Elle Casey, author

War of the Fae: series update

admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:44:39 +0000

Hey readers! Just a quick update on the progress with the War of the Fae series.

Book 2, Call to Arms is in the last week of editing, hopefully (okay, so maybe 10 days), so I see a publishing date of February 28th, which would be 11 days before my previous estimate, so I’m happy about that.

Book 3, Darkness & Light, is started now. I have 28,400 words in the first draft so far. In this series my word count tends to be in the 85k-90k word range, so I guess that makes me nearly 1/3 done. Yay me!

I’ve gotten a couple of ‘official’ reviews on Amazon for Book 1, The Changelings, and they’ve both been very complimentary 5-stars, so I’m super psyched. These are from readers I don’t know. I’ve also had lots of unofficial reviews from editors, friends, and family who also seem to really like it. I have high hopes for this series. I hope my readers love the characters as much as I do.

So that’s the latest. Thanks for reading. To check out the Amazon reviews for The Changelings, click here.

xoxo, Elle

Samantha Young…Totally Inspiring!

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:53:50 +0000

I read this post today from indie author Samantha Young, an author whose work I have read and enjoyed immensely (and it doesn’t hurt that she’s a really nice person too!). I was soooo inspired after reading it! She went from starving student to successful independetly published author in a year. Yay Samantha! If you’re seeking some inspiration as an author, I suggest you check it out.

Elle

First review for The Changelings is in – 5 Stars!

admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:26:31 +0000

I published The Changelings a week ago in a quiet launch, meaning I told no one it was coming on that date. I had scheduled the publishing date for February 11th and it went up February 5th. I had a few books purchased anyway, no doubt as a result of the promotion for Wrecked which was published on January 2nd.

I received my first review on Amazon.com today from a reader I don’t know – meaning she’s not a book blogger or someone who I’ve asked to read the book. I’m very happy to say it’s a 5-Star! I can’t re-print it here, since I don’t have permission to do that, but you can read it yourself by clicking HERE.

Thank you readers, for taking the time to read and review. You rock!

Elle

War of the Fae series news

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:45:52 +0000

Hello dear readers. Just a quick note on the War of the Fae series and what’s going on with it.

I recently published War of the Fae: Book 1 on Amazon.com without doing any promotion. I have the book with an editor from a big publishing house who is doing a read and response on it, so there may be a second version with some minor changes – but the book was copy edited and drafted out several times, so I wanted to get it out there. I’m very happy with it and the initial response I’ve gotten from readers is that they LOVE it, so I’m super psyched. I’ve sold a few copies but do not yet have any reviews, other than what has been emailed to me personally.

Book Two is done as well, but in the middle of some copy editing. No matter how hard I try, I still can’t find all of my own errors. And then there’s that bad habit of ‘telling not showing’ that sometimes rears its ugly head in my writing, so I have someone searching the draft for those things. I have March 11 as the publish date on Book 2, but I’m pretty sure it will be out before then – in February, in the next couple weeks.

Book Three is being drafted right now. I’m fast with my drafts, so even though it says April 11 as the publish date, I’m quite sure this one will also be out much sooner than that.

So that’s the newest of the news. I’m very excited about everything and pleased at the feedback I’ve been getting, and nothing makes writing easier than having fans saying, “Hurry up! I want to read more!”

Elle

New cover art for War of the Fae series

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:27:28 +0000

I’ve just received the finished cover art for War of the Fae, books 1-3 (one still left to go for book 4). Check it out!

Amazon rankings for Wrecked

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:44:43 +0000

I was reading an article about some indie authors who had reached Top 100 status on Amazon.com, and I wondered what number I was. Nowhere near that yet, but hey, a girl can dream…

A week ago I checked and I was at #127,000 (some odd number after the 127, I can’t remember what it was). Then a few days later around 85,000. Yesterday around 65,000 and today…

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,267

Wow. I’m not in the Top 100, but I am moving up. Progress! Thank you to my readers who are buying my book and moving me up there. Someday, someday, maybe I’ll be in the Amazon big leagues.

If you want to know what rank I am (or any author for that matter), go to the book’s page and scroll down where they show the Product Details for the book (below the book image and above the reader reviews.)

Here’s the book page for Wrecked: CLICK HERE

Here’s the book page for The Changelings: CLICK HERE

A Guest Post on Vy’s Blog

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:21:09 +0000

Read this guest post about Why I Love Book Bloggers on Vy’s book blog.

Another 3 great reviews for WRECKED

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:23:51 +0000

Alice in Readerland posted a great review for WRECKED on her blog and an author interview (of yours truly).

Tumbling Books Blog – Nancy posted a super fab review for WRECKED on her blog.

Wordvagabond posted a nice review for WRECKED.

Take a look!

Guest blogging.

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:25:24 +0000

I’ve recently done a few guest posts on book blogger sites. I just love book bloggers!!! They spend hours and hours reading and writing reviews for books – many for indie writers like me. I can’t thank them enough for their time and devotion.

Here’s my latest, a post titled “My Writing Process – How WRECKED Went from Idea to Novel”. This one can be found on Becky’s Barmy Book Blog.

And another, a post titled “What Inspired Me to Write WRECKED” . This one can be found at the Words on the Shelf blog.

Enjoy!

Elle

Theme songs for characters.

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:09:40 +0000

I’ve finished the third draft of War of the Fae: Book One (The Changelings) and have now started Book Two (Call to Arms). When you read these books, you will meet several very special characters. Three that are on my mind as I complete the outline for Book Two right now are Tony, Jayne, and Ben.

I’ve mentioned in a previous post how music is often a muse for my writing. I’ve got three songs in particular that really inspire me for these characters, so I thought I’d share them with you. You’ll get some of the feeling from these songs that I have for my characters, for what they’re going through. The lyrics have messages and the mood of the music just takes me away to the world I’m creating…

Jayne: Undisclosed Desires by Muse (in her interactions with Ben, Book Three)

Ben: I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin (after first meeting Jayne, Book Three)

Tony: My Immortal by Evanescence (in his friendship with Jayne, Book Two)