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October 20, 2017
Update Time: So MUCH THINGS!
MEETING SANG: SILAS
If you haven’t been aware, Meeting Sang: Silas, has happened. It was recently delivered via the newsletter.
If you haven’t gotten it, and you’d like to get it and get the others when they come out, go sign up for the newsletter.
In addition, if you didn’t want to download Silas and you wanted to buy it (thank you), it is on preorder. You can find more information: https://clstonebooks.com/meeting-sang/
AUDIOBOOKS
House of Korba has been released.
Next up: Envy: Scheduled Release Date: 10-28-17
I think Sugar is already out, so we’re just filling in gaps. It’s amazing how fast they were able to come out with each book.
Also, if you haven’t tried it yet, if you’ve bought the ebooks on Amazon, you actually may be able to get the audiobook at a steep discount. Go to the book page on Amazon you want the audibook for, see if when you click on “Digital Download” what the price is.
At Audible, prices can vary, but you may get a better deal going through Amazon. For example, Thief is free, and for a lot of people, the audiobook ends up being $1.99. Sometimes it is $7.99. At Audible, it may be $15 or $20 for the book, so you’ll get a really good deal just going direct with Amazon.
As I Write – Read books free before they are published.
I wanted to introduce you all to a project I’ve been contemplating doing over a couple of years now and I’m finally just jumping in and doing it.
Writing the Academy books takes some time. The writing process slows down a little because I have to backtrack, check notes, check changes around Charleston. The books are very long, too. I love them. I like giving you all details and weaving in a story that you’ll enjoy for years and years.
The editing side is a little slow, so it takes time to piece it together. Especially for books where the word counts are 120,000+ on occasion. Editors, line editors and proofreaders need weeks to check it out and get back to me. If you ever wondered why trade published books take so long, you know their process could take a year or two. Luckily within a few months, I’ve got another book on the way.
But in between those times, sometimes I’m antsy and I want to write. I want to write something new, fresh, and it gets out you pretty quickly. But I wouldn’t want people paying for this. Prior, I talked about doing something similar but in Kindle Unlimited, but a lot of people aren’t in KU and don’t really use it, so to use it just for this seems over the top.
As I Write will have new sections of books I’m writing on the side, where you get to read them as I’m working on them. When I complete a couple of chapters that week, I’ll polish them as best as I can, but remember they will be drafts. However, you’ll get to see how things develop.
But this is a chance for people to read some stuff, and it gives me a little outlet to just go crazy and write a sparked idea.
I am aiming for once a week, although it could be once every two weeks if people prefer slightly longer editions but at a slower pace. Part of the experiment is working out the best way for delivery, the frequency and how it works.
This isn’t a serial, this is sections of novels, a couple of chapters. There may be cliffhangers. There may be times when it is only one chapter, it is just super long.
If you aren’t interested in waiting and just want to read when they are completed, after they are done, I will put them for sale on Amazon, iBooks and the usual publishers (after any revisions or editing). You can wait to read the completed ones, or go back, download all the pieces.
Just know those pieces won’t be as polished as the real deal. But, free, yeah?
The newsletter is absolutely free, but I’ll include a couple of ads in the newsletter itself on occasion just to help support it a little, and also there’s a (completely optional/if you want) Patreon. There are a few rewards for Patreon supporters but this doesn’t affect the delivery of the newsletter at all. I’m doing the newsletter because I want to, the Patreon is if you want to.
Right now I’m going to start with a couple of stories I’ve been tinkering with between books. One of the first ones will be Favored, as I wanted to extend it and add new scenes.
The second one will be something completely new. I will be doing both at the same time, so it is essentially two stories to read the pieces of each week. As one finishes, it’ll be followed up by another one behind it. So far, I have lined up fantasy romances as one, and some contemporary romances for the second option, so hopefully a little something for most tastes.
I’m sure there will be questions. 
September 12, 2017
Hobbies and Updates
Update on Silas: I had an itch to write more toward the end. There was stuff going on that I had forgotten about until I was in editing phase and re-reading Introductions again. So I’m tacking that in. (Normal for me to tack in stuff I forgot to put in.)
