Hey, I hope to see some of you at FC! If you're there, here's where to find me:

* Dealer Room East, along the back wall to the left, by FurPlanet (look for the book banners).

* Live Reading/Q&A panel: Marriott Stage, 5 pm Friday

* Novel Writing panel: Marriott Willow Glen I-II, 7 pm Friday

* Uncovering History: The Power of Historical Fiction: Hilton University, 11 am Saturday

Have a fantastic FC!!

I wrote a big ol' essay about this because I think it's an important subject: https://open.substack.com/pub/kyell.....e-in-a-society

And hey, I appreciate all y'all still watching me over here. In 2024 I'm going to try to remember to post more stuff here, but in the meantime if you want to keep up on all the updates about my work, and get writing tips, head on over to http://kyellgold.substack.com where I post three times a month about stuff.

Happy New Year everyone!!

Hey! I hope everyone is having a really good end of year celebration and that the new one hasn't been terrible to anyone yet. I'm hoping to have some exciting new stuff happening this year, and I'll probably mention it here BUT if you want to be sure not to miss anything, the main News About Kyell Stuff is over at http://kyellgold.substack.com where I post a monthly "stuff going on" and also writing advice and excerpts from WIP.

Return From Divalia (not Return TO Divalia), the new Argaea book, went on sale at MFF and you can find it now on Furplanet.com and baddogbooks.com. E-books will be on the other sites shortly, by which I mean "maybe not until after FC" because I'm heading out of town for a writing retreat on Tuesday and getting back the day before FC stuff kicks off.

Much love to all y'all! Let's all have a great 2023.

Hey you all! I keep an eye on this account but haven't been posting much (however, I do reply to notes). Most of you know to check my Substack newsletter (http://kyellgold.substack.com) for updates now (if you don't, follow that there link) or follow me on Twitter. Since birdsite is in flux, I'm adding a Mastodon account: @kyellgold@vulpine.club. If you don't know about Mastodon, it's an alternative to Twitter that runs on a whole bunch of separate instances that can control their interactions with each other. So for most of the main ones (there's meow.social, which seems to be the main furry one, and awoo.space, for example), they talk to each other with little restriction. And each instance is run by a moderator. vulpine.club is very pro-LGBTQ+, for example, so if someone joined and starting posting TERF shit, they could be kicked off the instance. If they went to another instance that allowed TERF shit--there are a bunch of instances for trolls, predictably--then the vulpine.club moderator could just say "we don't want to talk to that instance at all." The result is pretty good so far from my experience, but there aren't a lot of people on it compared with Twitter. Every time there's a Twitter crisis, though, it grows...

ANYWAY just wanted to inform you guys if you haven't seen it elsewhere that I have sent two books off to the publisher for future publication. I'm hopeful that Return From Divalia, the first new Argaea book in, oh, a decade or so, will be out at MFF, and I will be there to sign it! It's got a cover by the original series artist Caribou, and I'm really excited for you guys to see it.

The other book is a big honkin' fantasy epic called The Price of Thorns, completely new world with humans and some people "cursed" into animal form, with a lot of fairytale stuff in it. I'm expecting that to be out in 2023, either at TFF or at AC (I hope to be at the first, won't be at the second), under my OTHER writing name. I'm very proud of this one and am also excited for you to read it.

If you want to know more about those two, check out the Substack newsletters. I will try to remember to post previews here too! With Twitter maybe imploding soon, having and maintaining our furry community spaces becomes important.

Love to all y'all!

In case you haven't heard or seen, I've moved my newsletter over to Substack at https://kyellgold.substack.com. There I write updates about what I'm working on and what's coming up, I post excerpts from WIP, and I answer questions about writing. You can subscribe and then you'll get all the updates in email! So you won't ever have to be That Person saying "how did I not know this book was coming out?"

And mostly I hang out and yap on Twitter (https://twitter.com/KyellGold) if you're not already following me there.

You can get the e-book here: https://baddogbooks.com/product/dud.....heres-my-pack/

You can get the print book here: https://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1142

E-books will be on Amazon, Apple, Google, etc. come January. Audiobook is not in the works yet.

This is a sequel to Dude, Where's My Fox? It takes place two years later with many of the same people and some new ones! Lonnie's still a horndog (hornwolf?), don't worry. ;)

I finally remembered to post Love Match 3 to all the other retail sites, so if for whatever reason you didn't want to grab it from baddogbooks.com (you should do that!), it's up on Amazon, iTunes, Google, and Kobo now.

