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The “When’s That Book Coming?” Spring 2015 Edition

What’s New

Dear god, there’s actually STUFF for this update!

 

Demons of Oblivion

OblivionBoxset-KindleFirst, the Demons of Oblivion series is in paperback again.

Their covers match the ebook editions. You can find them at CreateSpace and Amazon. There aren’t currently any available in my shop–if you hate Amazon and/or want signed copies, let me know what titles you want to buy and I’ll see about ordering them, I just can’t afford to part with a chunk of change and no guarantee people will buy them right now. I already have one person interested and I hoping to get some ordered this month.

There’s also The Demons of Oblivion Bundle–the first three books and short stories, bundled as one for $9.99 (or $8.99 in my shop). It’s available everywhere.

I dislike asking for reviews, however, if you’ve read the three books in the series, please consider dropping a quick review of the bundle at Amazon.  Thank you!

Early March, I released the short story Prey. More below.

Also in February, I confirmed that, unequivocally, the Demons of Oblivion is done for good due to piracy. After Oblivion, it’s done. I’m sorry, it was a painful situation, but that’s it now (unless I decide to write future books as patron-only serials…I’ve thought about it). And because the dumb bint who killed the series is after Damaged now, it is no longer available outside of my website, as I have to protect my health and I just do not have the energy to be policing this book too. There will be a print edition soon, however, which will be for sale on Amazon (I’m currently writing a short story to be included with it to boost the page count…think Nate and Ryann Buddy Cop Movie).

To celebrate the launch of Amends (more below), there is a 99c sale for Bloodlines all month. If you haven’t read it, now’s a great time to check it out. If you HAVE, please let your friends know, or else I’ll have to feed you to Zara’s saber-tooth cat, Rodney.

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The other three novels in the series are $1 off in my online shop this month as well. (And if you want Whiskey Sour, it’ll be 99c next month, so hold on for that one.)

 

River Wolfe

rebellion-kindleI also released (briefly) free the novella Rebellion. This is a River Wolfe story, and a companion piece to the novel River. It was a five-day event and is now no longer free–you can find it for sale in my online shop as well as on Payhip in ebook, and for print collectors it’s on Amazon and Createspace. If you insist on a third-party sold version, you can pre-order it at various places, however if rampant piracy of the series crops up again, that will no longer be an option.

There’s another River-related probably-novella-because-I-suck-at-short-stories I might write after Wolfe is released, but if it eats up as much time as Rebellion did, I am not yet sure if I can afford to write it. I’m gauging interest in Rebellion to decide if the last story will be worth it.

In MOAR River news, the collector hardcover edition is now available. It’s only on Lulu and I had no option to distribute elsewhere, so I’m sorry. It contains River and Rebellion, and you can find it here.

 

Patreon Update

Prey-smThe first milestone was reached late February, which meant Prey was posted for patrons to read! This is an Alchemy Red longish-short story set after Damaged.

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed. This now covers my monthly medication and I am sooo relieved. If you haven’t yet, please check the story out and enjoy!

And….the Amends milestone was ALSO reached! My god, you people are amazing. That means the Zara Lain serial Amends will start posting this month. I’m aiming for 2-3 chapters a month right now. It should conclude around the end of the year. If we stay at $100/month, I’ll serialize another unpublished book (likely the Livi Talbot prequel Riderch’s Sword). I am sorting out the easiest way to make the chapters available to patrons and will have the details soon.

If you have a couple bucks to spare a month and would like exclusive content plus to read other stuff early, have a look. (If you don’t, I totes understand and I still love you.)

 

What’s Upcoming

I actually don’t have any more firm dates at the moment.

 

What I’m Working On

I started the rewrites for Haunted however, as I’m prone to doing, I decided to gut the thing and rewrite it in first person, change the villain and ending, and create more work for myself. So it might be a late-summer thing, or I might set it aside to finish up Wolfe first as it’s my primary commitment, next to stuff for patrons.

Other than that, more for-pay writing, of course, and a couple of other projects. I should hopefully have a better idea of when Wolfe will release this year by the next update. There is lots of stuff going on in my personal life at the moment, so it’s a matter of “I’ll get to stuff when I get to stuff.”

As always, thank you for your support, and happy reading!

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And…That’s It

rebellion-kindleRebellion‘s concluded and the story is now offline.

