Wednesday

Work-In-Progress Wednesday # 5

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

All The Book Things™️

Hello and wonderous day to all y’all, my lovely minions of chaos!

A few updates as we approach Publishing Day.

To start, Light of Chaos # 5, Mórrígan’s Curse, is publishing November 4th, so don’t forget to snag a copy, available for pre-order.

As far as my …

I’m currently mid-edits for the Sticks & Stones series. My beta reader is enjoying them profusely, which is a good sign! Minimal edits will be needed on my part, which means I’ll be able to publish those in the near-ish future. That’ll start sometime in 2026, since I’m still wrapping up other Light of Chaos things. No promises on when publishing will start.

With Mórrígan’s Curse finished and ready to publish, the “other Light of Chaos things” include book 6, with the tentative title Godling’s Folly, which I’ve somehow — MIRACULOUSLY — managed to finish a rough draft of. I’m also about 3/4 way through a rough draft of book 7, which is going a lot more smoothly than expected, considering I’m “cobbling” it together from a previous draft.

Let’s just say, when I originally wrote book 6 back in 2021, I kept writing and didn’t stop until the draft was over 257,000 words long. So, I’ve already taken about 80,000 words out of that for Godling’s Folly, while needing to cut content, seeing as how the plot changed DRAMATICALLY with Mórrígan’s Curse. The latter half of the that content is also being picked through, and I’ve already set aside the key content for book 7’s draft. Now all that needs to be done is backfilling with new content, just as I’ve already done with Godling’s Folly. I already know how I want to adjust that, so it’s just a matter of writing it.

The other “Light of Chaos things” I’m working on are trying to wrangle Sibling Charm (Born Elementals # 3) into a coherent draft. It’s the final novelette in the trilogy, and while I’ve gotten over half the content written — and I enjoy it quite a bit — there’s been some teething problems with trying to wrap up the trilogy without giving away too much content in the main series. The Born Elemental crew overlaps pretty heavily with Sam’s crew (aka Team Sibyl), and it means trying to have the Born Elementals trilogy come to a satisfactory conclusion WITHOUT spoilers, which is proving to be more challenging than I originally thought. The original ending I had for what *was* the complete draft gave away WAYYYYYY too much, so I had to delete nearly all of it… *sob* 😭

And last but not least, I teased a “special project” VERY early this year when I gave a rough estimate of my publishing goals for 2025. So, what exactly is that project? Well, without any spoilers, in Mórrígan’s Curse, you’re going to get a brief glimpse into Henry Anders’s past, and just how… sketchy it was LOL. So, I’m excited to announce that Henry and his brother, Daniel Anders (who y’all know as Neil Hunter), will be getting a dual point-of-view novelette!

It’s Dark, it’s sassy, it’s hilarious, it’s bonkers, and I can’t wait for y’all to get a better idea of what set Henry, Neil, and their wives on the paths their lives take. You’ll learn how Henry came to work at Morley Enterprises, how Neil and Maverick Ravenhart met, and how the Legend of the Sibyl was revitalized.

So, what’s the title of said novelette? Rogue Caster (Light of Chaos: Cloak & Dagger # 1). I bet y’all noticed that says “# 1” *smirks* 😏. I’ll give more details when # 2 is in the works, but it will be a continuation of Henry’s story, but VERY indirectly. It’ll follow different characters in the Light of Chaos universe, set 7 years after the events in Rogue Caster.

Okay. I’ve probably overwhelmed y’all with a barrage of information. The TL;DR boils down to:

  • Mórrígan’s Curse publishes November 4th;
  • Book 6 and 7 should both have completed drafts by the end of 2025;
  • Sibling Charm is taking a bit longer than expected, but rest assured, it will see the light of day;
  • Rogue Caster will be coming to a shelf near you in the near future.

Okay, I’ll leave it at that for now, but don’t forget: the PRE-ORDER for Mórrígan’s Curse is available now, so order your copy today.

Anyway. Thank you for your continued support. More to come later.

As always, welcome to the Chaos.

