Writing Update: New Sale!

July 14, 2008 on 8:00 am | In Paranormal Tales, Update | 5 Comments

Vampire fans may be interested to know that I’ve just sent in the new contract for One & Only to Samhain Publishing! It will most likely be releasing toward the end of this year, which I think will make more than a few people happy. ;-)

For those of you who don’t know, One & Only was the very first vampire story I ever wrote. It’s first incarnation was as a very short 3,500 word short story, but it spawned a whole series of increasingly longer novellas and novels. It first came out in 2006 and was quickly followed by Rare Vintage and Phantom Desires, both from the same, now-defunct publisher. The series moved over to Samhain in 2007 with Forever Valentine and then Sweeter Than Wine (which will be out in print this October).

One & Only is the story of Lissa and Atticus, both of whom make cameo appearances in subsequent stories. This book has been expanded from that original very short story to a full-fledged novella, coming in at over 23,000 words as it stands now, before edits. (We’re going to be expanding another scene, so it’s not finished growing yet!) As you can tell from the numbers, the story is vastly improved, over six times its original size. I hope all of those who’ve been asking me where it’s been for the past year or so will enjoy it!

Stay tuned for more news as it comes in, such as the anticipated release date and more news on the other currently out-of-print vampire stories. ;-)

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  1. Blog is working! And YAY! So happy for you and your contract. I can’t wait to get my hands on these books!

    Valerie
    :D

    Comment by Valerie Tibbs — July 14, 2008 #

  2. Thanks, Valerie! Yeah, I don’t know what happened with the blog yesterday, but it was down for quite a while. Boo. ;)

    B.

    Comment by Bianca D'Arc — July 15, 2008 #

  3. Congrats on the contract. I love vampires. Christine feehan hooked me and I can’t stop reading them. I’ll be counting the days till yours releases.

    sandie

    Comment by sandie — July 15, 2008 #

  4. I already have One and Only which I purchased October 2007 – will this be the same book that I have or is it expanded? I also have the other 2 books that you mentioned.

    I just read FireDrake and loved it. Is there more in the pipeline to this series? Just wondering.

    Comment by Rachel M — July 19, 2008 #

  5. One & Only is over 6 times longer than it was and the story has changed quite a bit. I wouldn’t say it’s “the same” as it was. And the other two are getting a major rewrite and expansion as well.

    As for FireDrake, there are 5 Dragon Knights stories that come before, already in print. (See my website for the book information http://www.biancadarc.com.) There will be more dragon stories, I just don’t have a contract on anything yet, so likely it will be next year before the follow-up story comes out.

    Hope that helps!
    B.

    Comment by Bianca D'Arc — July 19, 2008 #

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