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Project Updates

Devin Harnois — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:22:41 +0000

I was looking at my to-do list and realized I have a lot going on.

Saint of Sinners is now 50,000 words. I’m hoping to have the first draft done by July 1.

Taming the Darkness is on my Samhain editor’s (virtual) desk.

Emma and the Air Pirates is now at my (hired) editor. I also put in a cover request with an artist. I’m planning to release the book by August 1.

Not My Apocalypse will be back from all my beta readers in the next few days, and then I get to start on editing.

That’s four books in various stages, plus Erik’s Tale waiting in the wings. I like having this much going on. It makes me feel productive.

Six Sentence Sunday, May 13 (Saint of Sinners)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:31 +0000

The first thing I noticed was the blood. It was everywhere, standing out against white tile and porcelain. Then my eyes locked on the kid laying in the tub, tears leaking down his face. Not Andre or Tim, or any of the kids from the group home.

It was the bully from Elliot’s school.

“I don’t want to die.”

Six Sentence Sunday, Apr 8 (Saint of Sinners)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:00:08 +0000

Happy Easter! Here’s some more Alex for you:

“There are things I can’t talk about.”

“Why not? Don’t you trust me?”

She didn’t get it, and how could she? Hayley had parents that loved her, a brother that loved her. She’d never been beaten, she hadn’t been isolated from the world, she hadn’t been born to destroy the world, and most of all, she was human.

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Six Sentence Sunday, April 1 (Saint of Sinners)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:00:58 +0000

Animus leapt from her sheath as I crossed the distance between us. The man didn’t even have time to bow his head. I ran Animus through his shoulder and her singing ran in counterpoint to his screams. I slammed my foot into his stomach, cutting off the scream, and pushed him to the floor. “You murdered a cat,” I said as I looked down at him. “In my name.”

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Six Sentence Sunday, Mar 25 (Not My Apocalypse)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 05:00:49 +0000

And there it was, the chariot of the sun, coming at us along the curve of the horizon. Behind it was the huge black wolf Skoll. When I say huge I mean huge, like I underestimated how big he was.

This thing was like, the size of a motherfucking elephant. And me, Stefan and Colin could still barely lift the damn spears we were supposed to fight him off with. Shit.

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Six Sentence Sunday, Mar 18 (Not My Apocalypse)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:00:47 +0000

The other two couldn’t stop laughing and I told them to shut up because they were making the horses nervous. I got right back up on the horse (there’s a metaphor about that, isn’t there?) and this time I was a little more careful. There wasn’t anything to hold onto except the fiery mane so I grabbed that and hoped it wasn’t going to piss the horse off. He seemed okay with it.

So now I was sitting on a sun horse and I wasn’t sure what to do next. “Um, giddyup?” I said.

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Six Sentence Sunday, Mar 11 (Not My Apocalypse)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:00:52 +0000

Everyone went quiet.

Here’s the thing: I’m supposed help my father end the world, but I’ve never been on board with that. Even though we were dealing with a different pantheon it was the same problem. I stood up and said, “Fuck this.” They looked at me. “I’m not going to let the world end.”

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Six Sentence Sunday, March 4 (Through The Fire)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:00:28 +0000

She arched into his touch. “I think you win.”

“No.” He bent and traced his tongue around her other nipple. “This is the kind of game we both win.”

The building need between her legs said he was right.

(Through The Fire is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.)

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Six Sentence Sunday, Feb 26 (Through The Fire)

Devin Harnois — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:00:13 +0000

He moved faster, still looking at her. His irises were burning flames now, undeniably demon and yet the look in them was so…human. Everyone else ignored her or wanted something from her, used her, but Xemriel was giving. Giving her his love, even though he didn’t know where that love came from.

Fire burned all around them, burned without touching the bed or the walls, an inferno born of magic. Heat rose in her, impossibly higher, as she looked at the flames in Xemriel’s eyes.

(Through The Fire is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.)

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Little Numbers Make Me Happy

Devin Harnois — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:37:36 +0000

Back in August, I self-published a short story without telling anyone (I’ve nicknamed it “stealth story”). I did it partly for practice so I could go through the steps of publishing, and partly out of curiosity. What would happen to a story if I didn’t do any marketing at all? The answer, as far as I knew from Amazon, was nothing. I didn’t sell a single copy. I checked there a few times after I published, and then I forgot about it.

When I went back to Barnes & Noble to upload Through The Fire, I got a little surprise. The short story “Chained” had actually been selling. A few copies here and there, but not bad for something I didn’t tell anyone about. I mean, how the heck are people finding it? They must just be stumbling across it in genre or tag searches.

Here’s how it’s been doing:

August (the month it went up): 3

September: 9

October: 4

November: 7

December: 5

January: 8

I can’t remember how much I paid for the cover image, around $5 or $10, so that means the story already earned out on its expenses. I’m earning a teeny little profit from something that had just been sitting on my computer. Go, little story, go!