Hi everyone!
It’s been a while since I share an update on my writing and other things that are happening in my world. After [finally] wrapping up Fallen Empire, I’ve taken a well-deserved week off to rest and recover. Building a new world is a lot of work and in the end, I was putting in 15-18 hour days to meet my goal of an early July release. Woot woot!! Yesterday was the first day I got back to writing…and it felt really good. I spent a few hours cranking out the next Eli chapter and Today, I will spend time refining and enhancing it. See below for more on Eli, a Ranger’s Tale.
Writing Updates:
Fallen Empire, Born of Ash, Book 1 is complete! The book has been formatted for print and eBook. There will be a preorder on this one and it should be up in the next couple of days. I am shooting for an early July launch. Audio will release in a few weeks. Book 2 should follow sometime in the fall. I can’t wait to introduce you to Keira and Gunnery Sergeant McCandless, Corporal Mendes and Private Harris among other new characters. The book will be available on Kindle Unlimited to all KU users on the release day.
Paladin’s Light, Tovak, Book 3 (the final book in the series) is currently a work in progress. Major writing for the book is expected wrap by mid-July, with a September release. Stay tuned for more.
Off Indigo Station (new Sci-Fi series) and The Tiger’s Fight, CILO, Book 7 are on deck next and will likely release early to mid 2022. The Tiger’s Fight will be the size of the Tiger’s Time at around 200,000 words. It’s gonna be a monster of a book and I am super excited about this one!
Eli, A Ranger’s Tale, Chapters 1-8 are up on my Patreon Page for all members of the Legion. This is Eli’s origin story. For those of you that don’t know, I am releasing this book one chapter at a time on Patreon. It is a great way to help support my writing and fill in the gap between Stiger books.
Check out my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/marcalanedelheit
Book Deals:
Amazon has put Reclaiming Honor on sale for the entire month of June. The eBook is currently $0.99. This is a fantastic deal. If you have not tried Reclaiming Honor yet, you should. Tovak’s story takes place in the Last War Universe. His story is directly tied to Karus and Stiger. Below is the link.
Amazon has also put The First Compact on sale this month for $2.99. If you’ve not read this book yet, hear is a great opportunity to save some money. The normal price is $5.99.
Shopify Store
Veteran Organizations & Donations We have a new “I Served” t-shirt in the store. 10% of all sales for this item will go to veteran charities. Please share which charities you feel we should donate to. I want to hear your recommendations. Ideally, we are looking for charities where most of the funds donated go to veteran services instead of administration. Check it out.
https://maenovels.myshopify.com/products/unisex-t-shirt-i-served-1
Contests
Giveaway - Random Drawing I am giving away an autographed proof. How to enter the drawing? Hit reply to this email or post on the Facebook update thread and let me know your favorite book from my catalog. The drawing will take place on July 1st. Good luck!
Other News
Video Series In the coming weeks, I am going to be releasing a series on writing via YouTube, Facebook, and Tok-tok. These will be short videos that will be full of tips on how to write and publish a book as an indie. If you are interested in becoming a writer, stay tuned. In addition, we will be doing more FB lives and providing additional video content.
Streaming on Twitch
I plan on getting back to streaming on Twitch soon now that Fallen Empire is complete. That book took a lot of my effort since it was the first in the series. A lot of thought and time goes into planning a new universe.
The Beast We expect to have the Beast back from Freightliner in July. The engine replacement is almost complete. They moved the RV out to a shop that can hoist it. The thing weighs over 30,000 pounds. As soon as we get it back, we plan to get back on the road to travel the country for meetups and conventions. We plan on chronicling our adventures.
Audible You may not be aware of Whispersync. If you buy an eBook, you can pick up the audible version via Amazon at a fraction of the price and save your full-price credits. As an example, when you buy The Tiger’s Imperium eBook, the audible version costs just $7.49 with Whispersync. That is a heck of a deal! You should check it out and if you’ve never listened to one of my audiobooks, it’s a great way to reexperience Stiger’s Tigers, while helping to support me at the same time. https://amzn.to/3sgNfTk
Eve Online Are there any Eve online players out there? I’ve fired up my old account and would love to connect.
Well, that is all the updates for now. I hope to hear back from many of you. Don’t forget, the contest will be live until July 1st.
Best regards and thanks for reading,
Marc
Just started reading your novels, I really enjoy fictional stories about the Roman empire and stumbled upon your books. I find them quite good and entertaining.
Regarding Eve Online, perhaps one day I will get to see you flying across New Eden unless you prefer living in wormholes 🙂
Take care
Looking forward to book 3 of the Reclaiming Honor and book 7 of the Stigers Tigers saga. MAE, your a great writer !!!