tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090584685083708682024-03-18T20:10:19.256-07:00Claire Ryann BooksClaire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-80485416740255785772016-12-22T03:12:00.001-08:002016-12-22T03:12:26.086-08:00Cascade Storms Book 1<u><b>Cascade Storms Book 1</b></u><br />
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Meet Daelan-- the youngest Alpha the oldest wolf-shifter pack on the Pacific coast has ever had.<br />
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When he realizes the woman he's been watching is the mate he's been
waiting for he ought to be thrilled. Instead, he finds himself fighting
the need to claim her and make her his Alpha female.<br />
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with elders that have lived over 10 centuries, not a single wolf can
remember a member ever having a human mate. But plenty of the pack's
elders do remember being hunted and persecuted by humans.<br />
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knows bringing his mate back to the den is dangerous and his Alpha
status is the only thing standing between her and the blood-thirsty
traitors that want to see his sweet Haley dead.<br />
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Outnumbered and
betrayed by his closest friends, Daelan must accept the mutiny of his
own Beta while he finds a way to hunt the wolves that are hunting his
mate in the stormy winter of the Cascade mountain range.<br />
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<a href="http://a.co/hKplKOu" target="_blank">Available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited now! </a><br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-69873596016062297682016-11-30T22:09:00.003-08:002016-11-30T22:09:46.228-08:00ALL NEW SERIES! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Introducing Cascade Storms</b></u></span></div>
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Hi everybody! So there I was, working on a light-hearted, cutesy little <a href="http://a.co/1Qv8YH3" target="_blank">bear shifter series</a> for the summer when the <a href="http://claireryann.blogspot.com/2016/07/when-your-alpha-mate-leaves-you.html" target="_blank">world slid out from under me</a> and suddenly, cute beach bears didn't appeal to me anymore.<br />
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I worked hard for a couple of months staring at my computer monitor, trying to finish the next book in that series. It just wasn't happening. I started to think I might have to give up on writing altogether-- there were still plenty of words in my head, I'd just forgotten how to string them into stories.<br />
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I finally had to step away and regroup. In the process, I had to come to grips with the fact that the bears were going to have to wait.<br />
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I needed to write something completely different.<br />
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So welcome to the Cascade Mountain range-- somewhere in the vicinity of the North Cascades National Park along the international border of the USA and Canada.<br />
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Somewhere up there, there's a wolf-shifter pack that's been keeping to themselves for way too long.<br />
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They've got a young Alpha who's trying to bring them up to date but it's a slow process for Daelan and his personal team.<br />
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Discovering that the curvy lady he's been eyeing as a winter playmate turns out to be his mate throws the pack into turmoil. The elders are not about to allow a human into the pack, even if she is their own Alpha's fated mate.<br />
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Haley and Daelan are in for the fight of their lives. Their mating sets in motion a chain of events that catapults the pack into a series of challenges and adventures that will ultimately test the bonds of family, friendship, and the strength of the pack itself.<br />
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I'm way behind on updating the blog here, so you'll be thrilled to know that I am just about to publish book 3 of this series already!<br />
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I'm getting great feedback so far and you'll also be thrilled to hear that this series is made up of REAL NOVELS! --OK, they're short novels, but they're novels!<br />
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Full length, complete stories, complete big fat happily ever afters at the end of each book!<br />
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Cascade Storms takes place in the same "world" as the Sierra Moon books. I already have each book in the series planned out including the first book in the<i> next </i>series! I can't decide which wolf I'm more excited to see mated! I love this pack!<br />
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<a href="http://a.co/9JhXQg4" target="_blank">Get started with book one!</a><br />
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Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-29685969767810927172016-10-16T01:59:00.000-07:002016-10-16T01:59:16.716-07:00SKWEEEEEEEE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cover reveal time!</b></span><br />
I'm so excited to announce my <b>NEW book</b>! In my <b>NEW SERIES</b>!<br />
