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Book Release
The build up to your first book release is this amazing thing. First, you feel this grand sense of accomplishment from just finishing an entire story. No, it’s not like I built a house or made a car run, but still, I finished something that took hours of my time and effort, shaped into a whole story, with a beginning middle and end that people can now actually read.
Then the advertising, the sharing, the build-up. The gathering of the tribe who will read the story, which is a step by step, stair-master exercise that makes me feel like I’m going nowhere. At the beginning, I’m all dressed in my eighties exercise gear, plus the big hair and make-up in case someone actually sees me exercise. I look ready and sharp, but by the end I’m a melted mess, all leaned forward and sweating on the console, dragging myself forward. And by the end, I mean ten minutes later.
Then there are all the stages. The days of hell that I call editing. I hates the edits. Hates them. It’s a dragging, drawling mess of cut and piecemeal work where I feel like I’m chasing my tail.
Then the advertising, the sharing, the build-up. The gathering of the tribe who will read the story, which is a step by step, stair-master exercise that makes me feel like I’m going nowhere. At the beginning, I’m all dressed in my eighties exercise gear, plus the big hair and make-up in case someone actually sees me exercise. I look ready and sharp, but by the end I’m a melted mess, all leaned forward and sweating on the console, dragging myself forward. And by the end, I mean ten minutes later.
Then we have the Pre-Order and the Release Date. And every hour feels I’m Animal from the Muppets running back and forth, screaming, and shaking my head and hair. Like a crazy person.
With all that said, my first book Choosing Her Alpha is now available for Preorder at Amazon. Search Isoellen to find me.
It’s right there.
Just don’t lick the cover. I know at least three people have licked it already.
It’s just that awesome.
March 2020 - What is next
March 16 – Corvid 19 2020
Hello readers,
I feel like a date is needed with this post. All is well here with me and mine and I hope it is the same with you.
Choosing Her Alpha is out had has been very warmly received. We have bounced close to Bestseller a couple times, and I have a photo from our moment in the sun on Amazon Canada , as a number one Bestseller. It is amazing to be surrounded by fantasy authors like Neil Gaimen and Luann J Smith.
I am currently in edits for Her Broken Alpha.
This is not Merrick’s story.
Merrick’s epilogue was not meant to be a brutal teaser. I stopped and started his story and realized I couldn’t get very far because I didn’t have his redemption arc worked out in my head. He was still angry and spoiled -looking for short-cuts.
But while he was in Sector Two his older brother caught my eye. The Mad Monster.
And so book two was born.
CHA and HBA were written over a period of months in the summer of 2019 while I worked nights. I never thought to publish them. And I made some mistakes in the world building.
Many people have said they want more of Sasha and Constantine Kane, that they need an epilogue.
I’m so glad that readers fell in love with them. I had intended Kane to be more of a gangster and his snarly, autocratic self-looked down his nose at me and said, “No. You are incorrect in your assumptions about me. Try again.”
And then there is a big gap in the timeline.
One way or another all of the stories will get told. Each book will be a complete book, one romance, set in one world with an HEA, I am hoping to create stories that are standalones but work well together.
I have a voice actor has been acting out 1st person point of view scripts for Nothonal Darre – Her Broken Alpha – The Mad Monster. These are two things: Scenes from the book as told from Darre’s perspective OR scenes surrounding the book as told from Darre’s perspective. They are unique – sometimes tingle inducing sexy bits – for you the reader. Currently, the narrator has two of them (n scene from when Darre first meets his omega, and an epilogue scene) posted on his audio site. InMyHandsAudio (on twitter) Aka Ben Aka InMyHands says he will read whatever I send him.
This may be a little too spicy for some of you. Ben is an erotic audio artist with a growl that makes my skin MOVE. From the first moment I heard him, I knew he was Darre and he has jumped right In and embraced this filthy minded, broken man, in every way shape and form. You can currently find the clips here in Ben’s private section. https://vanillaaudio.com/InMyHandsAudio/
I will be releasing them for free at some point, but if nothing else, I wanted those interested to get a chance to meet Ben and experience his humor and his “talents.” It is a %100 adult site.
