Fizz Hangout Weekly Discussion: October 20th, 2023 (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!

If you've listened to our podcasts, you may know one of us (*ahem* Krista) prefers to read books that have first person POVs. Becca doesn't have much of a preference. What about you? Do you prefer first, second, or third person? Or are you more like Becca and don't have a preference?

Weekly Recap

Happy Friday, magical & heroic beauties!! We are only one week away from Love N Vegas, and we're so excited to see some of you at the event. It's one of our favs because it takes place in the city that inspires our love of all things Circus Is Family. Speaking of events, we have an update about the Authors in the Bluegrass event October 2024 in Lexington, Kentucky. Unfortunately, we aren't going to make the event next year. We really try hard not to cancel any events that we commit to. And we're so, so sorry if any of you were looking forward to seeing us there. My (Krista's) upcoming wedding festivities are coinciding around the same time, so we just won't be able to make it. We hope to be in Kentucky in the future though! It's on our bucket list of events.

In better and brighter news, we wanted to celebrate fall and the spooky season by doing something special for our fall-inspired book Love & Other Cursed Things. On our store for the months of October and November, if you purchase a paperback and/or hardcover, with your order you will receive brand new fall-themed Mistpoint Harbor stickers, an October & Zoey character art postcard, and a bookplate character note. Stickers and art are designed by the very talented Haley Secen @wearecallowaydoc.

Writing is still underway as we make progress in Nobody Like Us. It's a bittersweet kind of book to write knowing it's the end, but we're still enjoying the process and all things Lunnelly!!

In Patreon news, we've been working on editing our bonuses and we had far too much fun recording podcasts this week. So in case you missed it, here's what went down:

- Monthly Podcast: Monthly Podcast #70: Sibling Duos - Discussing Like Us Sibling Pairings (Xander & Kinney, Beckett & Charlie, Sulli & Winona, etc.)

- Extra Podcast: Extra Podcast: Our Fall of 2023 Recs - TV Shows, Movies, Books, Comics, & Games

MORE NEWS

👻🎉 NEW RELEASES: Addicted After All (Addicted Series), Unlucky Like Us (Like Us Series

👻 NEW PREORDER: Dishonestly Yours is now on preorder! You can preorder from Berkley Romance in US Stores and Pan Macmillan in UK Stores. And we know the release date is far away, but preordering early helps sooooo much! It shows the publisher there's interest in the book which gives it more opportunities for special editions and things like that!

👻 SIGNED STORE PROMO: From 10/20 - 11/30, purchase of a Love & Other Cursed Things Paperback or Hardcover will include brand new fall-themed Mistpoint Harbor stickers, October & Zoey character art, and a bookplate character note.

👻 GOODREADS GIVEAWAY: Berkley is giving away copies of the new print edition of Fuel the Fire in a Goodreads Giveaway! Giveaway ends 10/31

👻  EBOOK SALE: Long Way Down is on a Kindle Monthly Deal for October. You can now snag this ebook for $2.99 (original price is $6.99).

👻 SIGNED BOOKPLATES: If you pre-order Fuel the Fire, Long Way Down, or Some Kind of Perfect from the Meet Cute Romance Bookshop, then you can also get a signed bookplates.

👻 Want more details about People Like Us while it's ongoing on Patreon? Check out our info post here.

👻 October 27th-29th, 2023, we'll be attending LoveNVegas in Las Vegas, NV.

👻 November 1st, 2023 from 5PM-7PM, we'll be signing at the East Cobb Barnes & Noble in Marietta, GA to celebrate its grand opening.

👻 March 23rd, 2024, we'll be attending Sweetgrass Author Event in Charleston, South Carolina.

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:

REMINDER: MAJOR UPDATES ARE COMING

(this section is the same from previous weeks, but keeping it here for those that missed it!)

As we mentioned in the previous hangout, there will be some changes to the store in the upcoming weeks. As we dedicate more time to writing, we need to spend less time on other avenues. One of the big time commitments outside of writing has been personalizing signed paperbacks in our store.

So we will be transitioning our signed store to "signatures only" for ALL books except the newest release.

What does that mean exactly? When you buy a book from our store, the book will have our signatures in it but it won't be signed to a name. There won't be a "name for personalization" box to fill out on the site. However, our newest release will always have the option to be personalized. (Currently, this is Unlucky Like Us.)

What does this mean for character notes? We will still be writing character notes inside Unlucky Like Us upon request. That isn't changing! When Nobody Like Us releases, this will be the last book we will write character notes physically inside the book.

Good news! We know this isn't the best news ever, so we did want to end on some good news. As you may know, we've started adding character note add-ons to the Addicted Series. These are character notes that we've handwritten and then printed on bookplates so you can stick them in your books. When personalization goes away, every book on the store will have a character note add-on available. Each character note will be different for each book. So a Hardcover Special Edition of Damaged Like Us will come with a different character note than the Special Edition Paperback of Damaged Like Us and the Original Paperback.

Can you get character note add-ons without buying the book? Unfortunately, no. Character notes have always been something that have been "inside" the book, and even though these are printed on bookplates, we want to keep them paired with the book as this has always been the intention with character notes.

Will the character note add-ons be different than the ones previously written inside the book? Yes and no. It just depends on the book. Most of the original paperbacks in the Like Us series will have the same character notes. So if you already have a character note written in one of those books, don't expect the add-on to be a different character note.

When will this transition happen? In the coming weeks, you'll start to see books transitioning to signatures only. So before you see the new updates on the store, this is our little nudge that if you'd like personalization on any of the books, NOW is the time to order them.

Thank you all for understanding this change! We know it's not the best of news for those that like their books personalized, but we hope by reducing that time commitment, it's going to open up more time for us to write :D

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:Fuel the Fire - December 5th, 2023

Upcoming:Nobody Like Us (Luna & Donnelly) - January 2024

Upcoming: Long Way Down - February 6th, 2024

Upcoming: Some Kind of Perfect - March 5th, 2024

Upcoming:Dishonestly Yours - July 2nd, 2024

📍 Dishonestly Yours is a new romance trilogy releasing from Berkley Romance in 2024. Add it to Goodreads. Check out the Pinterest Board

WHAT'S COMING THIS MONTH:

Main Bonus & Extra Bonus: We're still working on the bonuses for this month! One will be in Jane's POV featuring the Cobalt fam. We're staying *hush hush* on the Extra Bonus for now 💓

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 FAIRY DUST*

xoxo Krista & Becca