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A FULL LENGTH, stand alone set in the same "world" as the Sierra Moon books! <i>(and hey, how cool is that "USA Today bestselling author" tag, eh?)</i><br />
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<b>New mountains, new pack, new mates!</b><br />
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Introducing Cascade Storms-- follow my<a href="http://amazon.com/author/claireryann" target="_blank"> Amazon Author page</a>, like me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClaireRyannAuthor" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, or sign up for my <a href="http://eepurl.com/bpRner" target="_blank">Mailing List</a>! Even better-- do all three!<br />
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Get updates on new releases, first peak at covers, chances to win stuff, and lots of the usual updates and insights. <br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-67324552073448168702016-07-26T22:36:00.004-07:002016-07-26T22:36:36.191-07:00When Your Alpha Mate Leaves YouMy other half was every bit the classic paranormal romance alpha hero. Stubborn, bossy, sexy as hell. Fiercely dedicated and eyes only for me.<br />
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We had a sordid history that spanned 21 years-- just a hair over half his life. Our love story included all the classic romance novel tropes: friends to lovers, second chances, fated mates. He made writing romance easy, because I was living the fairytale.<br />
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<b>He passed away suddenly and <i>very</i> unexpectedly in his sleep a few weeks ago. </b></div>
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As you can imagine, my life has been turned upside-down. We had chosen not to get get legally married-- he'd been married twice. I often told him he was obviously very bad at it and that there was no sense fixing what wasn't broken. </div>
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<b>Unfortunately, </b>he also never bothered to get that life insurance policy that he'd finally agreed to after a decade of nagging (Did I mention he was stubborn?) and we didn't share money (and never fought about it) so naturally, my name is not on any of his property. Like our home.</div>
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His<b> family has been wonderful</b> and I have no reason to fear that I (and the pups-- the rest of our pack) will be facing the loss of our lifestyle as well as the loss of our alpha. But supportive friends and family<i> do little to quiet the anxiety</i>. </div>
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The next year will be a stressful one as the dogs and I claw our way out of the grief and work to find a new normal.</div>
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I've fallen behind on my release schedule: <i>It's difficult to write happy endings when <b>my own glass slipper just shattered.</b></i></div>
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<b><u>Fortunately!</u></b> I'm a pretty independent lady. I am surrounded by wonderful people who give me strength daily. I'm going to be OK. I'm going to keep writing-- because I love it, because the little extra income helps, because he was proud of me.</div>
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I am <b>currently working on a short novella</b> that will be included in the <i>upcoming Halloween bundle</i>: <a href="https://amzn.com/B01HP3FQ0I" target="_blank">Shifters in the Shadows</a>. By the same group of authors I worked with on <a href="https://amzn.com/B017JI87KK" target="_blank">Shifters in the Snow</a> and our <i>USA Today Bestselling</i> <a href="https://amzn.com/B01D5LBFU4" target="_blank">Shifters in the Spring</a>.</div>
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He was the one who came up with the premise of the story. Working on it since his passing has been healing as well as heartbreaking. And ominous. <i><b>It is, after all, a Halloween story!</b></i></div>
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<i>A lot of people ask me how they can help...buy books. </i></div>
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Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-4942874766755007802016-05-30T10:52:00.002-07:002016-05-30T10:52:50.344-07:00USA TODAY BESTSELLER<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW6Dm_funejutOETiy-JSXeGpHHgFuoKzWoig7FtlRg0xeWGVNNh6O6wDWsGyJJbU0NSiuet8D3c48pSc2Ovr-8Z7DaLrfksJCn2fm3F5Hh0xitlq2o8MAAZycvLZLW0SsvLLtcVFF19N/s1600/usababy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW6Dm_funejutOETiy-JSXeGpHHgFuoKzWoig7FtlRg0xeWGVNNh6O6wDWsGyJJbU0NSiuet8D3c48pSc2Ovr-8Z7DaLrfksJCn2fm3F5Hh0xitlq2o8MAAZycvLZLW0SsvLLtcVFF19N/s320/usababy.jpg" width="320" /></a>Thank you to everyone who helped make the Shifters in the Spring multi-author bundle SO DANG SUCCESSFUL!<br />
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We went all the way to number 18 on the USA Today Bestseller list!<br />
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There was much rejoicing and screaming from rooftops that day!<br />
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We are having so much fun with these bundles that we have decided to make them a regular project.<br />
