<![CDATA[A. R. Ivanovich

<![CDATA[A. R. Ivanovich - Blog/News]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:23:27 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[book release: The starlit Road]]>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:23:39 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/book-release-the-starlit-road

Available now

I haven't posted a blog in years because I didn't want to return empty handed. I wasn't going to talk about the long, hard years between releases or my personal life. I wanted to bring you another book... and here it is!

The Starlit Road has been in the works for 10 years. I've done an enormous amount of crafting, plotting and worldbuilding. I even created an entire language and writing system with a full dictionary that I'll make available.

My goals for this series are vibrant and far-reaching.
I wanted to construct a world so immersive that I could tell stories within it for the rest of my life. The Starlit Road is the first step on a long journey into a rich and mysterious universe.

Many locations in this book were sourced from my dreams. But maybe I'll talk more about that later. Needless to say, the characters, the story and the world are very near and dear to me.

Making the Cover & Map

When I first released my previous series, The War of Princes, as an indie author, I'd painted my maps and the covers of Haven, Dragoon and Monarch in Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. Readers used to let me know they liked the personal touch, so I decided to do that again.

The cover of The Starlit Road was an idea I scribbled down years ago. I'm a nature artist... I don't really draw people, but I couldn't get this idea of polarity out of my head. So I ran with it, and painstakingly painted my cover with my iPad in Procreate.

The map was also drawn on iPad in Procreate. Instead of using a font, I wrote everything out by hand. With both the map and the cover, there was a lot of trial an error but I love how they both turned out.

Djakeni Writing: A Sample

The two scrawling words on the bottom right of the map read, "Tzav'ezen" and "Estdra'veltd". Tzav'ezen is the name of the world, which translates to, "The Totality."

Estdra'veltd means Lifeline Island, or Savior Island. Some of Djakeni's td's are broken up outside of formal translations, making the common spelling, Estra'veld.

What About The War of Princes series?

Now that The Starlit Road is out and available, I'll be turning my full attention to working on the third edition of Haven and the entire War of Princes quadrilogy. In 2025, me and Alloy Entertainment parted ways. I am so grateful for all the work I did with them, my editors were magnificent and talented. But over the years I continued to receive mail from readers asking for paperback copies. My deal with Alloy was exclusively digital and my attempts at negotiating for paperback copies weren't fruitful. So I stepped away, returning to indie where I can give my readers what they want: copies of this beloved series that they can hold in their hands. I've gotta say, it was neat getting royalty checks from Warner Bros. while it lasted, but I'm much happier being able to connect directly with my audience, do giveaways again and sign some copies from time to time.

Thank You...

Every single reader who has picked up one of my books, every friend or family member who has shared my work, all the folks at Alloy and my wonderful former agent, Jill Marsal, for believing in me and my stories.
All I want to do is write books forever. You've all helped me achieve that and I want to continue from here on out.

NOW STOP MAKING ME EMOTIONAL, I HAVE WORK TO DO! lmao

All yours,

A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[UPDATE: LOVE, LOSS & LANGUAGE]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:23:46 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/update-love-loss-languageHello friends!

I hope the title isn't misleading. This post is personal, not topical.

It's been a little while. Some of you have reached out to see how I've been doing and it's heartwarming to be so cared for. I can't say things have been easy--and how can they be, during tumultuous times like these? But I'm still here, doing what I do.

I took some quiet time away from social media for healing (see previous post) and I'm happy to announce that I'm feeling physically healthier than I have in years. I've been laying low, in avoidance of COVID, because I'm not willing to risk my only recently regained health (or the health of those around me). And I'm not entirely sure my immune system is strong enough to battle it and win without taking some serious damage.

I took even more quiet time throughout the summer and fall to absorb and process the losses of some dear friends and family members. 2020 has been one hungry monster, that's for sure. In addition to the passing of irreplaceable human loved-ones, our dear, sweet Luna crossed the rainbow bridge as well. You might know her as the Dalmatian-Heeler from my bio, my Instagram, or every book acknowledgement I've written. Our Tennessee feral rescue kitty Tucker was lost in the same week (though, I hadn't updated pictures on this website to include him or any of our Tennessee rescues).

Luna, Tucker and me.

