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I’ve finished the first draft of The King of Hearts: Part 4 of the Red Dog Conspiracy. But completing a first draft is just the beginning. Over the first 7 months of 2018 I’ll be doing research, writing more scenes, moving scenes around, and making this into another great book you’ll be thrilled to read.

Want to catch up with the series? I’ve put the entire set of my books so far into one Kindle box set, plus a bonus scene never before available to the general public, for half of what it would cost if each book in the set were sold individually.

Click here to order.

The set will be available through Dec. 31st.

During December, I’ll be updating my website and moving it to a new server, so there may be some website interruptions as that happens. You can always find me on social media, or on my Patreon page.

I have not signed on any events yet for 2018. I’m focused on improving my online sales for next year. Once those begin doing well I’ll have the funds to sign up for some live events. I’ll let you know how that goes.

Until next time!

Patty

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Hey, everyone!

It’s been extremely busy the past few weeks, but I wanted to let you know what has been going on lately:

First, The Ace of Clubs: Part 3 of the Red Dog Conspiracy is out and in stores!

It’s available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover formats.

You may have to ask them to order it for you in brick and mortar bookstores, but it should be everywhere else.

I hope you enjoy it!

Click here to learn more.

 

 

 

Second, I’ve put all four of the books that are out so far into a box set for you on Kindle!

I’m calling it Red Dog Conspiracy, Act 1: A Noir Future Steampunk Crime Family Saga.

If you haven’t read the series yet, this is a great way to get caught up, at 50% of the price if you would have bought each book individually.

Here’s the link to get your copy.

 

Third, I’ve written a prequel to the Red Dog Conspiracy called “Vulnerable,” which tells how Eleanora Bryce and her sons got to Bridges in the first place.

It’s in the End of Days dystopian anthology, which is free on Kindle Unlimited through October 31st.

Click here to learn more.

 

Right now, I’m outlining book 4 (which I plan to write during November) and am getting ready for Wizard World Oklahoma City October 27th-29th! You can get 20% off your tickets by using the code REDDOG at check out.

This is probably going to be my last live event of the year. Hope to see you there!

Patty

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I’ve just sent out ebook copies of The Ace of Clubs: Part 3 of the Red Dog Conspiracy to those people who early-bird pre-ordered the ebook copy and forwarded me their receipt.

Wow! It’s a crazy feeling, knowing my book is already out there :)

But what if you missed that? Don’t worry – I have a special offer for you.

If you pre-order the ebook copy of The Ace of Clubs and forward the receipt to patty AT pattyloof DOT com before September 30th, I’ll send you the first two books:

The Jacq of Spades
The Queen of Diamonds

in the ebook format of your choice … for free!

Here are the places to pre-order The Ace of Clubs

You’ll receive the first two ebooks during the first week of October – IF you pre-order AND forward me that receipt.

Thanks so much for your support!

Patty

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I’ve updated The Alcatraz Coup‘s back matter with several genealogy charts, including the one I showed you a couple of weeks ago! So I thought I better share them with you here too. :)

These show how the characters in The Alcatraz Coup are related to those in the Red Dog Conspiracy series. If you’re a hobbit lover of genealogies like me, you’ll find these a lot of fun.

Since these have spoilers for The Alcatraz Coup, I’ll link to the charts rather than display them here.

Uncle Vinny and little Donna

Blocker Goolsby and Caesar Diamond

Charlie and Crispin

If you purchased The Alcatraz Coup as an ebook, simply refresh/sync the file, and you should be able to see the charts in the backmatter (after the story). If you purchased The Alcatraz Coup as a paperback, you’re welcome to print the charts or save them to your computer to look at later.

I hope you enjoy them!

Patty

PS. This post was underwritten by my Patrons, ordinary people like you who make a small monthly donation to help fund my work. Visit the Red Dog Conspiracy Patreon page to learn more.

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I got The Ace of Clubs to my ARC team and my proofreader, so I decided to play around a bit and show you the genealogy link between the characters of The Alcatraz Coup, leading up to The Jacq of Spades. I guess I have a bit of hobbit in me, as I love genealogies (as well as eating lol)

Roy’s father Acevedo Spadros II is now just a portrait on the wall, having been gunned down by his men long before the night Jacqui was sold to the Spadros Family. But I thought those of you who’ve read The Alcatraz Coup might like to see the connection between then and now.

I’ll have more charts for you as time goes on, showing Uncle Vinny’s descendants as well as little Donna’s. It might surprise you.

Since this chart contains spoilers for The Alcatraz Coup, I’ll just attach it here for you.

Patty

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PS. Patrons got to see this a day early! :)

PPS. Patrons also got a copy of The Alcatraz Coup for free. If you’d rather buy a copy, you can get it here.

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The Ace of Clubs: Part 3 of the Red Dog Conspiracy is back from my developmental editor!

Now all I have to do is incorporate the changes he asked for to get it ready to go to my beta readers July 1st. :)

Congratulations to Claudia B. and Lemka T for being added to my beta reader team!

Thanks SO much to everyone who applied – I truly appreciate your interest in my book series and your willingness to help.