Audiobook still some indefinite time away, depending on Savrin's schedule.

Thanks all for your support of this series! It makes me wag when I hear people liking how it concluded. I'm pretty happy with it and I've really loved sharing Rocky's story with y'all.

Love Match (2013-2015), the final volume in the series, is now on sale at FurPlanet, and e-books are on sale at baddogbooks.com. E-books will go up on the other major retailers in October, and the audiobook goes in the queue for Sometime In the Future, after Titles, Ty Game, and Love Match 2.

Print: https://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1124
E-book: https://baddogbooks.com/product/love-match-book-3/

Thanks all who have followed Rocky's story. Hope this proves a satisfactory conclusion!

Hey, the e-book of The War and the Fox should be available now on all your favorite retailers. If you run into a problem finding it, let me know!

Still working on getting the audiobook of the second one done, but no timetable yet.

Hey, have you been waiting for the third Calatians book? The print version is up for pre-order now on Argyll's website, FurPlanet, Amazon, and B&N! Check out that cover, by  lauragarabedian (who also did the interior chapter headers).

https://argyllproductions.com/produ.....atians-book-3/

Ebook versions coming sometime in the next couple weeks and will be announced in this space. I have no other news about any other versions of this book, nor about any other upcoming releases, at this time. :) But if you want the most current news, you should keep an eye on my newsletter: bit.ly/kyellmail

Hey, in case you missed it on Twitter, "Love Match" finally concluded on Patreon this past week. So... next week I'm starting a new story! If you want to read the WIP from the beginning, you can sign up for as little as five bucks a month.

If private eyes, werewolves, and ghosts of Russian werebear bersekers appeal to you, check out the pitch for "Unfinished Business" on my Patreon (publicly viewable): https://www.patreon.com/posts/introducing-25236209

FC is just around the corner! I'm going to be spending a lot of time at the Sofawolf table in the East dealer's room (the small one across the hall from the big one--go all the way to the back of the room and look for all the books) where you should absolutely come find copies of Ty Game or any other book and get me to sign them.

When I'm not at the table I will be doing some panels! Here is where and when to find me:

Friday, January 18

1:00pm - Marriott: Almaden
Rogues, Scalawags, and Evil Overlords - Learn how to write effective villains.
The Pen Drake • Kyell Gold


Saturday, January 19

11:00am - Marriott: Almaden
Write Now! - After a short talk about short story structure, you'll be given a random prompt and time to start writing your own story. No more excuses!
Kyell Gold • Jakebe T. Lope

4:30pm - Hilton : Santa Clara
Adult Furry Writing [18+] - If you don't know what this is about then you probably shouldn't come. ;)
Teiran • The Pen Drake • Kyell Gold


Sunday, January 20

1:00pm - Marriott: Blossom Hill
Kyell Gold Reading/Q&A - I'll read from an unpublished work and then take your questions about forthcoming books, past books, Zootopia, or whatever else you want to ask.
Kyell Gold

10:00pm - Marriott: Guadalupe
Unsheathed Live! [18+] - Our classic podcast returns!
The Pen Drake • Kyell Gold

If you've been waiting to buy the Ty Game e-book at places other than this one, you should be able to find it this weekend or early next week at the latest. I've sent it to the major furry and non-furry retailers and it should be good to go.

PLEASE NOTE that due to past problems with explicit images, the Kindle and iTunes versions do not have one of the interior illustrations (dis one, NSFW of course) that the other versions have. Google, Kobo, and your furry retailers will have all ten interior illustrations, and if you need a Kindle version, all the furry retailers sell a fully illustrated Kindle version that will drop right into your Kindle or Kindle software or whatever.

(The calculus of which images to take out and which to leave in is a complicated one and the retailers are not consistent on it, but I'm making an effort here to be consistent with previous guidelines as best I can. Basically there's an image I left in and one I took out and the line between them is kinda blurry but I felt it was important, and in the past it's been important that I demonstrate a good faith effort to align with the retailer policies so that's what I'm trying to do.)

Sorry for the late notice in this space, but hopefully you've seen on Twitter that Ty Game is available in both Kindle and ePub format from Bad Dog Books right now: https://baddogbooks.com/product/ty-game/

First week of January you'll be able to find it on other major retail marketplaces.

Still no word on the audiobook.

Thanks to everyone who's picked one up!

