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