You know when you get a song in your head and you can’t get rid of it? I guess it’s the excitement of getting closer to the December 15 release of Vampire Master, but I’ve had Europe’s "The Final Countdown" playing in my mind today. As I’m typing, I’m chair dancing and feeling very athletically heroic. Like I can run a hundred steps to the top of a Philadelphia landmark and still have enough breath to do a victory dance (instead of collapsing and needing to call 911 for oxygen, lol).
This feeling could be because the edits to Vampire Master are going really well. Or it could be I’m just fueled by the manic energy that a surplus of leftover Halloween candy has given me. I’m going to say both are true, and leave it at that (grin). Hope you all had a lovely Samhain and enjoyed the holiday in whatever way suits you best (as long as it didn't involve human or animal sacrifice).
So, VAMPIRE MASTER IS ALMOST HERE! Wolf and Ella can't wait to share their story with you. And guess what? Vampire Mistress is being offered as a FREE ebook from now until December 15, in anticipation and celebration of Vampire Master’s release. Vampire Mistress, Vampire Trinity and the upcoming Vampire Master are somewhat of a standalone subset of the Vampire Queen series. They are considered the “Club Atlantis books.” So, for the next few weeks, the “first” of the Club Atlantis books, Vampire Mistress, will be available free on ebook. That Vampire Mistress link above gives you all the vendor links, if you can't find the book on your preferred vendor site.
For those of you who haven’t read Daegan, Anwyn and Gideon’s story in Vampire Mistress yet, I hope this will be the perfect opportunity to indulge. For those who have, please let your vampire-loving friends know – spread the word far and wide, and hopefully they’ll enjoy Vampire Mistress enough they’ll go looking for other Vampire Queen series books, like Vampire Trinity, which is part two of Daegan, Anwyn and Gideon’s love story. And they'll pre-order Vampire Master, of course!!
ARE YOU A REVIEWER OR BLOGGER? Would you like an ARC of Vampire Master? And/or would you like to participate in the release day or bookstagram blitz, or blog tour? You can sign up here. And thank you for supporting Vampire Master!
NEW VAMPIRE QUEEN SERIES BOOKMARKS - WANT ONE? I now have a gorgeous Vampire Queen series bookmark that reflects the new look of the series. Would you like one? With my Get One/Give One bookmark philosophy, you can email me at storywitch@storywitch.com with your mailing address (which I promise only to use to send you your bookmark), and I will send you two of these bookmarks – one to give and one to keep. Help me spread the word about my vampires AND get yourself a keepsake at the same time.
OTHER REMINDERS ABOUT VAMPIRE MASTER:
PRE-ORDER LINKS are live at all the vendor sites, but you can find them in one place here, at the book page on my website.
CHAPTER ONE PEEK! You can find that at the book page as well, but for convenience, you can also click the BookFunnel link here, to download it to your preferred ebook device.
PREQUEL VIGNETTE I wrote a short prequel about Wolf and Ella (it was a fun way to promo Vampire Embrace, which was releasing at the time, AND offer an early glimpse of these two characters). This prequel is available for download through BookFunnel here, or at the Cantrips (Vignettes) page on my website.
Throughout November and early December, I'll be doing a lot of promotion of Vampire Master with a variety of interviews, takeovers, release party appearances, giveaways etc. If you'd like to stop by and/or participate in any of that, just keep an eye on my Facebook or Twitter pages, because I'll give everyone a heads up when those things are occurring. On December 15, along with the admins, I'll be posting and doing giveaways from home base, the JWHMembersOnly Facebook page, so I hope you'll stop in at some point and enjoy the celebration. Unless you're too busy reading Vampire Master, of course. A totally acceptable excuse!
Once up past a certain number of followers, these sites offer those authors more options for bringing their work to readers' attention. For instance, once you're over 1,000 followers on Bookbub, they'll let you send out PreOrder notices to let your fans know when you have a book ready for sale. The more enthusiasm shown by readers at these sites, the more prominently the site is to feature them. And the cool thing is that it's a really easy way to support your favorite authors. Just click the follow button at their author pages. And thank you to those of you who do! Actually thank you to any of you who read or support my work in ways big or small - it is ALL appreciated!