I don't want to tug too hard on your heartstrings on my behalf. Things are difficult right now for just about everybody around the world. Like most people, I work daily to keep my chin up, be productive and find positivity in the little things.

Photos courtesy of my hubs.

One of those "little things" is, Echo! She's a 3 1/2 month old miniature Texas Heeler and our very first puppy. She keeps us on our toes, to put it mildly (herding dogs, amIrite?). Now that she has all of her shots, we can't wait to hit the trails and take her canoeing. I'll probably do a photo-dump on Insta soon. Just you wait.

Writing

In writing news, I have an awesome group of beta readers going over my YA fantasy manuscript as I pour over edits using my newly rekindled brain-power. lol Not a lot to give you as of yet, though you deserve medals for your patience.

One bonus: I've been working on a conlang to accompany this book. Yes, that would be an invented language. As a kid inspired by Pern and Middle Earth, I would hand-write dictionaries for my fantasy worlds, but it was a slow-going process. Now, I've hit the ground running, studied up and have done my best to deliver something truly immersive. I built it to flow parallel to English (aside from certain particles), so it wouldn't be too hard to deconstruct. Mostly, I wanted readers to have fun with it.

Would you like a sample?

"Sutkai thur bōmen! Ōhä Ritkäni nōssiv. Thur änjiess rōti dimuti aet ōm vär, aeré thur taoti ké jiss ōhä mä mōtti, aet haem lubumti vé maissi dinuti."

"Hello my friends! This is the Ritkani language. I still work on it every day, but I hope that when this book is done, it will take your breath away."

When everything is finished, I'll have a dictionary, a web translator and some other fun goodies to play with.

Anyway, back to work I go! I hope all of you are keeping safe, staying healthy and finding some cheer in this wild, wild world.

Yours always,

A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[Update: Life got me]]>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 17:18:34 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/update-life-got-meSo, I’ve been gone a while. Thought I’d talk about that. There will be a TLDR at the bottom.

THE MOVE

One year after I traveled to Tennessee for UtopiaCon and my book signing, my husband and I packed up our things, gathered our many rescue pets, and moved 4,000 miles to that very state. I’d only visited the once—and he, not at all. But the call to adventure had sounded, and in addition to a desire for new experiences, we were eager to outrun the staggering inflation and housing crisis of my beloved home-state. Frankly, we couldn’t afford a million dollar home and wouldn’t risk losing our rescue family to increasingly constrictive rental agreements. Our pets are our family, and we would not send them back to the kill shelters we’d rescued them from in the first place.

Exploration when we first arrived.

Here we are, now, in Tennessee, and we’re bewitched by the forests and rivers and mountain mists that seem to give body to nature's spirits, themselves. We bought a small home—the first owned home I’ve ever lived in—and I am grateful. I think Luna and the kitties are too.

Also, I’ve been able to experience seasons for the first time! A red autumn, snowfall in winter, budding spring…all of it, new to me.

When I tell people that the seasons feel exotic, they often give me the side-eye. But what is exotic is relative, and doesn’t simply equate to palm trees and balmy weather.

This move has taken me farther from home than I’ve ever been and has given me more food for thought than I’d have gained if I’d stayed in a familiar place.

But the move wasn’t cause for my silence, or my absence.

FALLING ILL

As it turns out, I’d been falling ill, likely, over the past 6 years (the last 2, being the most difficult). The thing was, I didn’t realize it. It happened slowly. So. Very. Slowly. There were some signs, to be sure, but like any hard-working artist hell bent on making their dreams reality, I ignored them. I was so focused on my work, on the hustle, I didn’t pay attention to the signals and subtle cries for help my body was sending. When illness sets in gradually, you have the time to acclimate, to accept a new “norm”. It’s dangerous. I’m lucky it wasn’t deadly.

My warnings came in the form of migraines, dizziness, fatigue, inability to concentrate, increased social anxiety, to name a few. I buckled down harder, blaming myself for not being tougher. Blaming my naturally introverted personality for losing my ability to cope socially (something I’d worked very hard to achieve since high school). All these things were piling up, and I began to self-isolate.

I did what we’re taught to: Don’t complain—work harder.

