Hello to the future! This is Meljean, scheduling a post in the past while I’m in my finishing-up-this-book-cave! Because you know what today is? It’s the day that SOMEONE is inevitably abducted! (And the title of this post is just because I realized that many readers were assuming that the guy on the cover was(…)
We’re almost to the halfway mark! How’s everyone holding on? It has been a busy week at Blog le Meljean. In case you missed it, I listed the word/page count for each part here, so you know how much story you’re paying for. We’re talking about cliffhangers here, and we’re picking our favorite of the(…)
When THE KRAKEN KING comes out as a single release, one of the eight serial covers will be used as the main cover. I think that Berkley has already picked out the one that they will use, but I thought it would be fun to see which covers were everyone’s favorites. If you had to(…)
Okay, yeah, that title is a total tease. But I’ve gotten several e-mails from readers asking me about the length of the story parts, because there is concern about how much story they are going to get. That’s fair; I should have listed this before. I would want to know what I’m paying for, too.(…)
It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means — the newest installment of THE KRAKEN KING is here! They’ve survived the marauders’ attack, they’ve survived a boilerworm…but can they survive the smugglers’ dens? The Kraken King and the Fox’s Den Warning! This description might contain spoilers for previous installments! After a harrowing escape, Zenobia, Ariq,(…)
A little while ago on my “Serials are a feature, not a bug” post, Jen Twimom mentioned as part of a larger comment that: I have never been a fan of serials because I do NOT like cliffhangers. So I reassured her that there were no cliffhangers in my serial, except: there might be one(…)
Did you survive Part II? The abominable worm has struck! And as xidtrebor says: @Meljean It’s not the size of the worm, it’s how it wiggles. #KrakenKingpart2 — Robert Dix (@xidtrebor) April 23, 2014 Reviews and Links! I’m making an effort to link to as many reviews on blogs/sites that I can — and of(…)
THE STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE CONTINUES! The Kraken King, Part 2 of 8 The Kraken King and the Abominable Worm As they continue their expedition across Australia, Ariq is determined to stay close to Zenobia and figure out what kind of game she’s playing—even as his admiration for the enigmatic woman starts to override his suspicion. For(…)
Whoosh! It’s already the weekend! In a few short days, Part II of THE KRAKEN KING will be hitting your e-readers. I don’t plan to post any long excerpts because they will be terrible spoilers, but… I guess there might be a little something at the end of this post that shouldn’t spoil the action(…)
If you’d like to see what I came up with on those covers — and enter a contest for another poster! — check out my post at I Smell Sheep! (and don’t forget to check out the I Smell Sheep review for The Kraken King, Parts 1-3!)
I’ve been resisting that SO MUCH. But you know it had to come sometime. And what better day than today? This is going to be a two-month long journey from beginning to end. I know this is a new format for everyone, and it’s set in a different part of the Iron Seas world, with(…)
By emails I’ve received and just general rumblings on the internet, I’ve picked up a sense that some readers feel they are being punished by the serial release in some way — that if they are buying the serial, the price and format is their punishment. If they buy the compiled print version, the wait(…)
Guess what’s out next week?!! Not that I’m excited! For fun, I’ve decided to animate bits of each serial cover for its release week. I’ll be writing up a post later about the animation process itself, but for now, I’m wondering: What should be out the window? Cover #1, the fire (as on the book(…)
Guess what’s out next week?!! Not that I’m excited! For fun, I’ve decided to animate bits of each serial cover for its release week. I’ll be writing up a post later about the animation process itself, but for now, I’m wondering: What should be out the window? Cover #1, the fire (as on the book(…)
I’m always kind of astonished how quickly news spreads around romancelandia. This morning I got an email about this listing on Amazon — which I know wasn’t there yesterday, because I’ve been checking — asking me to confirm that, yes, the biographical info was correct. Yes, it’s correct. This was the “after Guardians” thing I hinted(…)
Happy April 1st Since it is April 1st, it’s a good day to announce that I’m no longer writing steampunk or paranormal stuff and switching over to New Adult. The cover reveal for my first book is up at Dear Author. And I’ll be M. Brook now, because initials are cool. Like bow-ties. Wrecked is still(…)