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So if you love giant anthologies filled with lots of steamy stories about sexy shifters-- head on over to our new Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Shifters-Ever-After-1550682905227477/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel" target="_blank">Shifters Ever After Facebook Page</a> and give us a "Like," sign up for the new dedicated mailing list, and generally hang out. Let us know who you are, tell us what you're reading now, who your favorite paranormal romance authors are, what you'd like to see more of in the genre!<br />
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Thank you! From all the Shifters Ever After authors!<br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-11622203293072835492016-05-30T00:00:00.000-07:002016-05-30T11:02:33.271-07:00OSO Excited for a NEW SERIES! <br />
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Short, Steamy, and Heavy on the Happily Ever Afters-- the Boys of Beartooth Bay is a 5 book series about a family of bear shifter living in a mostly fictitious town along California's central coast.<br />
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It's not all filled with clan wars and drama-- it's just a collection of novellas following each boy on his way to happily ever after with his true mate.<br />
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Most importantly-- I get to work with Eva again.<br />
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Second most importantly? I found an excuse to use the AWESOME Spanish word for "Bear" (Oso) in adorable bear shifter title puns!<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.com/B01FGMDDFU" target="_blank">OSO Stubborn </a>is book 1 in the series. Look for Book 2, <i>OSO Ready</i> coming soon!<br />
<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-86226067570985534022016-04-05T11:11:00.001-07:002016-04-05T11:11:25.209-07:00Shifters in the SPRING!Pre-Order your copy of the new multi-author bundle Shifters in the Spring NOW!<br />
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This baby contains 16 ALL NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED, NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE stories by 16 of today's super awesome-est paranormal romance authors! (Seriously, CHECK OUT the talent in this bundle! I can't believe I'm keeping such great company these days!)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Spring is in the air and these sexy shifters are on the prowl in this exclusive new collection of 16 BRAND NEW paranormal romances. We have passionate tiger shifters, possessive bears, leopard shifters, wolves, and dragons. Secret pregnancies & babies add to the fun! Make spring the season of the shifter.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Make sure you "like" <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClaireRyannAuthor" target="_blank">ClaireRyannAuthor</a> on Facebook and follow the #shiftersinthespring hashtag on social media so you don't miss out on the promos and giveaways for this new release! </span></span></span>Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-71904147484118694472016-03-02T12:22:00.002-08:002016-03-02T12:22:56.894-08:00In LOVE with My New Cover!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tell me that's not a thing of beauty?<br />
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I'm strongly debating having the first books in the series redone to match. I love the bold colors and the new animal placement. It doesn't hurt that the hotty on this particular cover bears a striking resemblance to my IRL mate either! LOL! But I can't put him on ALL my covers-- or can I?<br />
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Point being-- here's the latest in the Sierra Moon Shifters series! It's staying at 0.99 cents this month (March 2016) and, as always, available for free in Kindle Unlimited!<br />
Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-78933810331928678132016-01-19T14:56:00.003-08:002016-01-19T14:56:38.179-08:00New Release! Bearly Sleeping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For those following along with the Sierra Moon Shifters, the<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AIYDXEC" target="_blank"> next story</a> is now available and only 99 cents till the end of January!<br />
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While you get caught up on Chelle the bear's story, I am working hard on the next Sierra Moon Shifters title due around the beginning of Feb!<br />
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I have a few more Sierra Moon titles planned and then I'll be taking a break later this spring to expand my contemporary romance catalog!<br />
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Enjoy<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AIYDXEC" target="_blank"> Bearly Sleeping</a> and stay tuned for what's coming up next!<br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-38771454174959119892015-11-06T16:21:00.004-08:002015-11-06T16:21:53.509-08:00Available for Pre Order NOW<u><b>Shifters in the Snow</b></u> features <b>FIFTEEN ALL NEW STORIES</b> -- most of which are <b>EXCLUSIVE </b>to the bundle!<br />
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And I'm IN IT!<br />
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OOOOOOH! I am so excited.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shifters-Paranormal-Romances-Holiday-Spirits-ebook/dp/B017JI87KK/ref=la_B00X1M8HEK_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446854954&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Order your copy now!</a><br />
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Shifters in the Snow is a collection of stories from 15 great paranormal romance indie authors.<br />
