Feb. 19, 2020

Hello everyone! I know it has been a long time since I’ve updated through Inkshares while The Devil Inside was waiting to enter production -- but I have great news! I received word on Valentine’s Day that The Devil Inside has been assigned an editor and is officially moving into production. I don’t have a specific release date yet but it will be sometime this summer (I’m guessing August).

For all of you who were so awesome during my funding period and pre-ordered a copy, that means the wait is almost over. As we get closer to the release date, I’ll get in touch with each of you to remind you what you ordered (and when) so that you know what to expect when the book releases. (And if you haven’t ordered yet, now’s a great time to get your pre-order in and be one of the first to get a copy!)

I will be sending other updates as production progresses but will likely send them via my e-newsletter because I have a number of contacts outside the Inkshares platform as well and I want to streamline my messages. If you would like to be on that mailing list -- and I promise, I don’t spam! -- please go to my website: www.susankhamilton.com and fill out the form. Once I get that notification, I’ll add you!

Thanks again for your patience. I can’t wait for all of you to have your official copy of Devil to finally read!

Best,

Susan

Greetings wonderful followers!

Today is a very special day. Two years ago today, my first novel, Beyond the Code, was released out into the world. Alot has happened in that time. I’ve met tons of like-minded writers from all around the world, Beyond the Code has been praised by several professional book reviewers, got it made into an audiobook, got Beyond the Code on bookshelves of major bookstores along with doing signings at said stores, and spoke as an author at a couple panels at a writers convention.  It’s been a crazy couple of years and, even though I’m not at where i wished I would be, I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished. It isn’t much in the grand scheme of things, but those small victories are earned and I am grateful for them.

I’ll admit, these last two years have had there share of bumps. I’ve had to take a hard look at what I truly wanted, both professionally and personally, and it made me re-evaluate my stances of things. I’m still figuring out the kinks in my future plans but I think I’m getting to a good place, slowly but surely.

Sorry for digging deep on you but I was feeling nostalgic, due to the date, and I wanted to mark the occasion with something. Not with links or pleas to check out my work, but with a heart felt thank you. Most of you are the ones who decided to follow and support my work in the campaign stage and I wouldn’t be where I am today if not for all of you. So again, THANK YOU!!

The sequel is coming along and I am super excited about where it’s going. Once I get my footing on it, expect some teasers in the future and I may be reaching out to some of you in the beta readers stage. Wish me luck.

Kelsey Rae Barthel

Well I’m still here even though it’s been more than a year since I posted anything. I plugging away at the outline for the next Battle Flag book, after I tried a rearrangement that went nowhere, and I’m planning to rework the outline for the sequel to The Agoge as well.

I’m hoping that in 2020 I’ll be able to get a proper website going where I’m going to post some short stories and I’m working on putting together a podcast, posted there via You Tube or Podbean, to create more of an online presence. I’m still new to the whole podcasting thing so I’m trying to learn all I can about formats and recording them. If you’ve got any advice you can certainly send me a message here and I’d love to hear, I still lurk around here from time to time even though I’m not particularly vocal.

However, I think that if nothing comes of this by the end of 2020 I’m going to go through KDP to get Battle Flag published. While there have been a few new followers here and there there hasn’t been much activity. Largely that is my fault. Between trying to take care of day to day duties, work on writing, and every other little thing that tends to pop up, I haven’t had much time to put together any sort of online image. Hopefully, this new plan will pan out and I’ll be able to get enough people interested to get a successful preorder run going.

Thanks for hangin with me and checking out what I’ve got.