Ask the Author: Jourdan Lane
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Jourdan Lane
Aw, thank you, Hayley! Taking things one day at a time and crossing my fingers, lol. ;-)
Jourdan Lane
Hi Ali,
All of my books are now available in KU. Unfortunately, my website was hacked and then the domain was picked up before I could get to it. I'm hoping to have a new site up soon. I hope you enjoy reading!
All of my books are now available in KU. Unfortunately, my website was hacked and then the domain was picked up before I could get to it. I'm hoping to have a new site up soon. I hope you enjoy reading!
Jourdan Lane
Thank you for the kind words. After dealing with some pretty severe health and life issues, I had to put writing/publishing on the back burner. I am slowly getting social media and website issues dealt with. While that's going on, I am finally able to write again. As for SM5, I am working on it. I wasn't happy with what I had, so making some much needed changes. It is my every hope that it will be out this year (2020).
Jourdan Lane
Yes. After having been away dealing with other life issues for a few years, I am writing again and hope to continue writing long into the future.
Jourdan Lane
Hi Lara,
I am still writing, and working on SM5, as well as trying to reformat older works to get them back up. The last 8 months (I didn't realize it had been THAT long already!) have been... very trying. We've spent much of that time in "crisis mode" and it's difficult for me to write during times like that. I've started a post to update and I'll do my best to finish soon and let people know where everything stands. Things have not been alright, but they do seem to be getting better. The site is back up... just expired while dealing with emergencies. If you still can't see it, maybe clear your browser cache and try to reload it.
I am still writing, and working on SM5, as well as trying to reformat older works to get them back up. The last 8 months (I didn't realize it had been THAT long already!) have been... very trying. We've spent much of that time in "crisis mode" and it's difficult for me to write during times like that. I've started a post to update and I'll do my best to finish soon and let people know where everything stands. Things have not been alright, but they do seem to be getting better. The site is back up... just expired while dealing with emergencies. If you still can't see it, maybe clear your browser cache and try to reload it.
Jourdan Lane
Thank you so much! I'm always so humbled that anyone would want to read something I wrote.
I do plan on releasing all of my books (that have been written to date, as well as in the future) as ebooks. Some of the "out of print" works need some heavy editing before I release them again, but I will definitely get to them. Any future books/stories I write will be edited, proofed, formatted, and then released as well.
Is there a certain book/story you're looking for or waiting on?
I do plan on releasing all of my books (that have been written to date, as well as in the future) as ebooks. Some of the "out of print" works need some heavy editing before I release them again, but I will definitely get to them. Any future books/stories I write will be edited, proofed, formatted, and then released as well.
Is there a certain book/story you're looking for or waiting on?
Jourdan Lane
Thank you! I'm glad to be back. It kind of feels like I'm getting back into the groove of things (realizing quite a bit has changed here and there.. ack!), but all seems to be going well. *knock on wood*
It bothered me so much not to have Secrets out along with the rest of them, but I'm relieved to finally have it up. Now, if I could just get the stupid MOBI file to look like it's supposed to, I'd have ALL formats up... and then I could go back to writing book 5!
:-)
It bothered me so much not to have Secrets out along with the rest of them, but I'm relieved to finally have it up. Now, if I could just get the stupid MOBI file to look like it's supposed to, I'd have ALL formats up... and then I could go back to writing book 5!
:-)
Jourdan Lane
I'll try to answer in the most non-spoilery way possible. ;-)
For most of them, the changes have been minor. Some change to dialogue/conversations were necessary to really tie everything together, relationship-wise. None of the them change the direction of the series arc as a whole, but I hope they give the added depth that was I thought was lacking before.
Possession is the Soul Mates story with the biggest changes. It really needed some deeper exploration into just how/why that connection came to be. It's much better than before, in my opinion.
Secrets has some of the same, but not nearly as much. If you've read it, you know how it ends, so that really needed a little more strengthening/deepening before we move forward into book 5 and beyond. That takes place mostly in conversation, but I don't think that the changes are great enough that when we get into book 5, you would feel like you missed something.
For the non-Soul Mates stories (Surrender and Stroke of Luck), those have been cleaned up dialogue-wise and had a little depth added where it was lacking due to original word count restrictions.
Hope that helps!
ETA: I forgot to mention INSTINCT, the short story that was originally published in "The Call" anthology. That one will be completely re-written, keeping some of the framework, but looking deeper into Ethan and Noah's background and to where/how they all fit into the series as a whole.
For most of them, the changes have been minor. Some change to dialogue/conversations were necessary to really tie everything together, relationship-wise. None of the them change the direction of the series arc as a whole, but I hope they give the added depth that was I thought was lacking before.
Possession is the Soul Mates story with the biggest changes. It really needed some deeper exploration into just how/why that connection came to be. It's much better than before, in my opinion.
Secrets has some of the same, but not nearly as much. If you've read it, you know how it ends, so that really needed a little more strengthening/deepening before we move forward into book 5 and beyond. That takes place mostly in conversation, but I don't think that the changes are great enough that when we get into book 5, you would feel like you missed something.
For the non-Soul Mates stories (Surrender and Stroke of Luck), those have been cleaned up dialogue-wise and had a little depth added where it was lacking due to original word count restrictions.
Hope that helps!
ETA: I forgot to mention INSTINCT, the short story that was originally published in "The Call" anthology. That one will be completely re-written, keeping some of the framework, but looking deeper into Ethan and Noah's background and to where/how they all fit into the series as a whole.
Jourdan Lane
I'm assuming Soul Mates, so I'll answer in that direction. The series is pretty open-ended, since I have notes that could lead to quite a few more books than I originally outlined. As books get written, more side-notes and ideas appear, so the possibilities of additional books are kind of pretty good. Now, those might not all be from Peter's point of view (and would be a fun change, probably for both me AND readers), but they would be in the same world.
As the series stands right now for the novels, book 5 (Ascension) is in progress right now. There is a book 6, but (I think) revealing the title of it before book 5 is out would be a bit of a spoiler. The 7th book is untitled.
There are a number short stories/novellas that I would like to write, too. These would be issues/plots/characters that are part of the world that need to be addressed, but that don't quite fit into the novels. I will eventually release the 1st novels/short stories that introduced the world/Lucien, too... so that's 4 more books right there. However, 3 of those are m/m/f, so some readers may/may not want to go back quite that far. ;-)
As the series stands right now for the novels, book 5 (Ascension) is in progress right now. There is a book 6, but (I think) revealing the title of it before book 5 is out would be a bit of a spoiler. The 7th book is untitled.
There are a number short stories/novellas that I would like to write, too. These would be issues/plots/characters that are part of the world that need to be addressed, but that don't quite fit into the novels. I will eventually release the 1st novels/short stories that introduced the world/Lucien, too... so that's 4 more books right there. However, 3 of those are m/m/f, so some readers may/may not want to go back quite that far. ;-)
Jourdan Lane
I don't have a specific plan for another story with Dale and Brandt, but I'm open to writing more with them. They will be in Evan's story (which is outlined, but not written yet), so we'll definitely get to see what's going on their lives at that point.
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