Here's an update on the production schedule for the audio versions of Controlled Response and Honor Bound, Books 2 and 3 of the Knights of the Board Room series. The narrator assigned is none other than G. C. VonCloudts, who has already narrated other books in the Knights of the Board Room series. She's touched base with me for any guidance on the characters, and has begun the production process. I can't wait to hear the finished books. Maybe they'll be out before the end of the year, if we're lucky. Fingers crossed! These stories, as well as the rest of the Knights of the Board Room books, will be offered through the Audible Escape program, if you participate in that.
Just a reminder from the last newsletter: Neither Tantor nor Audible is interested at this time in offering the Vampire Queen series books in audio. However, if my current marketing strategies are successful, maybe we'll get more nibbles in the future. Or I'll be able to set enough aside to produce the audio versions myself. We'll see!
In honor of Halloween, I posted a Goodreads blog about my own personal encounters with ghosts and spirits. Maybe it will inspire you to share your own stories! Click here to read.
What will I write after Vampire Master? I'm still waffling. On the contemporary side, the one that keeps pulling at me is another Nature of Desire book, maybe Rory and Daralyn. James and Ellen is also a story I'd like to write, but the muse hasn't decided if their story will be more of a contemporary (Ellen comes from the Nature of Desire series, introduced in Rough Canvas and reappearing as Athena's secretary in Unrestrained) or paranormal (James is human, but he is the security chief at Club Atlantis). It's a given that the book will have elements of both, so it will be hard to classify. I have more paranormal secondary characters waiting for their stories than contemporary ones, but my last three books have been paranormals (even The Problem with Witches, which had a Knights of the Board Room tie-in, was still primarily paranormal). So we'll see. The Muse is on the fence at the moment.
I will admit, one story that keeps coming to mind involves Catriona, from the Fae world (Lord Keldwyn's ward from Bound by the Vampire Queen) and the son of Elisa and Malachi (Vampire Instinct).Though it's never been revealed formally in the books themselves, Mal and Elisa had twins, a boy and a girl. I've been considering their stories for awhile. I've even taken some notes and done a bit of outlining on them. It would be unusual for me to do two vampire books in a row, but if the Muse takes me in that direction, that's where I'll go. Since Catriona is staying at Club Atlantis under Anwyn's protection, it would be another "Club Atlantis" book, so that might figure well in the current promotional efforts for the series. Not that the Muse ever responds to marketing pressure, lol, but if for once a miracle happens and the two align, then that wouldn't be a bad thing.
And for those who've asked me about it after reading The Problem with Witches, yes, Ramona and Silas from the Arcane Shot series are a strong possibility sometime in 2020-2021. They made a prominent appearance in The Problem with Witches, which increased reader interest in seeing the Arcane Shot series finally completed as intended, with Ramona's story as the third book in the trilogy.
Remember, you can find me online through my website email contact link (little envelope under Follow Me on the right side of home page) or email me directly at storywitch@storywitch.com. You can also leave a question for me under my Author Profile on GoodReads. I'm on Facebook under Joey W. Hill, and you can visit the JWHMembersOnly FB fan forum group here. I'm @JoeyWHill on Twitter, and my Pinterest boards related to the books are here.
Thank you all so much for your support of my work!
DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE? It seems those darn online filters are becoming more and more aggressive. And don't get me started on the many ways Facebook plays tricks with my messages, lol. But responding to my readers, and doing so in a very timely manner (within 24-48 hours), is extremely important to me. So if you have sent a communication to me in any of the mediums I've mentioned - direct email, FB, GoodReads or Twitter - and have not received a response, a technical glitch has occurred. Either your communication did not get through to me, or my response did not reach you. If you suspect that's the case, use one of the alternative communication methods to send me a "Hey, Joey, I sent you a note through email (or FB, or a tweet, etc). Did you get it?" message, and we'll make sure we sort it out. I will never intentionally ignore my readers!
