Do you remember me? I think we met in the late 90s or early 00s. I visited Hartford and Mystic. I loved your aquarium.
In 2007 I went to one of your weddings. It was delightful.
The most recent visit in 2015 means you are where I saw Force Awakens.
Lets get together again soon. We don’t see each other enough.
What shouldn’t I miss in Connecticut? To my Connecticotians, drop a comment with a tour or food suggestion for a chance to win a book!
Right now isn’t the time for a cute post about California. We’ve all watched your fires with alarm and concern. We are worried about you and want to help.
Sorry I haven’t visited much, California. It was always my dream to go to school there at UCLA. The only two cities I’ve seen are Los Angeles and San Francisco. I know you have so much more to offer. The San Diego Zoo is on my bucket list.
To my California friends, if you need an ebook to get your mind off present events, hit me up.
Try to stay safe, everybody.
Sorry, that’s one of my favorite country songs. I know there is an Arizona because I’ve been there! It is one of my husband’s favorite places on Earth.
What I remember is the zoo, the shopping, and it being so dry that this swamp baby almost blew away.
The last time we were there we stayed at The Wigwam in Phoenix, which was amazing. That’s when my husband decided I needed to write a series of books placed at resorts so that we can travel through all of them.
What shouldn’t I miss in Arizona? To my Arizonans, drop a comment with a tour or food suggestion for a chance to win a book!
This year I wanted to do something a little different. Since I can’t do a live book tour (time and travel costs), I figured maybe a VIRTUAL 50 state tour could also be fun. You know, as practice for when I can actually hit the road and visit all y’all where you live.
On the day I’m ‘touring’ your state you can get special prices and prizes. I’m ‘visiting’ the states in alphabetical order because that’s a lot easier to do online than in person. On the day I visit your state I want to hear from YOU about the best places to visit, just like I was coming by for reals. Each state will get its own blog post so that we can keep track of everything. Hopefully I will also have an author (or two or three) from each state to join me in promotions on that day. Feel free to comment below with ideas and suggestions!
The tour dates are:
“See” you soon!!
Recently I received an email from a reader confused by the winding timeline of the Haberdashers novels and novellas. While trying to explain it to her I realized that it was, uh, much more confusing in reality than it ever was in my brain. So, here is the write up in case you have ALSO found yourself confused.
The series are listed in order under “by series” on the front page on my website (https://bysuelondon.com/#series), but let me sum it up for you here in chronological order (although that’s not the order I recommend), including the couples that marry and how the timelines converge. And it looks, uh… complicated. Ironically I’ve been stymied by Michael Connelly’s mystery series because of intertwining timelines where I can’t figure out what books to read in what order!
When I call a novella a ‘prequel’ or ‘sequel’ it only means that it connects to characters introduced in that particular Haberdashers novel.
|
Date Story Starts |
Series and number |
Title |
Couple |
Notes |
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November 1814 |
Haberdashers #3 |
Georgiana Lockhart & Casimir Rokiczana |
goes back to explain what George was ACTUALLY doing, converges with Athena’s Ordeal for Sabre’s wedding, continues further |
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December 2014 |
Haberdashers Tales #1 |
A Common Christmas | Joshua Dibbs & Grace Ashman | prequel novella to Trials of Artemis |
| February 1815 | Haberdashers Tales #2 | Fortune Said | Whit Whitman & Cecilia Devonport | concurrent novella with Trials of Artemis |
| February 1815 | Haberdashers #1 | Trials of Artemis | Gideon Wolfe & Jacqueline Walters | |
| May 1815 | Haberdashers #2 | Athena’s Ordeal | Sabrina Bittlesworth & Quincy Telford | |
| July 1815 | Haberdashers Nights #1 | Lord Lucifer’s Disciple | John Howards & Elisa Jarvis | sequel novella to Fates for Apate |
| September 1815 | Haberdashers #4 | Saving Persephone | Robert Bittlesworth & Imogen Grant | |
| December 1815 | Haberdashers Tales #3 | Sweet Tannenbaum aka His Lovely Rogue | Hans Von Rosen & Kyrstyna | sequel novella to Fates for Apate |
| April 1816 | Caversham-Haberdashers Crossover #2 | Francie & the Bachelor | Reginald Burnham & Francine Walters | tie-in w/Sandy Raven, cousin to Jack |
| July 1817 | Haberdashers #5 | Taming Chiron | Charlie Bittlesworth & Charlotte Ayres | |
| January 1818 | H Nights #2 | Jack Valentine | Arthur Graham & Theodora Minett | sequel novella to Taming Chiron |
The order I suggest reading the books:
Trials of Artemis*
A Common Christmas (novella)
Fortune Said (novella)
Athena’s Ordeal*
Fates for Apate*
Lord Lucifer’s Disciple (novella – SPICY)
Sweet Tannenbaum (novella)
Francie & the Bachelor (it ties together Sandy Raven’s Caversham to my Haberdashers world – recommend to read here because of characters used)
Saving Persephone*
Taming Chiron*
Jack Valentine (novella – SPICY)
One of the distinctions I’ve always made between the novels and novellas is that the novellas do NOT advance the underlying plot of the novels and are therefore not necessary. They are just fun. There is an underlying plot winding its way through the main novels, which are all marked with an asterisks* above.
Hope that helps a wee bit. Thanks for jumping into the Haberdashers world!!
