Sunday, December 31, 2017

Looking Back and Forward

Happy New Years Eve. 2017 was a wonderful year as far as my writing life goes. I have a stellar following, and for that I am grateful. Without my readers, I wouldn't be able to do what I love every day. As a writer, I live in my stories. My characters are family. Once a book has reached "the end" that doesn't mean the story, the world, the people, are forgotten. They live inside my head and in my heart. I'm sure you've read books that stay with you, and you feel like the characters are your family or friends. That's how it is for a writer.

This year, I wrote 5 books and 1 Novella. The genres were all over the place, and that's because I have so many stories to tell.  Here they are in order of release - 
  • Finding Me - Book 3 in The Music Within Series (MM)
  • Tap Dancing with the Devil - Standalone MF Suspense
  • Julian - Book 9 in The Stone Society
  • Oracle - Book 1 in The Guardians of Truth - YA Fantasy
  • Urijah - Book 10 in the Stone Society (MM)
  • Dane - Stone Society Novella

Here are the stories I have slated for 2018 - 
  • Tamian - Book 11 in the Stone Society
  • The Ghost in the Water - A Samuel Dexter Story (MM)
  • Finding Home - The Music Within Book 4 (MM)
  • Seeker - The Guardians of Truth Book 2 - YA Fantasy
  • Tap Dancing with an Angel - MF Suspense
  • Deacon - Book 12 in The Stone Society
The stories are tentative and won't be released in the order shown above. I fully intended on getting to Ghost and Finding Home in 2017, but the characters were being quiet. They are whispering to me now, but until they are shoving each other out of the way to say something, I will continue writing the voices that are speaking to me. Dane wasn't supposed to happen until after Deacon, but he was pushing and shoving, so he got his story told this year.

I apologize to everyone who is waiting on a certain story to be told, but I will not push a book out just because it should be next. Believe me, nobody puts more pressure on me to get a certain book out than I do. I have sat down and tried to force the words, but all that does is make for a crappy story and take away from the stories that are supposed to be told first. I hope you can understand.
I attended several book signings and met some of you in person for the first time, and I look forward to meeting more of you next year. I have 4 book signings slated for 2018 - 
  • Kinky in Kansas City - March 10th
  • Rocket City Author Event (Huntsville AL) July 21st
  • Naughty Nashville - October 6th
  • Rebels & Readers (Huntington WV) - November 3rd 
Here's to a wonderful 2017 and an even better 2018. I wish you all nothing but the best in the coming year.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Dane is Live & The 12 Days of Giveaways Starts Tomorrow

Dane and Marley's story is a 37k word fun read. The Unholy are on the rise, 3 Greek Gargoyles have something planned for the Stone Society, and things are heating up in New Atlanta.

Dane is live here: Amazon   iBooks   Kobo  and coming soon to Barnes & Noble.

It's that time of year again when I start the 12 Days of Giveaways through my newsletter. Starting tomorrow, I will be giving away everything from socks, to jewelry, to gift cards, signed books, and a Kindle Fire. You can't win if you aren't subscribed, so click on the Newsletter link to get signed up:  Newsletter  I normaly only send out the newsletter with cover reveals and releases. This is the one time of year where you get 12 in a row. After that, it goes back to about every other month.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, and thank you for being part of my year.