In just over a week, we'll be descending on Chicago (Rosemont, to be precise) for Midwest FurFest! I'm excited to be there, honored to be one of their guests this year, and looking forward to seeing all of you! If you hadn't heard, I've got a new book coming out (Ty Game), so I'll be in the dealer's den (at my table near the main entrance or by FurPlanet/Sofawolf against the back wall).

When I'm not at the dealer den, here's where you can find me:

Friday, November 30

11:00am: Opening Ceremonies
12:00pm: Meet the Guests of Honor
4:00pm: Shiny Sponsor Reception – Early Flight
5:30pm: What It Takes to Write: Process, Discipline, and Lifestyle

Saturday, December 1

9:30am: Sponsor Brunch
12:30pm: Get Published
4:30pm: Kyell Gold Reading/Q&A
5:30pm: Author-Ilustrator Collaboration
7:30pm: RAWR: A Furry Writing Workshop

Sunday, December 2

12:30pm: Secrets of Successful Travel w/ GOH Kyell Gold
3:30pm: A Memorial for Fred Patten
5:00pm: Closing Ceremonies

https://sofawolf.com/blog/announcin.....ng-opportunity

From now until November 27 (that's in just over a week), you can pre-order my new book Ty Game and get it signed by me! I'll be flying out to Minnesota next week JUST to sign all these books you order because I love you all and want you to be happy.

If you're going to MFF, you can pick up your pre-order there, OR you can just buy one there. I've got a lot of panels to do, but you should be able to find me at the dealer's table when I'm not at the panels (schedule forthcoming or you can just look me up on MFF's Sched.org). Both artists who worked with me on this book,  rukis and  dremneverwolf, will be at MFF as well, and originals of some of the interiors will be in the art show there.

The blog post linked above has all the details for this pre-order. E-books and audiobooks and all that other stuff that is not part of this pre-order will follow the usual procedures for my books, and of course will also be announced on this space when they happen. We are not doing a hardcover edition of this book, so paperback only.

I haven't been blogging much lately. Partly that's because I was traveling over the summer, and when I got home I was working on the books that need to be ready for MFF, plus the other stuff I'm going to have to do as GOH of that convention (I co-authored a nifty conbook story!). 

The reason I'm blogging now is that one of those tasks is more or less off my plate. I delivered the manuscript of Ty Game, the spinoff novel from the Out of Position series, to Sofawolf today, and the art seems to be on track, so hopefully we will be ready to release it at MFF! Keep an eye on my social media and Sofawolf's, because we'll almost certainly offer a pre-order once we have a delivery date. So even if you won't be going to the con, you'll get a signed copy. E-books will be on baddogbooks.com right around MFF and on other retailers in January (I'm going to predict in advance that furry retailers will be your best bet for this book, because Neverwolf's done some fantastic illos, including a couple that are possibly a little too risqué for mainstream retailers, but we'll see who complains...). No audiobook plans yet. The print version will be paperback only, I believe--no hardcover. 

If you haven't heard about Ty Game, well, you should be reading my newsletter (http://bit.ly/kyellmail). Briefly, it's the story of Ty Nakamura, who might be familiar to you from the OOP series, and especially one or two scenes from Over Time. You'll get to see those scenes from his point of view as well as what led up to them and what happened after, plus a whole lot more. Interior illos are by Neverwolf, who is showing them off on his Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/theneverwolf/posts) in advance of the book being published.

Now I'm going to finish up the draft of the new Dev and Lee book (which you can follow on my Patreon if you subscribe at the $20 level) and then start on the third Calatians book (stay tuned for how you might be able to follow that online as well...!). 

It's been a busy fall. Hope yours has been good!

(Apart from the nightmare hellscape the U.S. has become, I mean.)

Hey, I finally got The Demon and the Fox and Tales of the Firebirds up on iTunes, Google Play, and Kobo, in addition to Kindle and Bad Dog Books, so you can now go get them in those places. They should also be up on Jaffa Books and Rabbit Valley before long if those places are your preferred retailers.

I need to do some more work with Barnes and Noble before I can get the books up there, but I get the sense that not many of you are holding your NOOKBucks waiting for that to happen anyway.

Hey hey! Wanted to let you guys know that for $20+ patrons, the serialization of the first draft of Ty Game has concluded, which means I'll be moving on to serializing the new Dev and Lee novel starting in about one week! If you want to get in on it from the beginning, this is the time to do it.

You'll also catch the end of Love Match over the next several months and be able to start the beginning of the next serialized story with everyone else!

