R.J. Blain's Blog, page 25

Warning: Doggone Mess will be increasing to $7.99 during release week.

I bothered checking my word count today. It’s 106,000 words.

There is zero probability of me keeping it below 120,000 words by the time it is finished.

I will keep the price at $6.99 until a few days after release just because. (I thought about changing the price to $7.99 as soon as it was finalized, but I decided against it.)

So, if you want it at $6.99, and you’re buying through traditional vendors, make sure you set a calendar reminder for its release day to get it early. I’ll probably s...

Pen Name List with Series/World breakdown

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This is a page in the menu. I am still trying to figure out if I’ve missed something. This excludes some of the stuff I have covers for.

Please refer to this post for the current preorders.

* indicates the series is yet to be written.

^ indicates the series is completed or is a completed standalone with no expectation of a continuation with those characters.

Any series without a symbol has at least one book written with more on the way or at least one title is availabl...

A Year of Books: 2023’s Official Release Schedule with preorder links! (Bonus: one 2024 book.)

Greetings!

Welcome to my list of all books coming out in 2023! (With one exception, that I cannot tell you about yet. But as soon as it’s no longer a SEKRIT, I’ll let you know, and there shall be rejoicing!)

Buckle in, everybody. This is going to be a ride. Please note that some of them are priced a little low… I’m not sure what the final word count would be, and I would rather up the price closer to release than feel I overcharged. As I go by word count to determine price, this can be an ...

Please do not panic: site updates coming soon.

I will be giving the website a face lift in the near future, so please do not panic! I need to add pages that better go into reading order, pen name details, etc, etc, etc.

As such, things are going to start being moving around.

P.S.: If you find new things online, please be courteous and wait for me to be ready to announce them. Pat yourself on the back if you find them, but please contain yourself for approximately forty-eight hours. I really want to gush and you take the wind of my poor...

A look at the Behind the Scenes numbers (Sell-through of series, identifying healthy series, etc.)

Rather than try to answer every question on if a series is healthy, I’m just going to flat-out tell you. It’s just easier that way!

For most readers, this might be boring, so I’m sorry about that. But if you’re interested in knowing why I’m writing things in the order I am, here goes!

In order of… whatever order I happen to pick because whatever. (I’m not feeling well today and this is a task my sick brain can doooo.)

For the sake of simplicity, this is only on Amazon. (Booked’s initial...

More about the Vigilante Magical Librarians Series…

A reader left a comment, quite puzzled about my stance re: star ratings. As such, I’m going to expand on the whole issue of why the series is dead in the water.

Ratings is only the beginning of the shit show for this series.

At 4.2*, Booked for Murder is literally my worst-rated book. At 2k reviews, it’s significantly, well, bad. It’s not a loved series. Yes, 57% of people rated it 5*. That’s great!

…57% of people did not buy book two.

So, here’s the complete decision making process ...

This is not a drill! News re: Seeking the Zodiacs series.

Achlys has officially been added to the “play project” roster, and preliminary work on drafting this is now underway.

At the same time, due to the general complexity of the story, I am also working on Day of Reckoning. (I don’t want to get too deep into the series before doing the World War III book.)

That leads me to the third book I will be juggling in at the same time. How does Memento Mori link in with Achlys and Day of Reckoning?

The character in the Zodiac Warlock was ...

This is a test!

I managed to break something on the site, but to test it… I have to make a post.

So, have a micro-story.

Once upon a time, there was an R.J. who attempted to break her site. Her activities bored Princess the Understudy so badly she fell asleep and snored.

And so R.J. fixed the site, and Princess took a nap.

Everybody lived happily ever after.

The End.

P.S.: As soon as I finish Doggone Mess and get it to the editor, I will be trying to work on some short stories while hammering ...

Up in Smoke is now available in Audiobook format!

You can download Up in Smoke at the following retailers: Chirp Books | Spotify | Author’s Direct

There are other vendors also carrying the title, but I linked to the three most popular.

Happy Listening!

Current Project Listing

The Pre-Order list is small… but it will be growing very soon! Here are the three projects swiftly approaching my minimum percentage completed to be put up for pre-order. (And I will be doing these within the next few weeks.) Plus I need to do a Mag Rom Com (for December) that I haven’t started yet HAHAHAHA.

This is the GOOD NEWS!! post! Hooray!

First, please allow me to do the base introduction of the first preorders to be on the list. Meet Lilith Daniels! This has been on my to-do list f...