Concealing Fate has arrived! Faults of Fate is coming soon!

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So I missed Concealing Fate's release day but it's here! For Kindle and in Paperback, if that is your jam! Huzzah!

I'm pretty excited about this one, and I loved writing it, so I hope you'll enjoy reading it, too. And displaying it on your bookshelf, maybe, because I know I will be!

Anyway, the real impetus of this blogpost is that I wanted to offer some notes regarding the reading order now that there are I don't even know how many novellas in this series--5? Yeah. Maybe that's getting a smidge out of hand but I offer no apology because playing with this series and in this sandbox and with these characters is too much fun and I refuse to give it up, like it or lump it!

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Reading Order. Right.

So, Concealing Fate is technically a prequel to the present timeline of Forged by Fate, the first book in the Fate of the Gods trilogy. (And we've discussed how the present timeline is maybe not as present day as it could be at this point, but such is life and the lag between writing of publishing.) And if you're NEW to my Fate of the Gods trilogy, I would definitely say, go ahead and read Concealing Fate first!! It will give you a little bit more grounding for the relationship that you are dumped into the middle of in Forged by Fate's opening chapters, and a little bit more insight into the character of Garrit DeLeon--and getting the chance to write half of Concealing Fate from his point of view was at least 50% of the appeal of writing this novella at all.

BUT.

If you've already read the main trilogy, I think it makes more sense to read Enduring Fate first, before Concealing Fate, because as a PAIR, chronologically, that's how they work. The events of Enduring Fate take place in the life just before Eve's Present Timeline--and having that past fresh in your reader mind going into Concealing Fate gives added context for the choices she makes in how she engages with Garrit.

NB to New Readers: If you have not read Fate Forgotten (Fate of the Gods #2), Enduring Fate will spoil it!

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Which brings me to Faults of Fate, the forthcoming novella paperback collection.

I'm assuming that those of you who are buying Faults of Fate are long time fans and readers. So I collected these two novellas in chronological order rather than New-Reader Reading Order. Enduring Fate, followed by a bonus scene that is kind of a peek at what inspired its events--which might otherwise feel spoilerish if read beforehand--and then Concealing Fate, which will lead you back into Forged by Fate, if you're that kind of re-reader (I know I am.)

It's quirky and weird, I know, and the way the timelines are all interwoven, it makes the reading order a little more dodgy than another series might be, but such is the nature of this particular beast, and I hope you'll all keep following along anyway, because it's been a wild, wonderful ride, and I don't think I'm done yet.

In Conclusion, a New Reader Reading Order:

    ↬ Concealing Fate (Prequel Novella, collected in Faults of Fate)
1) Forged by Fate
    ↪ Tempting Fate (collected in Facets of Fate)
2) Fate Forgotten
    ↪ Taming Fate (collected in Facets of Fate)
    ↪ Enduring Fate (collected in Faults of Fate)
3) Beyond Fate
    ↪ Finding Fate (Epilogue Novella, exclusively available in Facets of Fate, the first Fate of the Gods Collection.)

NB: you can buy Concealing Fate and Enduring Fate independently for kindle. At this time, I have no plans to make Faults of Fate a digital release--and it will be the only paperback edition of Enduring Fate I put out. If you'd like to read the bonus scene that is available in Faults of Fate's paperback, it's on Patreon, and it will only cost you a dollar a month to access it, PLUS you'll get to read a bunch of other fun stuff, too.

And for those of you RETURNING after already reading the primary trilogy:

1) Forged by Fate
2) Fate Forgotten
3) Beyond Fate
4) Facets of Fate (the first Fate of the Gods Novella Collection)
    ↪ Tempting Fate (Mia and Adam, Present Timeline)
    ↪ Taming Fate (Ryam DeLeon and Eve, 15th Century)
    ↪ Finding Fate (Marcus, Near Future Epilogue)
5) Faults of Fate (the forthcoming PAPERBACK Fate of the Gods Novella Collection)
    ↪ Enduring Fate (Eve and Thor, 1914-1920)
    ↪ Concealing Fate (Garrit DeLeon and Eve, Present Timeline Prequel)

Questions or Comments? Hit me up below! Or via email, even, I'm happy to chat!

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Enduring Fate Release Day!

Happy Release Day for Enduring Fate!
(And Happy Thor's Day, also!)