While you can subscribe to the newsletter through my website, you may find your email host isn't letting it through, thanks to broad spam-blocking mechanisms that don't separate communications you've specifically requested to receive, from those you haven't. Regrettably, there's not a lot we can do on this side if the newsletter is hitting an email filter that is bouncing it without notifying either one of us. However, we do have some things you can try that seem to have worked for folks:
FIRST - make sure the newsletter email is part of your contact list: "newsletter@storywitch.com."
SECOND - Check whatever filters you do have for spam and the like and see what methods are available to you to ensure an email like this gets through.
THIRD - Contact me at newsletter@storywitch.com and ask to be unsubscribed. Once we confirm with you that has been done, rather than us sending you an invitation (which can bounce for the aforementioned reasons), we have you go in to the website newsletter link and subscribe yourself - here's the link to that. If it works, you'll get an automatic invitation to confirm, and then, fingers crossed, you should be set.
FOURTH - If none of this works or all of it is just too frustrating and you want to say "screw it!" (and I can hardly blame you, lol), then just make sure you've liked my FB page or are following me on Twitter. This is because whenever I issue a newsletter, I will post the updated link to it on both of those, to make sure it reaches the widest number of people possible! It's the same link monthly, so if you want, just put https://storywitch.com/newsletter/?latest as one of your Favorites. You can click on it anytime to see if an update has been posted. I try to post a new one every 30-45 days.
12/15/2019 - Vampire Master - Book 16 of the Vampire Queen series
08/2019 - Naughty Bits - re-release as a self-published title in print and ebook.
07/2019 - Vampire Queen's Servant - re-release as a self-published title in print and ebook.
6/30/19 - The Problem with Witches - A Crossover novel of the Arcane Shot and Knights of the Board Room series
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
12/15/2019 - Vampire Master - Book 16 of the Vampire Queen series
08/2019 - Naughty Bits - re-release as a self-published title in print and ebook.
07/2019 - Vampire Queen's Servant - re-release as a self-published title in print and ebook.
6/30/19 - The Problem with Witches - A Crossover novel of the Arcane Shot and Knights of the Board Room series
GoodReads Blog - Whenever I have something half-way interesting to say (hopefully), I post it on my blog. Check out the latest, as well as the backlog of over 80 posts!
For my most up-to-date appearances info throughout the month, follow me on Twitter or "Like" my Author Page on Facebook - I'll keep you in the loop as things happen!
December 15 - Join us at the JWHMembersOnly Facebook page for a day long celebration of the release of Vampire Master!
GoodReads Blog - Whenever I have something half-way interesting to say (hopefully), I post it on my blog. Check out the latest, as well as the backlog of posts!
For my most up-to-date appearances info throughout the month, follow me on Twitter or my Author Page on Facebook - I'll keep you in the loop as things happen!
SEXY AND SASSY SIGNING 2020 - July 9-12 - next year's popular reader/author event will happen in Norfolk, VA. The theme is Sinful Fairy Tales! Click on the link above to find out more. You can also join the SASS Attendee group once you've registered.
SEXY AND SASSY SIGNING 2020 - July 9-12 - next year's popular reader/author event will happen in Norfolk, VA. The theme is Sinful Fairy Tales! Click on the link above to find out more. You can also join the SASS Attendee group once you've registered.
Want a Kindle signature? My books are listed at the Authorgraph site, so if you'd like a "Kindlegraph", send me a request! Just go to Authorgraph.com, put Joey W. Hill in the search line, and it will pull up my books, with a "Request Authorgraph" button beneath each.
Want a signed bookplate for your print book and a bookmark? No need to be bummed about not seeing me at a book signing. Just shoot me an email at storywitch@PROTECTED with your mailing address and the title(s) of the book(s) for which you want a signature, and I'll send you personalized bookplates anytime, free of charge. And I always send it with a signed bookmark!
HAVE YOU CHECKED THE AUTHOR'S WEBSITE?
I am ALWAYS delighted to hear from my readers, and I never mind answering your questions. However, about 90% of the general questions I receive on email can be quickly answered on my website, www.storywitch.com. And the cool thing is you get your answer in the time it takes you to do a couple clicks, versus having to type up your question and send it to me, then wait for me to emerge from my writing cave and check my email.
