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new series in the works
Well, everyone might be wondering why I decided to suddenly begin reading other paranormal romance authors. Normally I don’t pay much heed to what they’re writing. In fact, until I picked up a lot of the books, I only knew rough things about them – like J R Ward wrote vampires, Kresley Cole wrote a mixture of species, Lynsay Sands wrote vampires. That was pretty much the extent of my knowledge. I hadn’t even read excerpts or reviews.
Since the series idea I had was one that I was going to write for pitching to publishers, I decided it was important to check out the competition and see what got them published. I always begin with the first book in a series, the one that they had to pitch and hope it would be picked up.
I’d been planning my new paranormal romance series for about 2 weeks before I decided to do this. I’ve read a few stories now and have mixed feelings about them. I don’t think any of them write better than I do and I think the stories I have planned are just as strong, if not stronger, than the ones I’ve just read. I’m not being conceited. I just think that I’ve reached a point with my writing where I need to give it a shot. A while back I read a Feehan and a L K Hamilton story. Neither blew me away, but I knew my writing wasn’t at a level where I could compete. Now I’ve had a taste of writing series and I’ve found that I’m really good at world building, and that’s very important with series. I’ve also embraced the darker side of paranormal, the side I love to write, by writing some stories in my Vampires Realm series. All in all, I feel I’ve reached a point of “now or never” and if I don’t give it a shot with this new series, I’ll never know whether or not I’m good enough.
Of course, there’s a lot more world building to be done yet. Over the past 2 months, I’ve clocked up around 40+ hours of world building time. That’s basically me mulling over the series, the flaws and the strengths, the powers and the weaknesses, and everything else besides. I’ve got my heroes mapped out to a basic degree, enough that I know them, and my heroines almost figured out. I haven’t touched much on the enemy but I know roughly in my mind what they’ll be like. I have the world and the background pegged, and I’m very happy with how it’s evolving. I can’t really say much more.
I’m going to write all these stories together, back to back, and then edit them. Once the first book is in a polished state, I’ll send it out into the big wide world. I have a belief that having all of the books in the series completed is an advantage and it means that you’re serious about the series. I’m very serious about it. I only wish I could talk about it more!!!
Better go… before I say too much!
🙂
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Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts – Out today at fictionwise.com – Save 15%!!!
The second in my Sons of Lyra series, following the four devastatingly sexy and passionate princes of Lyra and the women who win their hearts, is out today! Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess was a number 1 bestseller in romance at fictionwise.com and I can’t wait to see if this one does the same!!
This isn’t a series you need to read in order. All the books are stand alone.
Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts
Heir Prince Lyra I hates his life, and it’s only getting worse. Not only do Sebastian’s parents force him to remain on Lyra Prime with them and control his life, now they’ve gone and arranged his marriage. Unable to stand the thought of getting married before he’s seen the stars as his three younger brothers do and tasted adventure, he decides to run away. Only that’s not as easy as it sounds when you’re one of the infamously handsome sons of Lyra.
Terea needs to get away. She’s had it with men and her family. When she spots a man who looks as though he has a little money, she sees her chance and pickpockets him. The only trouble is, he’s quicker than her. Before she knows what’s happening, she’s been caught and is agreeing to leave the planet with him. Anything to escape Lyra Prime and her future there.
Terea’s plan to escape Sebastian when they’ve left the planet behind is shattered when he cleans himself up and changes on her, losing his naive air and becoming a confident and dangerously sexy man. A bottle of the strongest alcohol available is her last resort, but getting him drunk to the point of passing out means she’ll have to drink too, and before she knows what she’s doing, she’s sitting astride his lap feeding him the alcohol and kissing him.
When the ship is forced to stop and boarded by Minervan military looking for him, will Sebastian hand himself over to protect Terea? Will Terea stand by and let the man she’s falling for get hurt or will she sacrifice herself and return to her family for the sake of saving him? Will two runaway hearts find the freedom they’re searching for in each other’s arms?
Available this week with 15% OFF at Fictionwise. Just $0.84!!!
Read the excerpt or buy now…
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook69021.htm
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Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts – Out Now!! (sci-fi romance ebook)
Out Now! New sci-fi romance ebook by Felicity Heaton…
Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts
Heir Prince Lyra I hates his life, and it’s only getting worse. Not only do Sebastian’s parents force him to remain on Lyra Prime with them and control his life, now they’ve gone and arranged his marriage. Unable to stand the thought of getting married before he’s seen the stars as his three younger brothers do and tasted adventure, he decides to run away. Only that’s not as easy as it sounds when you’re one of the infamously handsome sons of Lyra.
