December 2015 Newsletter
**this is not the most recent newsletter; every time I send out a new newsletter, I post the previous one here**
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Hey all!
So, there’s been rather a long gap between newsletters this time, and, for this, I apologise. But some pretty exciting stuff has been happening!
On November 20th, UNTAMED officially became six months old! I still can’t believe that my debut novel has now been out for six months–time really does fly.
And, so, as it was UNTAMED’s six month anniversary recently, I thought I’d share with you some photos of the pets who’ve got their paws on a copy. Below, we have Jeremy, Sparkie, Paco and Fred–all enjoying UNTAMED!
I really love these photos–and thank you so much to the owners of Jeremy, Paco and Fred, for allowing me share the photos of your pets! (Sparkie is my cat).
If your pet has also got his or her paws/hooves/feet/flippers(?) on a copy of UNTAMED, I’d love to see a photo and share it on my website and FB page! You can either post your photos to my FB wall, or tag me on Twitter, @MadelineDyerUK.
And if you’ve not yet got yourself (or your pet) a copy of UNTAMED, and want to know what all the fuss is about, then head over to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Waterstones, The Book Depository or any other retailer.
I’m also pleased to announce that Spencer Thorn bookshop in Bude (Cornwall, UK) stocks paperback copies of UNTAMED too.
Also, a copy of UNTAMED was spotted at YA Fest 2015. (Thank you to Lisa Amowitz for the photo!)
Now, let’s move onto other book news.
On November 23rd I finished the pre-sub edits for FRAGMENTED, book two in the Untamed Series. This means that this manuscript is now complete and has been submitted to my publisher. As soon as I have any further news on this book, I’ll let you all know.
I’m so incredibly excited about FRAGMENTED. This one was quite a tough book to write, as although it follows the same characters from UNTAMED, it deals with much darker themes.
I’ve also been hard at work writing a rough draft for book three in the Untamed Series too. I can’t say too much about this book, but hopefully I’ll soon get the green light for posting its title and the back cover copy (blurb). I really can’t wait for you all to read more of the Untamed Series, as I absolutely love the Untamed World.
(And, seeing as many people have asked me recently, there will be four books in the Untamed Series).
Aside from the Untamed Series, I’ve also been working some more on my new novel: a standalone dystopian. I can’t say too much about this at the moment, but I hope to have a draft completed for this one as soon as possible. This manuscript is such an exciting one for me as it’s so different to anything I’ve written before. But, at the moment, the main bulk of my writing is focused on the Untamed Series.
And I was recently interviewed about my writing processes by the lovely Jodie at Words Read and Written. You can read the interview here.
So, what’s coming up?
Well, this month, I’ll be taking part in the 2015 Debut Authors’ Bash. On December 11th, Birds That Love Words will be hosting a guest post from me, all about dystopian fiction, as part of this event. So look out for that!
That’s all for now, so I just want to thank you all for your continued support in me and my writing: thank you.
Madeline
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Madeline Dyer,
Fantasy and science fiction writer.