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How the Bear Stole Christmas is my contribution to the anthology and it will NOT be available anywhere else!<br />
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For <u>only 99 CENTS</u>-- how can you go wrong?<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01786HOM0" target="_blank"><b>Siberian Soul #3 is NOW AVAILABLE.</b></a><br />
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This wraps up Kerri and Evan's story in the first of the <i>American Tigers</i> series that Eva and I have been working on between other projects.<br />
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We plan on releasing a few more titles in the <i>American Tigers</i> theme, but along the way, I absolutely fell in love (or lust) with the <b>sexy Russian Werewolves</b> that Kerri stumbles upon in <u>Siberian Soul #3</u>-- so I'm excited that Eva and the other authors writing with us have agreed to lighten up on our original agreement for each of her co-authors to stick to one type of shifter.<br />
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Yup... <b>sexy Russian Werewolves</b> are now on the to-do list.<br />
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I like the sound of that!<br />
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Haven't started the Siberian Soul books yet?<br />
Start here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Siberian-Soul-Part-American-Tigers-ebook/dp/B010MOYS1U/ref=la_B00X1M8HEK_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446168725&sr=1-14&refinements=p_82%3AB00X1M8HEK" target="_blank">Siberian Soul #1</a> then <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Siberian-Soul-Part-American-Tigers-ebook/dp/B013M0DVPU/ref=pd_sim_351_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51uh6AhomQL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_UX300_PJku-sticker-v3%2CTopRight%2C0%2C-44_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_&refRID=0CVVSWFBQ2GEDDXW7PY0" target="_blank">Siberian Soul #2</a>Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-24093305212731502992015-10-19T19:20:00.001-07:002015-10-19T19:20:24.933-07:00Something Appropriate for Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mrs. Bigsby's Bed & Breakfast might not have a hot man on the cover, but I assure you there's one in the story.<br />
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I'm pretty proud of this little novella and I'm thrilled to see that the reviewers like it too.<br />
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This is the first non-shifter story in my catalog, but it still has a paranormal element.<br />
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There are some days when I am so immersed in a story that all I want is to sit at the computer and <br />
WRITE ALL THE WORDS.<br />
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And then there are days when I stare at the blank page on the screen in front of me and I can't think of how to make the words, even though they already exist in my head.<br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-52400800909583653162015-09-28T14:56:00.004-07:002015-09-28T14:56:53.766-07:00NEW RELEASE! Lion in Wait: Sierra Moon Book Four<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH78qqodmnQX_PSTntOZUnVCLuuDs0o6fQEYu5KNCpIIOBe37N7RyPCkdA2pyWzvsSjiBjvO_zeXGr1h3y7LmPlk74RC0-RTefTf24Q-9DQlGzi8_rVVbvJzWTp00Blvh3E7ILhr3NdCzu/s1600/sierramoon4-600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH78qqodmnQX_PSTntOZUnVCLuuDs0o6fQEYu5KNCpIIOBe37N7RyPCkdA2pyWzvsSjiBjvO_zeXGr1h3y7LmPlk74RC0-RTefTf24Q-9DQlGzi8_rVVbvJzWTp00Blvh3E7ILhr3NdCzu/s400/sierramoon4-600.jpg" width="238" /></a><i>So what's the story with that mountain lion, anyway?</i><br />
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Well, the cougar from the first Sierra Moon books is finally telling his own story in this new release.<br />
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<u>Lion in Wait</u> is a complete story with <b>NO cliff hanger</b> ending! It can be read by itself but, of course, it'll make so much more sense if you're up to date with the first three books in the series.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015SKQQOK" target="_blank">GET IT ON AMAZON! </a><br />
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<i>And, like all the titles in the Sierra Moon Shifters series, Lion in Wait can be read for free by Kindle Unlimited subscribers! </i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The injustice of the whole miserable circumstance hit him. The
last thing he would ever want for Becka would be to pass this curse on
to her.</b></span></h2>
<b>T</b>ravis was looking forward to meeting that special someone. Settling
down, raising a family, and living happily ever after. Some day.
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<br />A short fling before starting out on a late season hike leaves him
with a nasty bite scar and some pretty vivid dreams. By the time he
comes to terms with the fact that he's not dreaming, he's already made
enemies of the only other shifters he knows about-- a pack of wolves
secretly living in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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blanks on what's happening to him, Travis resigns himself to a life
alone: Mountain Lions are notorious for their one night stand behavior
and he's determined not to pass along his shifter curse.
