Happy 2025! I can’t believe it’s almost June, and it’s the first time I’m posting this year. It’s been a wild ride this past year with a lot of unexpected and unwelcome surprises, and unfortunately, writing had to take a backseat to all the unplanned emergencies in addition to everyday responsibilities. I am still planning to put on my writer’s hat, but for now, I’m not sure when that will be.
My plan is to at least get 15 to 30 minutes of anything book-related each weekday, so I can hopefully entice my muse to come out and tell some stories again. Hopefully, I’ll have some better writing-related news with my next update! Until then, happy reading!
Happy Spring! Yes–I know, I’m cutting it close since there’s less than three weeks until summer, but better late than never! This year so far has been an emotional rollercoaster with stressful family health scares and fun and exciting vacations. Even though the school year is almost over, I still am not able to find a balance between family life and writing. Having a 6th grader and a 3rd grader in new schools has been such a huge learning curve! Also add in extra-curricular kid activities and volunteering, and it’d be an understatement to say my plate has been full (and overflowing!). Unfortunately, I unintentionally took a hiatus from writing–just now I’m realizing how so much time has passed since my last update!
Since I haven’t made any progress on my writing goals since Jan, I had to update my 2024 goals with the hope that I can get some writing done in the summer and once school starts up again. I’m really hoping that since the kids and I now have a year of experience in their new schools, 7th and 4th grade will go a bit smoother and my muse can come out of hiding.
Happy reading, everyone! I hope to put another update at the end of summer with a better idea of how achievable my 2024 and 2025 goals actually are!
Happy Holidays everyone! Farewell 2023 and a big, excited hello to 2024!
My New Year’s resolution is to try to find a way to get back into writing! Since the school year started, my writing time had pretty much dwindled away as we dealt with dealing with new routines with my kids’ new schools, family health issues, and managing kid extra-curricular activities and the volunteering that goes with them! My writing muse pretty much gave up, but I’m hoping to coax her to get back to work in 2024!
Unfortunately, the rest of my 2023 goals had pretty much halted after releasing my paranormal romance Soul Keeper. I was determined to get Mara and Rai’s story out, and I’m so glad I was able to do it! Doing that used up all my writing bandwidth, so I wasn’t able to work on my other stories, including by YA paranormal academy series. Originally, I was planning on having Liz’s duet out in Spring 2024, but now I’m anticipating Spring 2025.
As of now, I’m not anticipating any new releases for 2024 unless my writing and home life balance shifts back to writing. I keep saying I’ll update Jane and Gray’s covers, so I’m still keeping that as a 2024 goal along with getting some paperback companions to go along with my ebooks! I do hope I can work on some drafts and have complete first drafts for Liz and Ryken’s Duet and Rose and Blue’s novella so that I can release all three in 2025. I’m also hoping to have some rough drafts and outlines for at least four more books: two adult paranormal romances under Ellie Parin and two more in my young adult Andersen Grimm Academy of Elites.
I hope to have more of an update in the next few months after I have a few weeks to see how writing is going!
Hurray! It’s release day for my paranormal romance Soul Keeper! I love release days and the rush I get with being able to share a new world with everyone! I particularly love Mara and Rai’s story starring a sassy human who doesn’t let herself get bossed around by a grumpy half-demon who’s used to getting his way. Writing about how they eventually fall in love was so much fun, and Soul Keeper is my favorite of the books that I’ve written so far. I hope you enjoy their story!
Mara All I want to do is relax and take it easy as a fresh college grad before starting my new nursing job. Instead, I end up getting hauled onto some domineering jerk’s shoulder like a sack of potatoes and dragged into some twisted game between druids and demons.
This. Is. Not. In. My. Plans.
When I play, I play to win, so sorry—I’m changing the rules of this game.
Rai Show me an enemy to destroy, and it’s done. Give me a human to protect and…
There has to be another option, right?
No? Fine—protecting a human from my demon brothers shouldn’t be that hard. Protecting myself from this tempting human—not that I’m admitting that she’s tempting—may be the hardest fight of my life.
Join two unlikely allies, human Mara and half-demon Rai, as they fight to win a twisted game of Soul Keepers. This is the second book in a connected series of standalone paranormal romance novels that can be read on their own but best read in order. This slow-burn, spicy story contains enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity themes and ends in a HEA. Approximately 67k words.
I can’t believe we’re already into October! We’ve got one more week until Soul Keeper‘s release, and I’m so excited to share Mara and Rai’s story with everyone! I made a little Tik Tok video that I hope captures the light-hearted and fun vibe from the book. There are also dark parts since it is a paranormal romance, but my muse wanted to also make it a fun book for our two leads that have not-so-fun backstories.