Terea needs to get away. She’s had it with men and her family. When she spots a man who looks as though he has a little money, she sees her chance and pickpockets him. The only trouble is, he’s quicker than her. Before she knows what’s happening, she’s been caught and is agreeing to leave the planet with him. Anything to escape Lyra Prime and her future there.
Terea’s plan to escape Sebastian when they’ve left the planet behind is shattered when he cleans himself up and changes on her, losing his naive air and becoming a confident and dangerously sexy man. A bottle of the strongest alcohol available is her last resort, but getting him drunk to the point of passing out means she’ll have to drink too, and before she knows what she’s doing, she’s sitting astride his lap feeding him the alcohol and kissing him.
When the ship is forced to stop and boarded by Minervan military looking for him, will Sebastian hand himself over to protect Terea? Will Terea stand by and let the man she’s falling for get hurt or will she sacrifice herself and return to her family for the sake of saving him? Will two runaway hearts find the freedom they’re searching for in each other’s arms?
Price: $0.99
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Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess – Number 1 in Romance on Fictionwise.com
Woot! My science fiction romance short story ebook, Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess, is now NUMBER 1 in Romance on Fictionwise.com! Not only that, but it’s still holding the Number 1 spots in Short Stories and Under a Dollar, and I’ve moved up to be Number 7 in the Bestseller Authors Recent list! Check it out!!!
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Number 3 bestseller on Fictionwise!
Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess is now number 3 in the recent bestsellers list on Fictionwise.com!!
I can’t believe it’s gone up another position. I don’t expect to reach number 1 since the new Laurell K Hamilton book is taking pre-orders at a ridiculous price, but maybe it could knock the number 1 romance off the top spot and claim it for it’s own.
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook67530.htm
This is rather exciting.
I’m also number 13 in the bestselling authors recent list.
🙂
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Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess – Number 4 bestseller at Fictionwise! (sci-fi romance ebook)
I can’t believe it but my eyes aren’t deceiving me! My new short sci-fi romance story, Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess has landed at Number 4 in the overall bestsellers list at Fictionwise.com and Number 2 in romance!! It’s also number 1 in the short stories and under a dollar list. I’m so thrilled!
Also, this week you can get 25% off the cover price so it’s only $0.74!!
Check it out!! http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook67530.htm
Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess by Felicity Heaton
Captain Lyra II, known as Balt to his family, is one of the famed sons of Lyra, the handsome princes with passionate hearts that every girl in the galaxy wants to catch. The second eldest son, he’s content with the freedom and adventure that life in deep space and the Lyran Imperial Army offers him. What he isn’t content with is the current situation he’s found himself in. Not only has he been forced to stop at a backwater port for supplies, but he’s leaving with more than he expected!
Captain Lyra II, known as Balt to his family, is one of the famed sons of Lyra, the handsome princes with passionate hearts that every girl in the galaxy wants to catch. The second eldest son, he’s content with the freedom and adventure that life in deep space and the Lyran Imperial Army offers him. What he isn’t content with is the current situation he’s found himself in. Not only has he been forced to stop at a backwater port for supplies, but he’s leaving with more than he expected!
Kayla is a slave but can still vaguely recall what it had been like to be free. It’s something she believes that she’ll never taste again, and when she finds herself handed over like the piece of property she is to a complete stranger, a Lyran prince no less, she’s convinced her life is about to get a lot worse. Taken onboard his ship, she quickly finds herself torn between fulfilling a promise she made to her friends when she was young, and falling for his chivalry and good looks.
Balt, not wanting a woman as his slave and not wanting to become the laughing stock of the admirals, intends to dump Kayla at the first decent planet he comes across, but as he starts to learn more about her, he finds it harder to fight his growing attraction to her. A passionate kiss from her only makes things worse.
When Minervan mercenaries demand he hand her over, he discovers her true heritage and realises that things are more complicated than he’d believed. Will Balt let her go, sending her into a life as a pleasure whore for the highest bidder, or will he fight to protect her? Will Kayla take revenge for her people, the Terrans, who were almost exterminated when Lyra destroyed the Earth system? Can love between a prince and an enslaved princess ever have a fairytale ending?