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<br />Naturally this would be when he finds the one woman he sees himself
spending his life with, a forest ranger exiled to a tiny cabin for a
winter job of recording snow pack for the season.
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<br />He can't stay with her, can't give in to the new instincts within
him that scream to Turn her and take her as his mate. Can't risk doing
that to her knowing that the cougar roaring within him is bound by a
nature that will only force him to move on once he's spread his seed.
Leaving her to deal with this burden alone...
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<br />Like he'd been left to do.
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-81517662150501075652015-09-28T14:42:00.003-07:002015-09-28T14:42:47.387-07:00Keeping in TouchI love my mailing list! But have you "liked" me on Facebook yet? (hint-- it's over there in the sidebar.)<br />
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I cannot believe how many people have signed up to be included on my regular mailing list and ARC list! It's so exciting to hear from the actual people who are reading my books and get such great feedback on my work-- very encouraging.<br />
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I don't currently have the option of sending automated responses each time someone subscribes to the list. So I try to manually send out responses every other day or so.<br />
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Looks like upgrading my service will be getting moved up on my priorities list! My mailing list is growing daily and I'm starting to lose track. <br />
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Which is <b>great</b>, really. I'm very excited about the success of the list.<br />
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Meanwhile-- I am <i>terrible</i> with Twitter. So if you follow me there, don't be surprised if I never re-Tweet, forget all my hashtags, and ignore direct messages. The place is a mystery to me.<br />
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Facebook, however, works just fine-- most of the time. I now have an official author page that needs likes. I don't check FB every day, but it's on my regular route that I make through the Internet when I'm procrastinating writing. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClaireRyannAuthor" target="_blank">Check it out.</a><br />
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Oh...and I have an author page on Goodreads too! Which I need to add to that list of places to waste time when I'm not writing. Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-64496497266605031312015-09-16T17:20:00.002-07:002015-09-16T17:20:58.538-07:00Missing my DeadlineTravis's story is taking longer to tell than I'd expected.<br />
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I was looking forward to publishing Sierra Moon Book Four: Lion in Wait by the end of this week so I could get to finishing Siberian Soul...so I could work on SM#5... so I could work on....<br />
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The good news is that SM4 is the longest book I've written so far. The bad news is that it's only half way done.<br />
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I was on a schedule, dangit! And now I'm wasting time with a short blog update instead of making sure my heroine doesn't freeze to death!<br />
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Kitty's name is<i> Travis.</i></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B014F0F0MI" target="_blank"> Book Three is OUT!</a><br />
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Yes... this is the one that pretty much wraps up Lane and Tara's story-- at least, the beginning of their story.<br />
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The entire series got a cover update with this release... although it takes Amazon a few days to switch them out so, as of writing this, the covers don't match yet.<br />
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Give it time. They look so much better now. I think?<br />
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Also... book four is under way.<br />
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I wish I could write faster, I've been dying to get to this story! <br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-32763472130933453242015-08-20T11:58:00.001-07:002015-08-20T11:58:41.184-07:00Working Hard on More Sierra MoonGot a message that Amazon can't show tweets anymore-- at least for the time being. So thought I'd use the blog posts for updates.<br />
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I get more than 144 spaces this way too.<br />
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Sierra Moon Book Three (Mated for Life) is coming along nicely. Cross your fingers for a release date before the end of the month!<br />
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Join the mailing list for first notice when it goes live!<br />
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<a href="http://eepurl.com/bpRner">http://eepurl.com/bpRner</a>Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-54656547769083231552015-08-12T12:11:00.002-07:002015-08-12T12:11:50.272-07:00New Release! American Tigers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PAEOXMp954XNxxOckhUGjGkt6XS92rd-jEYKSJlUgEz6vo5XS0ELz0C0OgQs1TJjxM-UXwmJdf4YNNnl7Iu-XMr3yIanmOBs0C1YXxl9CNyaRZ4RyhqInnvfCVIH5QBnpdBUpPbS4hyP/s1600/siberiansoul2-a-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PAEOXMp954XNxxOckhUGjGkt6XS92rd-jEYKSJlUgEz6vo5XS0ELz0C0OgQs1TJjxM-UXwmJdf4YNNnl7Iu-XMr3yIanmOBs0C1YXxl9CNyaRZ4RyhqInnvfCVIH5QBnpdBUpPbS4hyP/s400/siberiansoul2-a-web.jpg" width="266" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013M0DVPU" target="_blank">Siberian Soul Part 2</a><br />
