KD series. On one hand, he
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Why Does It Take So Long?
Email this morning: Why does it take you so long to write a chapter? Because it requires thinking. Here, I wrote the beginning of the scene in Google Docs for you. Now I am off to work some more. Fast, cheap, or good, you can have any of two, but not all three. 🙂 Have
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Innkeeper later in the day.
We have finally repaired damage to the office and yesterday and today was spent fixing it back up. Writing in a flood damaged office kind of sucked. So we are working on Innkeeper installment now and we will try to get it to you today. This installment is kind of a two-scene deal, otherwise it
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IRON AND MAGIC: More Info
The BN link is now up in the previous post. Waiting on Kobo and iTunes. Audio and Print? Yes and yes. Audio might come out a bit later than print. The preorder for print will go up closer to the release date. Who will be reading the audio? Right now we are leaning toward a
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IRON AND MAGIC Cover Reveal and Preorder Link
This was a long time coming. The first book of the Iron Covenant Trilogy. Boom! Preorder link: Amazon | BN | iTunes | Kobo A closeup And we have a wallpaper for you. Credit where credit is due: Gene Mollica, the amazing artist behind the image: Twitter | Instagram Andy Peeke, who modeled Hugh D’Ambray: Twitter
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Doooooone!
The draft of Iron and Magic is done and is sent off for editing. We are done, we are done!
PSA: Typical Industry Practices
On a deadline, so a short post for the authors who are just starting out on their career path. Publishing industry has some typical practices. Established writers view it as the cost of doing business. 1. Reoccurring Titles. This is normal. Happens all the time. You can’t copyright your titles. Copyrighting your titles in a
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IRON and MAGIC is not yet up for preorder
It should go up for preorders by mid-month. 🙂 You can’t find it, because it’s not up yet. We are finishing it up, and I have now completely creeped myself out with the tunnel scene, so hey at least it’s creepy. Creepy. ::knocks on wood three times and spits over left shoulder:: I will have
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A Quiz: Find Your Place in Kate’s Atlanta
In honor of IRON AND MAGIC, coming out on 06/26, plug-plug-plug, we have resurrected the Kate Daniels Faction Quiz. Find your place in the volatile world of Kate Daniels. Tell us what you get in the comments. [wp_quiz id=”24181″]
We sold the house
Yay! Not sure what is more exciting, that we made a little bit of money or that we no longer have the debt associated with that mortgage. Either way, yay. Gordon bestowed his crud upon me. I am high on Advil Cold and Sinus and working furiously on the final battle for Hugh’s book. Here
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No Innkeeper until May
The plan was to put out another Innkeeper installment, but we have two interviews, a stack of documents – we are trying to sell our house, and a kid birthday today. We just finished copyedit of Magic Triumphs, which we turned in today, and we are fried. I am also quite angry, for professional reasons,
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Hidden Legacy Update: You Are Cordially Invited
Please RSVP at Amazon, BN, or Retailer of Your Choice In other news from Publisher’s Lunch Deals section: Fiction: Women’s/ Romance Three more novels in Ilona Andrews‘ Hidden Legacy series, focusing on the emerging powers and personalities of previously-introduced House Baylor family members, for publication starting in fall 2019, plus a novella to bridge the
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