So close! And then it goes in for a line edit. So it’ll come soon. If you don’t know, these don’t get a preorder. It comes out free through the newsletter, and then later goes wide, usually for sale for $.99. The date will vary on when I can get the line editor. Once I finish this ending I want to tack on, it should start that process.
I did have emails coming in asking questions outside of the books, ideas to post in this blog. If you have additional ideas or things to add, email me and I’ll try to include them.
One of the questions: What are my hobbies besides writing?
If anyone gives me a chance to talk about video games, I’ll talk your ear off.
Video games take up a lot of my free time. Fallout 4 modded out, Stranded Deep… I’ve been playing Dark and Light. I loved ARK for a long time. I swap out games every now and again, and you’ll probably hear about any new obsessions.
I have thought about doing Play Through videos for YouTube, but like the Sims videos, it’d be done when I get time between writing. It takes a bit of work to put those things out.
September 1, 2017
August is Gone Already?
August Obsessions
Game: Still in Fallout 4, but also Dark and Light, and also Stranded Deep
Audio: The Hello Internet Podcast
Video: Anne with an E
Other: Fried potatoes.
August 7, 2017
July Faves Plus Talking Audiobooks
Obsessions I enjoyed through July:
Games: Modded Fallout 4 (Reverse Harem style!), The Trail (Android and iPhone, Free)
YouTube: MyLifeMits
Food: Fried eggs on toast, roasted potatoes (going through a vegetarian-ish eating habit thing, but now I live on toast and potatoes)
Projects: Digging into reading through the Ghost Bird series to make sure I haven’t forgotten some random plot threads, tinkering with Silas, plotting for Love’s Cruel Redemption, also learning Adobe Premier.
Anything you want to know about me here? Email me ideas and I’ll add them in.
July 16, 2017
New Items in Stone Studios at Etsy
New Corey Henshaw shirt, a return of the North shirt, and if you missed the book box, you can still get what was inside (limited supplies left) like the kintsugi bowl or the North notebook. Comes with a full set of Ghost Bird stickers.
As always, there are bracelets and signed books, and possibly the last chance to get a Nathan shirt with limited sizes available.
Click here to see everything available.
July 4, 2017
Author Interview – For Funsies
I get asked to do interviews sometimes, and I usually don’t accept too often, but I found a list of questions in different places and I thought it would be fun to fill out. Something outside of the typical questions I get that are usually all about the books.
I’ve tweaked and added a few question on my own of things I love. Maybe other authors can take the questions and answer, too.
July 3, 2017
THANK YOU – USA Today – Black and Green
As always, this is you all.
A bestseller list doesn’t happen without you. This isn’t like I ran the fastest mile, or performed a backflip on a polar bear. Bestselling lists takes thousands of people coming together to buy the same book at the same moment.
This is readers showing interest and wanting to be part of this world.
Thanks for being a part of this.
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June 26, 2017
Last Week of June – Mid Summer Organizing
Favorites of the month:
Lots and lots of Disney’s TsumTsum
Raisin cinnamon bagel toasted and topped with peanut butter and banana
Cortex, the productivity(?) podcast
Watching Sl1pg8tor playing games that I also enjoy playing
June 20, 2017
Release Day – Black and Green
Today is the day we find out what happened at the gray house on Sunnyvale Court!
[image error]I hope everyone likes the new format. There are a ton of big changes, a lot of new discoveries to be made.
With the introduction of some chapters being from one of the guy’s point of view, we’ll be able to look in on them on occasion. This is something I haven’t been able to do before, but I hope you all will love. I loved writing from Dr. Green’s viewpoint. He has such a warm heart and just wants everyone to be happy.
What’s next?
Meeting Sang: Silas is still being written at the moment. That will be the next book expected to be out in the future.
Following Silas, there should be Ghost Bird: Love’s Cruel Redemption and then following that, Scarab Beetle: Tempest.
When will it happen? I don’t know yet.
June 12, 2017
The Week Before Black and Green
Current project: Meeting Sang: Silas (On a small pause in prep for Black and Green release)
Song of the moment: Salty Sincerity DS Remix by Clean Tears
Currently playing: Life is Feudal: Forest Village
This is the part where I hope I didn’t forget anything major in the next book coming out. All plot threads for the book closed? Did Luke forget to comb his hair?
