R.J. Blain's Blog, page 19

I’m probably going to regret this, but…

Findaway has fixed the various issues with the files, and as such, I have reenabled distribution on Vampire of Montana, even at the vendors where the shitstorm started. (Once again, I do not know if people changed their reviews or ratings upon learning it’s a valid dialect/form of speaking, nor do I care. I don’t even want to hear about it at this stage.) It’ll take however long it will take to go back on sale with the changes to foal’s pronunciation.

This is not changing my stance on putting...

Booked for Murder is on Sale! ($0.99)

Ebook edition only for sale price.

Life as a bodyguard and driver for the rich, famous, and powerful is dangerous on a good day, and after sustaining a crippling injury while on duty, Janette’s left with few options. Having signed a ‘for life’ contract but unable to work, she uses her skills to disappear.

Her new life as a librarian suits her. Nobody cares she limps and sometimes requires a cane to walk. She’s wanted for her knowledge, not her lethal magic. She’s surrounded by books, a wo...

Notice for Amazon UK, FR, DK and DE readers! Plus a note about Life-Debt!

Greetings,

Amazon has… done something ‘interesting’ in the form of canceling a substantial number of preorders from the UK, France, and Denmark. (Maybe Germany, too, but everything from Amazon is indicating Denmark vs Germany.)

If you live in one of these nations, and you preordered any of my titles, it’s probable your preorder has been dropped. Please note that this is not something I had any involvement with. (I just tracked down some information when I saw large numbers of dropped preor...

Notice for Amazon UK, FR, and DE readers! Plus a note about Life-Debt!

Greetings,

Amazon has… done something ‘interesting’ in the form of canceling a substantial number of preorders from the UK, France, and Denmark.

If you live in one of these nations, and you preordered any of my titles, it’s probable your preorder has been dropped. Please note that this is not something I had any involvement with. (I just tracked down some information when I saw large numbers of dropped preorders.)

Unfortunately, I have no idea when the drops will stop happening. I just ...

Upcoming Patreon Read Alongs!

Greetings!

Today, I’m focusing on the monthly Patreon, especially considering the changes I’ll be implementing to it. As a reminder, the monthly Patreon is a subscription service where you throw pennies my way (with minimal platform fees I pay). Depending on which tier you pick, you get stuff in exchange.

The Tip Jar is just that; it’s a tip. Tip Jar members get access to news updates like the free members, but they also will get access to any short stories I post to the monthly Patreon. T...

Changes to Patreon (Monthly.)

While I have already notified the monthly Patreon users, it’s time to post to the blog about some changes I’ll be making. While the price per tier will not be changing, the tiers themselves are undergoing some modifications.

The tiers will be changed to be as follows, with each tier having everything the tier(s) before it has plus their benefits:

Tip Jar: Access to Patreon-Only News, Any Short Stories produced, Coloring Book Pages when done, Posts dedicated to Photography. (Read Alongs are...

Life-Debt has released.

When scavenger and hybrid fox Viva comes across a derelict in empty space, what she and her furry partner, Pandora, discover puts them on a collision course for adventure, fame and wealth—assuming she survives the experience.

Teaming up with the derelict’s living cargo isn’t wise, but the handsome stranger might hold the key to the ship and its many secrets. Add in some pirates out to profit from Viva’s living head, and she’s in for a wild ride.

Delivering the cargo to its rightful owner ...

Moving forward, moving forward, moving forward…

I’ve always tried to be transparent with my readers. I feel it helps other authors know precisely what they’re getting into should they decide to publish… and I feel it teachers readers there’s a LOT that goes into the 3-5 (or more) hours a book entertains them.

Today, rather than write, I did math. I did a lot of math. I math’d so hard my eyes crossed and I took a lie me down with Princess for thirty minutes to recover from the mathing.

The math basically worked like this:

I took only ...

If you want the Vampire of Montana in Audiobook format, you will need to use Audible. (And other stuff about how I will be writing moving forward.)

Due to unresolvable technical difficulties with my other distributor (their team is still trying to figure out what’s wrong with the file with no success), Vampire of Montana is only available for distribution at ACX. The audiobook should be “corrected” on Audible now. (No, I do not feel that my narrator’s usage of foal was incorrect, unnecessary, or anything like that. She had everyone use it because of Texas’s prevalence on the world stage, and frankly, it was a brilliant observation of the na...

A Sneek Peek of Old Secrets, some behind-the-scenes on Whiskers on Kittens, and DragonCon! Plus other (mostly important) news.

Greetings, folks. Buckle in, this post will be a bit long and all over the place. But first, a picture I took in Australia of a birb! I do quite love Australia’s birbs. So many, so nice! This birb was PINK. And we all know how I feel about pink.

Anyway, please do not edit, comment on editing, or do any editing type things in this post. Nothing here has been edited. And I mean NOTHING. This is out-of-the-box raw. If you don’t like that, look away.

You can preorder Old Secrets at the fo...