I have to admit I am more than a little surprised at the amount of emails and comments I get these days about the release of All In, The Blackstone Affair, Part 2. Well I’m here to address some of your concerns. The good news first: book is in the final stages of being written. *cheering* Does that mean it’s ready for publication in the next days or even the next week? No. (I hope that wasn’t really bad news for you and I do love that you want to read the book and care enough to ask) But with any book I put out, spit and polish will need to happen before it’s up for sale. It’s just how I work and I’ve never been a writer who churns out 10 K words a day…and I don’t think I ever will be.
Now, with that being said, I want you to know I didn’t go into this venture with the idea of torturing people. So far, I have worked at the pace I pretty much envisioned when I came up with the idea for this series–which was three, novella-length books of around 100-ish pages each that would tell the continuing story from different points of view. I set a pace of 2 months for each book and so far I’m on schedule with that goal. Naked was published on August 25, 2012. *wink* (I never in my wildest imaginings thought I would be fielding the amount of requests for this book as I am experiencing) Yes, folks, Raine is just a regular gal with a part -time day job, two kids and a husband. Trust me I fantasize about the glamorous life I want to be leading, but man, it’s just so not like that! Not at all. *laughing*
There have been a ton of comments about the length as well, but again, I am sticking to my plan for The Blackstone Affair and although Part 2 will be longer than Part 1, it is not going to be full novel length either, and if it was, could not possibly be written in such a short time. Not by this author at least!
I enjoy the comments and questions and try to respond to every inquiry, but if I don’t, please understand that it’s only because I am working hard on getting Part 2 out to you rather than answering emails. I love you fans very much. Never ever forget it!
For those of you who want to see more than a three book series, there is some good news there as well. I have planned a spinoff series for Gabrielle, Brynne’s roommate, the hero of which you will meet in All In. His name is Ivan and he is connected to Ethan. I’ll tell you a little secret here…I actually started Gaby and Ivan’s story FIRST. *gasp* Yes, it’s true. I started it back in the summer but got distracted by Ethan and Brynne along the way. (Such is the bane of a writer’s life) Their story is called The Rothvale Legacy and will feature some cameo appearances with Ethan and Brynne so you will still get to see them which is always nice to know they won’t be totally gone in future stories.
So to finish this ramble, I’ll leave you with a nice picture of my muse for Ethan Blackstone, waiting and plotting on how to get his beautiful American girl back–none other than the sublime David Gandy who can do sexy and angsty oh so very, very well. Thank you for the inspiration, Mr. Gandy, you have helped me more than you will ever know.
Raine~
