9/09/20

Yes, you read the title correctly!  Every single manuscript I sent to NSP for consideration has now been accepted.  The last stragglers were my entire Dragon's Hoard series (minus the short story collection, which I cant submit just yet), Elemental Ride, The Coup and the Prince, and Space Stars.  It's taken a year of hard work to reach this point, and I am incredibly excited! 

When will you be able to buy any of those books?  I can't say with any certainty right now, but I'm hoping NSP will weave them into the 2022 release schedule.  "What do you mean, I have to wait until 2022 to buy Tori's book again!?!?"  Sorry, but I have so many books in NSP's queue that my Dragon's Hoard series was unfortunately pushed to the end.  It's my very first series and Finding the Wolf was my first accepted manuscript at LT3, so I promise you I'm as eager to get Tori, Nyle, and White back on the digital shelves as you are.  (For anyone wondering, Tori is a very similar and equally lovable character to Lumie.) 

This also means I can start shifting my focus from the past to the future.  It's time to start writing brand new material again rather than just worrying about all my reprints.  Yes, I will be editing endlessly for the next few years, so writing time will continue to be limited, but it finally feels like I'm making forward progress again with my writing. 

8/26/20

I have tentative dates for when more of my books are going to come out!  They are subject to change (they've already been changed once already), so don't go setting them into stone.  I can almost guarantee the dates for the releases in 2022 will very likely be changed as more of my submitted manuscripts are accepted and woven into the release schedule.  Still, it's good to know in terms of planning ahead, so I'm sharing them with you now:

• 2020
  • October: Dragon Adventures (Supernatural Consultant 6)
  • November: Dragon Lesson (Supernatural Consultant 7)
• 2021
  • January: Kelpie Blue (Out of Underhill 1)
  • January: A Little Fairy Dust
  • March:  Magnified (Magnified 1)
  • April: Wounded Alpha
  • May: If a Butterfly Don't Fly (Out of Underhill 2)
  • June: Road to Revenge (Road To 1)
  • August: Ground of Insurrection (Wizard Wars 1)
  • September: Road to Home (Road To 2)
  • November: Justified (Magnified 2)
  • December: Ground of Resurrection (Wizard Wars 2)
• 2022
  • January: The Oracle's Flame (Book 1)
  • March: The Oracle's Hatchling (Book 2)
  • April: The Oracle's Golem (Book 3)
  • June: The Oracle's Sprite (Book 4)
  • July: The Oracle's Prophecy (Book 5)
  • August: The Oracle's Current (Book 6)

As you can see, it's going to be very busy.  There's a lot to do in a short time frame, but I'm looking forward to getting all my books re-released for you.  In case you were wondering, the brand new, never before published books, are in bold.  Fingers crossed I can finish another book and add some more bold lines for 2022!  I'm also being lazy and not putting links for more information into this post.  Instead, please go here where I've been adding the links as I get them. 

I will definitely keep you in the loop as these dates come closer, and if any dates are changed, I'll let you know that too.  The next few years are going to be a wild ride, but it's so nice to see so much progress already being made! 

8/17/20

Things are happening at an incredible pace right now. Every time I try to write a blog post, something new comes up and I have to scrap what I've written.  I'm hoping to get this one posted before that happens again!  Let me break all the news up into readable sections:

Accepted Manuscripts

• NSP has accepted all six books in The Oracle series!  This includes the brand new final book, The Oracle's Current.  We have decided to rename The Sentinel's Prophesy to The Oracle's Prophesy so it fits in better with the rest of the series.  Aside from that, there shouldn't be any more substantive changes.  The Oracle's Flame, book one, should be released sometime in mid to late 2021. 
  
• NSP has also accepted A Little Fairy Dust, my fairy tale anthology.  To everyone who has asked me when Cleanly Wrong or Cinder-Elle would be republished, you finally have your wish, plus you get a bunch more brand new stories!  Keep an eye out for A Little Fairy Dust to be (tentatively) released in early 2021. 
  

Editing

• I have completed editing Dragon Adventures, the combined short stories of Dragon Adventure and Dragon Home.  I just received the copy edits and hope to have that done soon as well. 
  
• The first round of edits for Dragon Lesson, book seven in my Supernatural Consultant series, has also arrived.  There doesn't appear to be anything big to change, but I'm still working my way through.  I'll let you know if anything substantive gets changed. 
  
• I have started pre-edits for Kelpie Blue and Magnified.  We're going through and trying to remove repeated words and other mind-numbing minutia prior to digging into the meat of the stories for edits.  It's going to take me a while to do each story's pre-edits, but it means the actual editing process will be much more streamlined when those stories get closer to their release dates. 
  

Releases

• Dragon Dilemma was another hit!  Thank you to everyone who reviewed or let me know you enjoyed it. 
  
• The next book in my Supernatural Consultant series, Dragon Detective, will be re-released on August 24, 2020.  Did you see the beautiful cover?  Don't forget, if you pre-order it from NSP, you can get your e-copy on August 21st. 
  

7/15/20

I am caught up on editing.  Shocking, I know, but I don't have any edits to complete right now.  The copy edits for Dragon Soldier, book five in my Supernatural Consultant series, are complete and off to the proof reader for final checks.  I also completed the first round of edits for Dragon Adventure, and expect the second half for Dragon Home to arrive soon, but until then I have no edits on my plate! 

Which means I finally have free time!  Normally, I'd be taking this opportunity to get some writing done, but that's unfortunately not going to happen this month.  I have been spending every free moment wrapping fragile things in paper, packing boxes, and bringing what I can safely carry on my own over to the new house.  I already spent one long night cleaning and measuring for new appliances.  Area rugs are arriving by mail and the place is slowly starting to feel like it's mine.  Even after the moving van comes and goes, I know I'm going to be spending a lot of time I would normally devote to writing to unpacking instead. 

What does this mean in the long run?  Not much.  NSP still has 25+ of my books to evaluate, edit, and publish.  Anything I completed now would simply go to the end of that very long list and you wouldn't see it for a few years.  While there are books I would love this chance to get ahead on (Codified being number one on that list), I have to be pragmatic here.  Taking the time to get my real life in order is just as important as completing more of the research Codified needs.  Truth is, one of the big impediments to my writing has been my environment.  I'm constantly interrupted by annoying neighbors being obnoxious, and that hasn't been good for my writing for a while now.  After the move, when I have my own, quiet, place, I do feel that writing will go better.  Hopefully next time I get a nice break between edits I'll be in a position to really get some writing done. 

7/7/20

Dragon Dilemma is available for preorder at NSP.  It comes out on July 20th, but if you buy from NSP you can get it three days earlier!  (FYI, if you already own Dragon Dilemma, not much has changed in this re-release.)  I have also seen the first draft of the new cover and it's as amazing as the rest of the series.  I can't wait to share it too. 

Road to Revenge and Road to Home were both accepted for publishing at NSP!  I very rarely write contemporary, but I loved writing both of these spy stories.  In fact, prior to my writing Magnified, I think this series was my favorite.  I don't know when they'll reach edits, but it should be a fun process when they do!  For now, you can check out the series on my website and I'll let you know when they start to move towards publishing. 

I successfully closed on my house, so now I need to focus on getting packed and getting moved.  As I write this, a child is screeching in the hallway and someone is blasting music from their car in the parking lot.  I cannot get away from this apartment fast enough and am looking forward to having my own, quiet place to finally get some writing done!