Fizz Hangout Weekly Discussion: December 13th, 2024 (Patreon)

Welcome to the newest Fizz Hangout! Every Friday, you all can stop by the weekly Fizz Hangout post and ask questions (to us or to your fellow patrons), discuss recent bonus scenes and/or podcasts with each other, and catch up on all the goodies you might've missed!

 HANGOUT QUESTION: we love seeing your response to questions about the Like Us series, and it helps facilitate some awesome discussions! Each week, there'll be a new "hangout question" that you can answer in the comments, if you wish!

To celebrate the Cobalt Empire series announcement, what has been your favorite moment throughout the Addictedverse with a Cobalt thus far?

 Weekly Recap

Happy Friday, magical & heroic beauties! We are soooo unbelievably happy that the big Cobalt Empire news is now out in the world and we can all celebrate together 🥹🎉 Writing these families brings us such joy and to have an official release date & preorder makes it feel that much more real. Thank you all so very, very much for all the excitement, love, and support on Wednesday! To see so many of you hyped about what's to come has us super excited to give you allll the Cobalt things!! Our obsession keeps growing 😂

Recently, Krista & I were talking to each other about the backstories of the Cobalts and what some of them have gone through so far. We went down a rabbit hole with our extensive notes, and we both realized that it sort of feels as if we write "contemporary" fantasy -- since our world building feels just as deep to us as fantasy worlds. And we love building upon this contemporary universe -- it's so incredibly fun and fulfilling, and it reminds me of the never-ending stories we wrote growing up. It is our favorite thing ever because, really, we can't imagine a goodbye. We only imagine more 🩷 So thank you all for wanting more!! You make our hearts so happy every day, and we feel lucky to be able to keep living our childhood dream. It's all thanks to you 🥹🫶

For more Cobalt vibes, check out the Instagram Reel we made where you can meet the Cobalts! Leading up to Burn Bright's release, there will be little Easter eggs in a lot of things we post and pin.

One more thing! We've included an FAQ section in this hangout that might answer some questions you have about the Cobalt Empire series. So make sure to check that out!

And now, here's everything you might've missed this week on Patreon:

Announcement: Cobalt Empire Series News!

Announcement: 2024 Author Wrapped

MORE NEWS

❄️ NEWEST RELEASE:  A Very Addicted Christmas is now LIVE, and it'll only be available for a limited time. If you're a patron in December, you can get it free here.

❄️💙 NEW PREORDER: You can now preorder the Deluxe Print Edition of Burn Bright, as well as the eBook on Amazon & Apple Books.

❄️ NOW ON KINDLE UNLIMITED: Calling all UK readers! Dishonestly Yours is now available on KU on Amazon UK.

❄️ PREORDER: You can now preorder Destructively Mine on US Stores and UK Stores.

❄️ ARC SIGN-UPS: Reviewers can sign-Up for an ARC via Valentine PR

❄️ April 10 - April 13, 2025, we'll be attending Apollycon in Washington, D.C.

❄️ June 21, 2025, we'll be attending A Meet & Greet Cute in Knoxville, TN.

❄️ October 4, 2025, we'll be attending RARE Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.

THE SIGNED BOOK STORE

Our signed book store is restocked periodically. Keep checking it to see if a sold out item has been stocked. Any new updates will be posted here:

📍CHARACTER NOTES: As of now, all character notes are bookplate add-ons only and will not be written inside the books.

If you have any questions about the store, sound below in the comments, and you can always email the store at kbr.authorstore@gmail.com xoxo

UPCOMING RELEASES:

Next Up: Destructively Mine - April 29, 2025

Upcoming: Burn Bright - September 2, 2025

Upcoming: Dangerously Ours - TBA

FAQs ABOUT THE COBALT EMPIRE 

We answered a lot of these questions in the Chat Room and the announcement post, and we're compiling them here for everyone.