If you're already a patron, thanks! If you can't afford it, I appreciate whatever support you can give. Just wanted to let people know in case they wanted to get in from the start.

https://www.patreon.com/kyellgold

Hey, if any of you happen to be visiting San Diego for Comic-Con this coming week, you can find me and Sofawolf Press at booth 1236, PLUS we will hope to capture a wild  kenket and have her art there as well, and in addition the super-cute arts and pins of ChocoPony that some of you may have seen from previous furry cons.

There's not a big furry presence there so every visit from a furry is appreciated. :)

These are both up on http://www.baddogbooks.com RIGHT NOW. They'll hit the other major stores the first week of August.

Hey, if you, like 7-8000 other people, will be going to Anthrocon this year, and you want to know where you might run into a certain fox, here is a handy guide. All the panels are in DLCC 310-311.

FRIDAY

Noon - 3:45: Around the FurPlanet/Sofawolf tables in the dealer's den with two new books and a bunch of old ones.

4-5: READING / Q & A. This is your chance to hear part of an upcoming, unpublished work as read by the author! And also to ask that author any questions you might have about books, writing, Zootopia, or whatever.

6-7:30: Writing Foundations: Advanced. Along with Kristina Tracer, we'll be talking about some advanced concepts in writing. What will those be? Show up and find out!


SATURDAY

10-11:45: In the dealer room.

12-1 All About RAWR. I and Alkani will talk about the residential furry writing retreat we helped found and continue to run. If you have questions or just want to hear what happens at a writing retreat, come on by!

After lunch - 6: Back in the dealer room, probably.

8-9: Submit and Publish. Teiran and Fugue and I will discuss submitting to furry and other publications and how to give yourself the best chance of getting published.


SUNDAY

10-11:30: Fantasy Writing. Jaden Drackus, Kristina Tracer, and I will talk about the fantastic worlds of fantasy, what fantasy is about and why we love it.

After lunch - 2: In the dealer room to sign all your books before you fly home. Get some reading material for the flight!

Hope to see you lovely people there!

Hey, just alerting you all in case you hadn't seen it elsewhere: the second book in the Calatians series (published under my SFF name Tim Susman) will be out at AC and online in July.  lauragarabedian did a fantastic cover and interiors again and I'm really excited with how this book all came together. In addition, the audiobook of the first one, The Tower and the Fox, should be up in a couple weeks on iTunes and Audible and Amazon. If you're not familiar with this series, it's basically Revolutionary War-era America in which furries were created by magic and are still a very small community within the world of humans. The series follows Kip, a fox-Calatian (of course) as he becomes the first of his kind to enrol in a college of sorcery just as tensions over the second attempt at an American Revolution come to a head. You can read more about it on Argyll's site.

Here's the first one on Argyll's store: https://argyllproductions.com/produ.....r-and-the-fox/
Here's the pre-order link for the second (on Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Fox-Ca.....dp/1614504261/

If you like my writing, I hope you'll check 'em out! There's no gay romance...in the first two books, anyway...but I'm really pleased with the story.

The new story collection Tales of the Firebirds is live on Amazon (paper only; e-book coming in July; no audiobook plans) and a shipment has been dispatched to Anthrocon, so you should be able to find it there at the FurPlanet table, where I will also be! And after AC the plan is to sell it through FurPlanet.com as well.

Also! The Demon and the Fox will be at AC. If you have been itching to find out what happens to Kip and his friends, you'll be very happy. If you haven't yet started their adventures, you'll also be able to get the first volume, The Tower and the Fox, at the same time, and I'll sign them both!

I believe FurPlanet will continue to carry TotF at future conventions, so if they're going to be at a convention, chances are good that the book will be there. If they're not, then check what booksellers will be and contact them to ask if they can order a few (they should contact me; please don't email me to tell me to send them copies). The e-book will be on all the regular e-book sites but the paperback will likely only be on Amazon and FurPlanet.com for the foreseeable future (I will update as I have news).

HEY. I just bought a plane ticket so I guess I'm going to be at Anthrocon this year. I'll be on some panels and will be around the Sofawolf and FurPlanet tables signing books. Hopefully "The Demon and the Fox" and "Tales of the Firebirds" will both be out at this convention, but neither of them is to the printer yet so...cross your paws for me. ^^

Convention schedule is here: http://www.kyellgold.com/contact.html I'll be at San Diego Comic-Con, but the only other furry con on my schedule for this year is MFF and I might drop by PawCon because it's in the area and they have a cool GOH this year.