R.J. Blain's Blog

I’m going to attempt to be brief; my to-do list is ridiculous, and I need approximately 32 hours in today to get it all done. Oops!

1: My editor is home and recovering. Hooray!

2: Patreon Cindercorns and Spicy Ponies with Bite are starting the Dragon Her Heels read along today. Because people ask often, here’s a super brief recap of what Patreon is and how it helps me.

2a: What is Patreon? How does it help me?

Patreon is a subscription service that does super important things like pa...

Hi, folks!

Due to the disappointing news of pushing back Grave Intentions (Lilith Daniels) due to my editor requiring a trip to the ER and a subsequent hospitalization, I thought I’d take some time to talk about what’s coming in the next year or so.

Obviously, Grave Intentions (Lilith Daniels) will be releasing, although its new date is November 11, 2025.

Dragon Her Heels (R.J. Blain, A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count)) will be releasing on December 23, 2025 as planned.

De...

One of my editors has experienced a medical emergency, and as I refuse to unnecessarily stress someone who is ill, I have opted to postpone the release of Grave Intentions.

My editor should be okay, but she will need some time to recover.

No other books should be affected. I apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

~ With much love, R.J.

Life-Debt’s audiobook edition has been submitted to all retail vendors, hooray! Kobo / Kobo Plus are already live, and you can expect the other vendors to release the hostage in 2-6 weeks.

Experimental Voyage has also been submitted, but it isn’t live anywhere yet. (You can start stalking Kobo later today for the audiobook edition.)

With that juicy bit of news out of the way, both Life-Debt and Experimental Voyage are part of the Space Opera Sisterhood StoryBundle! If you found my fir...

As I was tired, life was happening, etc, I did not finish the good news / bad news game yesterday. That’s okay, I’m not terribly sorry about it. So, let’s get right down to it.

150 Days to 100k

Good news: I haven’t forgotten about it. I’ve even made some progress on it. I have the new book one cover of the series conceptualized, and once my designer’s hand heals from an accident, she’ll paint it, and I’ll be able to show it to you.

Bad news: I probably won’t be able to work on it un...

It’s my favorite.

I’m pretty honest and up front about all the things going on in my life, so… let’s play the good news and bad news game. Stick around for juicy details about what books I’m working on, what changes are being made to my tentative schedule, why I haven’t had a 150 Days to 100K post in a hot minute, and so on!

Good news: Grave Intentions will be the length I want, which is approximately 125-130,000 words.

Bad news: I will not be finishing at least one arc I wished to ...

Partner in Crime is now available in Audiobook edition over at Kobo. I have still not gotten the Patreon update, which essentially means I cannot put audiobooks up for sale in their store. (When the update goes through, my old store is locked, I cannot edit anything, and I have to revamp the entire store. This is a hellish nightmarescape.) Apparently, it might be until the end of September until they get this rolled out, and they have zero way to give creators even a heads up on when their accou...

Greetings, folks!

I’m going to get straight to the chase. I am working on the embedded page edge editions (Which will be found via Barnes & Noble and Bookshop) and have an update for you.

Playing with Fire and Hoofin’ It are done and ready for purchase at Bookshop. Note: I receive a percentage of sales from Bookshop as an affiliate.

I do not know how long it will take for these books to reach Barnes & Noble, but that will be another vendor these will be available at.

Here are some p...

I have been holding back the audiobook release of Experimental Voyage due to Patreon announcing a UI change. Why is this changing delaying the audiobook release?

All of the products in my store will need to be unpublished and republished into the new system. They opted against merging it. As such, until I have access to the new UI, which started rolling out on July 15, I don’t want to do any product launches from Patreon.

(People WILL get confused, buy the same product twice, etc, etc, etc...

Bookbub offered a featured deal (international) for Bonds, so if you have missed it, you can get it for $0.99 at most retailers. I put the promotion up for US vendors as well because why not? The deal runs on July 10, 2025. (Some retailers may not have the deal quite yet, as it was set up yesterday.)

As a reminder, No Kitten Around is also being featured as a Bookbub featured deal on July 8, 2025 (US and International) and is also available for $0.99 at most retailers.

Currently, the only ...