Hello, dear readers who may like signed books.

Above, you see Mochi smiling from the top of his favorite cat tree. Dreaming of destruction, no doubt.

Meanwhile, I begin my final edits on Cormorant today, which means we're on the last lap to a finished novel. I've got several announcements regarding signed paper books. Please read carefully so that you don't order the wrong thing.

First of all, just in general terms, NOW is the time to order signed paper books if you want to get them by Christmas. I offer all of my paper books (Abigail Hilton and A. H. Lee) in my signed bookstore. Yes, the first 4 Pirates of Wefrivain books are now in there (the re-branded series). I will be closing the signed bookstore on November 27, because I will be out of town. I'll be back on December 20th. That is too late to get you the books by Christmas, so you need to order by Nov 27 if you want them as gifts. You are, of course, free to order my paper books at any time from Amazon. Or from me in January!

Item number 2: I have created a pre-order for the signed paper version of The Cormorant (Pirates of Wefrivain Book 5). This is the new series version! The only reason I am doing a pre-order is to tell me how many books to order immediately when it's finished. I will try very hard to get these out before Nov 27, but I cannot guarantee it. There is a paper shortage right now and a delivery truckdriver shortage. I am at the mercy of Amazon's delivery process in addition to the final editing process. You will be first in line for a signed book if you pre-order. That's all I can promise.

Item number 3: I have created a pre-order for The Cormorant Retro paper version. It will say Refugees Book 3. This book will match the old series. This is a specialty item. It will only exist if enough people pre-order it to break even on the costs of the cover. (Spoiler: that's only 10 people.) If I don't get at least 10 pre-orders, I'll cancel it and refund your money. I am planning to close these pre-orders (and decide whether or not to make the book) on Dec 20th. Order it by then if you want it! It will not exist otherwise, and it will not be available later!

If you accidentally order the wrong book, email me and I'll fix it. (But please, please read the description of what you're buying!)

Below, you see the images of the new series titles. Notice the width of the spines. They're thick books. The new version of Cormorant will look like this. The retro version will look somewhat different, similar to the old Refugees books. Both versions will feature the new painting of Gerard's face.

Yours, an author who is eye-ball deep in edits,
~Abbie

p.s. I've hit 40K words on Arcove's Bright Side, and I've just started Part 2, which should be the halfway point. The plot is about to get super twisty. ;) If you don't know what I'm talking about, scroll down to the Oct 24 newsletter.