Funny how some things develop. I wrote Along Came a Demon as a fun little novella, with the idea I’d do a sequel only if anyone was interested. Somewhat to my surprise, they were interested, they wanted more. So I planned a four-book series. Now, people are asking what happens next.
The consecutive series began with Royal meeting Tiff in Along Came a Demon, and ended with her discovering her origins in Demon Demon Burning Bright. Note I say consecutive series. The four-book consecutive series is done. I’ve said all this before, I said it here. But I also said readers can expect to see stand alone Whisperings adventures and they will be coming. The first “Whisperings Mystery” will be Demon on a Distant Shore. Will they expand on Tiff’s history? Perhaps. Will Gia make a reappearance? Perhaps. And Chris Plowman? He does have a sleazy cameo appearance in Demon on a Distant Shore, but I don’t know about future mysteries. You can be sure of one thing: Royal and Tiff will have fun and solve cases. I go where the muse takes me and she can be a contrary bitch. Who knows what she will come up with!?! 
In the meantime, I’m venturing into short stories. I heard writing shorts is difficult, and by golly they are. No sooner do you get deep into a character’s psyche, you have to leave them and go on to the next. It’s like ripping out a part of you. You can’t do as much world-building. You can’t spend time mapping out a character’s full history. You have to leave a lot to the reader’s imagination, and hope you gave them enough to make their imagination flow.
Coming spring 2012, Femme Fatales is unlike anything I have written before. The five short stories are fantasy on a future earth. Yeah yeah, I know, been there done that. But although they are populated by trolls, vampires, angels, harpies and gargoyles, I don’t think you’ll have seen anything quite like them before. I hope not, anyway.
As part of my new game plan, I increased the price of Whisperings e-books. At the moment, Amazon is selling Along Came a Demon at $2.99 reduced to $0.99; The Demon Hunters, Dead Demon Walking and Demon Demon Burning Bright are $3.99 reduced to $2.99. Amazon will go to full price when the new prices siphon to online retailers via Smashwords. So if any of your friends have indicated they want to get Whisperings, now would be a good time.
One of the advantages of publishing as an Independent is that I see sales as they happen, so I want to send a huge thank you to everyone who’s jumping in to get the Demon Demon Burning Bright e-book. And for those who prefer paperback, it’s finally here, available from Amazon.com. Wohoo!
Stay warm, everyone.
I can’t wait to read Femme Fatales! Have just begun Dead Demon Walking on my newly-acquired Kindle….watch this space…;-)
Look forward to seeing what you do with the shorts, and who doesn’t love trolls, vampires, angels, harpies and gargoyles!