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Into the Lamp is going to be PUBLISHED!!!

November 2, 2024 / 40 Comments

Guys I can’t believe this is even happening, this all feels so crazy!

Okay so I need to back up a bit. So this past week I’ve dropped a couple of hints regarding my current WIP Project L all leading up to this moment, the big reveal! I wanted to share it here because this was where I first started talking about Into the Lamp so it only seems fitting to come full circle and announce its publication here. Before I go any further, let me just share the video that explains it all.

Thank you so much to Isabelle and Liz for sending in questions! 

If you’re just looking for the quick facts, here you go: 

Into the Lamp is a YA fantasy inspired by “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” found in Arabian Nights. It’s set to be published spring 2025, most likely around April and will be published under a pen name, D. B. Rayne. Publication date is to be announced hopefully by the end of the year. 

The blurb:

A boy. A genie. One chance to change his life.

Life hasn’t been kind to Colin Carlson, but it’s okay because he’s much too busy focusing on work and saving up for college to care. At least that’s what he tells himself. In a couple more years, he’ll be able to escape his dull life and, more importantly, his uncle’s family. However, things may change faster than he thought when a strange man shows up and forces Colin to retrieve a magical lamp. One that the stranger, Amir, claims to have a genie inside. 

Of course, Colin isn’t about to start believing in fairytales, except when Amir’s proven correct, Colin finds himself stuck with a genie. A teenage girl genie who claims she can grant him anything he wants. This is his chance to finally escape life with his dysfunctional family and maybe even get his crush Nia King’s attention. However, the genie brings more problems than help, and Amir is after Colin to get to the genie because there’s only one way to separate genie from master: death. And with the discovery of a whole other world on the brink of revolution, Colin is caught between the collision of two worlds. 

Into the Lamp is a fantastical adventure full of dreams, wishes, self-discovery, and a bond that is stronger than life. 

So who’s excited for the release?!

Issabelle Perry is a proud Jesus follower, an extroverted writer, and a homeschool graduate. When she's not writing, you can find her reading, jamming to Skillet, studying history, hunting for Narnia in wardrobes, or envisioning herself wielding a magnificent sword (but due to her clumsiness, let’s hope that never happens). This self-proclaimed exclamation mark enthusiast can be found hanging out at Teen Writers’ Nook, a community of teen authors Issabelle co-founded in 2020. She is the author of Don't Let Me Go (Sky's the Limit Press 2024), May We Make Them Proud (2023), and a co-editor for two anthologies. What she’s probably doing right now is fangirling about her favorite books to random people or scanning the pantries for chocolate.

40 Comments

  • Mary M

    November 2, 2024 at 8:23 pm Reply

    That’s so exciting!! 🥳🥳 The story of Aladdin is my all-time favorite Disney movie! The book sounds so interesting! Let me know if you decide to give out ARCs I would totally be interested!!

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:17 pm Reply

      Thank you SO much, Mary!!! Aladdin is one of my all-time favorite Disney movies too!! *high fives* I’m so excited to hear you find the concept interesting. I hope it holds up to expectations! I do plan to do ARCs so I’ll make sure to reach out when that times comes! Thank you SO much again!!

  • Moriyah

    November 2, 2024 at 10:11 pm Reply

    Ahhhh!!! Congratulations on Into The Lamp!!! I’m so excited for you!!! 🎉🎉🎉
    I love that it is inspired by a fairytale (those are my favorite)!
    Can I ask, what made you want to publish under a pen name? I’ve always been curious as to why some authors write under pen names and the meaning behind their new name! If not, I totally understand. I can be a bit nosy sometimes 😂
    Congratulations again! I’m praying for you and wishing you all the best on this publishing journey! 💛

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:23 pm Reply

      Thank you soooo much, Moriyah!!! It means so much to me!!!
      Yes, those are some of my favorite stories as well!!! I really love how this novel has turned out with the Aladdin inspiration and vibes since Aladdin has always been a favorite tale of mine!
      That’s a great question! I honestly never saw myself choosing a pen name but with the launch of my historical novels already been planned to go under my name, Into the Lamp just felt very different. Not just in genre, but in age category (historicals so far have been adult, Into the Lamp is YA) and market as well (historicals are Christian fiction, Into the Lamp is for the general market). In addition, the tones are also very different with my historicals having more heavy tones and touch on darker topics while Into the Lamp has a more lighthearted and fun tone. When I realized I wanted to continue writing fantasies as well as historicals, I decided to help not confuse my readers I should publish them under two different names. For the name I chose, I took “D.B.” from my dad’s initials and “rayne” comes from a mix of family surnames. Thank you for the question, it wasn’t nosy at all!!
      Thank you SO much!!!! I appreciate all the prayers and the support!!! <333

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:26 pm Reply

      Thank you SO much, Liz!!! I’m so excited you love the idea for it!!! Yesss, that’s the perfect way to put it: a southerner teaming up with a genie. It already sounds like they could get into so much adventure!!