By the time we reached Tennessee, my symptoms had culminated to a point that drove me to depression. My anxiety was so heightened, I couldn’t come down from it. My heart raced like a tiger was chasing me at any given moment. I was suffering from reoccurring panic attacks too, the kind that crush your chest and numb your arms. Two solid years of this. I blamed it on life stress. I blamed it on past trauma. I blamed it on fear for not releasing another book fast enough—like a kid, late to turn in a final assignment and awaiting public retribution from their teacher.

In addition to the aforementioned symptoms, I began to lose my cognitive functions. I had trouble expressing myself and couldn’t think clearly enough to ask for help. I suffered major memory lapses, often forgetting what I was saying mid-sentence.

I never stopped writing. My new manuscript, the one I’ve been hinting at, had already undergone a first wave of submissions to major publishers. I was in a revision stage, rewriting to make this book the best it could possibly be. But now, I’d sit for 8 hours a day, struggling to write a handful of paragraphs—a devastating fall in productivity, considering I’d written the original manuscript in 3 months. Depression whispered in my ear that this was my new normal. That I was going to continue sinking, and that whatever good I’d done in life was behind me. (This was a lie.)

Eventually, all creativity abandoned me. I truly hope that someday, society will understand without judgement or blame, that artists need a connection to creativity as much as we need blood in our veins and air in our lungs. Being without it was worse than all my symptoms combined.

Post-procedure, about three weeks ago.

Having reached an undeniable breaking point, I sought medical attention. It turned out that I was very anemic, suffering from celiac’s disease, as well as an advanced stage of h.pylori (I’d likely contracted as a child) that had traveled the brain-gut axis to affect my mind, and, finally, I had a large, non-cancerous tumor in my abdomen, affecting my organs. I am so, so grateful that the tumor was not cancer (the very disease that had taken my mother when she was not much older than I am now). By all rights, I feel lucky and grateful.

BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE

During that difficult time, respite was found in the company of my husband, our rescue family, and the natural beauty of the land surrounding us. Eventually, I took up watercolor painting and freshwater shrimp-keeping to practice focus and relaxation. lol Because all I need are more pets.

After 6 months of treatments and procedures, I am feeling more like myself than I have in years. In fact, only by becoming healthier did I realize how sick I’d become. (Sick-ception?) I am so grateful for how understanding my agent has been, urging me to focus on my health before all else.

I’ve chosen to talk with all of you about this because I don’t want it to happen to anyone else. I know it’s difficult when medical care is expensive and hard to make time for, but please take care of yourselves. If something is making you feel “off” don’t wait for it to become normal. Depression and anxiety come in many forms and for many reasons, but if it appears in your life when you don’t expect it to, try to get a medical checkup. It just might be your body asking for help.

My WIP shrimp tank. Aquariums are soothing to me. Like a bubble of another world.

One of my little watercolors.

SKRAMP!!! They swim like wingless dragons and march like tiny kaiju.

THE WORLD AT LARGE

I feel like I’ve awakened from a long dream, just in time for the COVID-19 pandemic to arrive. Finally feeling well enough to go outside and see people again—must stay home. It’s an easy decision for me though. I have books, snuggly pets and video games. Besides, I’m an introvert. I’m essentially a social-camel! I can survive long distances without needing to drink from the pool of social interaction. But seriously, it isn’t worth it to me to risk contracting or spreading this virus. If I’m being extra cautious, so be it. I don’t lose anything by chilling. If I really need to stretch my legs, I have Red Dead Online and a yoga mat. Not to mention, I hear modded Skyrim is lovely this time of year.

Wherever you are in the world, my heart is with you. Stay safe, stay healthy, be good to each other, and in the immortal words of Douglas Adams: Don’t panic. We'll get through this, together.

TLDR: We moved to Tennessee, rescue pets and all. I gradually fell ill, resulting in a culmination of depression and anxiety. I was diagnosed with anemia, advanced h.pylori, celiac’s disease and a benign abdominal tumor. Feeling much better now! Staying home during pandemic. Still writing. Forever and always. Big love!

All yours,

AR Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[Fall updates]]>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 02:38:44 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/fall-updates

November Deals

First up, deals and discounts! Amazon is offering tasty discounts on top-rated books for the entire month of November. The War of Princes series just so happens to be featured in this sweet deal (mmm deals).

