I’ve had a good year in publishing this year, or at least the first half of it. I’ve published four books, the last of which, The Perfect Scam, came out in July. It was the last day of July, so it’s been out for two months now.
I had planned to publish one more book this year, two if I wrote really fast, but things didn’t go as I planned. First, I spent most of the summer writing fun projects that didn’t go anywhere—yet, anyway—and designing covers for them. It may seem like a time-waste, but it was necessary for my mental health and recharging my creative batteries.
When I finally got back on my publishing track and began to write the next Two-Natured London book, it completely stalled after five chapters. I didn’t immediately give up on it, but nothing helped. So I’ve put it on hold for now to let my subconscious figure out where it went wrong.
I’m currently writing the fourth book in House of Magic series instead. I had hoped to have it published before Christmas, but outside forces intervened. Namely, my editor who turned out to be fully booked until January. It’s good for him—any freelancer would be happy to have work for months ahead—but less good for me and, by extension, my readers.
I had to scrap my plans of publishing one more book this year, and quickly come up with a plan for the spring, before all the editing slots were gone again. It’s a provisional schedule, and I’ll let you know if it changes. But for now, it looks like this:
12.3. Reed Files 2
30.4. P.I. Tracy Hayes 11
23.7. Reed Files 3
As you can see, I’ve dropped the Two-Natured London 8 from the spring schedule, so it’ll be a full year late from the intended date. My apologies for all of you who have been waiting for Marcus’s story. It’ll be a good one, I promise.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of books for you to read. I hope you’ll find new favourites among them.
