Letting readers in on a new move…

Been doing a lot of research these past few weeks, especially since releasing the new series. Looking at numbers, sales, and comments. And looking at the market, especially for this genre of book. And truthfully, the majority of these books are moving nicely in Kindle Unlimited. 

Book sales are tough these days. Being wide is no picnic, and even though KDP has screwed me out of royalties before, I am going to take a chance and move the Women’s Paranormal Fiction books into Kindle Unlimited. I have 2 more books coming in the present series, Ravenwood Hills, and at least 4 books (crosses fingers) in the upcoming Women’s Paranormal Fiction series, The Sword Keepers. I will also be releasing an epic Fantasy duo-logy, into Kindle Unlimited as well. 

I am also enrolled in Kindle Unlimited because I can be a voracious reader myself, and 9.99 a month for access to as many books as I can read in that month, vs $2.99 to $4.99 per book—especially in these trying financial times—seemed like a bargain to me. 

But I will not be moving long established series out of being wide (meaning these books will still be available outside of Amazon). Eldritch Files, Discord and Rhyme, Castle Falls and Cast In Shadow will remain as they are, and hopefully, the Great Electron willing, new books in these series will be coming, if not in 2021, but in 2022. 

I’m still juggling a day job and writing, and learning to be grateful for every day. 

I put in a note at the end of Solstice Whispers to send me any typos or mistakes that were made in the book, and I must say, the emails have been fantastic! The one that sticks out most is one from Elizabeth Youngs. I am amazed at her level of detail, much better than the editor I used. 

I just wanted to let everyone know I greatly appreciate your comments to me and your help. I won’t be using the pre-order again for a while because I realized I need more time on a book, including that last pass after I mess up what the editor did. I do that all the time. 

I might even put together a small beta team just for that. Not anything stressful, just free copies of the book I’m working on and a chance to send me your comments and corrections. LOL. I’ll keep this website more updated going forward. But with two jobs…life gets a little crazy. 

I am actively updating the file for Kindle and putting in corrections. I’m giving it a little time to make sure it’s better before I upload again. If you have updates active on your kindle, you would be able to download the corrected file. I’ll announce it here when it’s done! 

Again, thank you so much! Readers are the best! 

Merry Meet! 

I have a heart condition. It’s actually a pretty common one. It deals with the fact one half of my heart doesn’t work. Blood from an atrium doesn’t pump into its ventricle of choice, so the other half of the heart works twice as hard. I’ve had this for a while, according to my Cardiologist. 

And I’m a worrier, and that’s not helping. Because so many readers enjoyed book one of the Ravenwood Hills series, I have been literally stressing on book two. And cringing as I read back through it and see the mistakes I inadvertently put in after the editor gave it back to me. I do apologize for that, and I will be uploading a corrected copy soon as I finish. I also encourage any readers who caught boo-boos to email me with them at phaedra.weldon@gmail.com 

As for compensation for doing that…I’ll take suggestions. But I want to have them corrected before I release the paperback copy. Oh, and adding it to the website. I usually save that kind of website fun for the weekend. 

My stress level’s still pretty high, but I do hope everyone isn’t too upset with the direction of the story… I have more to tell, and answers to unanswered questions in book II. After getting this book as near perfect as I can, and released into paperback, I’ll be focusing on another book. 

Merry Meet!