If you missed it, you can buy your very own copy in PDF, EPUB, or MOBI either on my site or Payhip. (Payhip, I believe, can deliver at least Kindle files the way Amazon does, possibly the Nook ones too.) Similarly, if you enjoyed it and want your very own copy, there you go. For print collectors, you should be able to find it on Amazon this weekend or Monday.

There is another post-Wolfe story I’d planned to write to tie up a few loose ends for series fans, but now I’m afraid it’ll morph from a short story into something longer like this one did and I really can’t afford that kind of time without knowing whether there’s sufficient interest or not. So I’ll be seeing how this one does over the next little while to see.

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Thank you for reading!

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Soundtrack Sunday – REBELLION Edition

rebellion-kindleLord, save me from male characters who make me listen to sappy music.

So anyway, I snagged a bunch of songs from the River soundtrack and built from there, so there’s some crossover. Without further ado, here is the Rebellion playlist, just in time for you to buy the novella now or read it briefly for free starting tomorrow.

 

Zoe Keating – “Lost“
I wrote a lot of the forest scenes to Zoe Keating’s Into the Trees. “Lost” also seemed appropriate for the first chapter called “Found”.

Jeffrey Gaines – “In Your Eyes“
C’mon, you knew this one would be on here.
All my instincts, they return//And the grand facade, so soon will burn

Lissie – “They All Want You“
And my heart breaks watching it takin’ its toll

Sheryl Crow – “I Shall Believe“
During the scene where he’s wrapping her hands up after the fight in her cabin (yes, that’s revisited in the novella).
That not everything is gonna be the way//You think it ought to be//It seems like every time I try to make it right//It all comes down on me//Please say honestly you won’t give up on me

BOY – “Drive Darling“
I’m smiling on the surface//I’m scared as hell below

Linkin Park – “Numb”
Daryl’s theme.
Every step that I take is another mistake to you

Chris Isaak – “Let Me Down Easy”
Don’t you hear my heart is calling//You don’t know how hard I’ve fallen for you

Max Frost – “Let Me Down Easy“
That there are two songs with this title is not lost on me.
Before the words are spoken//I know what’s on your mind//So now it’s in the open//Don’t wanna know, don’t wanna know why

Korn – “Alone I Break”
I wrote the book’s fight scene to this one.

David Usher – “Souring”
The opening of the chapter “Assimilate.”
Woke up thinking I love you//But I can’t say why

Ingrid Michaelson – “Can’t Help Falling In Love with You“
So take my hand, and take my whole life too

Twinbed – “Trouble I’m In”
Although this was on the River soundtrack (for a scene toward the end, where he says “No more words”), it was always a Daryl POV song.
You are the trouble I’m in

Lissie – “Hello“
I’ve been alone with you//Inside my mind

David Usher – “My Way Out“
The beginning of the fourth part, Belonging
And if I could remember//If I could find a place a time the space to see another way home//And if I could forget you//Maybe there’s no other way out

The Album Leaf – “The Light”
The final scene of the novella.

 

Fun fact #1: David Usher–or a teen version–is also roughly how I always pictured Daryl. *the more you knooow*
Fun fact #2: Daryl Marsden was named after a boy I liked in school like two decades ago, and I realized while writing this that I don’t even remember his last name. Clearly it was the love of the century.

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New Release – Rebellion: A River Wolfe Story

IT’S HERE, IT’S HERE, IT’S HERE!

(I’m excited. I might be the only one, but I had loads of fun with this story.)

If River is a story about what it’s like being in a body where you don’t belong and fighting that with every fiber of your being, Rebellion is about what it’s like to recognize you’re living a lie and can choose another path.

Without further ado, here is the blurb and buying/reading info.

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Rebellion follows werewolf Daryl Marsden as he rediscovers River, the wolf he changed into a human girl three years ago.

Haunted by past mistakes and the need to right them now, Daryl struggles hide the truth behind the night he changed the white wolf and to pass along the rules and history given to him by his father: assimilate with humans, hide what you truly are. But River defies his plans, instead awakening the wolf in him, leaving Daryl with the choice of following the path he’s been forced on or giving in to his true nature.

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The story takes place during the first half of River, from Daryl Marsden’s POV–there are a collection of scenes from the book that appear from his point of view, and then a chunk of the story is sort of “lost scenes” that never made it into the book (you’ll see when you get there). As such, it’s more of a companion to the novel.

