In addition, after a long struggle maintaining a social media presence, I've decided to remove myself entirely from all platforms. I will miss the interactions and other fun and interesting moments, but I've never been very good at such things, being more of a solitary type who prefers to listen and watch from a distance. My "last stand" was on Mastodon, which has been a true eye-opener, a platform that showed me it's still very much possible to be online without the baggage of a centralized space. It's also from Mastodon where I rediscovered my affection for DIY site-building using some good old self-taught HTML, which eventually led to the creation of my recent static site, which I also unfortunately had to give up.
So for those of you who've kept up with me all these years since 2008, thank you so, so much for your dedication and especially your patience, slogging through my back list with all the highs and lows of my writing. It's absolutely humbling knowing someone out there is willing to take a chance on me, and I'll forever be grateful to all of you. Thank you.
NEWEST RELEASE
Voices in the Briars is a gothic horror and gay romance retelling of the "Bluebeard" fairy tale, and it clocks in at 50,000 words. The e-book is priced at 99 cents, and the print book is $9.00 USD.
And as always, thank you for your support, and I sincerely hope you enjoy the book.
RECENT RELEASE
As with the other sequels to the five main books of the series, The Dubious Commode clocks in at 50K words and is priced at 99 cents for the e-book and $9.00 USD for the print book. It also has its own gallery page set up with more fun stuff for visitors to check out.
Since this is a loving farewell to some of my favorite characters to write (admittedly, this is also my absolute favorite series to write, hands down), I'd like to thank everyone who stuck with the books from start to finish, and I do hope you enjoy this final volume.
PUBLISHING CALENDAR
The image below showcases my planned releases for 2024. If you've visited my site before, you'll see a change in the release dates. My original plan to settle down to a more comfortable schedule of a five- to six-month publishing calendar has all been shot to hell, thanks to a sudden (unexpected, yes, but certainly very welcome) surge of energy and a positive view of the future.
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Then I'm looking at the following sequence for 2025:
The books now have set dates (or target dates, anyway), which I'm determined to meet (huzzah, a challenge!). The four-month interval plan is still in place, and it's by far the most manageable calendar I can work with.
For 2026, this is what I'm looking at. Any changes, naturally, will be shared on my main blog:
2024 will also see the last book I'll be writing for my Ghosts and Tea collection. The original series actually runs five books long (novels), while whatever follows is a long novella sequel. As it stands, I only have enough story ideas for three sequels, and I'll quit while I'm ahead and not draw the series out unnecessarily. At any rate, Freddy and Prue's adventures will continue well beyond the end of the last book, and it's safe to say, everything will end happily for everyone when the final book comes out.
