Answers to your Burning Questions

One of my favorite things about being a writer is hearing from my readers (I still struggle to call them "fans." Gulp.) I've always loved telling stories. In fact, I wrote my first story in fifth grade and had one of my friends do the illustration. It was a mystery story in the fashion of The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. Then I let my classmates "rent" the story. I think maybe I charged a quarter each time, sharing the profits with my illustrator. If it wasn't already obvious, I was a weird child. Anywho, I still love the idea of writing whatever story pops into my head and then sharing that with people who get excited about the story. Today, I thought I'd do something a little different in my blog and answer some of the most common questions I receive from my readers. Here goes! (And please keep the questions coming in the comments below.)

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How many books have you written?

There are six full books in the Dark Souls series (with seven coming soon) plus two short stories. I have three books currently in the Blackwood Vampires series and a trilogy called Shadow Hunters, plus a short story. Then there's also the Dark Hart spinoff book. So, that's a grand total of 13 full length books and three short stories/novellas.

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How frequently do you release books?

I wish I had a good answer for this. I guess the answer is, as frequently as I can. I'd like to release a book a month in an ideal world, but I'm also not a full-time writer (yet!). Life and the day job tend to get in the way of my plans. I've been writing these books just over two years now, though I initially wrote the Shadow Hunters trilogy a couple years before that. So I'm probably averaging five books a year.  I'd like to see that number double in 2018, as long as people keep wanting to read my stories.

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How do you write so fast/Write so many stories?

Honestly, I don't know. I have a million stories in my head at any given time and they just keep coming.I wish I could write faster to get them all on paper (metaphorically speaking.) But the internet is so darn interesting and then Netflix happens... 

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When is the next book going to be available?

As soon as possible. I promise. I'm still wrapping up the ending of Destined Souls and I'm not going to lie, this has been a hard story to write. There are so many things I want to have happen, but I also need to make this a tidy ending because it's going to be the end of this particular storyline. It's a lot of pressure and I don't want to let the readers down. Destined Souls should be available in the next two weeks assuming nothing crazy comes out during editing.

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How long is the Dark Souls series going to be?

Kaylie and Rafe's story will wrap up for the most part in book seven. They will have a crossover into subsequent books and into the Blackwood Vampires series, but going forward Dark Souls will focus on other characters. Readers could stop after book seven and have a complete story, but I really hope people will continue on with the rest of the Dark Souls books.

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Alright, that's all the Q&A for now. If you have a burning question you want answers, please let me know. It's been a blast sharing with you. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and please know how very thankful I am for all of you!