Kalayna Price

 Today is the day! Grave War is out in the wild!  I hope you love this story. I'm thrilled to share it. Thanks for reading!  (Note: The print and ebook should be available. The audio book will be coming. I'm not sure of the release date, but I approved a cover for it, so it is coming.) 

 It's hard to believe that GRAVE WAR hits shelves tomorrow! I'm so excited to share this final chapter of Alex's story with you. I'm also extremely nervous as I'm anxious to hear what you think of how everything concludes.  It's been about a year since I first turned in this book, and yet I'm more anxious now than when I wrote "the end" and sent it off to my publisher. Then it was done, but not "done done." I knew it still had many more eyes that would look over it and I would see it again and still work on it. Over the months that followed there were revisions and edits. But now all of those have been done for over half a year. I haven't actually seen it in print yet (with covid and all, I haven't gotten any advance copies) so some of you may see the final project before I do! (Amazon says my copy will arrive on Thursday.) Now, this story is headed out into the world to your hands (or ereaders) and I can't wait for you to ge...

Hello and happy New Year everyone! 2019 saw the release of the sixth book in the Alex Craft novels, Grave Destiny, and I turned in the final book in the series, GRAVE WAR. This was an unexpectedly emotional event. While I've written "the end" on nearly a dozen books, this was my first time ending a series. This book marks the end to the Alex's story, and while I hope that I can write in Alex's world again (I'd love to continue to explore Briar's story, and I have a short story planned for Rianna) this is the last book that will be from Alex's perspective. This was a pretty big thing for me. The book is not completely finished--I will have a pass of revisions and copy edits and such, but unless my editor hates the book, it is more or less the story that you will see when it hits shelves. It was a hard book to write, but I think the outcome was worth it and I can't wait until I can share more with you. So what does 2020 hold in store for me? I...

A lot of people are writing to ask if Grave Destiny is the final book in the series. I'm very happy to report that no, this is not the end! Ace has contracted one final Alex Craft novel so that I can finish up the story. I'm currently writing the first draft, and while it has a tentative title, I'm not free to share it quite yet. I'll be turning in the 7th Alex Craft novel this September, so I anticipate it will be released late 2020 or early 2021 but will update you when I have more information. So, for those of you worried that this might be the end, worry not. There is more. I hope you are enjoying Grave Destiny!

Today is the day. GRAVE DESTINY hits shelves, ereaders, and audio players today! There are lots of big events in this book. I hope you enjoy!

The excerpt for GRAVE DESTINY is now live. Click HERE to read it. Grave Destiny will be hitting shelves (and e-readers and wherever you might listen to audio books) on April 2nd! I can't wait to share this book with you. A lot of big events happen in Alex's world in this one, and I hope you enjoy the chaotic ride. Here is what Publisher's Weekly had to say about the book: “With style and a lovingly detailed exploration of the land of Faerie, the thoughtful, satisfying sixth Alex Craft urban fantasy (after Grave Ransom) transports readers to a world where magic rules and shadows come to life. . .With a hint of wit and the return of familiar faces, this installment delivers on all of its promises.” We are only a few weeks away from the release, so I hope you'll check out the excerpt now and be back soon for the full story. If you'd like to help me spread the word about the release and excerpt (and enter to win an advanced signed copy of the book) head ov...

The completed draft of GRAVE DESTINY (Alex Craft book six) is in the hands of my editor. It still has to go through a lot of steps before it reaches you, including revisions, line edits, copy edits, and page proofs, but the biggest part of the process is now done and the book is more or less the story you will eventually read. Yay! I don’t have an exact release date yet (and I’m not sure if UK and Audio will be behind US print again, but I’ll try to find out before release this time) but from what I understand the plan is for it to come out in Spring of 2019. What I do have for you today is the cover! Guys, I LOVE this cover. I hope you do too! Grave Destiny: Alex craft book 6 I’ll update with more information as soon as I can! In the mean time, feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think of the cover! 

