What's Going On Around Here

Well, it’s been six weeks since Cody came home for good to help me with the running of our publishing business. Six weeks, and I would say we’ve finally found a good balance between us.
The first two weeks were a bit tough, as he took a small vacation to “detox” some of his punching-the-time-clock old habits. (I mean, WHY was he still trying to get out of bed at 7a.m. when his precious wife was up until 4 each morning!?! Let the woman sleep, please!)
Glad he got that out of his system!
And it took us a bit longer to get the kiddo accustomed to having Daddy home full time than either of us expected. It was at least a month before she stopped asking if Daddy had to work the next day. But finally she seems to understand that Daddy will be there the next day when she wakes.
Now if I can just get her to stop using Daddy as her personal valet/butler/personal shopper. He even says it himself—“All she has to do is ask!”
Finding a daily balance has taken some adjustment for all of us. And not just the simple things like getting on a similar schedule—he is a definite early worm and I am a classic night owl (as is our daughter).
He’s highly organized and detail-obsessed—uh, I mean oriented!—and I am more creative and scatter-brained. He tends to think linearly and I’m more all over the place. There are definitely some wildly different personality traits in this family. When he was gone fifty hours each week, these differences weren't so noticeable, but now that we are together so much they are taking some real work to make balance!
  As for the work going on around here…
We are working out a routine and are starting to separate some of the work between the two of us to free me up some serious writing time, so that I have time to keep up with the current series' and to write some of the new stuff floating around in my head. This will also give us both more time to work with the kiddo on her homeschooling (little booger started subtraction this month!).
I still do all of the writing, of course.  He’s now doing the distribution through all channels. (We’re still working with Kobo to fix the missing books, btw!) His tasks include audiobooks and paperbacks, and finding other places to sell. We may eventually sell direct from the website, especially paperbacks as we can sell them for several dollars less than Amazon! (But that’s a ways away!)
Cody is going to be reading the Dardanos series as audiobooks. He’s got a great voice, and I think he’ll end up being a great narrator. He’s hoping to have the Healer’s Heartfinished by the end of this month, so that we can offer it as a free audiobook to those who are interested. J 
(For those that haven't read it, Healer's Heart is available as a free short story by clicking HERE!)

I’m planning out the next four Dardanos books (Balance of the Worlds, The Healer's Soul, The Fifth Fate and The Final Darkness), and am writing Loren and Jushua’s story (The Witch) now, for a Dec. 15th release date. Loren was mentioned in Healer’s Heart, Awakening the Demon’s Queen, and in another book, as Jade’s best friend, though you haven't met her yet.
(What Jade didn’t realize was that Loren is a Druid, a follower of the Nellana Druidic Faith—basically she’s a follower of Kennera’s closest friend, and Jushua’s former betrothed, Nelciana! I'm very excited to r.)
For the PAVAD series, I am about to start Kelly’s book, and her younger sister’s novella will be out on Nov. 29th. Kelly's will be called GHOSTING and will deal with the serial killer mentioned in Second Chances when Ally, Cody, and Kelly were on the crime scene.
And the PAVAD prequel that people have been waiting for will be out sometime in January!
(It’s a blurry sample pic and definitely unfinished, but here’s an idea of what to look for!)

2015 will also bring Cody’s book, Mia’s, and possibly Carrie Lorcan’s younger sister Brynna’s. I have a few novellas in that series, as well, but I don’t have definitive dates for those yet.
And I’m working on a new series that will be at least five books long, larger word count than the PAVAD books, and a mix between paranormal and romantic suspense. I’m still working on the details, and will share more later.
All in all, by having Cody at home we are hoping to be able to provide better books on a regular release schedule so that everyone can enjoy reading both the paranormal and the romantic suspense series'.

You’ll see Cody around quite a bit—he’s handling the email account if you have questions or concerns, he’s in charge of the entire website now, and he’s often on facebook and twitter and pinterest. 
And please, if you have any questions about the books or any suggestions about our contact sites such as our website or our Facebook or author page on Amazon better and more user-friendly, let us know at callejbrookes@live.com.