11/11/16

• Elemental Ride is out!  It was a best seller on All Romance Ebooks for a while and has generally been getting good reviews.  The biggest complaint I've seen is that it's too short, which is more of a compliment than a complaint.  I really hope everyone has been enjoying reading it! 
  
  I really liked the world I created for Elemental Ride with the coexistence of sprites and humans.  When sprites reach adolescence, they stop being able to feed from their parents and are forced to learn how to absorb from the land on their own very quickly.  A lot of sprites die when they can't learn before they starve.  At some point, humans and sprites began talking with each other and they struck a bargain.  In return for use of a sprite's magical powers for ten years, the young sprites could feed off a human body.  The sprites could take extra time to learn how to survive to adulthood and humans could now use magic.  From that premise I built a story for LT3's Roughhouse Raiders collection--stories written to the theme of motorcycle clubs--and I am very happy with how Elemental Ride turned out. 
  
  Will I ever write more in this world?  I do hope to, but right now my to-do list is far too big.  Once some of my larger projects have been completed I want to return to this world and see about putting together something. 
  
  
• Dragon Detective has also been doing very well.  Readers are overwhelmingly enjoying the story, which I am so happy to hear.  Dragon Soldier, the next book in the series and the conclusion to the plot started in Detective, will be one hundred percent ready to go by April 5, 2017. 
  
  
• I have returned the edits for Dragon Adventure to LT3.  The editor really enjoyed the story and appreciated the shorter format.  This interlude in the series was a ton of fun to write and I'm so excited to have begun polishing it for publication.  I have no idea about a potential release date for Adventure just yet, but hopefully it will also come out in 2017. 
  

Dragon Detective comes out in a few days!  October 19th is coming so quickly.  It's time to hold a giveaway!  One e-copy of Dragon Detective to a lucky commentator.  First, though, I want to say a little about the book:

Dragon Detective is different from the previous books in the series.  Up to this point the series has been focused on Dane and Mercury.  Their quest to save the dragons and to build a family was only supposed to span two books--Dragon Consultant and Dragon Dilemma.  I added a third book--Dragon Deception--in between those two when I realized there was another story to tell.  In Dragon Detective the story leaves Dane and Mercury and instead focuses on Nickel and on Nickel's love interest (if I say the love interest's name here I'll give it away, so read the book to find out who!), but that's not the only change. 

Unlike the first three books, Nickel's two--Dragon Detective and Dragon Soldier--were written as a pair.  Readers of this series will be used to each individual book having a completed plot and that there would be a significant time jump at the start of the next book in the series.  Dragon Detective doesn't end that way: it's not a cliffhanger, but it's clear the story isn't complete.  Luckily, it picks up again almost immediately in Dragon Soldier. 

Each book in the series has been approximately 30 thousand words long.  As I was writing Nickel's story I realized I was going to need more than that length to tell it properly.  For the story to fit correctly into the series as a whole it needed to conform to the length so I ended up splitting Nickel's story into two.  Dragon Detective is part one and Dragon Soldier concludes in part two. 

I was looking forward to writing Nickel's story from the moment the idea for his plot manifested.  He's always been one of the more interesting kits with such an interesting story.  I'm really excited for Dragon Detective to come out so his story can finally be in my readers' hands. 

Dragon Detective comes out on October 19th.  There's still a few more days to pre-order the book for a 15% discount so buy your copy today:  https://lessthanthreepress.com... 

It might seem like a long wait, but Dragon Soldier, the second part of Nickel's story, will come out on April 5, 2017.  I will let everyone know when it's available for pre-order.  

And now, the giveaway:

• Write a comment.  I don't care what about, just leave a comment at the end of this post. 
• For extra entries, tweet, share, or like this post on the various social media sites.  Tell me which ones you've done in your comment. 
• A winner will be chosen via random.org on: October 29, 2016.
  
• Make sure you fill out the email section so I can contact you if you're the winner.  Winner will have 48 hours to respond to my congratulatory email. 
  

9/10/16

Despite my needing to take some time off from writing, things continue to progress with all my stories.  Here's an update on how things are going:

• Magnified was released on September 7th and so far has been getting great reviews.  Thank you to everyone that purchased a copy.  I really hope you enjoyed it! 
  
  
• Cinder-Elle, my fairytale short story from Fairytales Slashed Volume 4, is out of print.  I have some plans for this story, so look for it to appear on my to-do list again. 
  
  
• Speaking of stories going out of print soon, Cleanly Wrong, my story from the Bestiary collection will be going out of print at the end of September.  I'm hoping to polish and resubmit this story, but it may be a while before I can get my act together and make that happen.  Bloody Kiss, my story from the Proud to be a Vampire collection and Jack O'Lantern's Grin, my story from the Halloween Rentboy's collection will both be going out of print in October.  Bloody Kiss might return as part of a larger series, but don't hold me to that.  Jack O'Lantern's Grin will not be returning, so get your copies before they're gone. 
  
  
• I have also been getting a lot of editing accomplished.  The first round of edits for Ner Li and Ge-Mi: Part One and the second round for The Case of the Wandering Wolves and Dragon Soldier are back with LT3, as well as a final proof read for Dragon Detective (out on October 19th).  I have the second pass of edits for Elemental Ride sitting in my inbox that I will start working on soon. 
  

I'm running late on my goals this month.  Very late.  In my defense I'm in the process of moving and that's taking up a lot of my time.  Here's how I did in May:

1. Be Prepared. I returned the copy edits for Dragon Dilemma and Dragon Detective to LT3.  I also returned the first round of edits for the Case of the Wandering Wolves.  I haven't received any additional edits. 
   
   
2. Writing.  Unlike the last few months, I was able to get some writing done.  The Case of the Hopping Hare, the second book in my Trickster's Eye series, is starting to take shape.  I've also been working on two possible (currently untitled) knight stories for LT3's Heart of Steal call, neither of which may actually be submitted for it, but it's fun to work on them.  I've also gotten some planning accomplished for Dragon Spy. 
   

I have two beautiful covers to share from my Supernatural Consultant series and a potential release date for Dragon Detective.  Scroll down to read all the information. 

Supernatural Consultant: Volume One

Print Compilation of Dragon Consultant, Dragon Deception, and Dragon Dilemma. 

Will be released approximately June 1, 2016.