Q: Will Bloom do deluxe versions for each book, or is that like a decision book by book that they make?

A: It's likely going to be a book-by-book decision and made on how well Burn Bright sells.

Q: Will the book cover previously revealed for Burn Bright still be the same?

A: It'll either be a version of the cover we made (much like how Berkley went with our covers for the Addicted series but slightly tweaked them) or it'll be something completely new 💙

Q: Does this mean that each relationship will get only one book? Or will it be like the addicted / like us format?

It's going to be one book for each Cobalt sibling BUT with the way we write, there are arcs that aren't contained to just one book just because it's the POV. We look at all of our series like the characters are real people and have lives that do not stop, so you won't be saying goodbye to characters (and their issues) even when you switch POVs, if that makes sense 💙💙 The way we've envisioned it, we think it's going to be a really epic six book series. And we're not really changing up the way that write. We CRAVE so much, even moments/dynamics/relationships that extend beyond the romance (which is pretty much known lol 😆)

Q: Will be expecting one release a year with them being traditionally published?

A: All we can say is the schedule is faster paced than that. It won't take 6 years to complete the series.

Q: Will we be able to order signed copies of the Deluxe Edition from your online store? 

A: We don't think we'll be able to have Deluxe Editions in our signed store since it's a limited print run. So your best bet is to preorder and then see us at a signing, if you'd like these particular editions signed.

Q: Are we likely to get more interactions with the Cobalts and their love interests in their brothers books before/after their book?

A: It's going to be very similar to how we always write -- where all the characters are heavily involved in storylines, and their lives don't end just because the POVs switch 💙

Q: If Audrey is part of the Cobalt Empire, does it mean that the girls squad series is completely off the table?

A: It's very much still on the table! We plan to write the girl squad series (and Xander's romance) 🩷

Q: How will traditionally publishing Cobalt Empire affect Patreon? 

A: We've only sold our paperback rights -- we've retained the ebook rights for the series. So technically, we're hybrid (still indie), and we've already received the okay to publish whatever extra content we want on Patreon 💖 Bloom is a publisher that is very friendly to indie authors and works with us to do what's best for us and our readers.

Q: Will you have a strict page limit now that you're traditionally publishing the series? 

For Berkley, they've never instilled a page limit on us. Destructively Mine is in the 500 page-count range, and we have a really good feeling Bloom will be the same as Berkley. Our goal is to write what the story calls for without dragging it down. So basically we're going to do what we always do 😆 Being trad doesn't really change our creative process. We won't write a skeleton of a story. It will include all the meat and bones.

Q: Any chance of a book like Some Kind of Perfect at the end of the series? Or even a chunky book with novellas?

A: We can't really say yes or no as of right now. That door might be open when we get there. We'll see!

Q: Will Ben's love interest be revealed this year or will that be revealed in the new year?

A: It'll be the new year. I (Becca) can't reveal this without Krista, so it'd 100% have to be next year.

Q: What is going to be the narrative timeline of the Cobalt Empire series? 

A: All we can say without spoiling is that it picks up right where Frog & Quinn's romance is going to leave off 💗

WHAT'S COMING THIS MONTH:

Extra Podcast: We're ranking our top 5 favorite podcasts of 2024 and our top 5 favorite Christmas movies! It's a festive one 🎄

Chapters: Chapter 4 of Frog and Quinn is coming tomorrow. It'll be Quinn's POV!

MASTER LISTS + PINTEREST

(the easiest way to find past bonus scenes, podcasts, & extras)

Master List of Bonus Scenes 📖

Master List of Podcasts 🎧

Master List of Extras 🤓

Pinterest Links to Every Board📍

Go forth & chat! You can ask us and/or your fellow patrons questions, discuss bonuses, podcasts, or whatever your heart desires! Thanks so much for all the support & being a patron!! ALL THE LOVE, HUGS, AND COBALT PROWESS!

xoxo Krista & Becca