A.C. Washer's Blog

It’s here, it’s here, it’s here, it’s here!

Well, almost.

Buried Embers will be available on Amazon on September 4th, so only two days away!

To celebrate Buried Embers’ release, Hidden Ashes is on sale this week for only 99 cents! That’s right, I’m making lots of money as an author (hint: not even close. But hey, I’m just starting out!)

I hope you enjoy reading the Buried Embers as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Shameless Plug: If you leave a review, you will get inducted into my super-secret ‘favorite readers’ group. So secret that it doesn’t really exist. But if it did, you’d be in it.

Whew! Launching my debut novel along with its short story prequel has been a steep learning curve! But I think I’ve reached the point where I can step out of my office and interact with people again. Maybe. Part of me is convinced I’ve missed something. Do all of my links work? Have I contacted all of my ARC readers? What am I forgetting??? Honestly, I’m hoping this experience is the growing kind and not the repeating kind!

But enough of that, because Rising Smoke is here and will be sent directly to your inbox as soon as you sign up for my newsletter. Just make sure to check your spam/promo folders so you don’t miss it!

What’ll this story be about? Well, it’s a short story, so I don’t want to say too much. But we do discover how Kella landed in foster care in the first place. There are parts that will make you laugh, parts that might make you tear up, and maybe a couple of ‘aha’ moments along the way. So grab it now!

Interested in becoming an ARC reader? As in ‘get your e-book before everyone else and leave a review on Amazon’ kind of reader? If so, Hidden Ashes is now available via BookFunnel! 

But why do I want ARC readers in the first place? Allow me to explain.

People use reviews to decide if they’re willing to take a chance on unknowns like me. The more reviews Hidden Ashes has upfront, the more likely Hidden Ashes has a successful launch. That’s where ARC readers come in.

It’s a little quid pro quo: I give you a free copy of Hidden Ashes, and you leave a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads.

Now, none of that means you owe me a good review. But I’ve put enough work into this series that I’m confident YA contemporary fantasy fans will love it. So, give it a chance! And the best part of being an ARC reader? You get a free book!

But hurry! I’m releasing Hidden Ashes on May 28th, so there’s not much time to grab the free e-book before it goes live!

Maybe you don’t know, but Hidden Ashes was supposed to be released in April. And If you did know, well, plans changed.

I ran into a few hiccups with covers, edits, etc, but I am pleased to announce the end is in sight! The new release date? May 28th. And you can take that to the bank (barring the apocalypse, of course).

So what’s happening? So glad you asked. I shall now proceed with a bullet list:

Cover Art Approved as of Today!It’s taken me way too long to finalize the cover for Hidden Ashes—I actually approved the cover for the second book over a month ago. Don’t ask me why—it’s a long story filled with shrunken arms, thorny scepters, and floating heads. Point is, it’s done! Shout out to the cover artist at Miblart who did such a great job!FREE short story prequel to Hidden Ashes!Interested in nabbing it as soon I finalize the edits and the cover? Then sign up for my newsletter, and it’s yours!ARC Readers WantedI am looking for hungry readers who want to get an ARC of Hidden Ashes and let Amazon and/or Goodreads know what they think about it. If this sounds like you, contact me!Next Book in Series is Coming Soon! Buried Embers, book 2 of the Reigning Fae series, will be published this Summer. That means no long waits to find out what’s going to happen after Hidden Ashes (unless you consider a couple of months to be long… which I do, so there’s that).

Well, that’s it for the new and exciting things going on in my writing world. I’ll be filling you in on book 3 before you know it!