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What in the World is Bianca D’Arc Writing Now?

I know it seems like it’s been all Dragon Knights, all the time lately, but what you don’t see behind the scenes is that all the heavy lifting on the new dragon book has been done for months now. It’s been a long wait for KEEPER OF THE FLAME, which released last Tuesday, and I’m thrilled it’s finally here!

But while that’s all happening, I’ve been working steadily on other projects that I hope will come to fruition in the coming months. For one thing, I’ve been writing the follow-up to Tales of the Were: ROCKY, which focuses on the mysterious character introduced in that book, a sexy werecat named Slade.

In fact, the book will be titled Tales of the Were: SLADE when it comes out in a week or two. I don’t have the exact date yet, but I think it’ll be around March 18th or so. Stay tuned to this blog or my website or facebook page. I’ll be announcing the actual date as soon as I know.

As for the rest of the year, I plan to focus more on my paranormal series, in addition to the new releases in my Dragon Knights series. 2013 is shaping up to be a year of new releases in a few of my series. And if I can’t manage to get a book out in a particular series this year, I’ll definitely be working on the goal of at least getting something finished and into the pipeline for publication for 2014.

I don’t always have control over how long it takes between writing the book and the book’s release by a publisher. A perfect example of that is the follow-up to Brotherhood of Blood: WOLF HILLS, which has been waiting for edits since last August. Yeah, you read that right. The book was handed in to my editor in August of 2012 and isn’t scheduled for release until December 2013.

Which is a large part of the reason that I’m exploring new ways to get books out a little quicker. The focus on paranormals this year will help do that, since I have a little more control over how and when they come out.

So the tentative schedule for the rest of the year looks something like this:

March 5: Brotherhood of Blood: WOLF HILLS print release

March (date TBD): Tales of the Were: SLADE ebook release

July 2: Dragon Knights: THE DRAGON HEALER ebook release (Pre-order now from Amazon)

August 20: Dragon Knights: MASTER AT ARMS ebook release

September: Dragon Knights: MAIDEN FLIGHT print release

October: Dragon Knights: BORDER LAIR print release

November: Dragon Knights: THE ICE DRAGON print release

December: Dragon Knights: PRINCE OF SPIES print release

December 10: Brotherhood of Blood: WOLF QUEST ebook release

There will be a few more things inserted into this schedule, including a couple more Tales of the Were stories and the final novella in my Arcana series, which will be called KING OF STARS. I don’t have exact dates yet, but these projects are definitely on the agenda.

I’ll also be doing my best to finish Resonance Mates: HARRY’S SACRIFICE, which is the last in the 5-book story arc. While I don’t think my publisher will schedule it for release before 2014, I’ll be finishing the book in the next few months. It’s pretty much the same story for String of Fate: KING’S THRONE and StarLords: TALENT FOR TROUBLE, unless I can come up with some other solution to get them out quicker.

So that’s the scoop. Hope my plans make at least some of you happy!