If your friends haven't gotten sucked into Haven yet, now's a good time to introduce them to the madness that is The War of Princes adventure.

After all, nothing feels better than ranting with a friend about a book that stole your heart and refused to give it back.

Check it out here.

Upcoming Books: Update

I've gotten some excellent feedback on my new YA high-fantasy novel (yep, I'm still keeping the title secret--let's just call it "The Road" for now), and I'm currently hard at work making revisions for optimal excitement and allure. I cannot wait for all of you to read it when it's ready!

In addition to that moody and mysterious fellow, I've completed outlining another new, original-world fantasy. You can expect an exotic flair from this one, an all new magical system, and lots of monstrous creatures.

In short, we're in the calm of the storm before books begin raining down again. Get your umbrellas ready! Book spines and thick plots hit hard!

Post-Convention

If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter (I'm still having technical issues with FB), you may have seen a few pictures pop up while I was visiting Utipiacon this year for my very first book signing.

Being the ambivert/introvert that I am, I love meeting and talking to people, but I'm terrified of "the spotlight". Yep, I get stage fright, big time. The shaky hands, the cringey awkwardness, all of it. I was more than a little nervous about stepping behind the signing-table, the way so many of my author-heroes had. But I was excited too, and thrilled to challenge myself.

As it turned out, the stories about Utopiacon were true! Absolutely everyone I met was friendly, supportive and enthusiastic about our shared passion for all things speculative-fiction. After the very first afternoon, I found myself completely at ease. I spoke with so many wonderful readers, authors, editors, designers, and reviewers, that rather than feeling drained by the long weekend (introverts, you know what I'm talking about it), I wound up feeling energized. I didn't want it to end.

Nashville was incredible. I don't know when or where my next opportunity to visit will be, but I can't wait and I truly look forward to meeting more of you!

That's it for now, but check back soon for updates on those two new series I'm working on. Concept art will be incoming!

All yours,

~A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[Upcoming book signing]]>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:09:50 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/upcoming-book-signing

It's almost time!!!

Phew! Why, hello everyone! Good to see you here. I trust June is treating you well.

I'm going to get down to brass tax here (*looks up what that phrase even means* Ooh, I already messed it up! Sweet.)--ONE WEEK FROM TODAY I will be in the one, the only, Nashville Tennessee, stepping through the doors of UtopiaCon!

This is actually going to be my very first book signing and my first time to TN, so I'm doubly excited.

Don't think I wouldn't wear a snake to a convention, if I could get away with it. >:D

I've heard great things about this convention and I can't wait to meet all of the wonderful people involved in it, the staff, editors, authors and readers alike!

Coming to the con? Find me at table 49!

Prepping for a convention...

My recent radio-silence has been a combination of prepping for the con and one technical difficulty after another. Bleh! The robots have risen against us! But I'm here now, and that's all that matters.

DIY goes a long way, as an author, and I've hand-designed the following things for my table: New logo, standing banner, printed table runner, glow in the dark wrist bands, buttons, stickers, bookmarks (portraits by Volta), postcards (sketches by Brittany Willows) and business cards, as well as having worked on the limited book prints for the signing.

Swag for the swagalicious! Come to table 49 and get it while it's hot!

I'd post pictures of all of those things right here and now, but I had all of it shipped to a bestie in Austin, TX so I wouldn't have to lug it from Hawaii. Hopefully it all looks good...elsewise, we're all in for a surprise!

Here's a preview of a few of my designs:

Aaaaand....

ROADTRIP

Joined by my two sisters and one of my fantastic besties, I will be roadtripping up from Austin, TX to Nashville, TN in one crazy-long drive! Being that I'll also be flying in from Hawaii and connecting in San Francisco, I might just be a brain-eating zombie that not even the brilliant Isaac Marion could return to humanity by the time I get to Nashville! You've been warned. (Note: I can be effectively distracted by cookies)

Keep an eye on my Instagram. I'll be posting pictures of my travels beginning Tuesday the 20th!

Last thing, I've overhauled the website! Hope you like it.

I think that's enough yammering for now. Seize that summer, lovelies!

All yours,

~A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[UTOPiA-CON 2017!]]>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:36:37 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/utopia-con-2017

UTOPiA-CON 2017 #BookFreaks #StepWriteUp

Good news, everyone! (Yes, I love me some Futurama.)

