General Update (Patreon)

So, the state of me.

I now have my backlist all up. Yea me! Considering how I feel about 1) change and 2) new computer systems, I’m pretty damn proud of myself. The sales have been sluggish, but steady. When the different platforms (like Apple and Amazon) pay up, I’ll get a little under a hundred dollars for May. Not bad. Aberrant Magic 6 is trucking along. I’ve gone from 74K words down to 66K, so it’s much tighter. I did too much “show” on the casework, so I’m trying to tell on those bits so the book focuses more on the relationship. I also switched POV on a couple of chapters so the readers could see into the motives of grumpy Art. He has a cat as a spirit guide for a reason. He likes his butt scratched, but if you do it too long or wrong, he’s pretty quick to make a quick escape. That’s his personality, but I’m focusing more on showing why he’s that way.

Saddled will be back in the next week or two. I’m going into a big dramatic arc complete with cliffhangers, so I don’t want to get into that until I know I can regularly post. Maya and her insane AI are still in that nebulous “thinking about” stage. I really like the idea that Hiram came from a predominately deaf world and I’m starting to think about the politics of the war Liam fought in—you know, the one he didn’t even know enough about to understand why he was fighting.

When I’m done with trimming and editing Aberrant Magic, I have two thoughts. One, I might go back to Royal Indiscretion. I think the guys could have some nice enemies to lovers moments if they were on that farm up north together. I’m also thinking about Carina Press. They have a call out for continuing series that combine romance with suspense or adventure.

I always wanted to do a second “season” of Aberrant Magic. Kavon and Coretta would have two separate teams, although they would work closely together. Coretta would bring in a new FBI agent with shamanic powers. Joe has an octopus guide and he is as clever and secretive as that would imply. What he doesn’t tell anyone is that he’s Roma and his mother has ties to the Earth magics that Native shamans use and that Art so badly wanted. Kavon brings in a new magic user. Milton is a cross between Blair Sandburg and Rodney McKay. He’s brilliant, flat out. He’s actually invented a new form of magic by combining crystals and computers into an interface that allows so much more control than a normal crystal user, but he refuses to believe in magic as anything other than an alternate power source. He’s hyper and ADHD enough that Kavon considers murdering him, and he generally rubs people wrong with his verbal diarrhea and ability to spout trivia. 

Our team would still be there in the background, but with Joe and Milton taking lead, maybe I could convince Carina to pick it up as a new series. I’m still thinking about that one.