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The Future of My Books.
This is an update on my books. I realise that I have not posted for quite a while, unfortunately my time and energy has been filled with other things. As such, I feel that now is a good time to post what is going on with my books, website and myself.
My website:
As has been noted, the www.ljlabarthe.com website is now down. I decided not to renew it when the bill came in and let the site die, because of the situation with my books. I am unsure at this point whether or not it will go back up in the future. At the moment, I feel that my Dreamwidth account will suffice for now.
Less Than Three Press:
It was with great sadness that I was told of the closing of LT3; a feeling shared by many I have no doubt. They were one of the first to publish me, with a little story about an angel and his human lover in their angel anthology. With my rights reverted back to me, I am pondering what to do with them, though I am considering that I will most likely publish the trilogy I was aiming (hoping!) to publish with them. I hope that another publisher will take them on, although I am waiting to get some editing and beta'ing done on books two and three respectively before putting out the feelers on those. At this time, however, all my books with LT3 have been pulled and are no longer for sale.
I will miss working with LT3, they were a great indie publisher, very no-nonsense and very approachable. They were willing to take risks and publish good quality work, to provide excellent editing services and tremendous art. I will always treasure the covers done for me by Aisha, her art always took my breath away and exceeded every expectation and hope I could have. I always felt that this publisher had my back and the backs of all their signed authors and I will miss them.
Dreamspinner Press:
Several weeks ago, I asked for my rights back. I have recieved them. I don't know what I'll do with those books, I am considering self-publishing City of Jade, my historical set on the Silk Road during the time of the Byzantine Empire, and perhaps, if life gets quite a bit less hectic, the Archangel books, but condensing them considerably so that they are three books instead of nine. Beyond that, I think the rest of my books would be best left to retire.
Dreamspinner were also one of the first publishers to sign me, for a Daily Dose collection. I was very blessed to have a wonderful editor in Erika, and the amazing art of both Anne Cain and Reese Dante for the majority of my books. I'm also grateful to Elizabeth for agreeing to let me put together an all Australian anthology, Under the Southern Cross, and to Anne Regan for assisting us in doing it, and Lynn West for editing.
I'm sad it's come to this, but I feel that it's the right outcome for everyone.
The future:
As I do/don't release things, there will of course be updates here, on my Twitter (brbsiberia), my Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lj.labarthe.9) and my Instagram (ljstar239). If you're interested in my daily life of cats, retweets and randomness, please feel free to follow me on Twitter and Instagram; if you have a Dreamwidth account or Livejournal account (I use the same name there), feel free to follow me. Everything from Dreamwidth is copied to my LJ account.
Thank you everyone for the past years of support, reading, feedback and reviews. I wish you all the very best for the future and I hope to see you in bookshelves soon. <3
My website:
As has been noted, the www.ljlabarthe.com website is now down. I decided not to renew it when the bill came in and let the site die, because of the situation with my books. I am unsure at this point whether or not it will go back up in the future. At the moment, I feel that my Dreamwidth account will suffice for now.
Less Than Three Press:
It was with great sadness that I was told of the closing of LT3; a feeling shared by many I have no doubt. They were one of the first to publish me, with a little story about an angel and his human lover in their angel anthology. With my rights reverted back to me, I am pondering what to do with them, though I am considering that I will most likely publish the trilogy I was aiming (hoping!) to publish with them. I hope that another publisher will take them on, although I am waiting to get some editing and beta'ing done on books two and three respectively before putting out the feelers on those. At this time, however, all my books with LT3 have been pulled and are no longer for sale.
I will miss working with LT3, they were a great indie publisher, very no-nonsense and very approachable. They were willing to take risks and publish good quality work, to provide excellent editing services and tremendous art. I will always treasure the covers done for me by Aisha, her art always took my breath away and exceeded every expectation and hope I could have. I always felt that this publisher had my back and the backs of all their signed authors and I will miss them.
Dreamspinner Press:
Several weeks ago, I asked for my rights back. I have recieved them. I don't know what I'll do with those books, I am considering self-publishing City of Jade, my historical set on the Silk Road during the time of the Byzantine Empire, and perhaps, if life gets quite a bit less hectic, the Archangel books, but condensing them considerably so that they are three books instead of nine. Beyond that, I think the rest of my books would be best left to retire.
Dreamspinner were also one of the first publishers to sign me, for a Daily Dose collection. I was very blessed to have a wonderful editor in Erika, and the amazing art of both Anne Cain and Reese Dante for the majority of my books. I'm also grateful to Elizabeth for agreeing to let me put together an all Australian anthology, Under the Southern Cross, and to Anne Regan for assisting us in doing it, and Lynn West for editing.
I'm sad it's come to this, but I feel that it's the right outcome for everyone.
The future:
As I do/don't release things, there will of course be updates here, on my Twitter (
brbsiberia), my Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lj.labarthe.9) and my Instagram (ljstar239). If you're interested in my daily life of cats, retweets and randomness, please feel free to follow me on Twitter and Instagram; if you have a Dreamwidth account or Livejournal account (I use the same name there), feel free to follow me. Everything from Dreamwidth is copied to my LJ account. Thank you everyone for the past years of support, reading, feedback and reviews. I wish you all the very best for the future and I hope to see you in bookshelves soon. <3