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I feel like I’ve written a lot of endings in 2017. I started the year with Taking Turns and wrote the end of that series in July. Then I picked back up in the Anarchy series and wrote the end of that series in June. Then there was Five. :) And that was an end and a beginning at the same time, which was a first for me. Not to mention I re-released the Dirty, Dark & Deadly series (Come, Come Back, and Coming for You) as a single book called The Company. Those books were a spin-off of the Rook & Ronin series, and even though it was and ending, it was also a beginning because Meet Me in the Dark and Wasted Lust came afterward.
So here we are now… the final Mister book that ties Five and Rory back to Mac, Nolan, West, Pax, and Oliver.
But is it an ending? I just got a tweet asking if I’ll ever write books about the Rook & Ronin kids. And of course, people have been asking for the Vaughn brothers for a long time now. I don’t know if I’ll write a book about Kate, Sparrow, Ariel and the other kids that grew up with Five and Rory. Maybe. Maybe not. But I’ll tell you who I think stole the show in this book… Mathilda and Louise! I had so much fun writing Mr. Romantic’s parts. That little pig and those little girls just kinda made me happy I decided to do this book.
And Ethan… Jesus. If ever there was a kid who needed a grown-up book, I think it’s him. I kinda have it in my mind that he’s gonna fall for Mathilda the same way Five fell for Rory. The same way Spencer fell for Veronica.
I have written two happily ever after books now (the first was for Rook & Ronin and is just called Happily Ever After) and I tell you what, they are a super fun. Yes, each of the guys had problems in this book, but they are relatable problems. No one got seriously hurt. No one was in serious danger. No one got a twisted fucked up crisis. Well, unless you count Kat’s dress getting mauled by kittens. But I think Kat would agree with me when I say the new dress was better anyway.
So it’s weird that 2017 was a year of endings for me. Because about halfway through the year I started talking to this guy named Johnathan McClain and that was nothing but new beginnings from the moment it started. He’s an actor and a writer of screenplays and some of the most kick-ass poetry I’ve ever listened to (Yes, he recited (or more aptly, PERFORMED) a poem he wrote when he came to visit a few weeks ago). And he and I just kinda hit it off creatively.
We wrote a screenplay for The Company and we started pitching it as a TV series a couple weeks ago. (If you missed , he’s also one of my audiobook narrators going under the pseudonym of Tad Branson). We started chatting on Twitter shortly after he narrated Mr. Romantic. I apologized PROFUSELY because I had loved him in other audiobook productions and begged my audio publisher to “get him” for me and I had no idea they’d ask him to be the Infamous Mr. Romantic. I’d asked for him to be Mr. Mysterious. But scheduling five men to narrate the Misters was difficult, so he got Mr. Romantic. Jesus. If I had known my favorite narrator (and soon-to-be friend) would have to narrate that fantasy rape, I’d probably never have written it. ;)
But after he narrated The Company he sent me the MOST AMAZING email. I can’t even describe that email, it was just too awesome. But that ultimately led to us talking about writing the screenplay and from there… new beginnings just started pouring in for both of us. So… we’re officially partners now. And we’ve got a lot of stuff coming up (which will all be announced next week in a video we’re doing while we’re both here in Vegas.) Some beautifully amazing things are happening.
So maybe 2017 is an ending after all. But believe me when I tell you, the new beginnings we have in store for you will make up for anything that ends. I promise.
So 2018 will start off with a spin-off series of The Turning Series. If you read those books then you’ll remember a player called Jordan. And if you didn’t read it, by player, I mean like a game player. Not a “player”. Because he was an integral part of Bric’s Game and guess what? Jordan has his own game going. So the next book, releasing January 16, 2018 (cover reveal and pre-orders links go up on November 13) is called Jordan’s Game: Total Exposure. This is the first of a four-book standalone series about what Jordan was really up to in His Turn. All four books will release in 2018.
What? Only four books you say? For the entire year? Why JA Huss, what the ever-loving fuck are you talking about?
Shit, bitches. Four books? In one year? Please. ;) Hold tight… I’ve got news coming up on my blog on November 6th. News you won’t want to miss, I promise. So go there and fill the, and you’ll get that news first. OR, you can just join my (Shrike Bikes – just ask to join and someone will add you as soon as they see it) and watch the amazingness unfold there.
Either way, you won’t want to miss what I’ve planned for you. And I think calling 2018 the year of new beginnings would definitely apply.
So that’s it, I guess. The Misters are over but if I ever get an itch to come back to it, there’s always Mathilda and Ethan to write about when they finally grow up.
We don’t have anything definitive about The Company TV series yet, but Johnathan and I will keep you posted if there’s an update that’s worth sharing. I took most of 2017 off of book signings because I was buying a new house and needed to write a lot of books to do that, but I’m back in 2018. I’ll be at RARE – London Calling in February, at Boston Talk Books Event in April, at book Bonanza in Denver in July, San Fran Golden gate Author Event in August, and Romancing the Coast Author Event in Australia in September.
So if you’d like to meet me in person, try and come to one of those.
Thank you. For all your endless support and love. And for going on this crazy, fucked-up Rook & Ronin, Company, Mister journey with me.
See you in the next book. And if you enjoyed this book (or any of my other ones) please feel free to shout it out to the world by leaving a review. I’d really appreciate that.
Julie
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