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If you're following Evan and Kerri's story in the Siberian Soul serial from Claire Ryann(that's me) and Eva Wilder, here's the juicy new second book!<br />
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I'm pretty tickled with how this story is turning out. Part 2 has some action and some suspense and some drama.<br />
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I can't wait to finish it up in part 3-- but you know I'm on an every other book schedule between my solo series Sierra Moon and my collaborative projects with Eva.<br />
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Siberian Soul is currently planned on being the only serialized story in the American Tigers series. So you can look forward to future titles without those pesky cliffhangers...<br />
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Unless it just works better that way. (evil grin)<br />
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Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-36351758156883180232015-07-27T20:18:00.000-07:002015-07-27T20:18:08.508-07:00More Sierra Moon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Did I REALLY not make a big deal out of the new release?!<br />
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Sierra Moon Book Two: Return of the Pack came out what? like TWO WEEKS ago?<br />
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Geesh...<br />
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Return of the Pack is part 2 in the continuing story of Lane (Hunky pack Alpha) and Tara. It follows our alpha couple on their progress toward their future with Tara meeting the rest of the pack members and finding out more about what life will be like with them.<br />
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Now-- I get some feedback and hear a lot of questions about where this is all going.<br />
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<i>I can't tell you that!</i><br />
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For starters-- that's why it's a series. So there will be more stories, more characters, more conflicts, more discoveries...and, of course, more sexiness.<br />
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For another thing-- it turns out I might not know myself.<br />
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It seems I am discovering that I am one of those writers who feels it's merely my job to transcribe my characters' stories. I do very little manipulating of those stories.<br />
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For instance... I had NO IDEA that Lane was going to get in that fight! I was actually pretty broken up about it and had to walk away from my writing for a minute because I was pretty worried.<br />
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Yeah. I realize that makes me sound a wee bit melodramatic. [shrug] What can I say? <br />
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As for Kitty.... yes, you've guessed it. He'll be back. He's got a story to tell too.<br />
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If you're enjoying the Sierra Moon books so far, let me know. Join the mailing list. Follow me on Amazon or Goodreads (I'm still getting the hang of GR) or any of the other social media outlets that I'm trying to juggle between bouts of furious typing. And by all means-- share the books with your friends and friends of friends.<br />
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It's the best way to ensure more stories. :-)<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-75861188828734535962015-07-06T13:51:00.000-07:002015-07-06T13:53:18.208-07:00 The Procrastinating Game<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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I am working very hard on Sierra Moon Book 2: Return of the Pack.<br />
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I promise.<br />
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But every so often, I need to stretch my legs-- even if in the metaphorical sense of wandering about the Internet.<br />
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I'm sure by now all the avid readers of ebooks-- at least on the Kindle Unlimited platform-- have heard at least a hint of the storm brewing in the indie author community?<br />
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Amazon ripped the rug out from under us.<br />
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So to speak.<br />
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A lot-- and I mean A LOT-- of people have found very satisfying work in the field of independent publishing: Kindle Unlimited (or any of the programs that allow you to borrow books from the Kindle Lending Library) opened a new world for indie publishing.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvnD-jAOpAhoBfc9MCV5gNzBxWtdZLFQ_HHr3UJ1kWZY55RUCu5C58qNcXRdTpRVb_JMzbZ_k2f4xU54hBYOQpK9KrkgaUC5F9kwgTtBEwmabqht6_R4HLYMhftysucrZyOpLPrD6B7dS/s1600/graveyard+trail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvnD-jAOpAhoBfc9MCV5gNzBxWtdZLFQ_HHr3UJ1kWZY55RUCu5C58qNcXRdTpRVb_JMzbZ_k2f4xU54hBYOQpK9KrkgaUC5F9kwgTtBEwmabqht6_R4HLYMhftysucrZyOpLPrD6B7dS/s320/graveyard+trail1.jpg" width="215" /></a>Of course, KU came with its own host of secret algorithms and clandestine policies that Amazon is fond of. Seriously-- getting into this business has been a helluvan eye-opener about the company. But that's not my point...<br />