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

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Mórrígan’s Curse Cover Reveal

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

Deliciously Saucy

Hello, my lovely minions of chaos. I hope you’re all doing well. Things on my end have (surprisingly) been truckin’ along. I’ve been getting a LOT of writing and editing done. Heck yeah, witches! But that’s not what we’re here to talk about.

We’re here to talk about Mórrígan’s Curse.

Wanna see how shiny the cover is??? Wanna know what the blurb is? WANNA READ A CHAPTER FROM OWEN’S POINT-OF-VIEW!?!!?!?

ARE. YOU. READY. FOR. THIS!?!?!?!?

Such glory. Much beauty. Lots of kick-ass, take-names attitude 😎

I LOVES EEEEET!

What story is held betwixt the covers, you ask?

All magic comes with a price, and Team Sibyl is going to learn that the hard way…

Samantha Anders successfully forged bonds with her cousins, repairing her soul. But it came at a cost: she’s draining their lives. As Sam’s godling powers grow, her abilities become harder to control.

They’re not the only ones fighting to survive…

The Ravenhart curse is haunting Vincent. Grief is stirring dark feelings, driving him to fits of madness. With each passing day, his gruesome nightmares take him closer and closer to the edge of despair.

And a sinister voice invites him to give in…

With lives hanging in the balance, Team Sibyl will have to pay a price to keep each other safe, and the consequences threaten to unravel the Cosmos.

HOLY GASPING WOW! That’s intense, amirite? Buckle in, y’all, for a wild ride.

Mórrígan’s Curse (Light of Chaos # 5) is coming to a bookshelf near you soon. It’ll drop on November 4th, 2025, so mark your calendars! PRE-ORDER this dark, sassy, cursed beauty now.

~Keep reading for a sneak peek of what’s inside~

Ever wonder about Owen’s past? Where he was prior to meeting his Kairos? Well, behold, a little snippet about the Merlin Estate from his Point-of-view.

🥁 Drum 🥁 roll please for this little tease~

“Here we fucking go,” I groaned. “Go back to bed and let me embarrass myself in peace.”

They didn’t hear me, of course, and even if they did, they wouldn’t listen to a word I said.

“What’s that?” Phoenix asked, tensing next to me as he gripped the glaive.

“The most annoying calvary no one asked for.”

He looked at me in consternation before a group of five people were finally close enough to see. Four held flashlights while the fifth was showing off with his fire affinity. Smug bastard was a show pony, even for the most mundane tasks in the history of mundaneness.

“Ah, whadda we have here?” Aron—the bane of my existence—said with a smirk. “Why, if it ain’t a washed-up wee lil’ babe.”

I squinted an eye at him, then at the others. “Don’t you have children to terrorize and puppies to kick?”

Aron grinned wider. “Why, I’m lookin’ at wan right now.”

Lifting a shaky hand, I flipped him the bird.

The swordmaster chuckled as he looked around me. A single brow rose as he took in the sight of Phoenix, then the glaive. His gaze returned to me, all amusement fading from his expression. “Funny, boyo, but that power deh feel like a Kairos. O were ye aff onna ’nother wana yer wee adventures, like the runaway shitehead ye are?”

I rolled my eyes as I put the Jeep into gear, slowly putting my foot on the gas. “Move your minions or I’ll run them over. I’ve had a fucking day, and I’m not paid enough to listen to your bullshit.”

“Owen,” he growled, but I kept my foot on the gas. “Owen Alexander Merlin, ye turn aff that motor an’ get oot before ay give ye a wallap, ye fecker.”

“La-la-la-la,” I said, pressing down on the accelerator. Aron’s disciples—or whatever he was calling them these days—jumped out of the path of the car. To be extra petty, I turned on the stereo, cursing the damn thing as I had to change the station to local frequencies. I threw a dazzling grin at Phoenix. “How do you feel about Welsh opera? No? Me neither.”

As he stared at me in complete befuddlement, I began whistling along, expertly navigating the winding roads through the lush forest. Aron had made me run them enough times, I could probably do this with my eyes closed. I didn’t think Phoenix would be entertained if I tried.