With the kids back in school, I had figured I’d be able to get back into the swing of things with writing. Unfortunately, I’m an optimist, so reality hit me hard this month. Having a kiddo in middle school is a huge change for our family, and combined with my youngest also starting a new school, sports, and health issues with the kids…well, let’s just say that writing had to take a back seat. I’m really pushing myself to get Soul Keeper out next Tuesday as planned. I wish I could say the same about my other books, but I wasn’t able to make any other progress in writing in September. I’m hoping our routines will settle down so that I’ll be able to focus on Liz’s story and make some progress with her duet this month.
Happy reading, and see you next week on release day!
This book is my absolute favorite, and I’m thrilled to share Mara and Rai’s story with all of you! Mara is a sassy and strong heroine who isn’t too pleased about getting dragged into a war between druids and demons. Rai is a grumpy half-demon who’s been a fighter his entire life, and for the first time, finds himself losing against a human who doesn’t seem to have the good sense to fear him. This is the second book in my Demon Soulmates series, and while best read in order, you can jump straight into this book if the first book, Soul Enchanter, isn’t your jam. While Soul Enchanter contains more serious and angsty themes, Soul Keeper has more over-the-top humor along with some dark themes.
Here’s the official blurb:
Mara
All I want to do is relax and take it easy as a fresh college grad before starting my new nursing job. Instead, I end up getting hauled onto some domineering jerk’s shoulder like a sack of potatoes and dragged into some twisted game between druids and demons.
This. Is. Not. In. My. Plans.
When I play, I play to win, so sorry—I’m changing the rules of this game.
Rai
Show me an enemy to destroy, and it’s done. Give me a human to protect and…
there has to be another option, right?
No? Fine—protecting a human from my demon brothers shouldn’t be that hard. Protecting myself from this tempting human—not that I’m admitting that she’s tempting—may be the hardest fight of my life.
Join two unlikely allies, human Mara and half-demon Rai, as they fight to win a twisted game of Soul Keepers. This is the second book in a connected series of standalone paranormal romance novels that can be read on their own but best read in order. This slow-burn, spicy story contains enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity themes and ends in a HEA. Approximately 67k words.
Happy reading, and expect some teasers closer to release day!
Happy Mid-Summer! I can’t believe the summer is half-way over with school starting in little over a month. We’ve been enjoying the summer break with family vacations, camps, and kid activities. Writing got pushed to the back seat, but I still somehow managed to still get Soul Keeper polished and on track for a Fall release.
I updated my goals for the rest of 2023, and hopefully it’ll be doable! Both kiddos are starting new schools in Sept, so I’m guessing that it’ll take us time to figure out our new routines. I am really hoping to get some paperbacks out, but I know I’ve been saying that since last year! I’m close to two more goals: Soul Keeper should be ready in Sept/Oct 2023 and Liz’s 1st book is about 10k words shy of a completed rough draft. Liz’s second book is about half way done, and Rose’s novella is about a fifth in, so I’m feeling good about those goals, too!
That’s about it for this writing update—I hope to have some teasers out for Soul Keeper in Sept! Happy reading!
I’m so excited that Soul Enchanter, which has been in the works for over a decade, is finally out in the world today! I love druid Bellamy and demon Zain, and I hope you do, too!
Also, since it’s Teaser Tuesday, here’s another teaser for you!
Yep…what do you do when you’re a demon believing you’re incapable of being loved and your enemy keeps insisting there’s something between you two? With both of their memories tampered with, do you believe what others you trust tell you or what your heart tells you?
Phew…I am still in disbelief and so thrilled to have this book out, considering I didn’t think my muse would let me finish writing it. For those of you that missed me writing about it, almost a decade ago, I only had a copy of the manuscript saved on my laptop, which then died horribly, leaving me without a backup and a muse on strike. It took me writing book two in the series to finally get my muse back in working order to rewrite Soul Enchanter, and the best part is that book two, Soul Keeper, is being polished and available later in a few months! I’m aiming for a September or October 2023 release. What makes me really excited about these releases is that I was able to reach my writing goal of having two releases in one year (totally counting twelve months since Jane and Gray’s second book release and then with Soul Keeper, officially two in 2023!)! I’m hoping I can continue the trend for next year when I switch over to focus on my YA academy series with Liz’s duet.
With the end of the school year and the kids being out for summer, I’m not expecting much writing to get done over the summer. My focus will be on polishing Soul Keeper and trying to see if I can get some paperbacks out for the Jane and Gray’s duet in my YA academy series, and Soul Enchanter. I feel like getting a paperback for Soul Enchanter will be easier than for Jane and Gray since I still haven’t figured how to rework their cover, while I’m happy with the cover for Soul Enchanter. With that, look for my next writing update at the end of the summer in August or September when I should also have teasers coming out for Soul Keeper!
Ellie Parin & L.E. Parin 