I am thrilled to announce that I will be flying across the great blue Pacific to attend UTOPiA-CON this summer in Nashville, Tennessee! This fantastic, annual writer/reader’s convention will have its doors wide open from June 22-25th, 2017.

I’ll be signing books and handing out awesome War of Princes swag on Friday and Saturday in the exhibit hall, so feel free to swing by, say hello and grab yourself some goodies! (If my name isn't on the Signing Authors list on their website, it just hasn't been updated yet.)

UTOPiA 2017 is going to be a true wonderland, packed with incredible authors (I mean, look at that lineup), brilliant readings, illuminating talks, constructive workshops, and an award-ceremony and after-party event that should not be missed. Check out the sparkly schedule here. Did I mention that the theme is “Freak Show”? I think I’m in love with this convention, and I haven’t even gotten there yet. #BookFreaks #StepWriteUp

If you can make it, I look forward to meeting you--and if it isn’t in the stars for you this time, keep an eye on my social media for pictures and updates! (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook)

Good gravity, I think I’m going to have a fan-girl meltdown, myself. I simply cannot wait.
Hope to see you there!

All yours,

~A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[Prime, Patronus & Podcasts!]]>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 23:37:28 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/prime-patronus-podcasts

Haven on Prime

I'm excited to say that HAVEN was selected to participate in Amazon's brand new Prime Reading program! Basically, this is an ever rotating list of books and magazines that you can read for free if you're a Prime member. Thrilled that HAVEN was chosen to be in the first wave of available books!

You can check that out right HERE. There are so many great titles involved, it's like a wonderland.

And in related book news, I'm currently working on a set of revisions for my new fantasy novel. Having a lot of fun with it and I cannot wait until its ready for you guys to read.

Expecto Patronum!

Let's be honest about this, the day the patronus quiz was released on Pottermore.com, I shrieked like a banshee, turned translucent blue and haunted my own house until I could reach a laptop to take it. Theatrics aside, I discovered my animal protector, and like so many others, I was surprised by the result...

I'm a friendly, cheerful, skip-through-the-flowers sort of person, so I was surprised that my patronus wound up something as gruff as a badger. But hey, I like badgers, they're tough, smart little jerks and they'd make one hell of a guardian. If you got something interesting, post it down in the comments!

Podcasts and Worthy Mentions

My patronus brings us right down to this awesome podcast I'm shamelessly addicted to. It's called Hello from the Magic Tavern. Be warned, parents and children, it does have some mature content, and plenty of whimsical debauchery. That being said, I'm a complete fan-girl over it.

In the podcast we follow Arnie Niekamp, an average dude from Chicago, who has fallen through a portal behind a Burger King and wound up in the magical land of Foon. Here, he selflessly uses his podcasting equipment to interview the folk of this Tolkien-esque fantasy realm. His two regulars are an enthusiastic, long-named wizard named Usidore (oh, believe me, I have his entire name memorized) and a shape-shifter named Chunt who is most often a badger. So, being a fan-girl, you can imagine my excitement when I discovered that my patronus was a badger...possibly Chunt himself! The whole show is based on RP (roleplay) and improvisation, it's really quite genius!

After Tweeting in my excitement that Chunt turned out to be my Patronus, I nearly died when Chunt himself liked the post. The next day, Usidore the wizard liked it too, and my inner fan-girl took over, much the way the Hulk transforms Bruce Banner. Before my fan-girl spree could turn into a rampage, I was placated by tacos. Ahh...the noble taco, bringing peace and contentment to all the land.

Well, that's it for now guys! Halloween is around the corner, so I hope you're having a great, spooky autumn! Catch you on the flip side.

All yours,

~A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[Series on sale & hello Vamp. Diaries!]]>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:08:50 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/series-on-sale-hello-vamp-diariesGuys! I wrote a list of books/shows I recommend for binging on Labor Day weekend (and throughout September), and the Vampire Diaries website picked it up! My inner fan-girl is curled up in fetal position right now, rocking back and forth and muttering about the narrowing degrees of separation between my desk and the Salvatore brothers! ;)

If it looks like I drew my arrow while riding a bus down a dirt road, my wacom tablet is out of commission.

