ALL SYSTEMS: CHECK
I expect 2023 to be a decently productive year balanced with several family vacations. My goal is to write 4-5 novels, which I think I can do with good time management and solid outlines. Here's a check-in on my current projects as of September 2023:
The Lazarus Key
This novel is a speculative thriller about a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent named Sam Brodie who joins a specialized FWS task force that specializes in looking into bizarre wildlife cases (like saber-tooth tigers). For a high concept, think of The X-Files if Mulder and Scully investigated unexplainable wildlife incidents rather than aliens. If book 1 connects well with readers, this will become a series. The book's with early readers now and I expect to publish it this fall.
This novel is a speculative thriller about a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent named Sam Brodie who joins a specialized FWS task force that specializes in looking into bizarre wildlife cases (like saber-tooth tigers). For a high concept, think of The X-Files if Mulder and Scully investigated unexplainable wildlife incidents rather than aliens. If book 1 connects well with readers, this will become a series. The book's with early readers now and I expect to publish it this fall.
Judge Mental
I started writing this serialized superhero story on Wattpad, but I've found a new home for Judge's complete story. It's now finished and with my editor at Aethon Books. Once I get a release date, I'll be sure to let you know!
I started writing this serialized superhero story on Wattpad, but I've found a new home for Judge's complete story. It's now finished and with my editor at Aethon Books. Once I get a release date, I'll be sure to let you know!
Legion Quest
I've finished writing this portal fantasy that throws a disabled, professional gamer into a Dungeons and Dragons style world. It's fun, classic fantasy with a heroic team facing unbeatable odds. The heads off to my editor this week, and I hope to publish it early winter. If it does well, I'll write more books. For fun, I'm posting the unedited story on Royal Read. You can read it here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/74121/legion-quest
I've finished writing this portal fantasy that throws a disabled, professional gamer into a Dungeons and Dragons style world. It's fun, classic fantasy with a heroic team facing unbeatable odds. The heads off to my editor this week, and I hope to publish it early winter. If it does well, I'll write more books. For fun, I'm posting the unedited story on Royal Read. You can read it here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/74121/legion-quest
Secondhand Spaceman
I wrote and posted the prequel novella to my newsletter subscribers (if you're not a subscriber, you can still read it on Substack: https://rachelaukes.substack.com/p/a-new-book-begins). I'm now writing book 1 with 6k words written. Since this will be a series of novellas, I expect to have book 1 finished and to my editor by the end of September and then will start on book 2 right away. I'll release the first 3 books back to back (a new book every 2-3 weeks), and I expect book 1 to be ready to release this winter.
I wrote and posted the prequel novella to my newsletter subscribers (if you're not a subscriber, you can still read it on Substack: https://rachelaukes.substack.com/p/a-new-book-begins). I'm now writing book 1 with 6k words written. Since this will be a series of novellas, I expect to have book 1 finished and to my editor by the end of September and then will start on book 2 right away. I'll release the first 3 books back to back (a new book every 2-3 weeks), and I expect book 1 to be ready to release this winter.
Bounty Hunter
I keep hearing from readers about when the next Bounty Hunter book comes out. I originally had six novels planned for the current story arc, which leaves two more novels to write. Unfortunately, the series hasn't done as well as I hoped, so the remaining two books were put on the back burner as I work on other projects first. I do plan to write books 5 and 6 at some point (the plan is early 2024, barring I don't write any more Legion Quest or Sam Brodie novels) to wrap up the storyline. The first four novels are available on Kindle, everywhere in audio, and in paperback. Oh, and the first novel is also available on the Tales app as a visual story.
I keep hearing from readers about when the next Bounty Hunter book comes out. I originally had six novels planned for the current story arc, which leaves two more novels to write. Unfortunately, the series hasn't done as well as I hoped, so the remaining two books were put on the back burner as I work on other projects first. I do plan to write books 5 and 6 at some point (the plan is early 2024, barring I don't write any more Legion Quest or Sam Brodie novels) to wrap up the storyline. The first four novels are available on Kindle, everywhere in audio, and in paperback. Oh, and the first novel is also available on the Tales app as a visual story.
Other Stuff
I have new projects planned out from here, including the Archon Saga, a post-apocalyptic trilogy that has meaner and scarier zombies than the Deadland Saga. I expect to start on this as soon as I wrap up the above projects.
I have the rights back on the very first novels I published (fantasy romance). I picked up a new cover and plan to package both novels (Knightfall and Hellbound) as a single ebook, which I'll rerelease this year across all ebook retailers under the original series name, Guardians of the Seven Seals.
I have the rights back on the very first novels I published (fantasy romance). I picked up a new cover and plan to package both novels (Knightfall and Hellbound) as a single ebook, which I'll rerelease this year across all ebook retailers under the original series name, Guardians of the Seven Seals.