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The KU program is about a year old now and Amazon apparently took all the data it's compiled over that time and decided to throw the program one big giant first birthday bash by <i>changing everything.</i><br />
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Well. That's how it feels to the authors who've finally managed to figure out a pattern that allows them to make a living from writing.<br />
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From your (the reader) point of view, I suspect not much has changed.<br />
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Personally-- I think that's a good thing. That it isn't changing the reader's experience. After all, the reader is our customer and we very much want happy customers.<br />
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Essentially, and most importantly, Amazon announced that it is changing the way it pays authors for our works that are borrowed from the library.<br />
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We used to get paid per unit: As soon as someone had opened the book to or past the 10% point, it counted in our accounts as a "borrow" and we got paid one set rate.<br />
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Well...not really a "set" rate, because we never knew how much each borrowed unit was worth until mid-way through the following month when all the math had been done.<br />
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Amazon sets aside a chunk of money for paying KU authors. At the end of the month, they tally up how many qualifying borrows were made and then they split the pot evenly.<br />
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You can imagine how, after a year of doing it this way, the independent author community had managed to work out what they could expect as an average payout and decided whether or not it was worth <b>signing a 3 month exclusivity contract</b> with the 'Zon to put their titles into the program.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexmuQe5Evt_hfg2xXCgpawhdoLFVyymBHqDWZM4m3Anr3C228y-5ll1P93RzPo1_inmDh3d94Ruxj34Rj9bpTEd8RmTB8TkmbzuDut6omkfZPb4NeZuxRoc4qYCOvueLRZnVHdHxgc8Zq/s1600/paradise+valley+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexmuQe5Evt_hfg2xXCgpawhdoLFVyymBHqDWZM4m3Anr3C228y-5ll1P93RzPo1_inmDh3d94Ruxj34Rj9bpTEd8RmTB8TkmbzuDut6omkfZPb4NeZuxRoc4qYCOvueLRZnVHdHxgc8Zq/s320/paradise+valley+011.jpg" width="240" /></a>For a lot of us, it was. It really<i> really</i> was. Especially for those of us who prefer short story formats.<br />
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Of course, this amounted to essentially putting all one's eggs in the same basket: Amazon had our titles locked up in a tight lease for 3 months at a time. During that time, no portion of any of those titles can be up for sale elsewhere.<br />
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Well, we all got a fancy email from our benevolent overlord awhile back to let us know the exciting news!<br />
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We won't be getting paid per borrow anymore. We'll be getting paid per page read! Isn't that awesome?!<br />
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Uhhh.... errrrr.... ummmmm.....?????<br />
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Change is scary. Especially when you've just figured it out. And even more especially when it comes from the person who's paying you.<br />
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Anyone who's ever had a job anywhere probably knows that if the BOSS is excited about a new pay plan... the employees won't be.<br />
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Even though Amazon isn't technically our<i> boss</i>-- because 1099s and all that (we're independently contracted)-- it is still who collects the money and gets to decide how to divvy it out (btw: in many worker classification fields, these are key points the IRS takes into account in deciding if you're an indepent contractor or an employee...but Amazon is a big company with lots of accountants and lawyers, so I guess they totally qualify for different criteria than say... the average beauty salon.)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb52Y9QGXTaAfNnG9fFhxmj7wG1f2AncuXuNpDDcudckkbnA5L2yTh2Aptst9XD8ivKR3kM-IlPIJZG1yolWgIyntM5jc-1yWdEYSPAZuIqaGYdI7G9Eyl2-ouZ0EhCutkYiSbxQPqq6a/s1600/paradise+valley+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb52Y9QGXTaAfNnG9fFhxmj7wG1f2AncuXuNpDDcudckkbnA5L2yTh2Aptst9XD8ivKR3kM-IlPIJZG1yolWgIyntM5jc-1yWdEYSPAZuIqaGYdI7G9Eyl2-ouZ0EhCutkYiSbxQPqq6a/s320/paradise+valley+032.jpg" width="240" /></a>I digress.<br />
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No one knows what they're going to pay per page. It could be way better! But the pervasive feeling is that it's likely to be way worse.<br />
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Way, <i>way</i>, worse.<br />
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This means that a lot of us are having a hard time concentrating on our writing. A lot of us are pulling titles out of the Kindle Unlimited program at light speed in order to publish those same titles on mulitple platforms in hopes of making up the difference. And a lot of us are planning on switching up our writing style to novel length works-- which will have more pages, ergo, more paid page reads.<br />