A lot of authors experience this now. Because we have so much more of a presence at FB, Twitter, and the like, it's easy to forget that most authors still maintain a website where you can quickly get info. On my site, you can not only find BLURBS and FREE EXCERPTS for every book I've published, you can find SERIES ORDER, including recommendations on which ones can stand alone or need specific titles to be read first. Under the In the Works page, you'll find information about UPCOMING RELEASES and what's percolating (the popular "will you ever write a book about so-n-so" question would be answered there).
Just go to my website, storywitch.com, and enjoy your visit. It is specifically and deliberately designed not to be flashy or confusing. Just look at the drop down menus at the top for what you're seeking.
FREEBIES - PLUS, HOW TO GET A SIGNED BOOK
Want a beautiful bookmark? I have gorgeous bookmarks representing SIX of my series: Arcane Shot, Daughters of Arianne, Knights of the Board Room, Nature of Desire, Naughty Bits and Vampire Queen. If you'd like one, send me an email at storywitch@storywitch.com with your mailing address and tell me which bookmark you want. I will send you two of that same bookmark (signed) - one to keep and one to give to a friend you think might like my work!
Want a signed bookplate for your print book? Just shoot me an email at storywitch@storywitch.com with your mailing address and tell me what book(s) you're requesting the bookplate(s) for, so I can personalize it a bit.
Want a Kindle signature? My books are listed at the Authorgraph site, so if you'd like a "Kindlegraph", send me a request! Just go to Authorgraph.com, put Joey W. Hill in the search line, and it will pull up my books, with a "Request Authorgraph" button beneath each.
Want a signed book? Yes, I can sell you a signed print book directly. Email me at storywitch@storywitch.com with your mailing address and tell me what book(s) you want. Also let me know if you want the books signed to your first name, another name, or no personalization, just a signature and a cheery note. I'll shoot you an invoice with the cost of the books plus shipping (low media mail rate for U.S. orders). Once paid, I'll send your book(s) out to you.
"I have a question."
Answer: "Have you checked my website?"
I am ALWAYS delighted to hear from my readers, and I never mind answering your questions. However, about 90% of the general questions I receive on email can be quickly answered on my website, www.storywitch.com. And the cool thing is you get your answer in the time it takes you to do a couple clicks, versus having to type up your question and send it to me, then wait for me to emerge from my writing cave and check my email.
A lot of authors experience this now. Because we have so much more of a presence at FB, Twitter, and the like, it's easy to forget that most authors still maintain a website where you can quickly get info. On my site, you can not only find BLURBS and FREE EXCERPTS for every book I've published, you can find SERIES ORDER, including recommendations on which ones can stand alone or need specific titles to be read first. Under the In the Works page, you'll find information about UPCOMING RELEASES and what's percolating (the popular "will you ever write a book about so-n-so" question would be answered there).
Just go to my website at storywitch.com, and enjoy your visit. It is specifically and deliberately designed not to be flashy or confusing. Just look at the drop down menus at the top for what you're seeking.
"I have a question."
Answer: "Have you checked my website?"
I am ALWAYS delighted to hear from my readers, and I never mind answering your questions. However, about 90% of the general questions I receive on email can be quickly answered on my website, www.storywitch.com. And the cool thing is you get your answer in the time it takes you to do a couple clicks, versus having to type up your question and send it to me, then wait for me to emerge from my writing cave and check my email.
A lot of authors experience this now. Because we have so much more of a presence at FB, Twitter, and the like, it's easy to forget that most authors still maintain a website where you can quickly get info. On my site, you can not only find BLURBS and FREE EXCERPTS for every book I've published, you can find SERIES ORDER, including recommendations on which ones can stand alone or need specific titles to be read first. Under the In the Works page, you'll find information about UPCOMING RELEASES and what's percolating (the popular "will you ever write a book about so-n-so" question would be answered there).
Just go to my website at storywitch.com, and enjoy your visit. It is specifically and deliberately designed not to be flashy or confusing. Just look at the drop down menus at the top for what you're seeking.