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Homeward

Barb Hendee

Cover art by J.C. Hendee

Cover Design, Print Layout and eBook by N.D. Author Services [NDAS]

Homeward contains six connected stories set in the world of the Noble Dead Saga as taken from the "Homeward" collection in T·N·D·S: Tales from the world of the Noble Dead Saga. Follow the adventures and budding romance of Jan, a half-gypsy peasant turned vassal, and Julianna, the strong-willed young woman taken in by Jan's family...

In Forgotten, a young woman faces darkness and magic to protect those she cares for...

A bit of sad news: The Night Voice [final volume in the Noble Dead Saga/Series] will not be released in a massmarket paperback edition. This is not the choice of the authors, as this is not a self-published work.

Here we are at just over 24 hours to the release of The Dead Seekers by Barb and J.C. Hendee, first in a new series by the authors of The Noble Dead Saga/Series. Links are available in the site's "Novels" page to multiple purchase points for ebook and or jacketed hardbound editions.

Drop by to learn a bit more before purchase. We're both excited about this new start to new adventures, and as always with a bit of humor, darkness, intrigue, mystery and, of course, a little potential for romance.

NOTE: The Dead Seekers is set in the same world as The Noble Dead Saga and The Mist-Torn Witches (by Barb), BUT its plots are entirely separate from our other works; you do not need to have read any of our other novels or shorter works to jump into this one at full speed.

Exciting news! As part of a series promotion, our publisher has dropped the price of the e-book edition of The Mist-Torn Witches, Book One in the series, to $1.99 USD though October 30th.

The sale is active at all vendors selling this e-book. If you haven't read this one, it's a fun series, take advantage of this sale while it lasts!

Any writer who has tried publishing as a "hybrid" (meaning doing both traditional publishing and self-publishing) quickly begins to understand that these are two very different worlds.

Almost everything works differently—even the mindset with a new release.

In traditional publishing, when a new book comes out, it is an "event." If there is any marketing or publicity done by the publisher, it is all done before the book is published. Pre-order numbers are watched carefully, and a book's success or failure is decided in the first week of publication. Of course… most are considered failures and thus abandoned.

With a self-published novel, the writer puts the first book of a series up, does a little marketing, and gets started immediately on the second book… and then the third. We don't expect to be making much money or to gauge how the series is doing until book four—or even five—goes up. That's also when serious marketing begins. That's when a writer tries for an ad at BookBub. With BookBub, the writer has to apply and show that the series has some potential, and a BookBub ad is expensive, but if you manage to arrange for one, you can really get your series "seen" by thousands of readers. A self-published writer is looking to "grow" a series readership, and this is not a sprint, it's a marathon.

Traditional publishers have begun taking advantage of BookBub, but again… mainly with the first book of a new series that is being "launched." Again, the success or failure of the book is decided in the first week of publication. After that, if it's not a huge success coming out of the gate, the book is considered "done."

This is apparently changing somewhat, and I am both surprised and very happy.

I received a message from my publisher, Ace/Roc (Penguin Random House) letting me know that they are going to drop the price of the e-book edition of The Mist-Torn Witches (book one) to $1.99 from October 16th - 30th and pay for a BookBub ad on the 21st. They are beginning to realize there might be potential in an existing series. I am astonished, but I'm happy.

Hello! While this is not Noble Dead news, for those of you who enjoy Barb's emotional, fast-paced style of writing, she is crossing genres this year and will be publishing some romance/suspense. This is book one in a new series. Here is the e-book link:Amazon. Your can also learn more over at BarbHendee.org in the “Fiction” section.

J.C. and I rarely put up posts of a personal nature. We tend to be private people. And yet, it's been quite a year for us both personally and professionally.

About 24 hours to the release of TO KILL A KETTLE WITCH, available in ebook and massmarket paperback. The fourth episode in The Mist-Torn Witches series by Barb Hendee. Set in the same world as (but separate in story/characters from) The Noble Dead Saga and the coming first book of The Dead Seekers (Jan. 2017).

Learn more under Novels (and select “Mist-Torn”) at NobleDead.org.

Hi Folks; Barb Here.

So… we're just about to the one-month countdown for the release of TO KILL A KETTLE WITCH. This one feels like it's been a long time coming. I don't how much you follow the publishing industry, but last year, Penguin and Random House merged. This sort of thing always has repercussions, and as a result, our editor of nine years “retired.” We were assigned a brand new editor, and this novel was turned over to her. I was nervous, as she hadn't read the previous three books. But she turned out to be quite wonderful, and we worked on the book together. It was she who suggested simply putting Amelie on the cover even though Celine has a large role in the book.

This is a fun novel where Amelie, Jaromir, Celine, and Helga go on quite an adventure. Amelie and Jaromir are sleeping in close quarters (smiles), and Marcus (the shape-shifting wolf from book two) re-joins the group.

I'm so looking forward to hearing what people think of this one. It's “out” on May 3rd, and you can learn more under Novels (and select “Mist-Torn”).

Coming May 3rd but available for Pre-Order...

TO KILL A KETTLE WITCH
by Barb Hendee
Massmarket Paperback & eBook

We won't spoil too much more for you in this pre-notice, but you can learn more in the “Novels” section at NobleDead.org, including links to purchase points. So? What are you waiting for?

More to come as the release date nears!

It’s a book birthday! Today, Witches with the Enemy hit the stands; you can find more information and some current purchase links in the "Books" section at NobleDead.org.

For some reason, this one has felt like a long time coming. For those of you who haven’t tried the series, it’s set in Droevinka, the homeland of Magiere from Dhampir and The Noble Dead Saga as a whole. The stories are a lot of fun, and the tone is similar to the earlier Noble Dead books. So happy reading! Oh, and one more thing…

We have something extra and special coming your way for this book birthday. Watch for it by 5pm PST tomorrow!

We’re in the one-month countdown to the release of Witches with the Enemy. I’ve been sort of chewing my fingernails over this one. My editor loved it, and I’m hoping so will everyone else.

This one is a little darker than the two previous books, but Céline and Amelie are coerced into traveling to Prince Damek’s castle to solve a mystery for him. So… anything taking place in Damek’s castle is going to be dark…

The first two books of the Mist-Torn Witches series (The Mist-Torn Witches, Witches in Red) are now available in audio format at Audible.com. Within the next couple of days we will update Noble­Dead­.org with pertinent links. For now you can find these HERE and HERE. But wait, there is more...