I also may have found a similar voice for Constantine Kane. And I think I should find the voice of Sasha. – having those voices read first person experiences, act short clips out the character, would be amazing to me. Perhaps not everyone will love it, but my intention is to make them totally FREE BONUS material. You won’t be able to download them, but you can visit, any time you like. Doing this is a fun option to giving you more Kane and Sasha also.
During March and April, I will be podcasting more. Live streaming more and sharing all kinds of content. A radio play. Other Writers. My ideas on sharing audio clips as marketing for books and a fun creative thing. I’m working on edits, writing, and all the things. Come find me. Lets hang out. You can listen on any podcast app. https://isoellenwrites.podbean.com – Isoellen Writes Grown Up Story Time.
Thank you for everything.
Isoellen.
Hello readers,
I feel like a date is needed with this post. All is well here with me and mine and I hope it is the same with you.
Choosing Her Alpha is out had has been very warmly received. We have bounced close to Bestseller a couple times, and I have a photo from our moment in the sun on Amazon Canada , as a number one Bestseller. It is amazing to be surrounded by fantasy authors like Neil Gaimen and Luann J Smith.
I am currently in edits for Her Broken Alpha.
This is not Merrick’s story.
Merrick’s epilogue was not meant to be a brutal teaser. I stopped and started his story and realized I couldn’t get very far because I didn’t have his redemption arc worked out in my head. He was still angry and spoiled -looking for short-cuts.
But while he was in Sector Two his older brother caught my eye. The Mad Monster.
And so book two was born.
CHA and HBA were written over a period of months in the summer of 2019 while I worked nights. I never thought to publish them. And I made some mistakes in the world building.
Many people have said they want more of Sasha and Constantine Kane, that they need an epilogue.
I’m so glad that readers fell in love with them. I had intended Kane to be more of a gangster and his snarly, autocratic self-looked down his nose at me and said, “No. You are incorrect in your assumptions about me. Try again.”
And then there is a big gap in the timeline.
One way or another all of the stories will get told. Each book will be a complete book, one romance, set in one world with an HEA, I am hoping to create stories that are standalones but work well together.
I have a voice actor has been acting out 1st person point of view scripts for Nothonal Darre – Her Broken Alpha – The Mad Monster. These are two things: Scenes from the book as told from Darre’s perspective OR scenes surrounding the book as told from Darre’s perspective. They are unique – sometimes tingle inducing sexy bits – for you the reader. Currently, the narrator has two of them (n scene from when Darre first meets his omega, and an epilogue scene) posted on his audio site. InMyHandsAudio (on twitter) Aka Ben Aka InMyHands says he will read whatever I send him.
This may be a little too spicy for some of you. Ben is an erotic audio artist with a growl that makes my skin MOVE. From the first moment I heard him, I knew he was Darre and he has jumped right In and embraced this filthy minded, broken man, in every way shape and form. You can currently find the clips here in Ben’s private section. https://vanillaaudio.com/InMyHandsAudio/
I will be releasing them for free at some point, but if nothing else, I wanted those interested to get a chance to meet Ben and experience his humor and his “talents.” It is a %100 adult site.
I also may have found a similar voice for Constantine Kane. And I think I should find the voice of Sasha. – having those voices read first person experiences, act short clips out the character, would be amazing to me. Perhaps not everyone will love it, but my intention is to make them totally FREE BONUS material. You won’t be able to download them, but you can visit, any time you like. Doing this is a fun option to giving you more Kane and Sasha also.
During March and April, I will be podcasting more. Live streaming more and sharing all kinds of content. A radio play. Other Writers. My ideas on sharing audio clips as marketing for books and a fun creative thing. I’m working on edits, writing, and all the things. Come find me. Lets hang out. You can listen on any podcast app. https://isoellenwrites.podbean.com – Isoellen Writes Grown Up Story Time.
Thank you for everything.
Isoellen.