Grab your copy from Amazon for just 2.99, or read it for FREE if you're a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, along with the rest of the Fate of the Gods trilogy and novellas! And just in case you need it-- let me lay out a reading order for those of you who might be coming to the series belatedly :)

1) Forged by Fate
↪Tempting Fate
↪ Bride Price (collected with Tempting Fate & Taming Fate in FACETS OF FATE)
2) Fate Forgotten
↪ Taming Fate
↪ Enduring Fate
3) Beyond Fate
↪ Finding Fate (collected with Tempting Fate & Taming Fate in FACETS OF FATE)

And keep an eye out for a Forged by Fate prequel novella, coming soon!

I'm also excited to let you know that FAVOR OF GOD, my Samson and Delilah short story/retelling is now available for purchase-- just 1.99 for kindle.

Last but not least, Patreon Patrons are getting another Amalia Dillin short story this month--The Rule of Fate--which is not at all related to my Fate of the Gods series despite the use of that word in the title. This one, like Refuge, is likely going to stay Patreon Exclusive for a goodly while, so if you want to collect 'em all, Patreon is where you want to be!

That's all for now! Happy reading, friends!!!

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Summer Update, 2019!

So wow, okay. Lots to share!

I'm happy to report that the backmatter of HONOR AMONG ORCS's paperback is now updated and live, so if you were holding off for that, it's ready for your purchase! Enjoy!

I've been on kind of a short story formatting spree, to get some content going for my Patreon patrons (Thank you, Patrons!!!) and I've released Frost Bitten, Twice Shy for your reading pleasure! It's just 99 cents right now but it'll go up to 1.99 before the end of August. It's also available in WIDE release so if you're not a kindle reader, I've got you!

Available NOW to Patreon Patrons is another short story, Refuge, which will remain Patreon exclusive for likely the foreseeable forever--but the good news there is that for just $1 a month, you can read it as a blogpost, along with Frost Bitten, Twice Shy, AND my take on Samson and Delilah, Favor of God, which I just released for Patreon Patrons as well! Not going to lie, I am kind of in love with all three of these short stories and have been for a really long time, so I'm excited to be able to share them finally.

(If you bump that 1 dollar a month up to 5 dollars a month, you'll get all three as epub/mobi files, right now, too--for a limited time! Favor of God will go kindle exclusive after August 15th!)

Coming in August for Patreon 5 dollar Patrons (ThorsBFFs) first: ENDURING FATE, a NEW Fate of the Gods novella which tackles Eve's life in the ward during the early 20th century. It should be read as book 2.75 in the series AFTER Fate Forgotten! Patrons also got to see the cover art first, but today is the day I'm revealing it to the rest of the world! Are you ready?

Kindle Pre-Order!

For everyone else, Enduring Fate will release in September! Huzzah! [Kindle Pre-Order Go!] It's going Amazon Exclusive for the near future, so if you want the epub, Patreon is really your best bet in the shorter term. And during the first two weeks of August, if you Patron in for 5 dollars, you're basically getting two free short stories for the price of Enduring and Favor if you were going to buy them on Amazon later! So. It's not a bad deal!

(No hard feelings if you sign up as a 5 dollar patron on August 1 and cancel or drop to a 1 dollar level before the end of the month, either! I feel you.)

But listen: 
Enduring Fate is a tough read. It was a tough WRITE for that matter--which is why even though I wrote a goodly portion of it in 2010 it languished on my hard drive for the last 9 years. TW: This novella contains miscarriages, verbal and physical abuse, suicidal ideation, self-harm, discussion of abortion, the grossness of eugenics generally and forced sterilization specifically.

Please read with care and consideration for your own mental health. I think it's important because so few people understand our own history of Eugenics in America, and how our love affair with it directly influenced the atrocities of WWII, and it was definitely an important story for me personally, for other reasons in addition. But. It may not be the best read for all of you, and I don't want to do any of you any harm in sharing it.

Okay?
Okay.

I'm holding off on the paperback edition of this novella for the moment because I am over 40K deep in another Fate of the Gods was-supposed-to-be-a-novella-also contemporary prequel to Forged by Fate, exploring how Eve and Garrit actually met and got together, and I'm leaning toward packaging them together as a paperback edition instead of doing two smaller volumes. If there is an outcry from readers demanding a paperback of Enduring Fate alone, I'll be happy to change my mind, so do let me know if your feelings on this subject are strong!

I think that about covers it for the time being! Still no newsletter because I still don't have a PO Box (Author Amalia is extremely broke) but I'll continue to keep you updated via the blog, Patreon, Twitter, and Facebook, so check back often!

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