Ask the Author: Tracey Ward
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Tracey Ward
Unfortunately, I'm not going to finish the last book until next year. Sorry! This series has been taking longer to finish than most for me but I love this world so much. It's hard to say goodbye :(
Tracey Ward
So sorry this took forever for me to answer! Yes, there will be another novella this October that ties in to Sticks and Stones and then a third next year that will finish the story. So glad you liked it! Writing pure horror was New for me but it was fun.
Tracey Ward
There will be two versions - This YA one and the original release. I've labeled the original The Explicit Edition and left the paperback as is.
When I decided to write God's of the Dead, I knew it had to be an adult novel because of Vin. But after rereading the Survival series to get ready to write this next book, I thought it was wrong that Survival and Quarantined are both YA and Rising is not. I have some younger fans who couldn't follow the story into the Rising series because of content and I hated that I left them behind.
When I decided to write God's of the Dead, I knew it had to be an adult novel because of Vin. But after rereading the Survival series to get ready to write this next book, I thought it was wrong that Survival and Quarantined are both YA and Rising is not. I have some younger fans who couldn't follow the story into the Rising series because of content and I hated that I left them behind.
Tracey Ward
The mystery of why I can't sleep at night.
A woman suffers insomnia, waking at the same time every night for no apparent reason. She loses more and more sleep until she's barely getting any at all. Then the hallucinations start. Images that play out in her mind at the mysterious hour each night, giving her clues to a puzzle decades old. An unsolved murder that happened there in her house. In her bedroom.
In real life, I wake up at three ever night and watch The Great British Bake Off until the gentle lull of British accents puts me back to sleep. Not a compelling plot :)
A woman suffers insomnia, waking at the same time every night for no apparent reason. She loses more and more sleep until she's barely getting any at all. Then the hallucinations start. Images that play out in her mind at the mysterious hour each night, giving her clues to a puzzle decades old. An unsolved murder that happened there in her house. In her bedroom.
In real life, I wake up at three ever night and watch The Great British Bake Off until the gentle lull of British accents puts me back to sleep. Not a compelling plot :)
Tracey Ward
Ooh, that's a good question. I want to say Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy bexcuse I love them deeply,but I think its actually Scarlet and Rhett. But only if you take into account the sequel to gone with the Wind that was written. Otherwise they have an awful story :)
I love them because they were both so passionate and strong headed, but they really did love each other. And the sheer tragedy of how it took her until the last moment, when it was over and she'd pushed him away too many times, to realize how much she loved him, it just broke my heart. I think she needed him and she never knew it, not until it was too late.
I love them because they were both so passionate and strong headed, but they really did love each other. And the sheer tragedy of how it took her until the last moment, when it was over and she'd pushed him away too many times, to realize how much she loved him, it just broke my heart. I think she needed him and she never knew it, not until it was too late.
Tracey Ward
Hi from rainy Oregon, Vach!
Tracey Ward
Hi! Sorry I'm just now seeing this. I've gotta get better about answering questions on here!
Yes, there will be two more books, maybe a third (sixth in the series). I'm planning on finishing them in 2017, but I don't have solid dates in place yet.
Thanks for the support! I'm so glad you're enjoying my books. Hearing that keeps me motivated at times like this (5am with endless edits in sight). Thanks for the boost of energy :)
Yes, there will be two more books, maybe a third (sixth in the series). I'm planning on finishing them in 2017, but I don't have solid dates in place yet.
Thanks for the support! I'm so glad you're enjoying my books. Hearing that keeps me motivated at times like this (5am with endless edits in sight). Thanks for the boost of energy :)
Tracey Ward
I am so sorry I'm just now seeing this! I don't get on Goodreads as often as I should.
Yes! There will be a fourth and fifth book in the series. I wrote 3 of them last year and had to take a break. That was exhausting! :) I'm hoping to release the last two in 2017.
Yes! There will be a fourth and fifth book in the series. I wrote 3 of them last year and had to take a break. That was exhausting! :) I'm hoping to release the last two in 2017.