“What the Duat is going on?” he shouted to be heard over the music. “Who were those people, and where are we?”

“A fun little place I like to call Hades on Gaia.” I flashed him another grin. “You didn’t think I grew up in the Merlin Tunnels, did ya?”

He stared at me blankly. “For the love of Ra, eyes on the road!”

I turned my attention back to the road, smirking when I saw flames and lights reflecting off the rearview mirror. Aron was giving chase, and it pleased my gleeful little vindictive heart. The number of cuts and bruises I got from that asshole while he taught me swordplay made this petty act of defiance all the sweeter. Maybe if the jackass hadn’t enjoyed swatting me with the flat of his blade when I goofed off, or slapping me upside the head, maybe I wouldn’t be such a ‘brat.’

As I picked up speed, throwing dirt with the beautiful, wonderful deep-grooved Jeep tires, an exhausted, maniacal burble of laughter escaped me.

Dirt shower, anyone?

Phoenix looked tenser and tenser with each passing moment, especially when I began sharply whipping the Jeep around trees, narrowly avoiding clipping them.

“How do you feel about off-roading?”

“That better be a jo—” He began cursing up a storm in ancient Egyptian, as I sent the Jeep rocking and swaying as I went over large rocks, tree roots, and various other uneven obstacles.

“You think we’ve lost them yet?”

“I HATE YOU!”

I laughed, veering out of the trees and back onto the main dirt road. When we reached the large metal double-door gate, I finally brought the car to a stop. Phoenix looked ready to murder me, probably while he vomited all over me.

Leaning out the window, I pressed the call button on the intercom. And kept pressing and pressing, making it make a horrid buzzing noise, until someone finally snapped, “I’m coming, ya git! I’m coming!”

“Hey, Mervyn, open up!”

There was a brief pause. “Master Owen, is that you?”

“Master?” Phoenix muttered disbelievingly under his breath.

“The one and only. Now, hurry up and let me in before Aron skins my hide.”

Mervyn sighed heavily. “One of these days, boy. One of these days…”

The doors swung open, and I peeled onto the paved driveway, heading toward the homestay. It was basically a mansion—or a castle, if you wanted to be fanciful. Once upon a time, in a land far, far—right fucking here—Emrys Merlin build a gigantic house for Arthur and friends to live in. But it wasn’t just them who lived here. Guinevere lived here, too. Then there were the guest rooms, and the visitor’s quarters and—you get the picture.

Considering it was built in the medieval period, circa the fifth century CE, it was rather nice. It was stone and brick and mortar, with high windows and large double-arching doors. There were well-maintained gardens that Arthur had originally planted, along with the expansion over the centuries. As time passed, the grounds keeper and other Merlin made tweaks and changes to suit modern life—of the eras, that was.

As for me? Well, I’d brought it into the twenty-first century. Yeah, we’d had electricity around the time of invention, and yes, it was upgraded to keep the interior from burning down when sparks decided to fritz. But my contribution was cable television and Wi-Fi. Only heathens wouldn’t lay the groundwork to have a gazillion miles worth of power lines and cables hooked up to their house for all to enjoy the godliness that was the internet.

Once again, I braked hard, making Phoenix and me both jerk against our seatbelts. “C’mon! Get out!”

I threw my own door open and rounded the vehicle to where Phoenix, sweaty and legs shaking, was propped against his side of the Jeep. “You…are the most…deplorable person…in existence,” he panted, looking green around the gills.

“Aww, Casper, I like you, too,” I said cheerily, feeling my own exhaustion catching up to me. I was just as sweaty and shaky as he was, but for completely different reasons.

Mervyn, expression that perfected level of I-have-no-qualms-ending-you—or bending me over his knee like he used to when I was a shithead child—stalked toward us. Nice to see some things never changed. “Master Owen,” he said in his pronounced Welsh accent, “where have you been? And what is the meaning of this—this chase?” Then he noticed my gory appearance. “My word, dear boy—what’s happened to you?”

“TL;DR,” I said. “But I need a little favor.”