Hello all! Swinging by for a quick update about all things Alex Craft. The website now includes the cover for GRAVE RANSOM (Alex Craft book five), several links for where the book can be pre-ordered (with more to come as they become available), and AN EXCERPT ! Part of the excerpt might look a little familiar to some of you as an early draft of it was included in the end of Grave Visions last year. Some key points have changed though, and there is more included in this excerpt than was released last year, so I hope you'll pop over to the site and check it out. I also wanted to let you know that I received a couple advanced reading copies of Grave Ransom. I will be holding a contest for these copies in the coming weeks, so be sure to check back soon! Also, I wanted to let you know my schedule for ConCarolinas next weekend (June 2nd-4th). I'm excited to be returning to this con again this year, and it will likely be my only appearance in 2017, so I hope to see many of ...

Some of you likely recall my post "where did the author go?" from several years ago. This post is basically a follow up to that, as well as a look toward the horizon. This weekend, I made my first public appearance since about 2012. I was nervous for many reasons, not the least of which was my long hiatus. Thankfully, it went really well. ConCarolinas, while not the biggest convention, has always been a favorite because of all the great friends who attend it. Thank you everyone who stopped by the table to say hi, who attended panels, and who chatted at the bar and/or breakfast. All of you made this a wonderful first con back, and I am encouraged to expand my schedule further in the future! But where have I been? Well, that is a murky tale, and I don't like putting too much of my personal life out for public consumption, but I feel that those of you who have stuck around deserve some information. So, let me try a little non-fiction here: I ran into some health troubl...

ConCarolians is this weekend and I will be there with books, swag, and hopefully something intelligent to say on panels! If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello. This will be my first public appearance in several years, and I'm insanely shy, so if I'm a little quiet, please know I'm absolutely thrilled to see/speak with you, my tongue just gets a little tied! So where will I be? Well, I'll have a table in the author's hall. I will only be at it a few hours during the convention, but I'll have times I will be there posted, so do stop by to see me and say hi. I'll also be speaking on the following panels: FRIDAY: 3:00 PM Doing It All: Blending Character, Plot, and Backstory  5:00 PM Paranormal Suspense - How to Ramp Up Action in Your Paranormal   8:00 PM The Burden of Years   SATURDAY: 11:00 AM Fantasy the World Over   8:00 PM The Writer's Life: Not Exactly a Bed of Roses   I hope to see you there!   ...

GRAVE VISIONS is officially released out into the world and hopefully readers who will enjoy it. I'm so excited to share this book with you! I hope you love it. GRAVE VISIONS Urban Fantasy ISBN: 0451416570 Roc Pre-order at: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Book Depository Audio Edition: Amazon Audible Tantor Audio iTunes UK Edition: (UK) Amazon

The random number generator has spoken and we have a winner! But first, let me thank all of you who helped me get the word out about GRAVE VISIONS. I hope you enjoy it! And without further ado, the winner of the get the word contest is: Alina P! Alina, please drop me an email at contests@kalayna.com so that I can get your ARC in the mail to you. Thank you again everyone!

We are one week out from the release of GRAVE VISIONS ! I'm so excited I finally get to share this book with you. To celebrate the upcoming release, I am giving away two ARCs of the novel: one here on the blog and one over on facebook . To enter here, simply help me get the word out about the release! You can do this on any media you like--twitter, facebook, goodreads, your own blog, or wherever you would like to announce the upcoming release. You can link back to the giveaway here, share the cover and/or excerpt , or just talk about the series or release--whatever way you would like to help me get the word out! Then come back here and leave a comment with a link to where you got the word out. You can share in multiple locations for multiple entries, but please leave only one link per comment. The contest will be open until Thursday 1/28 at 11:59pm PST. I'll announce a winner on Friday. Best of luck and THANK YOU for helping me get the word out!

My big contest for ARCs of GRAVE VISIONS will be coming soon, but for Christmas I'm having a flash giveaway on my facebook page. Please check it out and enter!

Grave Visions: An Alex Craft Novel We are close enough to start counting down the days until the release of GRAVE VISIONS. Or at least, I am excited enough to count the days. It will hit shelves on February 2nd, so as of today, there are only 52 days until the release. Yay! I can't wait. With that in mind, I think it is about time to release an excerpt. Who wants a sneak peek? CLICK HERE to read the first chapter of Grave Visions. I hope you enjoy it! And check back soon. I recently received a couple advance reading copies of the book that I will be giving away right here, on the blog,  so be sure to be on the look out for that contest opportunity to appear soon! 

