Hi all!
Welcome to June’s News & Notes! If you’ve noticed that there was no May post, apologies. The end of the semester always brings with it a mountain of work, and I just didn’t have time to write up anything worth posting. But now it’s summer, so let’s do a quick update!
PUBLISHING NEWS
The Sea-Mist Cottage Inn on Kindle Vella: Earlier this year, I announced that I am this complete story—a women’s fiction/contemporary romance—on Kindle Vella, which is Kindle’s platform for serial stories. Almost 20 episodes are currently available (the first 10 are free). I’m publishing two episodes per week (each one equivalent to about one full chapter).
Signal Bend Heritage: Book Two of the next-gen Night Horde series is complete and currently in beta. So far, feedback has been very positive, so I anticipate publishing this later in the summer. Details coming soon, so if you’re interested, keep an eye out! Virago, Book One of this series, is Gia Lunden’s story. It’s available now.
Awhile back, a reader wrote to ask me for a Night Horde Family Tree, like the one I did for the Brazen Bulls. With the spring semester over, I was finally able to put that together, it’s here on the blog as its own page.
PLANS FOR SUMMER (and beyond!)
This year, my summer extends quite a bit. I was awarded a sabbatical for the fall semester, so I won’t be back on campus until January! The sabbatical was awarded for an academic research project I’m working on, and my focus will be on that for the rest of the year, but I will also be writing fiction, of course. I’m actively prepping two WIPs, one of which is Book Three of Signal Bend Heritage.
As for personal stuff, we’ve got a major few trips planned this year. We’re about to head back to St. Louis, our hometown, for a week to visit our older kids and bask in some hometown nostalgia. At the end of the summer, our eldest son is getting married at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado, so that’ll be gorgeous! And finally, this fall my husband and I are headed back to Italy to celebrate our birthdays (which are less than a week apart) in our favorite country.
So the rest of my 2024 will be all about the writing, researching, traveling, and family. And also reading, and movies and TV. And LEGOs!
Pretty much the usual, actually, but with 50% less work stress!
And that’s about it for now. I hope your summer is off to a great start!
xoxo
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