News, Fashionably Late

So… I know I told y’all I would make an announcement when Amber Passion was released.

I lied.

With all due respect (to myself, I guess), I didn’t mean to lie. Or, I didn’t write the last blog with lies in mind. It just sort of happened.

The point. Amber Passion has been released! Its official release date is April 15^th, practically hours after I announced that it was done and was in the editing process. The edits (in my opinion) went over well, better than the other two Enchanters novels I have published, and I was able to publish Amber Passion very quickly. And so, it is available on e-book and will be available on paperback soon. So, go buy it. If you like. : )

The release of Amber Passion means a few things. The Enchanters Trilogy is complete. That’s awesome and sad and wonderful and heartbreaking all at the same time. Also, I am now an author of an entire series, which is a pretty cool thought. Also, it means that I now have two projects on the horizon, instead of three.

Existence has recently taken a complicated turn, and it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to publish it as quickly as I wanted to. Like, today. But really, what is a novel if it’s not complicated? Right. So I’m working on it. : )

And then there’s Wonder Novel, called that partly because I don’t have an official title yet and partly because “Magical Novel” was taken. This is the novel that I’ve released a few snippets from, the one I’ve promised and promised I will release more information about after Amber Passion has been released. And I will. Post a couple chapters maybe, put a blurb together, maybe even a cover! But for now, the novel is in the beginning stages of writing a novel, and I don’t exactly have very much to go on. Except:

Hate. Illness. Imprisonment. Adventure. Love.

And with that, I’m off to write! Hope everyone is enjoying Amber Passion, their Saturday, and generally, their world. Much love.

The Enchanters… done?

Yes, yes, yes. I’ve written the last words. 

Wait, what?

Yes! Amber Passion is DONE!

It is currently with the betas, in the editing process, and should be available digitally everywhere… VERY soon. I don’t want to give out an exact date at the moment because I’d like to have it available as soon as possible, so we’ll just call it right around the corner. : )

My next project is to finish up Existence which is nearly done as well. You can read the first chapter of that here. 

And then, the new stuff I’m calling WonderNovel, because you can wonder about it until Amber Passion is released. 

Am I sad that the Enchanters series has come to a close? Not exactly. Sad as in, did I cry as I wrote the last pages of Amber Passion? Hell yeah I did. But, I’ll always have my characters. I don’t think they’ll ever leave me. And I think I’m still buzzing about the ending of Amber Passion. I think we’re going out with a bam, y’all. 

So, so, so. Busy, busy, busy. Off to editing in the morning. And then… release day!!!

Thank you so much for all your support. Those of you who have read my novels, fans of paranormal romance or not, and my friends and family who have supported this “writing thing”. Love you all. 

See you soon!!

Happy release day to me… ha… fooled ya

I have the coolest Friday-night-blog-post-while-drinking-red-wine for you ever.

EVER.

Get it?

… Now you do.

Meet Ever, an Enchanters short story I have shared on this very blog (feel free to look for it instead of paying for it – here, I’ll even give you a link [though there it's called something else, oh well]) that has officially been published! Like, today!!!

So yes, it is happy release day to me. Not Amber Passion. Not quite, anyway. But still release day.

I have another Enchanters short story I’m going to publish in the near future, and another (not Enchanters) short story I *might* publish as well.

For now, I hope you enjoy this one, and, once you read it, because you’re so awesome, I think you should take a minute to review it. : )

Yay!

Ella the Kitty, Amber Passion, Tumblr vs. Facebook, and a Bookiversary

Holy shhhh! Has it been ten days since I last blogged? Excuse me. I definitely need to do something about that.

A few updates.

1. Ella is definitely getting more adorable by the day. Your proof:

 

2. Amber Passion is most likely NOT going to be released on February 14th.

3. Though I’ve had quite some time with both, I’ve recently realized Tumblr is WAY better than Facebook. I guess that’s not really relevant. And the picture of my cat is? Absolutely.

If you’d like to follow me on Tumblr, you can find me at http://allieburkelove.tumblr.com.

Like Facebook better? Wanna prove me wrong? Follow me.  http://www.facebook.com/alliebthewriter.

You like how I just fit that bit in about Amber Passion without a backwards glance? I thought I was pretty slick about it.

I think I’m going to take this opportunity to be brutally honest. The truth is, I’m working my ass off to finish this book, this series… shit, I’m working my ass off to close the chapter that has consumed my life for the last, oh, I don’t know, years. Close the chapter called The Enchanters, and start the one called, well I don’t know yet, well I might know, but I’m not sharing quite yet. It’s been said that “Things worth telling – take time.” (-Nicholas Denmon) and I’m not sure I could explain it better myself. I’m just here to tell you that the novel with the pretty orange cover is underway and I think you’re gonna love it… as soon as it’s ready for you. I’d like to release it before February comes to a close, and am still, working my ass off to make that happen.

