Category: Ner Li - Mell Eight's Writing Blog

Out Now: Ner Li

12/14/2016

Ner Li (I Have A Candle)

It's the holiday season and as usual Ari is feeling left out. He doesn't celebrate Christmas or even put up a tree, which is perfectly fine with him, except that it means he also doesn't get to participate in the season of holiday cheer like everyone around him. All Ari wants is someone to spend Hanukkah with, to exchange a simple gift and maybe even a kiss, but he knows he's probably going to spend the rest of the year with just his dog instead.

News: Pre-Orders

12/12/2016

12/12/16

Ge-Mi: Part One is available for pre-order at LT3. Thanks to LT3's massive holiday sale, you can get it now for 28% off. Ge-Mi comes out on February 8, 2017. https://lessthanthreepress.com/books...
Dragon Soldier, book five in my Supernatural Consultant series, is also available for pre-order for a 28% discount. This book doesn't come out until March 8, 2017 (more on the new date in my next blog post), so there's still a while, but I know you're as excited for release day as I am.
https://lessthanthreepress.com/books...
Of course, you already know that Ner Li will be coming out in just a few short days. Make sure you can take advantage of the pre-order discount before it's too late.
https://lessthanthreepress.com/books...
And don't forget that The Case of the Wandering Wolves is also available for pre-order. This book comes out on January 11, 2017, which will arrive very soon!
https://lessthanthreepress.com/books...

News: Audio Books and Sales

12/11/2016

12/11/16

Coming Soon: The first three books in my Supernatural Consultant series--Dragon Consultant, Dragon Deception, and Dragon Dilemma--will be arriving in audio book this month. I don't have an exact date, but I will definitely let you know as soon as I learn it. The audio books for my Dragon's Hoard series were a big hit and I'm really hoping you'll enjoy Supernatural Consultant just as much. And, yes, for those who are worried, the next books in the series will also become audiobooks, but it probably won't be until after Dragon Home is published.
Ner Li is coming out in just a few days. Thanks to LT3's huge holiday sale, you can get it for 28% off if you buy before December 14th. The Case of the Wandering Wolves is also 28% off until the end of the holiday sale. Plus, every single one of my books in LT3's catalogue is also on sale for 15% off. This is a great opportunity to stock up.

News: I'm So Excited!

12/7/2016

12/7/16

Every year the Rainbow Awards gives out awards for the best LGBTQIA books of the year. I'm unbelievably excited to announce that Supernatural Consultant Volume One received a runner's up position on Rainbow Awards Best Gay Paranormal Romance. It was number seven:
http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/4929842.html
To top off what has been a great evening, I have just seen the final version of the cover for Ge-Mi: Part One and it is probably my favorite cover ever. I'm waiting to share it in it's own, special post, but it really is a ton of fun.
I've been working on the copy edits of The Case of the Wandering Wolves as well. There's a lot of little things to fix, but I can see the benefit to the story with each one I work through. Wandering Wolves comes out January 11, so I need to finish these edits soon!
Don't forget that Ner Li comes out in just one week! You can still get it for a 15% discount at LT3 for a few more days. You can also read an excerpt here: https://www.lessthanthreepress.com/excerpt-ner-li/
And, most exciting of all is the fact that I've been writing again! I've added over 5k words to Dragon Spy (Lumie's first story) in the last few days. It's now at 18k words, which is getting really close to my 30k goal. I'm really hoping to finish writing it this month, so I can get it polished and submitted early next year. Wish me luck!

News: December's Going to be Fun

11/25/2016

11/25/16

El Asesor de Dragones y El Engano del Dragon llegará en Espanol pronto. For those of you that don't read Spanish, Dragon Consultant and Dragon Deception will be arriving in Spanish soon! I don't have an exact date, but I'm definitely looking forward to it. When I learn more I'll let you know.
The Case of the Wandering Wolves, book one in my Trickster's Eye series, is available for pre-order at LT3. It is also up on Goodreads. Feel free to add it to your To-Read list, or just check it out. This is an older story that I was finally able to complete and I'm really excited to have it come out. A coyote shifter finds his mate, but there are werewolves involved which always complicates things. It's set in the same world as Heartbeat, my story in LT3's Satisfaction Guaranteed anthology.
Ner Li (I Have a Candle) is available on NetGalley for all you reviewers out there. It's coming out in a few short weeks. My contemporary Hannukah short story is a little cliche, but I loved writing it and I really hope you'll enjoy reading it.

Cover Reveals: Elemental Ride and Ner Li

10/23/2016

The covers for Elemental Ride and Ner Li, two of my upcoming books, arrived a few weeks ago. Since those books will be coming out soon, I thought I should actually share the covers. They're both absolutely beautiful!