There was that unamused expression I loved so much. “And whatever would that be?”

“Catch.” I tossed the keys to him. “Can you have this washed and shined for me? Teddy’s probably not gonna be happy I took it on a joyride. Oh—and make sure Aron doesn’t dent or scratch it. As fun as it would be to see the swordmaster schooled by an Elite Hunter and his overprotective beau…actually. No. That would make all my dreams come true.”

Mervyn heaved another sigh.

“YE SHITEBAG!” Aron bellowed from down the driveway, closing in on us rather quickly. “WHEN AY GET MA HANDS ON—”

With a smirk and a two-finger salute, Phoenix and I vanished into Chaos.

That’s our Owen — troublemaker to his very core. Soon… Soon you will see these new faces and more. So don’t forget to PRE-ORDER for the November 4, 2025 release!

Thank you for your continued support. More to come later.

As always, welcome to the Chaos.

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

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Work-In-Progress Wednesday # 4

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

Plot Bunnies Strike!

Okay. So. I promise I’m making progress on Light of Chaos. Mórrígan’s Curse (Light of Chaos # 5) is well on its way to seeing the light of day. In fact, it’s with my lovely editor right now, getting its last round of line edits! Then comes formatting. Then covers! Then publication! Can’t wait for you guys to see this one. While there isn’t a cover yet, I’ve picked the model for it, and she’s my favorite version so far. All sass and I-can-kick-your-butt attitude. If you’ve explored my website, you’ve already seen her, but I can’t wait to see how kick-ass she’ll look on a cover. *swoon*

Buuuuuuut… why am I starting off with “I promise” like I’ve been caught with my hand in the cookie jar? Well… I kinda had a plot bunny get stuck in my head and it refused to eff off.

What does that mean for my ?

So glad you asked. Buckle in, this one’s kind of a long ride…

Back in something like 2019 (Yeah, THAT long ago), I had an idea for a series of urban fantasy short stories. My goal for them was to produce rapid-release content to keep readers entertained between full-length novel publication. Then poop hit the fan, and I had to bench the idea.

What sucked about having to set them aside is that I’d already outlined them and found gorgeous images for the covers. In other words, they just needed to be written. And when I say short stories, I’m talking about 9,000 – 10,000 words. That’s roughly 8 – 10 hours for me to draft each one. That doesn’t count edits, so I’d assume each book would require up to 24 – 48 hours of my time (total – NOT all at once), depending on first draft quality.

Yes, that quick.

So rewind to two months ago when I stumbled across my outlined document, buried deep in the recesses of my Google Drive. My fingers itched to open it, and, well, chaos ensued. My mind started churning through the possibilities, but this time, I had an idea for how to kick things up a notch.

The original concept was to put them in their own universe to set them apart from the Light of Chaos, since the concepts didn’t seem to fit into the Chaos Universe. LMAO! If I can have gods, demigods, goddamn Typhon, and other references to creatures of myth, why the hell can’t I have spookies that go bump in the night?

Welcome to Sticks & Stones: The Underground. While the guilds are the Magical Community’s established police force fighting “crime” in the form of rogue Casters intent on harming others, Sticks & Stones is a secret underground government agency. These are the vigilantes of the Magical Community who battle the creatures that go bump in the night so the world doesn’t have to know monsters exist and are hungry for your flesh and blood.

While the guilds focus on human intervention, Sticks & Stones is a bounty-based (loose) version of the CIA for things that stalk you in the dead of night.

The Underground is made up of 4 short stories that introduce you to the underbelly of the “monster” world – vampires, ghouls, demons, and more. These books are dark, a bit messed up, and injected with humor that makes up for just how… unhinged and unsavory the content can be. Reader’s beware — but in a literal sense. Trigger warnings will be added.

All books in the Sticks & Stones universe will be LGBT+, but these 4 start us off with 3 different MM pairings. The other planned books (yes – OTHER BOOKS), set at Mischief Manor, a haunted house for a coven of wayward witches, primarily have FF pairings. However, we have bisexual, pansexual, asexual, and aromantic characters who either end up in an FF relationship, MF relationship, or no relationship at all. . Mischief Manor stories are *Urban Fantasy*, not romance, despite me mentioning relationships.

