Division 53 by E.M. Johnson

Let me know where/if you go, this rat is ready to jump too.

The Haven, The Hunt, AND The Shield, as well as all of their copy and metadata, have just been given to my publisher!

Image of a young woman holding a metal pipe in a basement, looking around a doorframe warily while someone is unconscious on the floor behind her.

Today is Malkarai's birthday, so he insists that I not post about him, but show off his favorite person instead.
I have 6 of 8 covers ready, and I want to share them! To start with, here is The Haven - which is finally in final edits after a very long, unforeseen administrative hiatus.

What happened to this summer? Why does this happen every summer? 😩 Anyway, I've got finished cover art up to book 5, and 6 is in progress. I had a bunch of IRL stuff happen and the publisher has been busy, so The Haven is still in progress, but hopefully we'll be able to rerelease it soon!

Later today I’ll be at IABE (Indie Author Book Expo) at the Valley Junction Activity Center, in Des Moines (well, Valley Junction, but almost the same thing). The event is free and lasts from noon until 5! I have bookmarks, books, and I'll have at least one doll friend from the books on the table.

The Dark: Division 53 eBook The Dark: A Division 53 Novel [Book 1]by E.M. Johnson eBook formats: [ePub - Reflowable] - [ePub - Fixed] - [Interactive PDF]From the Publisher:The readers used to view digital books are all very spec...

I am thrilled to announce that the second edition of The Dark is available for purchase!
The eBook can be found on Gumroad: demiprism.gumroad.com/l/TheDark
The print version can be purchased from IngramSpark: shorturl.at/D6DPn
You can also purchase it through many other retailers & booksellers!

I have the early copy of The Dark: second edition in hand! The release date is May 27th, so I'm reading it as quickly and thoroughly as I can to make sure it's perfect! I'm so excited for this to be released - I'm so proud of the new version! 🥰

The Dark, second edition has been sent to the printer! Next up is the advance copy so we can make sure everything is good for release, and then figuring out reflowable epubs! Everything's on track for the May 20th release!

I've started checking and prepping The Haven and The Hunt for rerelease too!

Speaking of a new book... The Dark has a new cover with brand new artwork too! I hope everyone loves it even half as much as I do - and looks forward to seeing the rest of the series done in the same style!

Almost done... 2 scenes left 🫠

I've cut 114 pages from this book and its current page count is 330 - so I've deleted and redone 1/3 of it, and the rest of it has been edited, pretty extensively in some places. The Dark will definitely be a new book when I republish it.

Heck, I'm just gonna delete chapter 17. Why not? YOLO.

Truth. Although I'm currently spiraling into madness. 😉

I wasn't gonna do it, but I've done it - I rewrote the introduction and first four chapters of The Dark! On one hand, I should've done this years ago - on the other hand, it probably still would've sucked if I had. Now to go make sure there aren't any new continuity errors in the rest of the book!

My layout specialist made the mistake of telling me, 'We want it perfect, right?' so I've almost completely rewritten the intro and first 3 chapters of The Dark this weekend. I wasn't GOING to rewrite The Dark... but reading the proof made me die of cringe for the first 1/8 of the book. No more!

Finished reviewing the proof of The Dark! There are a few errors that we'll get fixed, but I'm so excited with the current state of this book. Certified lower cringe levels! 👍 And the new cover? It's not even finished and I'm already fangirling over it. I love the artist, his work is amazing!

Malkarai doesn't talk because when he talks people realize he's an emotional dumbass with a lot of Big Feelings™

Note: I have three published books, and I just recently purchased their rights back and am republishing them, with the next two books of the series. It's almost self-publishing, because my husband and I are publishing them through his imprint, Demiprism. So, still self? It's weird but exciting. 😂

I'm reading the new proof of The Dark to make sure it's perfect. I got burned on this with the first version because I was SO BUSY at the time, and it was published with errors that I never made (they were put in after I sent them the final manuscript). It took me years to get it fixed. 💀

Okay, gotta start this sometime. I'm E.M. - author of the Division 53 series, plus some other books which are still in the works. I also do things with dolls, sewing, and video games. I'll keep it to mostly book things here - when the media side of bsky starts up, the art and dolls will join!