For some reason, Christmas always seems like the height of winter to me (because we all dream of a white Christmas?), but really it’s just the beginning of the winter season. So what all will be going on in Sue Land while nature sleeps in my part of the world? A few things.
First up, it’s important to say that the First Act (Books 1-4) of the Haberdashers is getting an editorial overhaul before being packaged into a boxed set. In keeping with a winter hibernation, during that time I will be pulling the series back to Amazon and enrolling in KDP while Editor Kris and I polish off all the rough edges and make some new editorial decisions (there will be a significant, but slight, name change for instance). Most changes will be superficial, however. I look forward to many nights of arguing with Editor Kris about comma placement. All over again (since we’ve worked together on every book since the first).
Clearly work is already beginning on Book Six of the Haberdashers. People weren’t too pleased that the plot thread of Charlie’s missing horse is going to go on for awhile, but that can’t wrap for a few novels because it is Very Important. Speaking of book six, I’m thinking of changing the title from Punishing Pheme to Pheme’s Regret. Suddenly realized I was having a streak of -ings and that seemed a bit much. With Pheme we are off to France, with more Haberdashers and more action (because of course the Regency Charlie’s Angels will be involved in more action). At the bottom of this post I’ll list all the upcoming books, heroes and heroines in case you’ve missed it before and are interested in that sort of thing.
Next up for publication, in March 2017, is The Fairy Palace. It’s my next book in the Mad Clan series and will be available exclusively in Regency Ever After for awhile. You can pre-order the whole collection right now for 99-cents. Here are all the links:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2hLhb9d
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/regency-ever-after-dawn-brower/1125251772?ean=2940153504650
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/regency-ever-after
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1189300438
I’m also working on a collaboration with Sandy Raven, who I am lucky to live close enough to that we will get together next month for Plotting and Planning. All I’m at liberty to say so far is that it will be Regency era and our two stories will be released a week apart in the summer. Squee!
Ok, so that list of books heroes, and heroines. Book titles are subject to change, and characters who have not yet been introduced may have a slight name change as well.
Did you hear that A Common Christmas was on audio? Well, here’s a chance to win a FREE copy just for helping me spread the word. Check out the Rafflecopter link below to play.
Along with FIVE copies of the Common Christmas audiobook I will give away TWO Sue London ebooks (winner’s choice) and one $5 Amazon giftcard. IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS IS COMING EARLY!
AmazonAmazon || Audible || iTunes
Last year I was invited to participate in a collection of Regency retellings of fairytales. From my afterword in the book:
When invited to write about a fairytale or myth, my mind went to Ireland. It had been some time since I’d read any of the tales, so I flipped through looking for something to catch my eye. The first time I read through The Enchanted Cave from the Fenian Cycle I actually misread a portion of it, but thought my mistake would make for an interesting twist. In the original tale, Finn McCool and his men fall afoul of dark fairies and are trapped in a cave by magic. They aren’t able to free themselves, but fortunately Goll Morna hears of their plight and comes to save them. He battles the four dark fairy women and upon defeating them is offered one of Finn’s daughters to marry. See, when I read it, I thought when he finally defeated the biggest, baddest fairy he actually married her. And I thought that was a lot more interesting. Change ancient Ireland for Regency England, dark fairies for bare knuckle boxers, and presto, we have an Irish myth updated for Regency romance.
Now you can get The Enchanted Cave as a stand alone story for only 99-cents! Hope you enjoy it.
Kindle || coming to other formats soon ||
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” ~ wonderful misquote of Mark Twain
“Hell I even thought I was dead, till I found out that It was just that I was in Nebraska.” ~ delightful Gene Hackman quote in Unforgiven
“Lucy, you got some ‘splainin to do.” ~ Ricky Ricardo
So. Finally committed to a publication date for Taming Chiron… only 1 year and almost 4 months after the original plan. Finalizing formatting for the paperback Saving Persephone. Preparing to post The Enchanted Cave, first book in the Mad Clan series.
Guess I’m back from the dead?
Don’t get too excited. I’m still far too over-committed with my day job and other responsibilities to crank into high gear again. Given my druthers I’d have at least two novels and three novellas out every year. I did the math and that won’t be happening for awhile. But with some reshaping of my time I might be able to do one novel a year plus finally meet my Patreon story commitments, so I’m gonna shoot for that.
Meanwhile, you guys have been great. The comments, questions, and especially personal stories from readers have been amazing over the last three years. Yes, I read all that stuff and usually respond. The reviews, too. ‘They’ tell you not to read reviews, but those are great. It helps to see the stories from a lot of different perspectives and understand what people connect to and get annoyed by.
Thank you very much for being a reader, for stopping by to check in just now and/or over the years, and, if you’ve been waiting for Taming Chiron, thank you VERY MUCH for your patience. I won’t go in to all the “woe is me” reasons that nothing worked out as planned, we will just file it all under “Girl plans, God laughs.”
Today I’m hanging out over at Deanna Raybourn’s blog! Come over and check out my post about having fun in December. Or if you’ve come over HERE from her blog, feel free to leave a comment, look around, and have a good time.
To enter the giveaway for a $50 Amazon gift card, drop a comment about your favorite December memory. Winner will be chosen randomly on December 23rd and gift card will be delivered via email.
*please note that comments are moderated/approved so it may take some time before your comment appears on the blog*
