Will There Be Any More Valens Books?

 In short: No. It's done. I may, may finish the book I was working on when my dog died, which I set aside to write Troyland, because I needed something a bit more upbeat. But understand Sales on Troyland sucked.

I lost money.

Sales on Bellicose, also sucked, though they were about 12 percent better than Troyland. People said after Bellicose did poorly that they really wanted another Troy book. Well, no, turns out they didn't. So I know, from years of experience that I will lose a lot of money if I finish that other book and put it out. It's only 10 percent done, so it'd take at least a month to finish, unless I made it really short. 

So please don't tell me 'I'll buy it! So you can't say nobody wants it!' because for me to PAY for the cover and the editing I need to sell a thousand copies. And I don't think it'll sell even that when I look at the numbers of the last few books in Valens Heritage.

But honestly? It's to be expected. We're talking book Twenty-SEVEN here. The first series was 18, and the second is now 9. While Valens Heritage started out okay, it really wasn't doing any better than Valens Legacy #18. You always lose people as you go through a series. Nobody gets a 100 percent read through. Almost nobody gets 90 percent. I typically get 85+ percent, and that's unheard of for most series.

So I knew this was coming. 

What happens next? Well I may work on it a night or two a week, cut it down in size to maybe 40K or 50K words, not buy a cover, not get an editor, and just toss it out there when it's finished. But understand that this is a MAY. I just as well MAY NOT. And it could be a year or two. I have a LOT of active stories going on that make way more in sales, and I've got several commitments to publishers. I have a lot of books I need to get written. I have a lot of promises to keep. I know from experience that this book will sell poorly, and probably get pirated to hell and back, because whenever I break down and do something like this, that always happens to me.

So yeah, sorry that you may never get this book. But the truth is, my fans don't want it. Oh, some do, but most? No, most of my Valens fans moved on after Legacy ended. Some read Mihalis, and stayed for a few more books, but that was pretty much it. 

I am very much considering a new 4 or 5 book series that is not related to Valens in anyway, for my Stryvant name. Something new, with new characters and a new story. Because that's what my fans want Something New.

Again, sorry that we're at this point, but the overwhelming majority of my fans have spoken with their wallets and they just don't want this book. Oh, and if I do write it? It won't be KU, because I'll want to try and make some of my time back. 

So please, stop bugging me. Yeah, I love the series too, but I've got bills to pay myself.

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Wolfhounds, Book #4 - War Child is now live on Amazon!

 Wolfhounds #4 - War Child is now live on Amazon:

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Yes, I'm still alive...

Sorry I haven't posted here much of late. I've been a bit caught up with the Wolfhound series, and book #4 will be coming out soon. Also, there's been RL stuff I've been dealing with. Some of which you may know, some of which you may not. But it's been slowing my output down a little.

I want to try and write Ghost Warriors #2 next. I also need to write another Valens Heritage book. The one I was going to write, but ended up writing Troyland instead because of where my head was at, at the time. Troyland didn't do as well as I would have liked. The next one will be about Mihalis AND Sean. Mostly. Because they're going to deal with a certain Dark Elf House and put Sawyer on the throne.

After that, I may just call Valens Heritage done. Though the possibility of a anthology of short stories and/or novellas about some of the other family members could happen. I'm just not sure that the interest in Valens is that great anymore. I have to look at the numbers.

I am considering a new short series (4 or 5 books), about a man who has an encounter with a Succubus and things sort of go on from there. It would be in the same world as Dan's Inferno, but it would be taking place in Texas. It won't exactly be harem, because someone is going to end up with a bunch of Succubi tht they're going to be using to 'take over' things. I don't know if that'll outrage people or not. I know some people get seriously bent out of shape over shit like that. There are people who got pissed about the First being in Sean's head while he was having sex with his wives (and I mean they went apeshit!).

So, we'll see. 

Oh, and there will be more POI storied. Want to get another one out this year.