Elemental Ride is part of the Roughhouse Raiders collection at LT3. It is an urban fantasy M/M, Poly story that comes out on November 9th, but is available for pre-order right now.
https://lessthanthreepress.com/books...

Ner Li (I Have A Candle) is part of the Sharing the Season collection at LT3. It is a contemporary M/M story that comes out on December 14th, but is available for pre-order right now.
https://lessthanthreepress.com/books...

News: I'm Still Here

9/10/2016

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.

News: New Developments

6/26/2016

6/26/16

Magnified is up for pre-order! It is the longest and most intricate story I've ever written. Vampires and werewolves, a touch of magic, and a bit of intrigue. I loved writing this story and am extremely excited for it to come out. September 7th is the big day, so make sure to get your copy now: https://lessthanthreepress.com/books... The best part is LT3 is having a massive sale in June for a few more days, so right now you can get it for 32% off instead of the usual 15% discount for pre-orders.
LT3 and I have been going over future release dates for some of my upcoming stories. We already knew Magnified was slotted for September 7th. We then moved Dragon Detective a week earlier to October 12th. Why did we move Detective a touch earlier? Because Elemental Ride, my story for LT3's Roughhouse Raiders call, is coming out on November 9th. Then, Ner Li, my story in LT3's Sharing the Seasons call, will come out soon after on December 14th. That's four stories right on top of each other. Admittedly, the latter two are fairly short, but that's still a lot to squeeze into such a short time-frame.
But wait. There's more! 2017 also has a lot of stories to look forward to. Ge-Mi: Part One, will come out at the end of January. Dragon Soldier will follow in March. The Case of the Wandering Wolves, book one in my Trickster's Eye series, will come out sometime in late April or early May. Dragon Adventure would be next, estimated to arrive at the end of June or early July. Then, Justified is looking at September and Dragon Home sometime after that. Everything I've outlined in this paragraph is a very rough estimation and subject to change based on editing and LT3's scheduling needs, but it's a good plan to start with.
I've been working on the edits for Dragon Soldier and I'm almost done. There's one more thing I have to do before I give it a final read through, but unfortunately it's the biggest item on the to-do list. I need to add one or two new scenes to up the romance, which means figuring out where to slot them in and how to keep the flow steady. I'm hoping to have it done soon.

News: Release Date and More Good News

4/16/2016

4/16/16

Magnified now has a release date: September 7, 2016. That's not too far away! LT3 and I have started talking about the cover and since the editing is complete Magnified will definitely be ready to go on time. I know I've said before how excited I am for this book to come out and now with a release date my excitement is growing even more.
The next big thing I've learned is LT3 is going ahead with a compilation print version containing Dragon Consultant, Dragon Deception, and Dragon Dilemma. We started talking about the cover, which is going to be awesome. I think this print book will be released along with Dragon Dilemma in June, so make sure to look for it then.
I've also spoken with LT3 about starting the cover for Dragon Detective, book four of my Supernatural Consultant series. I don't have an official release date yet, but my best guess might be this December or next January. It depends on whether Ner Li, my story for LT3's Sharing the Season call, bumps Detective's release date back a few months.
I haven't heard anything about any of my other stories. The Case of the Wandering Wolves is next on my list of submissions, so I'm hoping the first round of edits come for that soon. Although, given that TCotWW won't be released until at least ten months from now I'm probably getting way ahead of myself. I might see the edits for Ner Li or Elemental Ride first. I'm also waiting on copy edits for Dragon Dilemma. I don't expect to hear yes or no about whether LT3 accepted Justified for a while, but that is another item I'm waiting to hear about. I'll be sure to let everyone know once I hear about any of my stories.

News: So Many exciting Things

4/9/2016

4/9/16

The most exciting thing that happened to me this week is I found out where I'm going to be sent after my training is completed. I won't say where online, but I'm very happy with it. Of course, this means I need to find a new place to live and finagle all the other moving details. There's two months left of my training, so that's my time-schedule to get everything done. I still have to get through a number of big tests first, though, including another doozy on Monday, but there's so much to look forward to that I can't help being eager about my future.
The next bit of exciting news is the fact that I have finally returned the second round of edits for Dragon Detective to LT3. That's the last big step to take before Detective really starts hurtling down the path towards publishing. I'm hoping to see a 2016 release date for it, but there hasn't been any word yet.
The last bit of exciting news also had me jumping for joy. LT3 accepted four of my submissions! The next three books in my Supernatural Consultant Series--Dragon Soldier, Dragon Adventure, and Dragon Home--are a go! Additionally, my Hanukkah-themed short story, Ner Li (I Have a Candle), was also accepted to LT3's Sharing the Season call. I'm assuming a December 2016 release date for it, but I'll try not to count my chickens too soon.