Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Redemption Book 7 is now available!

Fox Blood, Redemption Book 7 went on sale today!  Thanks to all the fans who have supported this series through 7 installments.  I am truly grateful for each and every one of you, and I hope this volume lives up to expectations.  It is the last book in the series, but I'm open to writing more in this universe.  We'll have to see if the stars align to make that happen; but until then, thanks again.



Happy Reading,
Al

Friday, January 8, 2016

The edits are done!

I have just completed the edits for Fox Blood, Book 7 in the Redemption series!  HUZZAH!  I can finally go to bed!

The final draft has just been uploaded everywhere except Google Play (sorry, Google, your process is long and cumbersome...I'll get to you this weekend).  It is on pre-order and set for the normal release date of January 26th.

Goodnight and Happy Reading,
Al

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The Holiday Hustle

I spent Saturday baking two dozen banana nut muffins and about 8 dozen cookies, and then spent Sunday with family.  I then wrote like mad, and finished writing the fourth Hawthorn novella on Tuesday.  Right now, I'm trying to plan the menu for Friday.  I wanted to start the fifth Hawthorn book yesterday, but the stress of the holiday rush got me, and I spent those hours designing covers instead.  I've got a ton of activities planned for next week--everything from going to see the Denver Zoo Lights to shopping for a new car--so I'm afraid it may be a poor week for additional writing.  However, on the 1st, I am going full stop on all other projects to do my final pass on the 7th Redemption novel, and then it will be ready to go for the launch date in late January.

But the house is beautiful right now, it it looks like we'll be getting more snow toward the end of the week.  Also, here's a new draft cover for the 4th book in the Hawthorn Witches series--enjoy!



Happy Reading,
Al

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Pre-Order for Fox Blood

The pre-order for Fox Blood, Redemption Book 7 is now up!  You can check it out on Amazon.


Also, I got my holiday decorations up today!  Woohoo!

Happy Reading,
Al

The End

I just finished the initial draft of Fox Blood, Redemption Book 7.  Now, on to editing.  I'm setting up the pre-order, with an intended release date of January 26th, so stay tuned for further updates.

Thanks again to all the fans of this series.  It's been quite the journey.

Happy Reading,
Al

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Hawthorn Witches #2 is now available!

Holy smokes, where did the time go?  I've been so wrapped up in finishing the Redemption series that I nearly forgot about this release date!



Sorcerers & Sumac, Hawthorn Witches Novella #2 went live today.  Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered!  This series is exclusive to Amazon, so anyone with a Kindle Unlimited membership can read it for free.  You can find it here.  Or, if you're looking for the first book in the series, look here.

Happy Reading,
Al

Friday, November 20, 2015

Closing out character plots

Well, I'm about to write a farewell to Delia.  (Hoping "farewell" is ambiguous enough to not give any spoilers.)  Kaylee's ending is drawing near, too.  I don't know why, but her ending was one I thought about a lot from the very start of the series.  Now it's making me misty-eyed, because I'm there.  I had the same thing happen in Waldgrave when Lena finally met Olesia.

I've already closed out plots for a handful of others, and I still have a few more to go.  I'm going to miss the ones that didn't make it through this book, especially.  Book 7 marks my planned conclusion to the Redemption series, but who knows.  Years after completing the Waldgrave series, several fans asked me for more books, so I drew up outlines, but certain characters won't be in them owing to how their story arcs completed.

I'm in the last 10-20k words of this book now.  I only have 5 more chapters outlined that I need to give words to.  When I have the initial draft completed, it will go up for pre-order

With the holidays coming up, I feel like this is a good time of year to be closing this plot out, because I always get a little sad and a little lost for a while when completing a series with no more planned additions.  Seven novels is a lot of words, and a lot of time spent in this quirky universe.  They haven't been fantastically popular, and in fact, some people have told me they outright hated the first book.  That's okay.  Not every book is for every reader.  The series does have some fans, and to them, I am truly grateful.

Happy Reading,
Al