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I'm not sure, to be honest. If so, it would be next year. I couldn't write all this summer so I've had to rethink my schedule a lot
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I'm glad you're reading the Office Aliens, it's quite different from the Gandry books, I hope you enjoy it. The Balor ARE jerks, lol. Office Aliens 5 will have a Rhacahr hero. If that book ends up where I think it will, there would be a lead into another series, but I don't think I would write it to be honest just because I don't see how I could make the books different enough from each other. I know it's not very helpful to talk about stuff like that when you have no idea what I'm talking about, but I can't give anything away! In short, I think that world will have its last book in Office Aliens 5.
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Hi, thanks for messaging :) I'm so glad you like the series. Yes, Mruin is being driven up the wall by his family's refusal to question, worry about, or be suspicious of the humans' magic. It is turning him into a bit of a tin-foil-hat conspiracy theory type, always talking about alien abduction XD The ironic thing is, the others would probably be more concerned about what they've witnessed if he didn't rant and rave about it so much that the others just write it off as Mruin being crazy again. He is still young though, 18 or 19 by our standards, and he won't be fully grown for another few years.
In terms of whether or not there will be another book, there might be, but not this year. Most likely is a short story collection, in which Mruin would get a short to answer the question of where he goes when he's not with his family and what he's doing with his time. He won't get a witch of his own. I don't want to strand any more women on the Gandry planet, three is enough for T'Lax's little experiment. But that's not to say Mruin is alone. He has a companion, and I know who it is, but in case I make a story of it, I'm not telling ;)
In terms of whether or not there will be another book, there might be, but not this year. Most likely is a short story collection, in which Mruin would get a short to answer the question of where he goes when he's not with his family and what he's doing with his time. He won't get a witch of his own. I don't want to strand any more women on the Gandry planet, three is enough for T'Lax's little experiment. But that's not to say Mruin is alone. He has a companion, and I know who it is, but in case I make a story of it, I'm not telling ;)
V.C. Lancaster
I am! I hope to get them all out eventually, but it's a long hard process for me. You wouldn't believe how fiddly the formatting is. Gron's Fated is out though! It's listed separately from the Kindle version because I messed up the sizing initially so I had to cancel that and then re-list it as it's own thing? Very annoying. Here is a link though:
https://www.amazon.com/Grons-Fated-Ru...
As for autographs, I have been asked for this before, but I don't know how I would do this without bulk-buying copies and shipping them myself. I have been told 'bookplates' are the answer, which sounded like some kind of sticker, but it feels insincere to digitise a signature and stick it on.
I hope to start going to conventions and book fairs etc (probably here in the UK for a few years to get used to it) and I will sign copies, and sell signed copies there. This means I will end up with leftover signed stock, so I might end up shipping them myself anyway! But that won't be happening this year, that's a project for next year.
https://www.amazon.com/Grons-Fated-Ru...
As for autographs, I have been asked for this before, but I don't know how I would do this without bulk-buying copies and shipping them myself. I have been told 'bookplates' are the answer, which sounded like some kind of sticker, but it feels insincere to digitise a signature and stick it on.
I hope to start going to conventions and book fairs etc (probably here in the UK for a few years to get used to it) and I will sign copies, and sell signed copies there. This means I will end up with leftover signed stock, so I might end up shipping them myself anyway! But that won't be happening this year, that's a project for next year.
V.C. Lancaster
Yes! There should be at least two more, though my next book will be Gandry
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Hi, thanks for your support :) Xin doesn't have a story coming up, I'm afraid. If I was going to revisit a previous (side) character, it would be Kez, who would be Book 5 if I do it.
My next book will be Office Aliens 3, as I couldn't finish the next Ruth & Gron one, though I started it. It will probably be a few months though, as it's shaping up to be a record-breaker in terms of length!
My next book will be Office Aliens 3, as I couldn't finish the next Ruth & Gron one, though I started it. It will probably be a few months though, as it's shaping up to be a record-breaker in terms of length!
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Hi! Glad you like my work :D
The third Office Aliens will be the first book I release next year, so maybe April 2018? I'm currently writing the 5th Gandry book, Krol and Naomi's story, which I hope to have out towards the end of this year.
As for new series... When I run out of Gandry ideas, I think I'll probably switch to an M/M series about "feral" alphas and the omegas who mate them for their own personal gains. Not my usual wheelhouse I know! They won't be shifters, and I think it will be an interesting world to build. When I run out of Office Aliens, I'll probably replace them with alien romance stand-alones, for which I have plenty of ideas, they just won't be a series. So I'm not abandoning the alien romance readers entirely!
I hope this helps :) Do let me know if you have any other questions.
The third Office Aliens will be the first book I release next year, so maybe April 2018? I'm currently writing the 5th Gandry book, Krol and Naomi's story, which I hope to have out towards the end of this year.
As for new series... When I run out of Gandry ideas, I think I'll probably switch to an M/M series about "feral" alphas and the omegas who mate them for their own personal gains. Not my usual wheelhouse I know! They won't be shifters, and I think it will be an interesting world to build. When I run out of Office Aliens, I'll probably replace them with alien romance stand-alones, for which I have plenty of ideas, they just won't be a series. So I'm not abandoning the alien romance readers entirely!
I hope this helps :) Do let me know if you have any other questions.
V.C. Lancaster
Sorry, I didn't see this! I suppose it's redundant now since The New Guy has come out since you asked this question, but there'll be another Office Aliens as my first book of 2018.
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Sorry, I did not get an alert for this question! Terribly sorry!
I'm working on Krol and Naomi's book now! It'll be my next one out.
I'm working on Krol and Naomi's book now! It'll be my next one out.
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Dear Chelsea,
Hi! :) Zir was Volin, and he didn't have heat cycles. Ro was Balin, and they do. The Balin live underground, and so they don't experience the seasons in the same way, so they have developed heat cycles to ensure that they have children when resources will be most plentiful.
In The E.T. Guy, reference was made to female Volin going into season which was the only time they would accept a male near them. Volin breeding is controlled that way, through the females.
I hope this helps, any more questions, let me know!
Hi! :) Zir was Volin, and he didn't have heat cycles. Ro was Balin, and they do. The Balin live underground, and so they don't experience the seasons in the same way, so they have developed heat cycles to ensure that they have children when resources will be most plentiful.
In The E.T. Guy, reference was made to female Volin going into season which was the only time they would accept a male near them. Volin breeding is controlled that way, through the females.
I hope this helps, any more questions, let me know!
V.C. Lancaster
Hi Esther :) I don't know why it says that! I can only think it must be something to do with the country you're buying in because everything looks normal on my end. Maybe try Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.ca or something. Otherwise, I don't know how to help! I'm not selling on any other website. It's only available as an ebook, not a print copy. If all else fails, you can probably pirate it somewhere. I have found websites pirating my work before, though obviously I don't like it. In this case I'll make an exception ;) Just leave me a nice review :p
V.C. Lancaster
I'm hoping for the end of November, early December
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No release date, I'm exceptionally bad at keeping them. I think 3 or 4 months from now...
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Ruth does not have to ask Gron. I headcannon it -or at least, the Gandry believe -that a Queen can choose to get pregnant or not. That is what Gron will assume Ruth is doing, choosing not to have a child by him. As for Grasta and her stud, she doesn't let him finish inside her, to be graphic. Studs generally perform sexual favours without necessarily getting anything in return. Grasta probably finishes him with her hand when she's done. That said, she does let him finish inside her every once in a while in order to have children by more than one male, but for whatever reason, it just hasn't taken yet.
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