R.J. Blain's Blog, page 56
August 15, 2019
Let’s Talk About Witch & Wolf.
Dear human,
This is not my first stab at writing this post. In fact, I’d tapped up a glorious post, very long, full of wow… I went into a glorious feline rant about how readers who do not buy any books in a series until the series is entirely done ultimately help make series die terrible deaths for fiscal reasons. (Like, seriously. If the authors aren’t paid for the books while they’re working on them, the series die and aren’t finished. If you want to see a series succeed, buy the damned bo...
August 14, 2019
Ch-ch-changes! We nuked the old website from orbit.
Dear humans,
Last night, the female snapped, much like a little twig under foot. It was truly delightful. She grabbed the digital shotgun, she aimed it at the server hosting my blog, and she opened fire. She then lit its digitally shredded corpse on fire, defenestrated it, and she possibly indulged in an act of exsanguination.
She had a great time.
As a result, there are ch-ch-changes coming! She’s hard at work recreating my website so it’s pretty… and better still, functional for readers! I...
August 13, 2019
We broke the site. Sorry, humans.
Seriously, we’re not too sorry about our decision to nuke the website from orbit. It was time for a fresh start, and the female got rather upset over something, and as she was inside the server, she hit the red button that began nuking it from orbit.
We made changes to the server, so things should run faster and more reliably. We’re sorry for the clutter. Over the next few days, we’ll populate the site with fun data! Like snarky reviews of all the female’s books, future projects, and so on.
...August 12, 2019
Blending In is now available in audiobook format!
Dear humans,
It’s me again! The audiobook fairies have informed us you can now acquire copies of Blending In in audiobook format! Hooray!
And since Blending In wants ALL of the love this week, it’s also in the finalist round over at Uncaged in the Urban Fantasy category. The female would be really appreciative if you were to go vote.
As there is a new release (of sorts) and a special surprise on the way, the female will be sending a newsletter out to the new list. If you want to hear wheneve...
Ginger Snapped is available for Preorder, a Giveaway (on facebook,) and more!
Dear humans,
The humans dared to leave us alone for the weekend. We were so terribly distressed. They fed us treats, they put the air conditioner on, they gave us all the water we could drink and then some. (Bonus: they forgot to put the lid down on the toilet. We love toilet water! Yum!)
They even thought putting out new toys would appease us.
Wrong.
They came back, though, and after a few skeptical minutes where we forced them to beg for forgiveness and attention, we came out to say hello....
August 7, 2019
Book Updates, News, and Things…
Dear humans,
We are cat. Hear us rawr!
The female is up to her usual shenanigans. First of all, she changed our blog. Again. We’re okay with this. We like this version better. We think. We’re not really sure… yet.
We’ll try to be brief with you today, humans! The male is kidnapping the female, making her go to the land of NO INTERNET, up into the mountains, where the bears will surely get her.
They’re going ‘camping.’ We’re not sure what this camping thing is, but the female seems a little d...
July 29, 2019
The Dae Portals series is being republished in 2020. (And unpublished tomorrow from general sales.)
Dear humans,
Times are changing–and the Dae Portals series is being revived. The first step is to get new covers on the six books the female has had planned. They were booked today, and will be reading in February or March of 2020.
In the meantime, the Dae Portals books are going away. The new versions will be published as RJ Blain writing as Trillian Anderson, and the books will be undergoing edits.
There will be some new scenes. The writing will be cleaned up. Things will be clarified. They...
July 24, 2019
Painting, and the Revival of the Newsletter…
Dear humans,
The female has begun her painting rampage, and she loves painting nebulas. We’re concerned. She listens to this human named ‘Bob Ross’ while she’s… not doing anything he suggests? I don’t understand why she paints rifts in space while he paints happy little trees.
I would judge, but she seems to really like poking the thingie that makes the paint go with the bristly stick, so… I’ll just ignore her odd behavior.
She’s having fun despite the post office holding most of her supplie...
July 21, 2019
Blood Bound’s Release delayed until January 28, 2020.
Dear humans,
I almost gave my human the power of time travel, releasing Blood Bound in 2010 instead of 2020. That would’ve been quite the feat!
[image error]Being serious, though. The female? She is stressed, tired, more tired, a little more stressed, and add in some other things relating to anxiety and depression.
First, she wanted me to express her gratitude for all of the well wishes and support from the fans who helped salvage Bonds’s release. While she’s still sad over the opening day snafus, she’s...
July 18, 2019
Why does release week matter so much to authors?
Dear human,
Do you like my collection of toys? I do! My human recently gathered all of my pretty toys and put them in a pile for me so I can pick out the ones I like best. Of course, I like my balls with feathers the best. Sometimes, she’s a nice human and puts them on my tree for me so I can bat them off and show them who the real boss is.
Now that I have covered the truly important things in life, my human asked me to address something because some fans are uncertain or confused on why she...
