Author: ellieparin

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Preorder Available for Soul Enchanter!

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I’m so excited to announce that I officially have the preorder for Soul Enchanter up on Amazon! You can find it at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6146NQH Get ready for some slow burn paranormal romance with spice! You’ll find enemies-to-lovers, second chance, and forbidden romance themes.

Here’s the blurb:

Bellamy

Treasure. Beauty. Daughter. Druid. Kidama.

I think these names—these endearments—are mine? All I have in this strange era are snippets of dreams and memories that I fear may be better left forgotten. Except him. There’s someone I’m waiting to find me.

But when he finds me, he tells me that he knows me as something else. I’m the druid who tricked, enchanted, and betrayed him.

I don’t know much, but I do know I must prove him wrong…

Before the real threat from our past catches up to us.

Zain

I’m the reason me and my brethren were turned to stone for who knows how many millennia. How could I, a Demon General, fall for such a pathetic druid trick? I cannot answer because of missing memories.

I now have a chance for revenge and to atone for falling under her spell. I will rid this world of the last living druid…

If only her magic hadn’t bound us together first.

Join Bellamy and Zain as they wake up in the present day Pacific Northwest and try to find out what happened in their past. This is the first book in a connected series of standalone paranormal romance novels featuring different main characters and best read in order. Not suitable for ages under 18 due to violence and sexual content. This slow-burn, spicy story contains enemies-to-lovers and second chance romance themes and ends in a HEA. Approximately 63K words

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April 2023 Wrap-Up!

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Happy flower season! I’ve been loving watching all the flowers pop up this month, especially cherry blossom trees, daffodils, and tulips! Spring is my favorite season with all the different colors popping everywhere I look! April was a crazy busy month with Spring Break and both PTA and kid activities, and I absolutely loved it!

Now, to this month’s writing wrap-up! Soul Enchanter, the first book in my paranormal romance demon and druids series, is soooo close to being done! I’m hoping to have the preorder up sometime this month and the release in June, so be on the look out for some teasers and posts about it coming soon!

I wasn’t able to focus much on my young adult Anderson Grimm Academy of Elites series, but I was able to add 16k words to both Liz and Rose’s stories. I also upped the target word count so, Liz’s story will probably be a little bit longer than Jane’s. Rose and Blue’s story is probably going to end up being a little bit longer than a novella, but it’s hard to still tell if it’ll end up being a full-blown novel. Rose’s story definitely won’t be big enough to be a duet like Jane’s and Liz’s though.

So, that’s my short update for April 2023 with the hope that I’ll pop in with teasers for Soul Enchanter! Here’s to a happy May!

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March 2023 Wrap-Up

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Happy Spring! I’m glad winter is finally over and am looking forward to some warmth and sunshine! Winter was extra tough this year with illnesses, so I ended up skipping Feb’s update since I didn’t have anything really to update. I’ve also been really busy with my kids’ school and after school activities, so I’ve stepped back into being a part-time writer instead of full-time. On the plus side, I did accomplish enough to give a March update so hurray for that!

For my 2023 goals, nothing much has changed although Jane and Gray’s covers and paperbacks are firmly on the back-burner. At this point, I feel like it’s become a running gag that I’m getting them out, because I can’t seem to find the inspiration and time to sit down and get those covers done! I am still planning on releasing my adult paranormal romances Soul Enchanter and Soul Keeper this year with tentative target months of June and Sept, respectively! I might push up the third book in the Soul Enchanter’s series on my WiP list depending on how well the first two do, but right now the third book is slated for 2026. In my young adult Anderson Grimm Academy of Elites series, I’m still hoping to have Liz’s duet, Rose’s novella, and Devil’s novella mostly written by the end of year so that I’ll be in a good spot for next year’s releases.

For my current WiPs, I’m so incredibly excited for Soul Enchanter and Soul Keeper to be released this year! Soul Enchanter has been over a decade in the making, which makes it extra special to me. Soul Keeper is officially my favorite book that I’ve ever written and has a female lead that I had a blast writing. Expect teasers and a cover reveal as we get closer to launch day in hopefully June! Liz and Ryken’s duet is over half done, but I’m still struggling with how to handle so much overlap between Jane and Gray’s story and Liz’s book 1. The second half has been much easier to write, since I don’t have to keep going back to make sure timelines and dialogues are consistent. I haven’t done much for Rose and Blue, but their story is outlined and should be straightforward to write with only a little bit of overlap with Jane and Liz’s duets.

There you have it! April will be busy super busy with PTA activities, spring break, and the start of softball season, so we’ll see what I have to report with my April wrap-up!

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January Wrap-Up!

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Wow—has January 2023 really flown by?! Home life has been pretty busy, but I think I’ve gotten a bit better with managing writing and being a stay at home mom. I’m still waaaay too optimistic with thinking what I can do, but I can’t change that about me—luckily, I can change and update my goals!

I didn’t get much first draft writing done this month, so I’m not going to be posting my word count graph (~400 words/day if you’re really curious). BUT I finished the first draft to Soul Enchanter AND the first major draft revision to switch the POV from 3rd to 1st! So I’m officially calling January 2023 a successful writing month for me! I tentatively have the end of May as my target for publishing it, so wish me luck!

