I've spoken
briefly about the fact that the rights to "The Bayou Magiste Chronicles,"
my erotic paranormal romance series, have reverted back to me. I'm very excited
about this because, although I haven't hit NY Times best-selling financial
status yet, self-publishing has turned out very well for me, at least so far –
knock wood! Having these books back in my hands to re-release is, well, thrilling!
I've learned a
lot since I first started on this venture last year, and, no question, still
have tons more to learn. One of the reasons I'm so excited about having this
series back in my hands is that I am applying what I've learned so far, and the
process is becoming much easier with each book I release.
I'm making some
changes to the series. These changes include the actual series name, as well as the
titles for each of the books. I decided on one of those changes almost immediately
– the series is now called simply "The Magiste Chronicles."
Featuring a race
of people with magical abilities, The Magiste Chronicles were heavily inspired by
my love of the Harry Potter series. In fact, part of these books, particularly
Book 1, are drawn heavily on a Harry
Potter fan fiction I wrote many years ago. That story came to me on a whim, and
bugged me until I finally started writing it. It took on a life of its own –
what was meant to be a five or six chapter experiment turned into a 300K word,
39 chapter saga, with about as many different sub-plots as you can imagine. When
I finally wrote the last chapter, I realized what a wealth of plot, characters
and love scenes I had to work with. I busted my ass rewriting it to fit the new
world and society I created, but it was truly a labor of love. And now I am doing it all
over again, though the process of rewriting is much easier this time around.
Technically. this
will be the third release for Books 1 and 2, and as mentioned, I am reworking them. In fact, both books are being extensively
rewritten and revised. I'm fixing a few things that have always bugged me and
making other corrections and revisions that are desperately needed. Book 1 was
first released way back in 2010, by a now-thankfully-defunct publisher, with
Book 2 released in March of 2011 by the same publisher. Dealing with that
company was a learning experience in itself, and while it was torture at the
time, now I'm glad for it. What I learned in that experience has worked well in
my favor.
I've always been very fond of the original title for Book 1, but felt that in order to distance the books
from that nightmare, the titles needed to be changed. "In the Devil's Arms"
became "Claimed by the Devil" and Book 2, "Healing the Mage,"
became "Claimed by the Mage." The third book, released for the first
time in 2013, was "Claimed by the Enchanter."
In mulling over
the possibilities at my disposal with this latest reversion, I thought back to
how much I loved Book 1's original title. Once again, "In the Devil's Arms"
is now the title of Book 1. The other titles fell perfectly into place – Book 2
is now "In the Mage's Arms," and Book 3 is "In the Enchanter's
Arms."
I have also hired
a fantastic cover artist, Winter Bayne, to do the new covers for these books. While
we are still tweaking and such, I am so excited by what she's done so far and
can hardly wait to share these beauties. They are simply gorgeous – for now
you'll just have to take my word for it. ;-)
Stay tuned, I will
have more information as we get closer to the re-launch of the series –
that should be sometime this fall, and I'm also planning some exciting giveaways and other fun ways to celebrate.
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