Sorry for the long silence everyone. I hope to have an update for you soon. In the mean time, I wrote a short story that is set in the Alex Craft world and will be hitting shelves tomorrow in the anthology  KICKING IT.  My story in KICKING IT is called RUBY RED and follows Briar Darque on a case. It doesn't relate directly to Alex's tale, but timeline-wise, it falls between Grave Dance and Grave Memory. This anthology is packed full of great stories from authors I'm sure you know well, including Rachel Caine, Chloe Neill, and Faith Hunter. I'm super thrilled to have been involved with the project and I hope that you'll check it out. It will hit stores everywhere tomorrow,  December 3rd. Enjoy!

As you probably know, I have severally cut back my traveling and appearance schedules this year.  While the decision was necessary, I have missed having the opportunity to chat with many of you.  The good news is, I will get to chat and hang out this weekend at ConCarolinas . Below is my schedule for the weekend. I hope to see you there! Fri 04:00 pm Writer's Reception Lakeshore Ballroom I & II - Main Programming Fri 09:00 pm Writing the Other Harris - Programming 9 Sat 04:00 pm The Villain as Protagonist Harris - Programming 9 Sat 10:00 pm Bloodsucking Fiends Olmstead - Programming 8 Sat 11:30 pm Making Monsters Scary Again Olmstead - Programming 8

Before I start this post, let me say that you guys are absolutely wonderful. I love meeting you at cons and signings, and even though I'm ridiculously (to the point of embarrassment) behind on my email, I love hearing from you. The fact that people want to read stories that initially exist only in my head still amazes me. You are all awesome and I cherish each and every one of my readers. So then why have I been so quiet recently? The blog has been barren, twitter and facebook have been neglected, and my website is in woeful need of an update. Well, the answer is rather complicated and very personal. Writing is something I love to do, but it is also my job. I've always tried to maintain a clear line between my job and my private life, and to ensure that whatever is going on in my personal life doesn't interfere with my job. That's what professionals do, right? There are deadlines to meet and events to attend and business to be conducted.  Recently preventing the...

I can't believe NY Comic Con is only days away. I realized that I haven't posted my schedule for the convention yet, so I should probably do that, huh? I hope to see you there! Friday, October 12th: 1:30 -2:30 PM, 1A14 PANEL: PASSION, POWER, AND PARANORMALS! Description: Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. If dating the undead wasn’t tricky enough, these protagonists must also battle the forces of evil while trying to keep their sanity and the world safe from destruction. Moderator Jocelyn Davies (Author of A B eautiful Dark and A Fractured Light ; Editor at Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers)will have the authors divulging the steamy details behind creating their characters and their tricky love affairs. 3:15–4:15 PM AUTOGRAPHING: PASSION, POWER, PARANORMALS Saturday, October 13th:  2:45--3:45 PM, 1A01 PANEL: GENRE-BENDERS: Out-of-the-box Science-Fiction and Fantasy Novels that blur the lines of fantasy, SF, horror, r...

Dragon*Con is just a few days away and I'm getting everything packed and ready. Here is where I'll be during the con: Title: Frightening Folklore Description: look at the ways folklore is used in dark fantasy fiction Time: Fri 5:30 pm Location: Embassy C - Hyatt ( Length: 1 Hour) Title: Reading: Kalayna Price Time: Sat 01:00 pm Location: Marietta - Hyatt ( Length: 1 Hour) Title: You Are What You Fight Description: How heroes identify (or not) with their monstrous foes Time: Sat 7:00 pm Location: Embassy C - Hyatt ( Length: 1 Hour) Title: Creating Memorable Characters Description: Never to early to start developing the best characters possible. What's the secret? Learn from the pros. Time: Sun 11:30 am Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt ( Length: 1 Hour) Title: Bell Bridge Spotlight Description: Focus on Bell Bridge Books Time: Sun 2:30 pm Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt ( Length: 1 Hour)   Title: The Perfect Blend: Genre Mixing in Urban Fan...