Aside from polishing Soul Enchanter, I’m hoping to focus on my Andersen Grimm Academy of Elites world in Feb. I’d still like for Liz, Rose, and Devil’s drafts to be mostly done this year, but I’m pushing Rage’s draft off my 2023 goals for now. As for Jane and Gray’s new covers, I’ve got a rough sketch for the first book. I’m hoping to have the new covers done—or at least get a rough sketch for the second book—by the end of Feb!

That’s it for my recap for January. Happy reading!

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Happy New Year and 2022 End of Year Update!

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Happy New Year! Thanksgiving to New Years was super busy in our household, and I loved it! I love celebrating the holidays, and Christmas is my favorite holiday by far! The kids also had school off, so we spent time hanging out together cleaning/organizing the house, watching new TV series, and playing board and video games while getting over colds. We had snow fall the week before Christmas, but we had to limit our fun to looking at the gorgeous snowscape from inside our house since we had coughs running through our house.

Onto my December writing recap: nothing new. I couldn’t focus on writing with all our December household activities, so no new updates with writing aside from making the decision to change my Demon Souls series POV from third person to first person. I’m not sure how long it’ll take me to update that so I’m going to push back those releases. I’ve also learned that there really is so much I can do, so I need to simplify my goals even further. I’m hoping that taking a month off means I’ll be refreshed with writing, so here’s to my 2023 writing goals!

My publishing goals for 2023 are the same as what I posted in my November wrap up. I want to update Jane and Gray’s covers and release the paperbacks and have a summer/fall ebook release for the first two books in my Demon Souls series. I’m adding a few non-publishing goals for 2023, too. I’d like to have a complete first draft for Liz’s first book and have close to completed first drafts for Liz’s second book, Rose’s novella, Devil’s novella, and Rage’s spinoff. Those are pretty big goals so we’ll see what happens! If I can do that, then I’ll be in really good shape for 2024!

That’s it for now! Happy New Year and see you in the January wrap up post!

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November Wrap-Up!

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Happy holidays! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving if you celebrate! We enjoyed the day with family time and tried not to overstuff ourselves with food! I didn’t think I’d get much writing done because of the holidays, but I ended up doing my personal best of an average per day word count of 1,660 words!

Alright—onto the writing recap for November! My muse finally decided to cooperate with Soul Enchanter, the first book in my paranormal romance Demon Souls series. ICYMI, that’s the book I had mostly finished and lost when my computer died several years ago, and I couldn’t get the motivation to rewrite it. Funny enough, I finished the second book, Soul Keeper, even though I wasn’t sure if I’d even go back and write the first book! I’m mostly done with the first draft of book 1, so I took book 2 back out of the beta read stage so I can make some minor revisions to line up with book 1 better. This means, I should still be able to release the first two books in the trilogy in 2023. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get book 3 out next year, since I’m trying to work up to two releases a year. But each book is standalone, so hopefully no one will mind if there’s a delay between book 2 and 3!

As for my Andersen Grimm Academy of Elites series, I didn’t make progress this month, since I was focused on my Demon Soul series. Hopefully, I’ll get paperbacks and new covers for Jane and Gray’s duet in 2023. I was hoping I’d get to it this year, but I’m stuck with how I want to new covers to look. I’ve also decided to continue with my original plan to release Liz and Ryken’s duet as a rapid release in 2024. I’m still struggling with Dud Discovered, because it shares the same time frame as Jane and Gray’s duet. It’s been tricky trying to have scenes in the same timeline for consistency while not having too many duplicate scenes. I wanted readers to be able to pick up Liz & Ryken’s duet without having to read Jane & Gray’s duet first while at the same time not be too redundant for those who are reading the series in order.

Even more news for the AGAoE series, my muse popped up with a love interest for Devil that I already love, so I’ll have another novella to add to the series. So in total, I have Liz & Ryken’s duet, Blue’s novella, Devil’s novella, Rage’s PNR standalone under Ellie Parin, and an unannounced novel that actually finished the overall main arc in what was originally supposed to be a trilogy. Add in my redo and completion of my paranormal romance Howl’s trilogy, I’ve got five books active in the pipeline out of twelve planned books! Looks like I’ll be busy for the next six years if I can make it to my goal of two releases a year!

That’s it for my November wrap up! My December is packed with the kids’ activities and winter break, so I’ll probably only have a super tiny wrap up for December! Happy Holidays!

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October Wrap-Up

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Happy Halloween! I love the idea of a supernatural world, as you can tell with my paranormal and fantasy stories! This is one of my favorite times of the year, and the kids and I had so much fun painting and carving pumpkins and decorating cookies over the weekend! It’s supposed to rain tonight, but I’m hoping we can still get some trick-or-treating in before we get totally soaked!

