Elis Is Back on Friday

I’ve got the start of Hell Fire loaded at Patreon for Friday, the first four chapters, and I’m getting the next bundle loaded for September (the first Friday of the month–whatever day that is, I have no idea).

I’m working on October’s chapters now.

That’s how I’m trying to look at it–I can’t get this book done in one big gulp, so I’ll take it one bite at a time. There won’t be chapters in November since I’m doing an extended preview of AWKoD then, so that gives me a bit more time to write it.

I still can’t believe it’s August. I have gotten nothing done this year, yet there is just so much going on (much of which I can’t talk about). Hell Fire might actually be the only new thing I write this year at the rate I’m going.

I’ve got tuberculosis screening to do on Friday (or hoping to get it all done; bloodwork was an appointment, but they’re doing xrays as a walk-in, which I find very dumb because who wants to spend the day sitting in a waiting room? what about people without flexible work schedules? I’m sure this is Ford’s fault), and once I’m clear for that, I’m being moved onto a fancy expensive drug to tackle my overactive immune system. Self-injecting, because lol you’ve seen my veins–I can’t do infusions, even if there was a spot nearby.

I’ll have an increased risk of respiratory infections so…good thing I already plan to mask forever, I guess.

A few months of that, along with who knows what kind of side effects (look, as long as they’re not psychiatric ones like prednisone has, I can deal with it), and hopefully I’ll be in the clear to resume normal life and just have regular checks for cancer and stuff. Trying to keep a loose schedule for tests, dr visits, side effects, etc is such a pain in the ass with anxiety. If I’m getting a delivery, I basically spin out all day until it’s at my door–health stuff is like that only worse. It isn’t as if I’m not working, but the whole time I’m cognizant of how my anxiety is making things ten times as difficult.

Don’t get sick, if you can help it. And please ensure your kids experience minimal trauma (or at least get them therapy) so they don’t end up with a lifetime of health issues because, yeah, ACEs and autoimmune disorders in adulthood go hand in hand, apparently.

Anyway. Elis!

Elis O’Connor has finally crossed to the Oblivion dimension in search of her missing brother, joined by his witch ex-girlfriend Callie Young and part-demon Melinoë Takata.

Even though the dimension is dying, she figures her brother should be easy to find given he’s all but a prince to the creatures there. Instead, she finds a world descended into chaos and war, its former antichrist ruler toppled, and his supporters hunted down and slaughtered.

And the instability of the dimension during its death throes means they don’t have a lot of time left to find Devdan and get home again.

Elis figures at least being in another dimension means some of her troubles—like the police on her trail for her serial-killing extracurricular activities—will be on pause, but unfortunately, she’s not without enemies in Oblivion either.

Because someone believes the sins of the mother should be visited upon the daughter—and as the only child of prolific assassin Zara Lain, there’s a lot Elis can be made to suffer for.

(I tried to keep that Zara thing secret to the general public to let the books stand on their own and only discovered as people read them, but Blood Ties tanked, so let’s try a different version of things!)

We’re at book 4 now. I did not think we’d get this far–Blood Ties was just supposed to be a fun novella for my friend’s birthday, rather than a short novel that started a series. It’s more of a serial than I’d anticipated, as well, and I’m glad I’ll get to finish it (probably by the sixth book) at Patreon.

A reminder that all patrons get access to Elis’s stories as they serialize, and when they’re all done, edited, proofed, and ready for release in paperback, you’ll get the final ebook as well–so for something like $11/year with the annual discount, there’s all that, an archive of previous stuff, all to support new books getting made. Even more stuff available at the higher reward tiers, too (including other final ebooks; otherwise, the basic books are in the archives).

I’ve got to go make some new words now, and get a chunk of October’s chapters done. I’ve done all my Patreon scheduling and made some ebooks–Livi Vol II is uploaded on Kobo and D2D now, the preorder is for September 19, and I’ve got it live on Payhip as well (I should also do Ko-fi–yay, more procrastination). Also, I’ve got a new sales page kept updated regularly, so you always know where the best deal is on books.