Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Pieces of Stronghold Release Date

So I'm working hard this week on finishing up Pieces of Stronghold.  Homeschooled has been completely neglected in the meantime, but I'll be writing the last chapter of that as soon as I manage to finish this darned novella.  =D  Not really darned, I'm having a good time writing it, but it's much longer than I initially wanted (which means that it's also taking longer to write) and much more involved than I realized it would be.  However, it's also a lot of fun slipping into old character's POVs and having a little visit.  After writing a chapter for Justin, Chris and Jessica, I'm looking forward to their eventual novella even more than ever.  I may write another multiple POV novella after this one or I might not, but it's certainly been an interesting experience.  I'm one chapter and the epilogue away from finishing it.  WOOT.

Release date for Pieces of Stronghold will be June 15 and RaineyCloud9 did a gorgeous promo poster for me.


Twitter has already gotten the cover reveal  =)  It'll be up on Facebook this Friday and I'll post it to the blog sometime next week.  Facebook gets a lot of the little teaser excerpts from the book, so it only seemed fair that Twitter gets the pictures first.

It's possible that I may be able to make this one available for pre-order, but only if I actually manage to finish it before this Friday.  I'm going to be at a nerd convention all weekend =)

Right now it's looking like the website up next month, which I'm super excited about, as well as finally getting a newsletter going.  Yay!  Soooo things are moving along.  The one downsides is that doing more of this kind of stuff does take away from time I could be spent writing / editing / etc. but I mean hey... that's just how the cookie crumbles.

I originally meant to go straight into Breaking the Chain after Pieces, but I think I might need more time for the story to percolate, so I'll either concentrate on Hebe, the second book in the Planets Apart series or work on another historical DD book.  Possibly just work on both until one starts to take precedence lol.  I just need the break in between series books, helps me think and work things out before I start writing.  I know that people have been missing the Victorian DD stuff too, since the Domestic Discipline Quartet was completed.  I've got a few ideas for new books, which may even be set in the same world.  Should be fun =)

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  1. I for one have really missed the victorian DD stuff !!!

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    1. lol well then I'm glad I'm bringing some back =) I had a lot of fun writing the first quartet and I've got an idea for at least 2 new books!

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  2. I miss the Victorian DD stuff as well, it inspired me to (finally) get a flogger to play with. It's amazing how difficult it is to find an inexpensive and well made one with real leather (yay ebay and Mr Thuddy!).

    I've been checking your blog daily for updates about Pieces, it'll be an awesome early birthday present.

    I enjoyed Milking Meggie more than I thought I would, so I'm hesitantly looking forward to Hebe as well. Not my kink at all, but with you writing it.. it's absolutely worth looking at.

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    1. Mmmm floggers are delightful =)

      Happy early birthday! (super early if June 15 is going to be early to you lol). Pieces will only be 99 cents, so it's a nice and cheap present to give to yourself!

      I'm glad you enjoyed Milking Meggie! I hope you end up enjoying Hebe as well =) One of my goals with the kink books is writing them so that everyone can enjoy them, even if it's not their kink =) glad to know that it seems to be working!

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  3. I'm making this my birthday gift to myself

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    1. aw happy early birthday! I hope you consider it a good gift! =D

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    2. The best Thing is the release date on my birthday

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  4. I just finished it..... Thank you!! I've missed the Stronghold updates, this feels like an advertising gig, it makes you yearn for more. It sounds terribly selfish, but now that I've read this book, I'm craving the next one one Jared and Leigh.... Please can we get that sooner?? I'm not sure we're ready for the rest of the budding couples just yet, seems we need more buildup for them. So I'm ready for the next one! ;-)

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    1. lol sorry I can't write faster! Trust me, I wish I could =)

      Breaking the Chain is the rest of Leigh & Jared's story and I'm aiming for a Fall 2015 release. After that will come Bound to the Past, which will be Andrew and Kate, followed by either Michael & Ellie's book or Olivia's book (haven't decided the order for those yet =) but, I'll be going back to my old habit of going back and forth between two series. I need the mental break and change-up between books to really feel good about the writing. Don't know why, just seems to be my process =)

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