Post-release; bonus story; book FAQs
It is not really best practice to release a book and then go nearly radio silent for six weeks. As it turns out, though, the runup to releasing a book is quite tiring and that's pretty much what I did. I even neglected to send a newsletter announcing the book release, which is the exact opposite of best practices. (I think y'all knew, though? If you didn't: hey! My book is out! It is available in many stores worldwide and also available to order in some library systems!) I've been writing a lot, but the idea of talking about writing in any form seemed exhausting and so I just... didn't.
I'm still here though! I've been hard at work on book 2 and I'm excited about how it's shaping up. I've also been working on the first bonus scene, a short story telling how two of the main three characters first met. That will be dropping here, for subscribers only, in a couple of weeks, so this is a great time to subscribe. If you haven't read the book yet and want a taste of the characters and world, the bonus story will also make a good sample: it doesn't spoil anything significant and it should make sense on its own.
I also have a couple of new story ideas percolating... we'll see which of them end up growing legs. Right now I'm planning to get Eastport book 2 out in 2027, and we'll see whether book 3 follows it immediately or whether one of the other ideas takes off.
Some FAQs about The Citizen of Eastport and The Eastport Ledgers series:
Is book 2 going to be about the same characters?
Absolutely! Vi, Tempe, and Kilo are the heart of this series and they'll be the central characters for all the books. While book 1 focused most heavily on Vi, book 2 will give Kilo and Tempe more of the spotlight.
What's up with that dude Loren Caine that was very threatening in the beginning and then kind of faded away?
Oh you'll see him again. Very soon.
Is this or is it not a romance series?
In the strict genre sense, not really. Each book is going to pull the core trio closer together, but we're not moving along a linear relationship trajectory, nor is the endpoint necessarily a conventional happily ever after. What I do promise is that by the end of the series, the three of them will be alive and in a relationship dynamic that satisfies all of them.
How long is the series going to be?
There's a particular arc that will take at least three books to wrap up. I've always envisioned this as an ongoing adventure-intrigue series, so there is plenty of room for more stories (and possibly spinoffs/companion stories in this world), but how much more I write will depend on whether readers are hungry for more and whether I am excited about continuing with them.
If you have other questions, before or after reading the book, reply or drop them in the comments!