BLOOD TIES preorder!

Well, it was a weekend. Some things went on Friday night so I hadn’t cleaned out a crockpot (though the lid was on), and got home Saturday after my store shift to find Shawn had been into it–the butter and onions. Cue panic.

So far he seems fine–I think I’d see gastro symptoms if he’d eaten much at all, though I’m still vigilant for onion toxicity. That boy will be the death of me, but then I should’ve anticipated this giving his name.

Because of this, I didn’t get my Blood Ties revision done, but I’ll have it off for the first round of edits in a week or two. The book is done–I got all the pieces in the right place (I think)–and set for release June 2, with this first draft serializing for all patrons weekly for three months starting January 29.

The first month of posts are scheduled and it’s popping up for preorder everywhere. Let’s get linkage out of the way…

Elis O’Connor kills people.

“Garbage men”, to be exact—the predators, the abusers…and the occasional mansplainer. It scratches an itch and, since the death of her mother sent her spiraling, it hardly seems like the worst way to pass her time in a post-apocalyptic city crawling with demons and dimensional tears.

One thing she doesn’t do is save men.

But that’s about to change when a woman comes to her door for help finding her missing cousin. While Elis would love to send her packing, this cousin isn’t just anyone: he’s Elis’s estranged older half-brother Dev, and he’s gotten himself into trouble even the considerable magic ability they both share can’t get him out of.

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All patrons, regardless of tier, will get the weekly first draft chapters. Patrons at $5+ will get the final ebook before it releases in June (May-ish?).

There’s a brief FAQ that’s going up with the first two chapters, but I’ll repeat some of it here:

When are new chapters posted? Posting schedule is two chapters every Wednesday, and it’ll run for three months. Those who wanted monthly bundles: the book is divided into three parts, so at the end of every month I’ll post a bundle so you can download that instead.

Is the book done? Yes! I’m finishing up another revision pass before sending it for content edits, but it’s done start to finish.I’m scheduling posts a few weeks in advance so there shouldn’t be any interruptions, and it gives me some breathing room so I’m not scrambling to find an excerpt every month to post right now (and I can focus on catching up in other areas).

Is this polished and edited? Nope! It’s an unedited first draft, which at this point means it’s a step above a bare-bones zero draft (so no [insert fight here] notes, but there will be some revisions before it’s published this summer). The basic bones will be the same as the final version, unless my content editor notices something egregious.

What file formats is it in? The usual suspects: mobi (for Kindle), pdf (printable or readable with Adobe Reader), and epub (Nook, Kobo, etc), so readable on all computers and ereaders depending on your preference. 

Is there any recommended reading? Counterpoint: ALWAYS Kill a Boy on the First Date is probably a good idea but it should stand alone. Demons of Oblivion readers might want to reread Oblivion to catch little things. Essentially, certain things might have more weight if you’re a fan of the old series, but you won’t be lost without it. You can probably walk in cold though and follow along no problem–this is an entirely new character with an entirely new set of problems.

I’m here for Livi, not this series. Are you coming back to her books? Yes! But I wrote things before Livi, I’ll write things after Livi, and I’ll juggle things during Livi. Right now, I’m so burned out that I needed something 100% fun for myself that was lower pressure. Serializing this new thing gives you something new to read for a bit, I can give my brain something else to focus on and a bit of break, and I’ll be more refreshed to go back to Livi. We’ll resume Livi excerpts in the spring when I’ve gone back to the new novel. Know that your contributions 100% supports the continued writing of her adventures–I would not be able to continue in any fashion without Patreon. 

Is this the first of a new series? Hopefully! It might be something I dip into now and then when I feel like writing it, to continue to keep it low pressure. Elis has a very long list of deserving men to kill, and there’s a teaser blurb for the second in the series at the end of this one.