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All of these strategies for being able to continue to make a living will likely impact many readers. You might not be able to find your favorite books and authors in the Kindle Lending Library any more. You may see increases on prices to purchase the same books that were prices very reasonably before (because the KU payments made up the difference.) You may have to wait a few months between releases, instead of only the week or two that many short form authors were able to keep their schedule to.<br />
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Mind you, no one will really know anything about how the changes affect us until August 15 when Amazon releases the payment notices for July.<br />
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I suspect that after that, the dust will settle and we'll all get used to a new routine.<br />
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Or. It could be bad. Really, really bad.<br />
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In the meantime... we're still writing!<br />
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Sierra Moon 2 should be up for sale-- and borrow-- by July 13th. If I'd stop shopping for new tents on the Internet.<br />
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<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-4453781950356204002015-06-30T19:31:00.002-07:002015-06-30T19:31:31.621-07:00TIGERS, Oh My!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Siberian-Soul-Part-American-Tigers-ebook/dp/B010MOYS1U/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">Siberian Soul: Book One of America Tigers</a></b> is now available on Amazon!<br />
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American Tigers is destined to be a series of Tiger Shifter stories that will follow several couples as they meet their mates-- all sexy tigers, of course!<br />
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This is my new collaborative project with Eva Wilder.<br />
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When we originally started writing together, Eva was writing tiger stories with <a href="http://www.sukiselborne.com/" target="_blank">another author</a>. That author eventually decided to fly solo.<br />
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Her books are doing terrific and I wish her the best of luck.<br />
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I'm not clear on the details, but I do know Eva no longer has Tigers in her catalog-- which is probably good for me since no one thought my foxes made for good shifter romance.<br />
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Hopefully the tigers will be popular. I'm really enjoying working with Eva and her friends.Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-65767248707412493122015-06-18T15:01:00.002-07:002015-06-18T15:02:56.476-07:00YES! It IS a Series!BTW: Have you been watching the reviews coming in for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Alpha-Sierra-Moon-Book-ebook/dp/B00ZEM26BA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1434663372&sr=1-1&keywords=quest+of+the+alpha" target="_blank">Quest of the Alpha</a>? <br />
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I am SO excited that people are loving it!<br />
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I realize I didn't really specify it on the cover, but yes, SIERRA MOON is my new series of shifter romance stories!<br />
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Bears are SO HOT right now (because they're HAWT, right?) and Sierra Moon is destined to have plenty of them, but I decided to start with traditional wolves.<br />
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I'm still working out cover designs for the series long term. Fellow writer and cover-designer extraordinaire <a href="https://therealjacquelinesweet.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jacqueline Sweet</a> helped put some new eyes on the project and came up with some suggestions-- what do YOU think?<br />
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I'm having hard time deciding-- but I'll definitely be adding the Sierra Moon Book to them all!<br />
<br />Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609058468508370868.post-8327646556889236222015-06-18T14:35:00.001-07:002015-06-18T14:35:18.875-07:00You Can Leave Comments!I know I'm just getting started here, but I also know I have a handful of faithful followers already (Hi Mom!)<br />
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One of those followers hit me up the other day to let me know that she was going to comment on the blog but forgot her Google Plus log in info!<br />
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OOPS!<br />
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I thought I'd set it up so anyone could comment.<br />
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So got THAT crossed off the to-do list today! You can now leave comments whether you are signed into anything or not, and I didn't even make it so I had to approve your comments first!<br />
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This, of course, will mean that every so often someone will spam the posts with links both relevant and not to stuff that has nothing to do with me or my writing. And it also means that you have the option of just being plain mean spirited if you feel the need.<br />
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If it gets bad, I'll just take it down. So have at it!Claire Ryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723074787211066811noreply@blogger.com4