The Rewrites Continue

The overhaul remains in full swing. In addition to a lovely, more professional website (but I won't drone about that), I have 5 books now complete with new covers, content, and organization. I've also discarded a number of stories and unearthed others from my archives. With at least 3 books scheduled for this year, I should have 9 or more soon, which is not bad for the 10 years I've been publishing.

Ryan and Essie has had the cover tweaked to a lovely burgundyish-purple (see above), and I've given it a grammar edit and attached a bonus short story to the back. The Old Man and His Grandsons was a really cute little story about a man in a nursing home who goes on an adventure when his grandsons get involved with a semi-ridiculous planet full of unicorns. It went great with Ryan and Essie. 
Victoria got cut by about 40% and is now a shorter novella slipped into Facets of Fantasy. So much of the story was honestly bloated and overdramatic and the character arcs surrounding Mrs. Corkum and her nieces weren't necessary in large part. Bella was also minimized a little as the story is really about Victoria. The new story is hugely improved and  has much more of a focus.
I also pruned Bellevere House by at least a third and updated it to a contemporary setting. It still has the same cover and the setting actually went well with the other VJA books because I had some of the characters be fans of vintage. Dressing them up in vintage clothes brought the play area back to something closer to the original Mansfield Park, and cutting long areas of Faye's musings and thoughts gave a lot of clarity about her motivations--which was great.
Consuela is still under construction. So far it's a neat story that I'm surprised I'd forgotten about for so long, because it has a lot of great situations. If it's as fun to read as it is to work on, it'll be a winner.
Halogen Crossing has been removed from Facets of Fantasy, as it's a boring, heavy story that offers nothing to readers and whatever appeal it had is past. The Test of Devotion would need to be reworked totally as I'm not interested in publishing a western again, but I'll look into it and see if it's worth anything. As mentioned before, earlier, short Alyce stories have also been discontinued in preparation for The Prince's Ball, which will have little of the material that appeared in the shorts.

I'll be instituting a regular review program on my website in future, with forms to fill out if you want to give more detailed feedback besides an Amazon review. I really want to know where these books are headed and every reader loves to chime in with their 2 cents, so this should be a fun experience. If you review enough you'll eventually win a $5 Amazon gift card.

And there will be more updates.