*surreptitiously wipes dust off corners of this blog*
*sneezes*
I'm happy to say that I'm pretty sure I'm going to be back to blogging regularly. Last year is a post in and of itself, but the good news is I've figured out how to manage my health issues, discovered what they were, and am recovering. :)
I'm really excited for this year, even though it's just about halfway over. O.O
But first, a few items of business:
- I've planned and mapped out the bonus newsletter subscriber content and will be rolling out the first of many within a week. Just finalizing the edits before the final proofing pass and then I'll have it out to you. There will be more information about this on Monday, but there's still time to subscribe and get the first free short story. A few days after I send it to my subscribers, I'll be publishing it to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and the iBookstore for $0.99. Click here to subscribe.*
- Whatever happened to the sequel to THE TROUBLE WITH TOADS? It was nearly finished last year, and only needed a few thousand more words. But. I realized that just as I was about to cross the finish line, I'd written down the wrong story. *facepalm* The story I'd written is a good story, it's just not the *right* story for my STEPSISTER series. So I scrapped it and started over, keeping my finger on the pulse of the story that is meant to be THE TROUBLE WITH MAGIC. I could have published the story as it was and kept true to the dates I'd announced, but you (my readers) deserve absolutely the best I can give you. And the story I'd written wasn't it. I apologize for the delay, and will be posting chapters of the new story once a week or so. Depending on if I'm able to finish the chapter that week to my satisfaction.
- I'm discontinuing my Request a Review Copy program, and will instead make ARCs available free of charge to my newsletter subscribers. Too many irons in the fire right now, so I'm working to streamline and simplify.
- I have a number of books in the pipeline, but will be holding off on announcing release dates until they're about ready to be released. As last year proved to me, it's all too easy for life to go off the rails when you least expect it, so it's better to remain mum until I've 100% positive I can deliver.
- New blogging stuff: I'll be cross posting to this blog for a while, but am going to be phasing this blog out in favor of blogging directly on my website once I get my website blog up and running. On that note, I'll also be transitioning the blog content away from writing and focusing on books, fairy tales, releasing short stories, and anything else that catches my whimsy. In short, it will be more of an author-type blog than writing or publishing.
And now, on to the actual post. :D
What are you all reading?
I'm juggling about 70 books right now, but the one I'm focusing on right now is Catherynne Valente's THE GIRL WHO SOARED OVER FAIRY LAND AND CUT THE MOON IN TWO. This is the third book in the Fairy Land series, and I'm really enjoying it even though I think the second book is my very favorite. I held off reading this one for a while, because unlike the first two, this book is not a contained adventure and ends on a bit of a cliffhanger. Not a horrible cliffhanger, in my opinion, but the ending is very open. (Yes, I try to know how a book ends before I begin reading it. :p)
While the series is MG, it definitely has an all-age appeal if you like wonder and magic and a wry sense of humor. :D
So what about you? Any good reads you're enjoying?
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