Last year I posted an update about two un-published books. They’re both available now!
The Lily and The Cross: A Ring and Crown Novel
White Nights: A Vampires of Manhattan Novel
These are unedited first drafts.
Sales will still go to support the YALLWEST Book Festival and it’s school outreach program, bringing books and authors to underserved communities.
Here’s my initial statement from last year, discussing the eventual (TODAY!) release of these titles.
xoxo Mel
A few of you guys have been asking about the sequels to Vampires in Manhattan and The Ring and The Crown.
For The Lily and The Cross (which is what I titled The Ring and The Crown sequel) I wrote the entire book, but it didn’t quite go the way I imagined it would. After I finished, I realized I liked where the story ended in book one, that it was complete and perfect as a stand-alone. So the sequel is not going to be published.However, since I wrote it, I wanted you guys who wanted to read it to be able to. So it will be up on my website in a few months, available for a small fee that will go to support Yallwest. That way, you guys who want to know the story get to read it, but it’s only a first draft, and not a finished product, and it ends on a cliffhanger, but I will not be writing a sequel to this book. I know some of you might be upset about that, and I’m sorry. I still hope you enjoy the book for what it is. There are some really fun parts of the book (Marie and Wolf for one) but it didn’t go through the formal editorial process, so keep that in mind.
As to White Nights, the Vampires in Manhattan sequel, the book also did not shape up the way I had envisioned in the time allotted me, and so it was pulled from publication. I’ve written about a quarter of this book, and once it is done, it too will be available on my website for a small fee that will go to Yallwest.
I’m sorry I don’t have better news on both of these projects, but I hope you guys do enjoy the continuation of these stories when they are posted.
xoxo Mel
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Watch tomorrow (Friday 11/3) on the Hallmark Channel. Check the Hallmark Home & Family site for more details and don’t forget to check out Mel’s new film, “Christmas in Angel Falls” this holiday season.
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This #BlackFriday, head to your local Barnes & Noble where #BNSignedEditions of Return to the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel will be available while supplies last! Visit BN.com to find a store near you.
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Join me for the YALLFest YALLCRAWL. I’ll be at Jeni’s Ice Cream starting at 2PM for Jeni’s Ice Cream Takeover: Presented by Disney. I’ll also be signing there starting at 3PM. Come for the ice cream, stay for the books.
The full YALLFest schedule is now up at their website. Meet your favorites authors and have a rocking good time in Charleston, SC.
Here’s where I’ll be all weekend:
FRIDAY, 11/11
2pm: Jeni’s Icecream Takeover: Presented by Disney
3pm: YALLCRAWL signing at Jeni’s
SATURDAY, 11/12
11am: Signing at the Big Blue Bicycle Tent
2pm: Eoin Colfer Spotlight at Charleston Music Hall
4pm: YA MEETS HOLLYWOOD panel at Charleston Music Hall
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