Two more chapters & a big Thank You!

First things, first: We had a much better month in July than we expected. Things naturally slow down around this time, and we lower our expectation to match. But July surprised us. More people are reading (and apparently enjoying) the series than we knew. So here’s a big Thank You to all our readers! We will strive to continue to be worthy of your support!

We sent out our latest newsletter yesterday, with two chapters this time, as small celebration. We’ll have another one ready this coming weekend.

In the meantime, is there anything else you’d like us to address here? Neither of us have cats, so I’m afraid cute kitten pictures are out, but sound off in the comments with your thoughts.

Until next time, happy reading!

Another Newsletter Released!

Our latest newsletter went out today. That’s six chapters free to newsletter subscribers.

Again, for those who are keeping track, we are at 136,000 words, and 67 chapters. We expect to announce a publication date by the end of August.

Stay tuned for further updates and remember we value your feedback!

Sorry for the radio silence! Yes, new chapters await!

Yes, we’ve had a short spate of radio silence here. But we did send out another new chapter last weekend, and we will do the same this weekend! Thanks for everyone who has been following along with Kris on her new adventures!

For those of you who like to keep track of such things, Apollyon’s Gambit is now at 134,000 words, which equates to about 420 pages in paperback.

And yes, we are also working the novella or short novel (“Absalom’s Hundred”), and we’ll have more on that in the not-too-far future. For the time being, we are concentrating on Apollyon’s Gambit.

Heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you!

Another New Chapter Released!

Our third newsletter with another new chapter from our upcoming book just went out! If you haven’t already signed up to receive our newsletter, please consider it. It’s free, easy, and secure.

Enjoy!

Second Newsletter!

Our second newsletter went out last night. So far, we’ve released the prologue and two chapters of our upcoming book to subscribers. So join now to get in on the fun! It’s fast, easy and secure.

And don’t worry: we’ll get you caught up!

Free 4th of July Book Blast!

To celebrate the 4th, we and eleven other authors are offering our work for free for one day only! Check out our Free 4th of July Book Blast!

There are twenty-nine free books to choose from, so have fun, grab some fun free reading material and enjoy the day!

Mailing List Success!

We did it! We finally have a mailing list set up! Subscribe to receive free sample chapters of upcoming books, progress updates, and other fun things as they become available!

Right now, we are planning to distribute the free samples as PDFs. Those are easier for us to deal with. If you prefer Kindle format (mobi), sound off in the comments. If PDF is good for you, tell us that too!

We’ve elected to use MailChimp for this service, and your contact info will be protected. So sign up and enjoy!

Have you seen this?

Many of you may have noticed that Amazon has been tweaking their product pages. Among the changes they’ve made is allow readers to leave a review for the series as a whole, which is separate from the reviews of the individual books. The link to the Loralynn Kennakris series page is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZPR9FWM/

If you have previously reviewed one or more of our books and would like to leave a review for the whole series, that would earn our undying appreciation! 🙂

In other news: Our first two attempts to set up a mailing list crashed and burned. You wouldn’t think a simple mailing should be that complicated. However, I think we finally have the solution and we intended to have that set up this week. Watch this space for an update.

Audio Books?

Hello Readers!

Recently we got a couple of inquiries about doing audio books for the series. That would be a bit of an adventure for us, but we have found a service that (according to reports) would allow us to produce a decent audio book for a reasonable price. It’s an enticing idea, but given the investment needed, we’d like to get some opinions first.

So are you an audio book fan? Are your friends?

Let your voice be heard! 😉

Readers, Weigh In!

Hello there!

Anyone who knows us, knows we love to digress. So we are looking to our splendid readers to keep us on the proper path[s]. Here’s the deal: in the series there are both secondary characters and events that take place outside the main arc of the series that have stories we think would be fun to tell. In particular, some of our secondary characters have personal histories worth writing about. So our question is: are these things you would like to read?

If so, when? Should we complete this arc of the main series first, before we indulge our urge to digress? Or would it be entertaining to release some of these potential new works while we are still writing this arc of the main series?

Clearly this is just a generic question at this time, so we understand that definitive answers are not possible, and any such works would not be scheduled to appear later until after the next couple of books are released. Also, these stories might be told as novels, novellas, or perhaps even short stories.

Finally, if you find the idea of stories filling in the personal histories of our characters interesting, do you have particular characters you’d like to read more about?

Are there “off-camera” events mentioned in the series you would like to see written more about?

Sound off in the comments, or if you prefer to discuss this directly, say so and we’ll exchange emails.

Thanks again for all your support and invaluable feedback!