After months, and then more months, of hard work by myself and my amazing editors at Ashley’s Freelance Editing, Book 3 of The Guardians series, The Prophecy, is ready for my readers.  There is nothing like the joy, satisfaction, and fear of releasing a book to the public.  Every time gets me just as jittery as my first release.

To celebrate the release of The Prophecy I have also lowered my first book, Sacred Bloodlines, to 99 cents, PERMANENTLY, and will even be offering it for free for the first several days in the new year.

You also won’t want to miss any part of 2013 so be sure to watch my blog.  The release of the fourth and last book in The Guardians Series, The Guardians Crown will be out some point in 2013.  Another Ruination novella is on the books for 2013.  And some exciting stuff in the works about witches, vampires, and fairies (not all in one book, there are multiple series happening).  In addition to these exciting events in 2013 I am also working on an idea for a sexy adult thriller.  What will be released and when is still unknown but if you want to stay up to date be sure to read about them here.

In addition, in 2013 I am adding a feature to my blog where I plan to review at least one book a month (more when I can), cover releases, and any other scrumptious bits of news.

That is what I am doing right now, a little dance.  To date, The Prophecy has been my most challenging book to write.  When it came to my very first book, Sacred Bloodlines, it flowed out of me as if it had been fighting to escape since I had been born.  I penned it in two weeks (this does not include the 4 months of editing time it took to release this book).  Book 2, Cursed, was a little slower because of distractions in my life at the time (the joys of motherhood), but still formulated rather easily for me.

Taking a brief break from the series I wrote a novella, named Ruination.  It was slow going because I wrote it in the first person, but then hated it and had to rewrite everything.  When that was fixed I assumed Book 3 of The Guardian series would be a piece of cake.

I always knew how the book would end, it was one of the first concepts to formulate, as I was outlining all the way back at book one.  Just because you think you know a story doesn’t mean it won’t have surprises for you.

I had planned to release the third book in early September.  As I wrote, a relationship developed in a different way than I had planned, Gabe took on personality traits as a man I had not expected him to.  September came and went and book 3 was growing.  I set my goal to be October instead, that would be acceptable I thought.

Suddenly the size of book 3 was of scary proportions compared to books 1 and 2.  I looked for places I could cut but none of it was enough.  That’s when I realized I needed to tweak the book and make it into book 3 and end on book 4.  That’s right folks, there will be a 4th book in the series, that will be the ending of the series.

Book 3, The Prophecy, was meant to be the end, but The Guardians had different plans.  In this book, we find Gabe after he has been hiding for five years, since he left Rampart.  We discover the things that have molded him into the man he has become, good and bad.  Even though Gabe thought he had escaped The Prophecy, things may not be as simple as he once thought.

Gabe is given a second and even a third chance at love.  That choice will prove to be one of the most difficult in his life.  Being alone could keep him safe, loving again could help him find what he once had, or does something greater have designs on him?

Just when Gabe thinks he might have it figured out though, he is given the most important duty in his life.  If he succeeds it would mean a comfort he has never known and a joy he thought didn’t exist.  If he fails it could mark the beginning of the end for all mankind.

Intense, right?

I know, but it’s just how these folks seem to roll.  Book 4, The Guardian’s Crown will be released in 2013, but no release date is yet confirmed, as I will also be introducing a new series before the release of The Guardians Book 4.  That’s all top secret though, so more on that to come later.

For now, just know The Prophecy is in my editors hands, and when I am confident it is up to par for release to the public, I will confirm a release date.  Soon though… very soon.

Many of you who follow me know that I have been working hard on Book 3 of The Guardians, The Prophecy.  I am in the home stretch at this point and will be handing the book off to my editor next week.  What does this mean for my readers?  It means an October release!  I won’t be able to give a specific date until we get a little further along, but it will be in October 2012!

I have been wanting to do something to promote the series and get everyone ready for the release of book3 (which I am loving by the way).  That is when it hit me.  When I started out funds were limited and I placed the majority of my available money into editing.  The sales of book 1 then helped pay for book 2 which freed me up to not only hire my fabulous editor, Ashley’s Freelance Editing, but also gave me the chance to use the amazingly talented Phat Puppy Creations.  Claudia also did my cover for book 3 which has left me feeling like the book cover for book 1 did not feel cohesive with the trilogy.

That is why I have decided to rerelease Book 1, Sacred Bloodlines with an updated book cover.  It doesn’t stop there either, in addition to the new cover I am giving book 1 away for the next 3 days.  This way new readers can give me a chance at no risk before book 3 comes out next month.

I couldn’t do any of this without the support of my family, my amazing network of editors, creative types, and authors, and especially my readers.  You are all amazing and I am so excited to share The Prophecy with you all next month.  In the meantime I hope you enjoy the new cover art for Sacred Bloodlines.

Get Sacred Bloodlines Free for a limited time only (until the end of September) here.

So all my amazing fans out there, I wanted to give you a bit of an update.  I have some exciting stuff happening.  I did some rewrites on my zombie novella, Ruination, based on feedback from fans.  I have it with an editor to get it super clean before releasing a new edition.  

In more exciting news I have been hard at work on the end to The Guardians Trilogy entitled, The Prophecy.  I will be honest, I struggled with some writers block on this.  I had envisioned an ending for this book since I began the trilogy a year ago.  Once I started writing the third book though, another path began to show itself, and I struggled with going that direction or sticking to my guns on the original ending.

I am a strong believer that a book comes to life and the characters begin to direct the story themselves.  After three weeks of spinning my wheels, I decided to outline the chapters in the way they were speaking to me.  I now have 25 chapters at least outlined, and 14 of those actually written.  Of those 14 written, 4 of them have had initial edits by me already.  So what do all these numbers mean?  Not much if I don’t keep up the momentum.

I have set goals however.  I would like to have the story completed and my initial edits done by Oct 1st.  It will be a tough goal to reach but one I am committed to.  I need to at least write 2500 words a day which is very doable for me, but to get my personal edits in as well means I will need some killer 5k - 10k word days.  My edits are just the start.  My book will pass through the hands of three editors before it even reaches beta readers.  As I have began selling more books I am reinvesting that money back into making my books even stronger.

My shockingly awesome primary editor, Ashley, then will have her way with it and spin it into a much better tale than it began during October which should mean I will have the final installment available in plenty of time for this holiday season.  There are many other awesome things happening which I shall share later but for now I just wanted everyone to get a quick status update on where The Prophecy stood.  

BTW, if you need an excellent editor Ashley is your girl!  I don’t know where I would be without her.

It’s official! Ruination Part 1 is out! It is all about a young girl trying to find her way through a ruined world, filled with zombies and violent gangs. http://bit.ly/ruination-1

Being a novella (around 33,650 words) it is 99 cents. A great way to try me out as an author and see if you like my work before investing in more. Each part will be a self contained story but as each part is released they will make up a larger story. If you do happen to read it please, let me know what you think.