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And the (ultra-famous!!!!) voice of Zayn is going to be.......

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This message is for all of my audio(book)philes out there. If you are not an audiobookphile, and/or do not want any behind-the-scenes publishing drama / tea / gossip, then keep scrolling. (There will be cool stuff waiting for you at the bottom of this email, like my upcoming street team expansion!!)


As some of you may know, the Gilded Blood audiobook series is traditionally published, which means I have far less control over the process than I do with the Gilded Blood digital, print, and special edition books. I have a say in casting, but little else. Such is the way of traditional publishing. 😩

When it came time to discuss the audiobook for Silver Blood, which would be narrated in Zayn's POV, I knew I wanted to bring the voice of Talia (and Dee Dee, Biscuit, Korinne, etc) back for the female dialogue.


That's called Duet Narration, btw - where the male and female narrators read their own character's lines throughout the book.


This is a VERY expensive and production-heavy way to make an audiobook; therefore, it should be to no one's surprise that my publishing company heard this request and immediately said "No F*CKING Way!!" - but, you know, in polite corporate speak.


(I don't blame them, truly.)


Cue the many ensuing weeks of me b!tching, moaning, bribing, and begging them to have Tara Novie to reprise the voice of Talia.


Suffice it to say, they were not happy with me.


(Again, who could blame them?)


Anyway, long story short: The rights to the Silver Blood audiobook have been reverted back to me, which is a BIG deal and doesn't normally happen in the trad pub industry. 


(Hooray for being stubborn/annoying AF, I guess?)


This is 99% good news, with the only downside being the upfront cost is out of my pocket, since I've hired a fancy-schmancy, reputable production company to create the audiobook for me. And yes, it'll be a duet narration (yay!!!!!), which makes it SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE to produce but so much fun to listen to.


Will I ever make this money back? That remains to be seen. But my audiobook listeners deserve the best possible product, and by golly I'm going to give it to them, smart business choices be damned!


It also means Silver Blood will be produced EXACTLY to my standards. Not only will Tara Novie be reprising her role as Talia (and all of the other female characters), but I got to hand-pick my Zayn! 😍 Would you like to know who that'll be?


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*cue drumroll*

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Our favorite smoldering, tortured, husky-voiced, sexy AF incubus will be voiced by none other than TIM CAMPBELL, known for his brilliant narration of several dozen well-known urban fantasy books by Jennifer Armentrout, Elise Kova, J.D. Evans, LJ Andrews, Lola Glass, and so many others! 


Tim is a hotty-hotty-hot-hot male narrator in the sordid and exciting world of audiobooks, and I could not be more excited to bring him aboard!

We expect the audiobook to be released in April, and I'll have a link for you the moment it's up! 🥳

 

Speaking of preorders, Silver Blood is officially off to the printers, and I hope to have both color and black and white signed copies on-hand by release day (February 18th)!

As for a certain special-edition (which literally dozens of you emailed me about the SECOND I announced a surprise Gilded Blood prequel), that answer will be revealed at the end of the book. So if you haven't preordered your signed copy or ebook yet, what're you waiting for?? 


THERE ARE AWESOME SHINY TREASURES TO UNEARTH!!!


(And believe me when I say, you do NOT want to miss that announcement! 🧜‍♀️🐲


 

Now for some super exciting Street Team News!


As most of you know, I have gone ahead and started a Street Team to help promote the Renerverse across social media platforms. I have carefully hand-picked a select few who have been helping me with this endeavor, and they've been k!lling it!


HOWEVER, we're looking to build a SECOND Street Team, one that will be larger and more accessible to everyone! You won't be getting any physical freebees (sorry!!), the reason being is that we will not hold you to the same *incredibly strict* posting standards / schedule that our main team is held to. BUT you will receive my undying love and gratitude, special coupons, the opportunity to get free ebooks, first dibs at ARCs, as well as gigundo bragging rights! 🖤


This Team is going to be a lot of fun- if you would like to join in on all the chaos that is to come, please sign up HERE! *If you have already filled out the application, no need to apply again- just keep an eye on your emails!


Deadline for filling out this application is February 11th - So hop to it!🐸 🐸 🐸

 

That's about it for the moment, my friends!


I'll be here for another week or so and then I'm kicking off my very first convention of the season at Wild & Windy West, where I'll be hanging out with awesome-sauce fantasy authors like Leia Stone, C.N. Crawford, Holly Renee, Lola Glass, K.F. Breene, and hopefully as many of you as possible! Let me know if you'll be at W&W or any of the other conventions I'll be appearing at this summer.


(FYI, my full list of events can be found here!)

Cheers and hope to see you very soon!❤️








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