Alright, so on to my monthly writing update! Well, I’m still officially a full-time writer, and I still have no idea what I’m doing! I’m still working on trying to find a balance between being a writer, organizing the house, and being a stay-at-home mom to two elementary-aged kids. I’ve had to ease up some more on writing expectations for myself, since a birthday celebration vacation, kids’ extracurricular activities, and a bad cough/cold running through our household ate into my writing time. I still managed to make my average daily word count goal with 1075 words/day, so I’m happy with that!

I also had to update my writing goals for the rest of 2022. I’m torn whether to update my Howls in the Moonlight book or completely unpublish and rewrite it and follow up with a rapid release of the entire trilogy. I’m also stuck what to do with my Soul Keeper trilogy, since my muse is still being stubborn about writing book 1 and flittering about when it comes to figuring out an outline with book 3. Hopefully by the end of 2022, I can figure out which trilogy to focus on for a 2023 release. I still am hoping for paperbacks and updated covers for the first two books in my Andersen Grimm Academy of Elites series, but since that totally depends on my photoshop skills, it’s slow-going!

As for what I’ve been actively working on this month, I’ve got Soul Keeper with my Beta reader! I’m now ~70k words in Liz and Ryken’s duet with ~46k of those in the first book, Dud Discovered. Rose and Blue have ~3k words in their novella. Originally, I was going to have one of their scenes in Liz and Ryken’s duet, but since it might be too much of a cliff-hanger instead of a hook, I decided to shift it to their novella. Depending on where my muse wants to take me, I might actually have Liz and Ryken’s duet out next year instead of 2024, but we’ll see how it goes! I’ve found that I’m overly optimistic with my writing schedule and then have to adjust accordingly! Even though I want to believe I can write and publish four books a year, I think I should be more realistic and first work up to publishing two a year.

That’s it for my October wrap up! Happy Halloween and have a wonderful November!

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September Wrap-Up

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It’s official: I’m a full-time writer now, and I have no idea what I’m doing!

But that’s okay, because I’m slowly figuring it out! September marks what I consider my first full month of being a full-time writer since my kids are back in school, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to manage my time with writing and trying to get our house in order after two plus years of being hidden away during the pandemic. Over the summer, I tried social media for promotion and writing a minimum of 1000 words per day. The result? I basically started September frustrated and burnt out!

So, I decided that September I’d set up more reasonable goals. Instead of getting frustrated when I couldn’t write 1000 words, I decided to keep track of my daily word count and aim for a monthly average of 1000 words! I decided to drop social media and maybe pick those up again once I have more books out. If you’re looking for updates, you can find them here on my blog or through my Facebook Page. I’m not planning on releasing any other books in 2022 and instead focus on polishing up the books I already have published before putting out new books.

My current main goal for 2022 is to polish up my Howls in the Moonlight book. This was the first book I ever published, and even though I absolutely love it, it’s almost a totally different writing style from what I have now. I’m working on removing head-hopping and adding a bit more steam, so we’ll see how that goes! Once I’m done reworking Howls, I’m going to rework my Prince of Shadows book so it’s more inline with my current writing style. I’m also working on redoing the covers for Jane and Gray’s duet so they look more like current YA Academy book covers and then hopefully get some paperbacks released for them.

I currently have ten books fighting for attention in my mind, so it’s been hard trying to figure out what to work on next! I’ve spent September focused on writing four books. I’m totally in love with my new PNR slow burn, spicy Soul Keeper book, which features demons, druids, and a feisty human. This was actually the second book in a series I had planned out, but I had lost the draft for the first book so this series went on the back burner. While I was anxiously awaiting the launch for Wolf Claimed, I worked on Soul Keeper as a totally different palate cleanser. I’m hoping to release Soul Keeper next year with the other two books in the trilogy, but first I have to convince my muse to rewrite the first book.

As for the other three books? Those would be the next three books in my YA slow burn, sweet Andersen Grimm Academy of Elites series! I’m having trouble with this one since Liz’s first book takes place during the same period as Jane and Gray’s duet as a companion novel. So, if you’ve read Jane and Gray’s book, you already know the main surprises for Liz. The tricky part: how do I still make this exciting for my readers? Liz’s second book picks up where Jane and Gray’s duet ends, so that will be totally new. I have about 40k words done for Liz and Ryken’s duet in total with a target of 160k words split between the two books. Rose and Blue’s novella follows next, and I have about 2k words to get that novella off the ground! My plan is to get those three books and Rage’s book (which will be written under Ellie Parin since that’ll be an adult PNR spinoff) in 2024.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy reading!

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Release Day for Wolf Claimed!

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It’s release day for my YA/UF/PNR novel Wolf Claimed, and I’m so excited to finally be able to share this story with everyone!

Set in an academy setting, you’ll find witches, werewolves, and more trying to navigate love and friendships while figuring out where they belong!

Jane and Gray’s duet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9LLV5RZ starts with Witchlet Found and concludes with Wolf Claimed. In Witchlet Found, Gray thought trying to chase away his fated Mate would save them. Finding out he was wrong, can he find a way to win her heart? In Wolf Claimed, what can Jane and Gray do when they are reminded that witches and werewolves don’t belong together? They prove them wrong.