Today the writing duo who makes up Moira Rogers is here to talk about their current release, Cipher, and writing a series couple.
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Thank you to the lovely ladies at The Book Binge for having me today! I’m Moira Rogers–or half of her, anyway. My name is Bree, and I’m the lucky lady who gets to write books with her best friend Donna, and have them published under the shared penname Moira Rogers. And today, I want to talk about how lucky we are to have the fourth book in our Southern Arcana series on sale in digital format today.
Writing a series is a terrifying and wonderful opportunity. The publishing industry is an uncertain place, and the simple act of having one book published can seem like a miracle. The first book in a series is something of a paradox. You have to write this first book and find it a home before you can plan for more–but it’s a whole lot harder to set the groundwork for future books after you’ve written the first one. In the end, it can be a leap of faith.
When Donna & I started writing the Southern Arcana books, we decided to take that leap. We planned out the first four books we’d love to write, and set the pieces in place for those four books to take place. In the first book in the series, Crux
There are dangers in banking on a series when you’re just getting started. The biggest one is being afraid that you’ll set up something without having the chance to resolve it. But that fear never stopped us from charging forward.
The relationship that comes to a head in Cipher has been built across the last three books. In some ways, this couple have been with us the longest. We’ve been plotting and planning for them since before we wrote the first book, and seeing this book go on sale feels like the culmination of three and a half years worth of work. It’s exciting, and thrilling–and a little sad! It’s hard to be invested in characters for that long without a little bit of separation anxiety.
Of course this isn’t the end of the series. New characters beyond the first four couples have been introduced. We’ve contracted books five and six, and look forward to writing as many books as our readers and editor are interested in. But today we have to say goodbye to the first four couples we planned to make fall in love–and thank you to all the readers who made it possible for us to keep telling stories.
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Trust me, Cipher is excellent. You want to read it. To help you along, Bree has offered an e-copy of any book in the series to one lucky winner. Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win.
Contest ends 9/9/11 at 11:59pm. Please note: You must include a valid email address with your comment to be eligible to win.
The series:
This book is available from Samhain Publishing. You can buy it here in e-format.
Congrats on the new release!!
bacchus76 at myself dot com
I’ve heard great things about this series and can’t wait to read it. Thanks for the giveaway!!
Zona716(at)gmail(dot)com
I absolutely love this series and would love, love, love to read Cipher. Thank you so much for sharing with us today. I came over from twitter and have signed up to follow the fun.
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Congrats on the new release. It looks really good. thanks for the giveaway
marlenebreakfield(at)yahoo(dot)com
Congratulations on the new release. I have loved all the books I’ve read by you both and look forward to reading many more 😀
felinewyvarn@googlemail.com
I have heard great thing about this series lately. Have added it to my TBR list.
Just realized I did not leave my email address. frisbyla(at)yahoo(dot)com
Congrats on the new release.
Sounds great.Thanks for the giveaway
elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
Congrats on your new release! The series is in my TBR pile.
mythic021@gmail.com
I’m fairly new to ebooks (not reading, though!), but I realize I’ve already enjoyed at least one of your books. The Southern Arcana books sound as if they will appeal to me, and I’ll have to get started reading the series.
Mickie T
mdturett at juno dot com
Love this series and I seriously need to catch up. I am now officially two behind.
I haven’t read any of this series but I can see there’s a huge buzz about the release of Cipher and the excerpt (above) was intriguing too. Please count me in! 🙂
hankts AT internode DOT on DOT net
Awesome series. Thanks for the great giveaway.
This series sounds great. I can’t wait to read it.
e.balinski(at)att(dot)net
Haven’t had a chance to read the series.. love to get a crack at it..
thanks for the giveaway.
intqa@yahoo.com
If I can win Cipher then I am in 😀
blodeuedd1 at gmail dot com
I wonder if there’s an awkwardness when they wrote their first sex scene together or if one of them is the official sex scene writer?
My mom wanted to write a romance together when we went on a cruise. No way.
acm05atjuno.com
I’ve heard great things about this writing team, but I’ve never had the chance to experience them. Let’s hope I can remedy that soon.
jbrink83 at hotmail dot com