      Thank you sooo much, sister!!!! Eee ikr!! with both Don’t Let Me Go and Into the Lamp scheduled for release (and a story for an anthology that I haven’t announced it) it’s gonna be crazy moving from doing nothing in 2024 to a full plate in 2025!!!

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:27 pm Reply

      Aww, really?! That means so much to me!!! I’m SO excited to finally get to publishing it too!! And I feel like the rewrite is a thousand times better than the original version so I’m so stoked! I think it’s one you’re going to enjoy too!!! Thank you so much!!

  • Jeffrey Robbins

    November 3, 2024 at 4:12 pm Reply

    This is so exciting! The story sounds really interesting! Aladdin is one of my favorite Disney movies so I bet I would enjoy it since it has a similar theme with the genie. I like the title a lot too!

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:31 pm Reply

      Thank you SO much, Jeffrey!!! I’m so happy you like the story concept! Aladdin is one of my favorite Disney movies as well! I hope the story holds up to expectations. I can definitely say I’m having a lot of fun writing it! Aw, thank you! The title was a work in progress, but for something I came up with at 16, I’m surprised how well it still works!

  • Hannah Ruth Johnson

    November 4, 2024 at 9:29 am Reply

    EEE!!!! YAYYYY!!

    I’m so excited that we’ve finally made it to the reveal!! This sounds SO intriguing, and I LOVE your pen name. That’s a complete side note… But anyhoo, love this! I can’t wait to find out more!! (also, I’m imagining it’s going to have an AMAZING cover)

    Woot, woot!!

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:36 pm Reply

      Yesss!!!! I hope the wait was worth it!!! Thank you SO much, Hannah!!! Aww, thank youuu!!! The pen name has a lot of family name reasons on why I picked it so I really love it as well! Thank youuu!!!! I can’t wait to share more for sure! (Eee I hope so!! I’ve already decided who I’m getting to do the cover and I’m hoping really hard I made the right choice. Who knew this was going to be the most stressful part? 😂 Sometimes, I think the cover matters more to me than anything else, lol XD)

  • Iona

    November 4, 2024 at 10:35 am Reply

    This looks like SO. MUCH. FUN. But also so exciting and edge of your seat?? I’m in love with the concept and everything…HUGE CONGRATS on this milestone of announcing this project!! April! That’s so close!!! Yet so far! I am very very very excited. If yuo can’t already tell XD

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:38 pm Reply

      Eeee I am SO thrilled to hear you think so, Iona!!! Your encouragement and support has just come to mean so much to me! Yes, that’s EXACTLY what I was hoping for!!! Eee I’m SO happy you love the concept too! It’s probably my favorite part. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! I know right! It’s like never going to get here but also just around the corner!! I can’t wait for it’s release!!! I am SO happy you’re excited too!!! *hugs*

  • Journey Bloomfield

    November 4, 2024 at 1:15 pm Reply

    Ooh, congratulations!!!!
    (Showers with confetti and chocolate!)
    Your books sounds really good! I’ll have to look for it once it comes out!

  • Abigail Metzger

    November 4, 2024 at 8:08 pm Reply

    Hey, Issabelle! Congratulations!! I remember reading some of Into the Lamp through KP and I still remember it all this while later:) best wishes to you!

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:41 pm Reply

      Hey, Abigail! Long time no chat! I hope life has been well! Ah, yes, I remember sharing some of it there. Ooof, now I’m internally cringing just thinking about how terrible that was 😂 the rewrite has just made everything SO much better! I’m so pleased with how it’s turning out. That’s so cool you remember the story after all this time!! Thank you SO much!

  • Kimberly J Perry

    November 5, 2024 at 10:12 am Reply

    I am so proud of you! I can’t wait to read this wonderful book you’ve been writing! I know how much you’ve invested in it.
    Woohoo!!!

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:44 pm Reply

      Ding, ding, ding, give the girl a prize!!!! I’m so happy you guessed it right!!! Ah, yes, I remember those days too! How were they so long ago? I believe you were one of the first people (if not the first person) who read the opening when I used to share some of the chapters on TWN! It’s so strange but yet feels so right to be coming back! eeee I am SO excited that you’re excited!!!! *hugs back*

  • Lorelei Angelino

    November 10, 2024 at 3:47 pm Reply

    EEEEP I’m SOOO excited for this!!!!!! 😱 OOOH it sounds so good (and girl I do love those romance subplots)! 😂 Can’t wait to see the cover, too!! 😍 Ahh I’m so happy for you and so looking forward to this new release!

    • Issabelle Perry

      December 13, 2024 at 4:50 pm Reply

      AAAAAAHHH I LOVE THAT YOU’RE EXCITED TOO, LORE!!!!!!!!!!! You’re enthusiasm is so contagious right now!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! (Hehe, I know you do 😉, I always love that dash of romance in books too! It just adds that right touch to the whole story!) EEEEKK ME TOO!!!!! Ah I’m so nervous for the cover more than anything else. I’m like IT BETTER BE GOOD. XD Eee thank you SOOO much, Lorelei!!! I couldn’t have done it without all the encouragement and support you and everyone else has given me through the years. I’m so blessed to have y’all as friends and readers!!!

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