*taps mic* Ahem. BLOOD HEIR is on Amazon’s Best science fiction and fantasy of 2021 so far List! This is so amazing 😍! BLOOD HEIR was an instant best-seller on its release, and it continues to gather accolades and appreciation. For a self-published book, with no publisher backed advertising or marketing, it is a testament to both
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Release Party for Jeaniene Frost
BFF Jeaniene Frost is releasing the next book in Ian and Veritas series. It’s called WICKED ALL NIGHT and it comes out on February 23. Me, on the phone, doing sexy bedroom voice: Wicked all night… BFF Jeaniene, clearly rolling her eyes in Florida: Oh please. Me: All night. BFF Jeanine: Will you stop? To
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We are not taking a year off
For some bizarre reason, some of you decided that we are taking a year off from writing. Here is a quote from the previous post. For this and other reasons, we are going to take the year off from traditional publishing. When we say “traditional publishing,” we mean that we are not planning signing a
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Bestseller Lists and Blood Heir’s Future
New York Times BLOOD HEIR is #5 on Combined Print and Ebook List. New York Times is a very prestigious list. This isn’t the highest we’ve hit, but it is still very high for a self-published release, because NYT relies heavily on counting the print sales. Our “print” sales are POD, print-on-demand. We don’t have
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200 Registrations Available
We have roughly 800 people registered for both BLOOD HEIR Zoom events. Because we “sold out” so fast and a lot of people felt left out, Gordon and I decided to add 200 slots to the Tuesday event. The registration has just been opened. If you want in, now is your chance to register. We
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Anton Strout Died
Anton Strout died yesterday. He was just online on the 29th, cracking jokes. He left behind a wife and two young children. It is a sudden and shocking loss. Our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family. We are both so sorry.
Monday, Monday
We will have a giveaway for you later either today or tomorrow, but for now some quick notes. Ingram Spark BLOOD HEIR is live on Ingram Spark. That number is 9781641971652. We are currently working with our bookstore partners to get preorders for signed copies up. Due to COVID, “signed” means the book will have
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BLOOD HEIR ARCs
Update: here is the ARC link. The ARCs of BLOOD HEIR will go live on Netgalley on 12/01/2020, so tomorrow. We anticipate a high volume of requests, so please be patient. Here is what an early ARC reader had to say. I read it and there’s great news & not so good news. The great
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Anton Strout and Claw & Order
Today I would like to welcome to the blog Anton Strout, USA Today bestselling author, a popular podcast host, and a seriously funny man. 🙂 Anton has a new Kickstarter project, an urban fantasy anthology called Claw & Order, and since a lot of you enjoyed his work in the past, I didn’t want you
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Blood Heir: Cover Reveal
Art by Luisa Preissler The front page has been updated with the appropriate art and excerpt. Luisa has captured the new Julie perfectly, and we are delighted with the cover. We have completed the first draft of BLOOD HEIR and sent it to our editor, so the book should come out on schedule, on January
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Title Announcement for Catalina #3/Hidden Legacy #6
The next Hidden Legacy book will be titled RUBY FEVER.
Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine, who has been fighting a long and awful battle with cancer, has made the decision to move to hospice care. This post was made on her Fan Page on Facebook, and since not everyone has Facebook, I copied it to reproduce it in its entirety. Links to Rachel’s other books are available on
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