Tracey Ward
June! Sooner if I get it done, but my latest date is set for June 2017.
Tracey Ward
That's awesome! I'm glad you love it. It's been so fun to write. There absolutely will be more books. I've got three more planned for sure, and hopefully a novella for Rona. I feel like that girl deserves her own story.
Next up will be DeMarcus' book, though. We've already met his love interest, but he hasn't ;)
Next up will be DeMarcus' book, though. We've already met his love interest, but he hasn't ;)
Tracey Ward
Yes! I love Callum too much to leave him hanging like that. I'm actually planning to have Callum's book be the start of a new spinoff series revolving around Tim's Gym and the men who work/train there. I'm going to start it as soon as my Offensive Line series begins to wind down, probably late 2017.
Tracey Ward
I need to do that now! Thank you for the reminder :) It's very tentatively set to publish on June 16th.
Tracey Ward
Hi Era!
No, I always planned for The Seventh Hour to be a standalone novel. I won't be writing a sequel. I thought about writing an epilogue, I even started one, but I never finished it because it never felt quite right.
I can tell you how I saw things ending for the characters if you want that closure, though.
No, I always planned for The Seventh Hour to be a standalone novel. I won't be writing a sequel. I thought about writing an epilogue, I even started one, but I never finished it because it never felt quite right.
I can tell you how I saw things ending for the characters if you want that closure, though.
Tracey Ward
Yes! I'm actually planning a spinoff series starting with Callum that will follow him and other men working/training at Tim's Gym. I'm going to start it as soon as I start winding down the Offensive Line series.
Tracey Ward
I've been asked that a lot. People really want to know what happens with everyone else, but I don't have plans for a sequel. I did start to write an epilogue but I couldn't find a satisfactory ending to it, so I dropped it. If you want to send me a private message, I'll give you the text of what I did manage to write in that epilogue.
Tracey Ward
Hi Maureen! Thanks for picking up This is the Wonder :) That book is such a favorite of mine. It was sort of a love letter to my husband. The Christmas pickle, the engagement, the codeine in Ireland - all real. All happened.
I do have plans for a story from Cade's perspective. It would take place a little ways before This is the Wonder, explaining his tumultuous history. I don't have a release date or even a title for it yet, but I am definitely writing that story! I don't have any plans yet for any of the other secondary characters, but you never know. If a full story forms for any of them as I write Cade, I'll definitely follow it.
I do have plans for a story from Cade's perspective. It would take place a little ways before This is the Wonder, explaining his tumultuous history. I don't have a release date or even a title for it yet, but I am definitely writing that story! I don't have any plans yet for any of the other secondary characters, but you never know. If a full story forms for any of them as I write Cade, I'll definitely follow it.
Tracey Ward
I don't have a date set for that one yet. Hopefully in 2016, though. It's in my head, just gotta work out some last details. I can tell you that I'm expanding POVs in the third book. It won't only be told from Alex and Nick's perspective.
Tracey Ward
lol Soon! I promise! Ringside is set to release in September but I don't have a firm date yet. I'll do an update post as soon as I do. :)
Tracey Ward
I'm finishing up Gods of the Dead right now, releasing it in June, then I'm focusing entirely on Ringside. I'm hoping to have it done by September but I don't want to promise a date this far out. I'm excited to get back to it and finish the North Star series :-)
Tracey Ward
Thank you for reading and liking Alissa and Jordan! The Quarantined series is finished, but it was actually the start of what is turning into a web of stories. Last year I wrote the Survival Series that takes place about nine years after Quarantined and follows a new cast of characters as they survive the fallout. There are important cameos by Quarantined characters, though. Both Alissa and Jordan and even a little girl named Beth...
I'm also working on a third series set in the same world called Rising. The first book, Gods of the Dead will be coming out in June.
I'm also working on a third series set in the same world called Rising. The first book, Gods of the Dead will be coming out in June.
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