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Idea Vote

It's my favorite day of the year! Ha. Today I'd like to know which of the twelve ideas of Christmas you'd like me to write first in 2020. I plan to get to all of these ideas eventually, btw, so however the vote turns out your pick will likely make it to the page.

To review the choices one more time, here they are (and click on them if you want to read the original idea post for each one):

1. Falling, featuring Kyan and Melanie from Twilight Fall.

2. Chrysalis, the love story between Éliane Selvais and Richard Tremayne from the original Darkyn series.

3. The Inheritance, a haunted house story.

4. Castling, an epic fantasy novel based on chess.

5. The Moonrise paranormal romance trilogy featuring Ethan and Nathan Jemmet, Valori Trovatella and the residents of Frenchman's Pass from Frostfire.

6. Her Majesty's Deathmage, the third novel in the Disenchanted & Company steampunk AH series.

7. Executive Pleasures a non-traditional steamy menage/office romance.

8. Haunted House Style, the sequel to Ghost Writer.

9. Possession, a paranormal story about a reluctant exorcist.

10. Taken by Night, a near-future SF novel about shape-shifters.

11. The third Youngbloods YA vampire novel.

12. Black and White, a dystopian story.

Let me know your choice in comments. In the event there is no clear majority (after all, only five people know about this blog) I'll put all the suggestions in a hat and let my guy pick one.

Comments

nightsmusic said…
Can I vote for two? The Inheritance or Haunted House Style. Sorry, I know I'm being wishy washy but I can't help it!

I'll have an email for you later today :) Right now, I'm taking care of the post apocalyptic Christmas meltdown mess.
Maria Zannini said…
I hope this goes through. Still no internet so I'm bumming off public WiFi.

It was a hard choice. I love the voice in Black and White, but I've a weakness for the metaphysical, so Posession is an equal contender.

Don't go by me though. I'm only going by what grabbed me the most.

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