It may come as a surprise to some of you, but in addition to writing full-time, and parenting full-time, I also have the Corporate Day Job which has inspired many a Ruling Council Meeting. Sadly I haven’t been served trays of bacon or had the opportunity to throw a pastry at scowling angels, but I have been in three days of meetings with my team outside of Chicago this week. Meetings mean that evenings normally reserved for writing and family-type activities are now occupied with doing all the Day Job things that normally get done 9-5. So picture me in meetings during the day, then locked in a hotel room in the evenings answering e-mails and doing data analysis in Excel spreadsheets. Yes, it’s almost on the level of 495 reports.
I may not have hit the NYT list yet, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express for the last three days, so expect literary greatness when I return. Or at the very least progress on the Nyalla short story, which is next on deck. Two Souls (the first in my sci-fi series) is off to edit, and I did squeak in some plot outlining on book 2 (A House Divided). I’ve also been reviewing audio files for Last Breath. Dead Rising is now available in audio, and I plan to have all three Templar books as well as Exodus (Angela Rysk is once again the voice of Sam) in audio by the end of the year. Depending on when I wrap up Famine’s Feast (Templar IV) I hope to also have audio done or close to done on that book.
2016 will have seen 5-6 novels, 1 novella, and 1 short story released, plus some work on 2017 books; 4 novels in audio released, and additional marketing/branding to lay the groundwork for future enterprises. All this while working at the Corporate Day Job and being a single parent to three children. So please forgive me if I seem a bit snappy when my fans ask me when xxx book is due, or when this other book might be done in audio, or when books will be translated. It’s on my to-do list. I’ll get to it eventually. Someday.
In the meantime, I’m about to catch that jet-plane to head back to Maryland, to my family and my hellhounds, and my regular routine. Carry on!
Sandy
Wow – how can you keep up that schedule? I’m exhausted just reading about it…and I’ve been awake on a technical outage bridge for about 36 hours now.
Your books are phenomenal. Your pastry fight scene (two of them, actually – well, three) have given me some pretty good daydreams during stressful work situations. So, thanks for that.
Ck robbie
The fact is that I know I loved the imp series so far. And am excited to read that the the another audiobooks are on there way. Thank you for your hard work. I so happy that I can discover your other books now. Ty
debradunbar
Thank you! Both the USA and NYT list need a certain volume of sales spread across multiple retailers within a one week period to qualify. Requirements for the NYT list are greater than USA and they’re curated, so there’s some magic-sauce that goes into their list beyond raw sales. I haven’t listed on either yet because my sales tend to be consistent rather than huge bumps and drops, and that consistency isn’t quite high enough yet to hit a list. I have several friends that have listed on one of the other with a big sale promotion of their books, or even a large multi-author set, and a few who have built enough of a following to list on a new release, so I know it’s within my grasp. Soon. And then I take over the world!
Jay
I absolutely cannot fathom your books having not been on the NYT yet, imp is one of my all time favorite series’. I have re-read them from start to most current every year <3