I’ve overloaded you with information, but all that to literally say: The first 4 MM books are drafted, and I’m satisfied with how they’ve turned out. I need people to look them over, just to be sure others actually think they make a complete story — I know they do (cocky much, Queen?), but it never hurts to get a second opinion.

My focus needs to shift back to Light of Chaos, but once I’ve finished my current projects, I’ll try to make quick work of getting Geomancer (Sticks & Stones: The Underground # 1) published within a timely manner. Please enjoy this raw, unedited snippet:

“Monster Morgue and Crematory, you stake them, we bake them,” I say, seeing my boss’ name on my caller ID. I already know why she’s calling, and I’m surprised it took her this long to get around to it. She’s off her game lately. And honestly, I have no clue why she hasn’t fired me yet.

Oh, right. It’s hard to find people to work for a top-secret magical organization that fights monsters under the cover of night. Or daylight. Not all creatures are circumspect.

“Flint Ashford, I will skin you alive and make gloves out of your flesh!” Jade shouts, ever the creative one. “You had one job—ONE! And yet you decided to make a mockery of everything Sticks & Stones stands for!”

“It’s not a mockery.” I switch the call to speaker and open up the glorious ad I created last week. “I’m just being honest. It cuts down on the idiots trying to scam people—or get themselves killed. Have you read the latest reports? There’s been fifteen complaints of missing limbs or serious maiming just in the last three days.”

She inhales deeply, and I can envision her pinching the bridge of her nose. It’s a common sight when she’s dealing with me. “That’s not the point, Flint. We are a professional organization, and we need the trust of our users if we’re going to maintain the number of people willing to claim bounties on behalf of the Magical Community. If we lose bounty hunters, we’re increasing the number of potential incidents—ones that result in the death of innocents.”

“Innocents still die—and so do the idiots who take bounties they aren’t equipped to handle. It’s not fixing the issue. It’s perpetuating it. People who think they’re heroes are getting themselves killed because of their egos. If they see upfront that they shouldn’t fuck around, they won’t accept dangerous bounties and find out. I’m doing them a public service.”

“I swear to all that’s—” She cuts herself off, and I wonder how much longer until she comes through my phone and kills me herself. That’s not one of her abilities, just in case you’re wondering. She can, however, suspend me upside-down by the ankle with her telekinesis if she wants, though. Been there. Done that. It’s actually quite fun. Maybe that’s why she stopped using it as a threat. “Take the listing down.”

“Why? It’s gotten a lot of likes and comments on the app’s public chat board.”

There’s a long silence, all except for the sound of her nails rapidly clicking on her phone screen as she presumably goes to check it. “I hate you.”

“Awe, you love me.” I smirk. Her comment is practically her admitting I’m right. “If it does cause issues, I’ll rewrite it. But in the meantime, it’s getting a lot of hits. It’s even drawn more users to the site. Check those numbers if you want, but I did what you wanted: increase downloads. So why you mad?”

“Your mother should’ve spanked you more as a child.”

Anyway. Thank you for your continued support. More to come later.

As always, welcome to the Chaos.

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

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Work-In-Progress Wednesday # 3

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

Spill the Tea, Queen

Whew. It’s been a Whole-ass Time™️.

Between finishing the last touches on Coven Witch (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals 2), creating its sales page on amazon, and drafting up wayyy too many promotional images (of which, 99% weren’t used), I’m on the back foot. Launching a book release campaign is intense, and it took up a lot of my focus for the first five months of the year.

But also~ Look at the beautiful ✨ shiny ✨!

Don’t forget, Elite Hunter (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals 1) is still set to perma-free. Be sure to get both books!

Only available in Kindle & Kindle Unlimited.

Okay, onto the new news…

Morrigan’s Curse, book 5 (installment 7) in the Light of Chaos series, only needs one last review before I “so yote it be” at my editor. Buuuuuuut… I’ve only just started on that. I have several, SEVERAL hours of edits ahead of me. This one has a publication date of late summer 2025. Launching a book takes a lot of time and work, and I’m excited to put my full attention into that process.