If you haven’t signed up to my street team, The Commission, I invite you to do so!

Did you know that you can pre-order The Ace of Clubs? It’s on track to publish October 1st. When you pre-order, send me your receipt and you’ll get your e-reader copy in September, before everyone else!

Click here to pre-order your digital e-reader version (Nook, Kobo, iTunes, etc). Kindle pre-order won’t be until July because of Amazon’s rules.

Click here to pre-order a signed paperback from Amazon.com (delivered from my hands to yours in early October)

Can’t use Amazon.com? Click here to get your signed paperback copy.

This weekend I’ll be at SoonerCon – one of my big shows of the year!

People who attend a show get to talk with me in person, buy a custom flash drive, get their books signed, and have all kinds of fun. I hope you’ll consider visiting one of my events sometime!

Check out my Events page for my upcoming shows.

Have a great weekend!

Patty

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I’ve got some thrilling news for you!

Apparently Amazon has offered to do a special promotion on the Dark Humanity science fiction and fantasy box set that I’ve been part of since January. This is an amazing opportunity not only for the box set, but for the Red Dog Conspiracy series itself.

So Dark Humanity isn’t going away! We’re looking at being able to continue having it available for sale at the very least through August. Which is very exciting.

This is the set which helped me get to become a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author – and it’s all because of your support.

What this means for The Alcatraz Coup is that for the time of the promotion (and the next three months after), I’ll have to remove the ebook format, except for the copy in the Dark Humanity box set.

On Saturday, I’m headed to Dallas to attend Texas Frightmare – just for fun!

Have a great weekend!

Patty

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Several people seemed confused about the where, when, and why’s of the political system which Bridges is part of. So I thought I’d write a bit about the Merca Federal Union and its history.

Shortly after the Catastrophe, the survivors in North America formed groups dedicated to surviving. Eventually, the groups migrated towards the center of the continent, mainly because it seemed to be the least affected. But the North American Survivors continued to have problems, mostly surrounding disagreements on the form of government.

The animosity became so great within the various groups and factions that they began using the newly rediscovered dome technology to form their own independent city-states. Moving into domes also helped mitigate the environmental after-effects of the Catastrophe, which led to longer, healthier lives for those who chose to do so.

Unfortunately, these isolated groups were often too small – sometimes to the point of being inbred – and began to experience difficulty. Eventually, the North American Federal Oversight Committee was formed to help foster trade, develop transportation between domes, and to offer an avenue for resolving disputes between city-states.

Even though by this time electricity via magma steam generators was the major power source, vast differences in technology arose between city-states. After Tollkeen almost went to war against Azimoff, alleging technological contamination, The Cultural Correctness Committee (CCC) was formed to monitor inter-dome transportation. This ensured that no city-state imposed their technology on a group who didn’t want it.

The CCC’s motto became, “If you don’t like the tech, you’re free to move.”

Eventually, each dome had it own version of the CCC, which in some cases turned into groups limiting scientific discovery in their dome.

Political pressures due to repeated city failures led the formation of the Merca Federal Union. While each city-state maintained its independence, the Federal Bureau was formed to investigate abuses. The Feds also provided aid in disasters and enforced the requirement for a stable government in order for a group to maintain control of their dome.

The Merca Federal Union took on the old North American Survivors motto “From Ashes We Rise.” While some city-states resent the Feds’ interference (most notably Bridges), most agree that The Merca Federal Union has brought stability and prosperity to the continent.

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Well, we’ve come to the end of another month! It’s been a while since I’ve been “collecting the cards”, so to speak, so let’s do it now. Here’s what’s gone on this month that you might not know about:

I went to the Dark Side of the Con show in New Jersey and met a lot of great people. I sold more custom flash drives at this show than at any other so far!
I got three new Patrons over on Patreon this month! Which is amazing to me! I’m really grateful for your support.
Speaking of Patreon, I’ve decided to do more of my posting over there, and I have a lot more free/public posts than I did before, including this one about the Chicago Mob. You can sign up for Patreon for free, and it’s free to follow the Red Dog Conspiracy. You should come join us!
There’s about one more month to go if you’d like to buy the second edition of Dark Humanity. It has the prequel to the Red Dog Conspiracy in it, The Alcatraz Coup. You can get Dark Humanity here.
The paperback edition of The Alcatraz Coup is coming soon! I can’t wait to show you the new cover.

Hope you have a great weekend!

Patty

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You can pre-order The Ace of Clubs: Part 2 of the Red Dog Conspiracy now!

Click here for all the current links.

Plus, The Queen of Diamonds is on sale now in ebook form through March 5th for just 99 cents.

So now what?

I’ve got to get finished revising The Ace of Clubs! That will be the majority of what I do as far as writing goes between now and October, although I do want to finish up some other projects this year.

In other news:

There’s a sale on Dark Humanity (the science fiction and fantasy box set with The Alcatraz Coup in it) – 99 cents for the entire 20+ books through March 12th. Go grab it if you haven’t already!

I’ll be at the Underground Monster Carnival at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds on Saturday. Hope to see some of you there!

Patty

 

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