So this is the short (er, novella) I’d hoped to include with the re-release of River but hadn’t been well enough to write.  It’s no longer feasible to add it to existing editions of the book being sold–it’s hella-long and would increase the paperback’s size and price a lot, so as mentioned previously, I’m doing a special week-long event where you can read it free, and then it’ll be for sale only. Daily from Monday March 16 to Thursday March 19, a new part will be posted. It’ll stay live through Friday, and then come down again.

If you want to read immediately, you can buy a copy in my online shop. Remember, I can’t sell to EU countries, but you can also buy through Payhip as they’re taking care of VAT for me.

I’m undecided as to whether or not it’ll be available elsewhere later.

Patrons: you still have access to this. You don’t need to buy, PDF EPUB and MOBI are available here.

 

This story is not standalone.

(I made that big letters so you can’t miss it.)

River_2014-smIt doesn’t make sense without having read the novel, and I didn’t bother trying to make it accessible to newbies. You can buy River on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, OmniLit, Smashwords, iTunes, Payhip, and direct and you’ve got the weekend to read and catch up. If buying direct or on Payhip, enter the coupon code “rebellion” (no quotes) to save 25%.

Another argument in favour of getting the current edition of River: the scenes in Rebellion that line up with River’s previously seen POV are based on the 2014 version and not the old one. Scenes and dialogue changed. So don’t complain if it doesn’t match the 2006 version. 😛

If soundtracks are your thing, that posts on Sunday.

Also, this contains mature subject matter. River is YA, I guess, due to the age of the protag, so this should be as well, but I’d label Rebellion age 14+. I *think* anyone reading my blog is likely an adult, but just an FYI, read it before handing it to your twelve-year-old. It’s darker than River.

The title comes from a specific line of Gray’s in the latter fifth of the novel: “I still have no idea what possessed him to rebel like that.” Daryl’s story, from the time he was fourteen and changed her, straight through to when he finds her again, is about a building rebellion. This story chronicles a glimpse of it.

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The Thing They Don’t Tell You

Yesterday I got excellent news from Dr. M, my specialist. My MRI showed no active disease and I’m not that badly damaged yet, I don’t yet require surgery, and I seem to be tolerating the medication well. I can cut down on my visits to her AND my frequent bloodwork.

I sort of sat there and blinked for a few moments, because I wasn’t prepared for that.

I prepare for worst case scenario, always, because bad news always hurts that much more when you have hope. At least for me. So I was quite prepared for something dire and had trouble adjusting to the idea that, for a little while, I’m okay. It’s that “for a little while” that is key, however. It’s not permanent. It’s never permanent; this can’t be cured. Oddly, it’s a little like mental illness that way. Periods of wellness in between periods of, “Oh, fuck”. There are all kinds of instructions on how to deal with bad news, but the thing they don’t tell you about is the good.

For a brief moment, sitting there with my doctor, I nearly stumbled over words (thank GOD she seems to find me coherent and like me as a patient, at least I’m generally educated on things) and the question flared in my head, “What now?” A different sort of panic than I’m used to, the good news triggering another shuffling of the ground beneath me. I’d mentally prepared me for one path and yet here is another, brighter one.

I recovered quickly, of course. Because the answer to that question is, well, carry on.Maximize this time of wellness, do all the things you comfortably can, and enjoy the hell out of it. Don’t ever squander it.

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Anyway, this should mean we’re back to our regularly scheduled bloggage about books and such.

So I came home yesterday to the internet losing its damn mind (I still don’t even know wtf) AND the wonderful surprise of Patreon meeting its first milestone(!). This means that not only is my monthly medication paid for, but the Alchemy Red short, Prey, will soon be posted (one scene to finish and then a proofread on my end) for patrons. It’s a lot of fun and contains several familiar faces even if that’s not initially apparent from the description.

rebellion-kindleMarch also continues to be a busy month as things are on track to release the novella Rebellion. This is the first time I’ve revisited the River Wolfe world with new content as a writer since 2008 and for readers (when Wolfe was actually publisher), 2009. I am reasonably certain I am the only one excited for this novella (other than the friend who is currently reading it for coherency for me), but I don’t care: I’m tremendously pleased and I hope River Wolfe readers who catch it enjoy it.

So that’s it for me today. Errands to run, a flat to clean, some naughty assassins to get into trouble with some of your favourite characters, editing to do…

And possibly some nachos. Remission feels good.

MEET SKYLA DAWN

Writer of urban fantasy, thrillers/mysteries, and horror.
Fifth-generation crazy cat lady. Bitchy feminist.
So tired all the goddamn time.

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