Why late summer? Because, at the end of June, I get the magical gift of having a full week to spend with my gamma and my mom, who’s flying in from out of state. I’ll get to see extended family, too. We’ll be having a celebration of life ceremony for my grandpa who passed away in October. The holiday season was too chaotic of a time to celebrate then, so instead, we’re going to have a blast in the (hopefully) nice weather, yeet Grandpa’s ashes into the large backyard fire pit (because he’s a badass 😎 who wants to be close to my grandma), and enjoy good food and company alongside him. I’ll be tossing in some yummies for him 🔥.

Even more blessed, I get the privilege of hosting one of my best friends at my place for a week ( …one week after my mom flies home 🤣). She’s flying over from across the country, and I can’t wait to see her! It’s been almost three years since I last saw her. We’re going to veg on my couch, spend some time writing, and be lazy AF. Then I’ll drive her to the Pacific Ocean since she’s never been. I’ll be a muthafukkin’ mermaid 🧜‍♀️ and dive into that cold AF shit because (like Darien Black) water is my element.

As y’all can tell, June and July will utilize most of my Brain Energy, so I’ll need time to recover.

Busy, busy, this Queen of Chaos is.

Look forward to Morrigan’s Curse sometime in August or early September… (It all depends on if the hydra chooses to interfere in my life again…)

Anyway. That’s all the relevant information at the moment. More to come later.

As always, welcome to the Chaos.

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

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Work-In-Progress Wednesday # 2

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

Yas, Queen! Progress.

Happy New Year, and may the gods ever be in your favor…

Hope the holiday season treated you well. I spent my Yuletide week running around like a tree with its branches lopped off. Kinda hard to get anything done without limbs, y’know? And with roots holding ya in place… heh.

I spent the 25th with my grandma, but instead of the Christmas movies I thought she might want to watch, we went “old school” on they asses. Trust me when I say: You haven’t lived until you’ve shared the glory that is White Chicks with your 90-year-old grandma. She chuckled the whole way through, even sometimes dabbing at her eyes with a tissue during the emotional scenes. Sometimes those endings just like to jostle your contact lenses.

Now, to our regularly scheduled program…

In my previous, very short Progress Update post, I mentioned life is a hydra, and it’s after my head. Problem is, my head doesn’t grow back. So I keep on keeping on, fruitlessly trying to slay the beast. That said, I have made some progress toward future publications.

While publish dates are still TBD, I want to revisit some of my previous updates about my .

After agonizing over the opening chapter of Coven Witch (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals # 2), I’ve gone ahead and passed the current manuscript to my editor for initial review. While I feel like the draft is well on its way to the next stages (as far as content goes), that remains to be seen. Editors have a keen eye, and I might be overly confident in my assessment LOL. You can find the tentative book blurb on the Born Elementals series page.

Look forward to a cover reveal at some point, as well as the opportunity to receive an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. If selected, please do honor the agreement for an honest review. When the hydra stops trying to bite my head off, I’ll create a sign-up page, along with expectations. But that’s also a beast for another day.

Speaking of that series, in early 2024, I published my FREE novelette Elite Hunter (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals # 1). On March 1, 2024, I published an extended-length chapter that serves as an official epilogue to Elite Hunter. You can download the FREE chapter at the end of Elite Hunter on amazon. It directly follows the last chapter of Elite Hunter and is from Rin’s POV. So, if that gives you a reason to keep reading and to not come for my head (like the damn hydra), please wait to kill me until after you’ve seen a glimpse of what’s to come next in the World of Chaos.

BookFunnel hosts the epilogue, and it will prompt you to sign up for this newsletter, but that’s an *optional* feature (and obviously, some of you are already signed up), so feel free to bypass that option. Since the document is an ePUB, BookFunnel will give you several options as to which platform you wish to read it on. It will require you to verify your email before you’re redirected to the download page.

“But, Queen,” you’re saying, “what about the main series? Where’s my next Light of Chaos?”