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook67530.htm
off to shout and squee!
Felicity
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Book of the Vampire / VR Novel
My sister’s boyfriend works for a book printer and sometimes gets to bring home sample books. I’ve had a how to draw book from him and also a manga, but never anything as cool as this. Today he came around and dropped off “Book of the Vampire” by Nigel Suckling. It’s probably out now or due out soon. Nigel is the UKs bigwig on vampires. The book is basically a look at the history of the vampire and the legends that it came from. It looks really interesting so far and I can’t wait to get into it. It’s bound to inspire me to write different types of vampires. I probably can’t go any darker with them as I already write rather dark vampires as it is, but it will help me lend new twists to them.
I’ve edited 100 pages of VR Novel so far this week. It’s really just a proof read now to pick up mistakes and fix some little things. I think that I’ll have finished the proof read by this weekend and will be able to move onto writing the synopsis, which isn’t going to be fun!
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Challenges for the year
Wow, we’re almost halfway through the year now. June is fast approaching and I’m planning on challenging myself somewhat for the rest of the year. I think it’ll be a fun thing to do and it might clear up the backlog of stories that I’ve got in my head and make room for some new ones.
I was considering challenging myself to write 60000 words a month for the next 6 months. So from June 1st, I’ll be hoping to clock up 60k each month, and get some editing done too as well as continuing to learn Japanese and all my other stuff I do (like maintaining websites). I think the editing is likely to be the one that will get in the way and threaten achieving this goal each month. I will have to do editing while I write or I’ll end up with a massive stack of editing to do come end of December and that will get me nowhere.
I have a whole bunch of stories that I’d like to get written. There’s several Vampires Realm stories included in those, all novel length except the Hyperion Eternity shorts that I plan to finish. See, five of those to write and that makes 50k already!
I have to finish the Sons of Lyra series. With two of the stories to finish off, I have at least another 13k there. Add to that the fact that I’m toying with the idea of writing a second generation Daughters of Lyra series for the children of the brothers I wrote about, and that will be another 60k.
Plus, I have a couple of ideas for Nocturne Bites submissions. That’s another 30k.
See, I’m racking it up already, and I haven’t even got to the novels yet!
Oh, I also have a short story to write for an anthology, as well as a Christmas story that I’m writing. That’s probably a combined 40k there.
Heavens! Maybe I need to ensure I break the monthly target, huh? That way, I can get all these stories in my head written. Of course, writing all these only clears the way for more stories that I have planned. Basically, I’ll get rid of 1 and another 2 will come along to replace it. I wish I could spend more time writing but full time work is a necessity and something that I love. Still, even with the full time work, I could probably push up to 80-100k a month out if I don’t have to edit.
Of course… all this blog writing will just slow me down. J/k! I’ll keep track of my progress on this blog…
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Out Now! Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess (sci-fi romance ebook)
Out Now! New sci-fi romance ebook by Felicity Heaton…
Sons of Lyra: Slave Princess
Captain Lyra II, known as Balt to his family, is one of the famed sons of Lyra, the handsome princes with passionate hearts that every girl in the galaxy wants to catch. The second eldest son, he’s content with the freedom and adventure that life in deep space and the Lyran Imperial Army offers him. What he isn’t content with is the current situation he’s found himself in. Not only has he been forced to stop at a backwater port for supplies, but he’s leaving with more than he expected!
Kayla is a slave but can still vaguely recall what it had been like to be free. It’s something she believes that she’ll never taste again, and when she finds herself handed over like the piece of property she is to a complete stranger, a Lyran prince no less, she’s convinced her life is about to get a lot worse. Taken onboard his ship, she quickly finds herself torn between fulfilling a promise she made to her friends when she was young, and falling for his chivalry and good looks.
Balt, not wanting a woman as his slave and not wanting to become the laughing stock of the admirals, intends to dump Kayla at the first decent planet he comes across, but as he starts to learn more about her, he finds it harder to fight his growing attraction to her. A passionate kiss from her only makes things worse. When Minervan mercenaries demand he hand her over, he discovers her true heritage and realises that things are more complicated than he’d believed.
Will Balt let her go, sending her into a life as a pleasure whore for the highest bidder, or will he fight to protect her? Will Kayla take revenge for her people, the Terrans, who were almost exterminated when Lyra destroyed the Earth system? Can love between a prince and an enslaved princess ever have a fairytale ending?
Price: $0.99
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