It has been quite a while since I posted to my blog so I thought I would give you a quick update on what’s happening in the world of Blue Fire. Actually, I’m working on my blog all of the time, wading through hundreds of spam messages every day trying to find any real comments. Spam fascinates me.

Spam topics seem to come in waves. At first it was fake designer purses and perfumes. Then it shifted into payday loans and Viagra. Now it’s hitting all kinds of fake drugs. OMG, you would think these people would have better things to do with their time.
They try feebly to hide their real intent… which is for me to inadvertently post links to their sites. Their tactics are quite creative. Sometimes they post sticky sweet “I love your blog” messages or they try the other end of the spectrum and generically argue with the blog’s content. This they do without ever directly mentioning the blog’s content. It’s all a game to get me to accept and post the message so that when some innocent person clicks  on the message, they are navigated to some crazy site. Their “hidden” links are blatantly obvious so off to the spam bucket they go. At times, they do make me chuckle.

Putting spammers to the side, I want to thank all of you that have sent me real messages. I enjoy reading every one of them and I would be happy to respond to any questions you may have about the series, characters, … whatever is on your mind.

So, where am I in the series?

I have published book 4 “Night Embraced” on Amazon. I hope to push to all other retailers very soon. So far the book has been well received and it THRILLS me to know there are those of you out there that are reading it and enjoying it. For those that read book 4 (or any book in the Blue Fire series) but it wasn’t to your liking… thanks for taking a chance and giving it a try. I hope you continue your hunt to find that special book/series that you can’t put down.
I am actively working on book 5 “Death’s Dawn”. This is one is especially hard for me, knowing it is the last of this series. People have asked me if I really mean for it to be the last one and my response is “Yes”. My storyline was set for a 5 book series and that is where it will end. Too many series go on beyond what they should and they need to learn to say enough is enough.  I wish movie series would learn that lesson. More is not always better.
Before you ask, I don’t have a publish date set yet for book 5. This summer is a tough one for me. While working full time, I am also dealing with two children heading off to college – - one undergrad, one graduate school. We are moving my daughter into her first home as well as preparing our own home to be sold so we can downsize. We built this home and have had many  happy memories and years of collecting ‘stuff’ so it’ an emotional process. This isn’t leaving me much free time to just sit back and write.

I am going to try to get back to this blog and begin sharing some of the ‘secrets’ behind the story… such as the meaning of my book covers. I hope you will come back and join me on my last leg of my writing journey.