Well, that has been spanking me. So much so that me and Morrigan’s Curse might as well be lovers in the night. (Shanelle ships it). I’d honestly hoped to have it published by November 2024, considering how long I’ve been working on it, but: RE: hydra. It’s only just recently gone through the first round of content edits, and that was with me hating sections of it. So. Yeah.

You get the picture.

As always, welcome to the Chaos.

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

**If you downloaded Elite Hunter prior to March 1, 2024, you will need to download the epilogue directly through the BookFunnel link. My plea to you: If you are able to, please download Elite Hunter through amazon. Downloads through amazon increase my visibility to potential readers. As we well know, algorithms affect data across all platforms. Meaning, without engagement, your listings / social media posts / etc. might as well exist in the Void. Please help me escape the Void… it’s dark in here.**

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Work-In-Progress Wednesday # 1

Posted on by Alexandra Gardner

Finally, Queen! Some News.

Welcome to the first official Work-in-Progress Wednesday, where I’ll give you a look into the absolute chaos in my . For the most part, these will be brief updates about one of the plethora of WIPs that is currently making me pull my hair out by the roots. Each project is staring balefully at me from the depths of my Files folder, and I can feel their glares drilling through my soul…

To put that into perspective, I have over 20 drafted manuscripts made up of full-length, novella-length, and novelette-length WIPs. Over 15 of those are full-length, reaching over 130k words on average, with the longest being an outlier of 265k words.

I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in…

Moooooving on…

To do a quick review of my , I recently published my novella Elite Hunter (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals # 1). Y’all have been beaten to death with updates about it, but I promise this quick summary is relevant. On March 1, 2024, I published an extended-length chapter that serves as an official epilogue to Elite Hunter. You can download the FREE chapter at the end of every new “purchase” of Elite Hunter on amazon.

If you downloaded the kindle prior to March 1, 2024, you will need to download the epilogue directly through this link.

Look for Elite Hunter in this March Madness promo link.

(I put “purchase” in quotes because the novella is free to download through amazon, currently only in USA markets. Use this link to download for FREE outside of the USA).

My plea to you: If you are in the USA, please download through amazon. Downloads through amazon increase my visibility to potential readers. As we well know, algorithms affect data across all platforms. Meaning, without engagement, your listings / social media posts / etc. might as well exist in the Void.

Please help me escape the Void… it’s dark in here.

Hoooh-Kay!

Relevance: I’m currently in the process of editing Coven Witch (Light of Chaos: Born Elementals # 2). Whee! Ahhhh! Such excite! Much anticipate!

This novella follows the events in Elite Hunter. A month has passed since the [spoiler] ending.

Darien’s out for blood, and Hell or High Water, he’s going to make it happen.

Concerned about her boyfriend being withdrawn from their elemental circle of friends, Serena prays to her patron goddess, begging for answers on how to help Darien. The foreboding response she receives leaves her unnerved.

It’s a race against the clock as Serena and Darien rush toward their goals: Save Darien from himself… before he gets himself killed seeking revenge.

Darien & Serena

~~Find the series page here for a sneak peek at the working book blurbs.~~

Due to unforeseen health issues that impacted my ability to edit, my original publishing timeline for this trilogy has been affected. Translation: My anticipated release schedule for the remaining 2 novellas has been delayed, with no current estimate on release date. Expect Coven Witch somewhere around autumn, at the earliest. If I can make some magic happen, maybe we can see it sooner…

The only other thing of note is that I’ve officially drafted a schedule for blog posts and newsletter updates. Look forward to various engagement posts/polls, writing prompts, character interviews, pet posts, in-progress teasers and/or silly snippets. There will be a “Special Feature” post each month that will have exciting content, from book reviews to author recommendations, pre-release announcements to ARC requests, cover reveals to—

You get the picture.

Welcome to the Chaos.

**Don’t forget, there’s still time to pick up free and discounted novels from Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, and Horror authors! Use the promo link to browse selections. Promo ends March 31, 2024.**

With love 🖤,
Your Queen of Chaos

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