![]() I am represented by the amazing Kimberly Brower at Brower Literary and Management. In short, it’s simply a business decision.ġ1. Those books are usually available at other retailers in paperback, but there are some series which just don’t sell well in ebook on other retailers (I cannot tell you why) so I can make higher royalties keeping them at Amazon exclusively. Some of my ebooks are enrolled in the Kindle Unlimited library to make them available for borrowing there, which means they have to be exclusive to Amazon. Why aren’t all your books available at all retailers? If you subscribe to my newsletter, I will make sure you know when new releases come out. The audiobooks take a few months to produce. My paperbacks and ebooks are generally available the same release day. To release everything at once, I’d have to hold every new release for around six months or so. I don’t set up my books months in advance like traditional publishers do. I want to preorder your book in paperback or audio. (Deadlines trump travel!) I try to get out to conferences and signings when I can, and I’d love to see you at them!ĩ. I’d love to sign more, but my time is limited and I spend about a third of the year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All my paperbacks are also available for order at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. They can be printed and shipped through the U.S., Canada, and Europe. ![]() (There are links on the “ Buy the Books” page that can direct you to an independent bookstore in your area.) Amazon distributes through Ingram’s distribution, which is very widely used. Though my books may not be on the shelves of your local bookstore, they should be available for order if you ask your bookseller to look. I do my paperback publishing through Amazon and Ingram which both do print-on-demand, and I’m very happy with them. I hate e-readers, why can’t I get your paperbacks at my bookstore? That is, characters come to my fevered brain, and the plots to my books usually follow that, not the other way round.ħ. ![]() In a more general sense, I usually start with characters first. This is a really common question with no clear answer except my overactive imagination. Where did you get the inspiration for your books? I won’t say I’ll never write more, but I feel good about where I left that series.Ħ. The Irin series is probably finished at seven books. I will write more when inspiration strikes. The goal of being more productive in daily tasks is to have MORE time to be NON-PRODUCTIVE. Be where you are otherwise you will miss your life. I’d love to write more Linx & Bogie, I just don’t have a particular story in my head for them right now. The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake. The 7th and Main series was finished with the prequel novella, SWEET, which came out in 2021. Are you writing any more 7th and Main books? What about Linx and Bogie? So they’ll continue to be featured side characters in other books in the Elemental Universe.Ĥ. They are in a good place, and to write a new book about them I’d have to upset the apple cart, so to speak. Are you writing any more Giovanni and Beatrice books? I am writing it later this year, and it should be out Fall 2023.ģ. I was told there was going to be a fourth Cambio Springs book, Dust Born, featuring Sean and Juniper. October– Dust Born, Cambio Springs Book FourĢ. June–Short story, Worlds Apart, in the Loving Hearts charity anthologyĪugust– Bishop’s Flight, Elemental Covenant Book Four My rough publishing schedule for 2023 is as follows: So if you’re looking for advice about indie-publishing or writing, go there.) I’ve moved some of my FAQ from writers to another page HERE. ![]() What Delta doesn’t count on is what waits at the Verdant: a long-forgotten secret that will shake the foundation of her entire world.(This is a reader-focused FAQ. If Delta can trust Asher, she just might decode the map and trade evidence of the Verdant to the General for her family. So when raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her.ĭelta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted-perhaps not even her childhood friend, Asher, who has been missing for nearly a decade. In a wasteland plagued by dust squalls, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares, many would kill for it-even if no one can read it. Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape her world in this postapocalyptic Western mashup for fans of Mad Max and Gunslinger Girl.ĭelta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored paradise called the Verdant.
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