1. BOOK 2 UPDATES 2. 2023 GOALS 3. GIVEAWAY DETAILS! 4. CURRENT FAVES & READS |
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Happy Holidays! If you're in the US, I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving. Now it's onto prepping for Christmas. For the first time ever, I've actually (almost) completed my shopping (thank you, Amazon Black Friday lightning deals). Y'all. I'm the one who has (multiple times) waited until Christmas Eve to finish my shopping. Ha. Either way, we had a good holiday weekend full of all my favorite foods. Baby boy also turned 1 in November! It's been a whirlwind of a year with figuring out motherhood and the release of my debut novel, Cities of Smoke & Starlight. 2022 has been a good one for the books, for sure! As for everything else creative, I've completely plotted out book 3 in the Gate Chronicles, but life and other deadlines have hindered me from only drafting about 1000 words of it so far. My plan is to kick it into high gear soon so I can get it to y'all sometime after Realms releases, ha. Read on for more fun updates! |
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Book 2, Realms of Wrath & Ruin, is currently with the developmental editor! I should be getting her notes back soon so I can dive in and get this book in your hands. I had two critique partners finish the book in November (I was lagging with getting my revisions to them, ha), which was also incredibly helpful for this book. So, what's next? Once I get my editor's notes back, I'll organize them as well as my CP notes and revise. I'll then do a clean up of my prose to prep for sending it off to line and copy edits. After those, it's off to proofreaders.......and then you know what comes after that--RELEASE! I'm waiting to see just how many developmental revisions I need to do before I set a release date. Enjoy the (minute) sneak peek of the cover--yes, it's done (barring a few typography changes)! |
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WRITING: FINISH BOOK 3 With the end of year craziness, I haven't really worked on book 3 other than getting it outlined. Whoops. My goal is to finish the first draft this coming spring (hopefully a cleaner draft developmentally *fingers crossed* since I've outlined it), send it for critique, and then start prepping to pub it! Whew. That's a lot. |
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READING: TWELVE BOOKS This was my goal this year, and I finished all 12 books. I went on a regency romance binge this last week and finished 3 books, ha, which allowed me to hit that goal. With figuring out motherhood, I thought it was attainable, so I'll just keep it the same. It works! |
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BUSINESS: ??? I still need to sit down and work these out, but if I find the time, I might do a YouTube video about it. Maybe. YT just takes more time than I'd like, but I could also just do a live. Heh, we'll see. Stay tuned! Reply to this email with a heart if you'd rather have a livestream workshop where we all work on our goals together! |
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We have officially hit FIFTY--50--REVIEWS/RATINGS on Amazon! Ahhh! My goal was to hit it by the end of the year, and here we are. *cue dancing* With that being said, I decided that with 50 and subsequently 100 reviews, I want to do some sort of giveaway on Instagram (open to any of my followers)! |
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Follow me over there if you want to participate, but this giveaway will be open to US peeps only because... I'm giving away a signed, annotated copy of Cities of Smoke & Starlight! AHHH! I'm currently trying to get this all annotated and made pretty, so be on the lookout for that in the next few weeks <3 If you haven't left a review where you purchased Cities, please consider doing so! It helps my book reach its ideal readers, and that means the world to me! |
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(Click the images below to check out each!) |
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| | Enemies-to-Lovers ala regency times and archery. I can't stop thinking about this book. |
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| | This one had so much heart and just sigh. All of the regency romances in this list, I've finished in a day, ha. |
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| | Quirky FMC, Dukes in disguise...just perfect. Another fab regency romance. |
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| | Fantasy with a regency vibe. Another disguised identities read with a dash of political intrigue and fun worldbuilding! |
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I've put up signed paperbacks on Etsy for y'all to purchase! Each signed copy will also include a personalized note :) I'm also looking to sell more than just signed copies on there...so keep your eyes peeled, and if you have any other bookish or Cities-esque ideas of what you'd like to see in my Etsy shop, shoot me a reply to this email! |
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SO YOU NEED AN AUTHOR WEBSITE |
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Guys. If you're in need of a website, you should definitely consider enrolling in Brittany Wang's Author Website Bootcamp course. She takes you through step-by-step on how to create on from scratch using Wix. She also includes other valuable resources you can use! I learned so much from the course. It's also self-paced, which I found perfect for my schedule. Interested? Click HERE. |
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