Click the image above, or HERE to check out the list on their website! Mmm...Vampire Diaries. What? I'm not drooling--you're drooling!

As if that isn't awesome enough (ERMGR they're on my Twitter!! *brain explodes, blood everywhere*), my entire series is on sale through the month of September! Each book is $1.99 until the end of the month, so its a great time to drag your friends into The War of Princes world and watch them experience the same things you did while reading. Am I the only one who stares at their friends while they're reading? Heh...heh... >_>

Anyway, jump on this! You can get the deal HERE, or click on this cute cluster-image.

On the flip side, it's that time again! Hurricanes blasting past us left and right. We've got one swooping pretty close again, this Hurricane Lester fellow, but I'm all set. Got my bug-out bags and emergency evac plan all set. We've had so many of these scares the past few years, its easy to get used to them, but I always err on the side of preparedness. Gotta respect the power of nature. Plus, who hasn't learned a-million-and-one-things about survival from zombie-apocalypse books/movies/shows?

With that, my friends, I'm off! Hope you're off to a great start to September!

All yours,

~A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[Dreams, Goals & New Material]]>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:37:42 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/dreams-goals-new-material

Hi guys,

After being up on Kindle Daily Deals for 24 hours, The War of Princes series shot up in the rankings like mentos in soda (classic example)--Hurray!! We're #1-4 in YA Steampunk, and Haven even popped up at #1 in YA Urban/Paranormal! This is exciting momentum, because, as many of you know I've promised to take this series as far as I possibly can.

A few of us have crazy dreams of seeing these characters up on the big screen somehow (no simple process), and climbing up in the rankings certainly helps! So, thank you loyal readers, for all of your reviews and recommendations, and thank you new readers for joining the WoP family!

New Book Updates

While I may return to Haven, Lastland and The War of Princes world in the future, I am currently writing a YA fantasy novel that takes place in a brand new location. I can't say too much about it yet, but the world is deep, mysterious and enchanting. The technology-level and overall theme is largely medieval. I'm more than a quarter through writing the manuscript, and it's just flying by. Can't wait for all of you to meet these new characters!

Since I can't talk too much about the new book yet, I've been taking the photos that have been inspiring me and sprinkling them across the web (mostly on Facebook and Twitter: @ARIvanovich). Here is another one of them (see left). I've also drawn up an epic map with far too many details, but I'm not quite finished with it yet.

Meanwhile...

...here in the jungle (about a week ago), a storm tore over Hawaii causing a flash-flood right before my eyes. I live beside a year-round stream, and when this storm struck, my stream turned into a raging river in less than two minutes! The overflowing waters had dragged all kinds of debris along with it, plugging my driveway bridge, and with nowhere else to go, the furious flood invaded my yard and climbed up my driveway, headed for the cottage I live in. I could hear the water dragging rocks--it sounded like boulder popcorn--so loud! I really wish I'd gotten video, or even some photos, but I was actually worried about my safety at the time (a rare occasion for an adventurous country-girl like myself). Luckily, the water pushed the debris out from where it had been clogging the bridge, and began to drain to regular flood levels.

For a minute there, guys...phew.

Anyway, I hope you're all having an excellent spring! More updates to come...as always, thank you for reading!

All yours,

~A.R. Ivanovich

]]><![CDATA[We Made BuzzFeed!]]>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:36:49 GMThttp://www.arivanovich.com/blognews/we-made-buzzfeed

Hi guys!

As you know, all four books have been released and are readily available HERE on Amazon! Lastland has climbed the Steampunk charts and I couldn't be happier.

Or so, I thought...
(cue the dramatic music)

As the title has mentioned, the books have made it to an incredibly awesome post on BuzzFeed!

I'm fairly certain my husband and sister thought I needed emergency medical attention as I began gasping, shrieking and staggering around my living room without warning. Luckily, I wasn't suffering any injury (or long anticipated psychotic break?), and when I told them what was going on, they began shouting with me. Cheering, it seems, is contagious.

Check it out guys! Just click the pic above or click THIS to see the BuzzFeed post. To be mentioned at all, let alone at the top of a list such as this, in such stellar company... well, I am both awed and honored.

Hope you're all enjoying Lastland!

All yours,

~A.R. Ivanovich

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