Without further ado-that’s enough of the working of asses-I’m proud to announce that Violet Midnight (my debut) is reaching its anniversary. Bookiversary? Yeah, sure, whatever. That’s right, peeps. On February 12th, Violet Midnight will be one year old. I’m planning something special on that day, so stay tuned for that.

Alright. I think that’s enough excitement for one night. Besides, Ella is resting peacefully at the edge of the bed and I need to give her some love.

Night, night.

 

Dear Abby, an Enchanters Excerpt

My dearest Abby,

I guess you’re wondering how I know your name, or how I could possibly know you exist. Well, let me start by saying that I always knew Elias would have a daughter. He always had a soft spot for girls, if you know what I mean.

There was this girl in high school. This, drop dead gorgeous babe. Long black hair every guy in our school dreamed for hours about pulling on, full lips, this ass… well. Needless to say your father and I chased her for months, a secret battle between brothers for who could catch her first. That was about the time I realized I wanted nothing to do with women in that way, and your father, he realized he didn’t want anything to do with her either, if I didn’t. Her name, though, was Abby.

I guess I feel like I need to explain myself. I don’t know what your father has told you about me – knowing him, probably not much. I read minds. At one point in my life, I lost a case. These things happen apparently. It’s never happened before, not to me, but “it was a matter of time”, they tell me. But before they hauled my client off to  jail, he stared me down, like, like he was going to kill me. He didn’t speak, but I heard him loud and clear. He said he was going to kill me. And he will, I’m sure. I don’t know when, but he will. And I’m gay you know, so I won’t ever have any kids. But I’ve always known that my brother wants children, and I’ve always dreamed of being an uncle have as great a my Aunt Jeanine was to us. But now that I know I won’t be around to meet you, I figure this is the best I can do.

I do know that there is no one in this world that really gets Elias, except me. Hopefully your mother does, hopefully you do. This is the real reason I’m writing this letter, I guess. The real reason I’ve written you is, well, I want to ask you for a favor. You are the only person I can be sure that will be in his life in the future, so you’re the only person I can think to ask. I just, I want to ask you, if it’s not too much, to cut your father some slack. No one ever does, you know, and he’s been through a lot. Really, he’ll never admit to it, but he has. Our father, he used to beat the shit out of us every single day. And I shouldn’t even say us, because I never got hit. Not once. Grant would come after me, and Elias would jump in front of me and let Grant take his fury out on him until there was none left. I would yell and scream and try to get around Elias, but he would just hold me back and hold his head up to Grant’s fist until he was done.

I don’t want to lose my brother, Abby, the thought scares me more than a hundred of Grant’s tantrums, but if I have to, if there is nothing I can do about it, I have to die knowing that someone will be there to take care of him. Can you take care of him, Abby? Will you? This is a lot to ask, I know, but I think if you’re his daughter, you must be as strong as he is, as he’s always been.

I’m so sorry I couldn’t stick around to hang out with you, Abby. Hopefully I’ll get to meet you one day. I don’t know how that stuff works, but, who knows? Maybe.

I didn’t write your father. I wrote Allan, but not your father. I really can’t explain why, it just didn’t feel right at the time. But, if you feel enough time has passed for him to bear it, show this to him. If not, just, just tell Ly that his brother loves him. He knows this, but, who knows how long it will be until this letter reaches your hands. It might be nice for him to hear it again.

Goodbye, Abby.

-Uncle Liam

Happy New Year

Like most writers (I would imagine), I have resolutions to write more and write better. It was in a recent guest post I participated in where I said:

New Years Resolutions. Write. Write, write, write. Write more. Write better. Because it’s through my creativity that I can be inspired. That I can inspire. For, isn’t that where it all begins?

I do believe that. On my page on Facebook, I recently posted the words:

I think I just wrote the prologue… to something.

What is this, a Once Upon a Time convention? Anyways.

The point is, I am a writer. Last Friday, I was taking a walk, when the ending of a story flashed before my eyes like I was suffering from a near-death experience, or something. Hence, the prologue. I had already discussed the idea for the novel with a writer friend of mine, but I never imagined it would end… or start… like this.

For me, 2012 is the year of The Write. We’ve got Amber Passion coming up soon, to end The Enchanters Series. Don’t even ask me how I feel about that. Sadness? Happiness? Relief, that I’ve pushed myself this far in my writing? All of the above, maybe. In any case, it will end, and the next chapter of Allie Burke’s writing will begin. I can focus on the ending of Existence, the start of this other novel (beyond the prologue, of course), and maybe a short story or two. I expect this new blog to grow (tell your friends!) and to spend more time talking about myself (see my last post – I’m not that self-centered, I promise).

So, there you have it. Write more, write better, and do my very best not to injure myself running again any time soon (long story – maybe another time).

And now, I must copy this post from the back of three envelopes since my computer undoubtedly hates me. (See my tweets – @allieburkebooks)

Happy New Year to all, and if you went to bed last night at approximately 11:03 PM like me, I think you’re cool. For the record.