Greetings y'all!
Happy August.
This summer has been an eventful one, word-wise, though not all that eventful outdoors as I'm in writing troll mode. It's too damned hot out for this asthma sufferer here in the heat and humidity of Hampton Roads, Virginia.
I need a summer place somewhere cool in the UK or Scandinavia. If only...
Here's what's in the works...
1. Someone from the top two tiers of my Patreon is chosen to "direct" a scene with any of my existing characters every other month. It can be anything, and the first guest director gave me such a cute idea for the Enchanted Ink world that one scene turned into a short novella.
Now that it's been available to my subscribers for a few weeks, I've decided to make it available to the public. My editor has it now and it will soon arrive as an ebook.
2. I'm nearly done writing His Forsaken Alpha (Omega Quadrant, 3) AND a concurrent novella (Omega Quadrant, 3.5). Both will be arriving this fall. I hope to release OQ 3 by late August/early September and then OQ 3.5 sometime thereafter, eyeing October/November.
3. I've started early work on my Tinsel & Tentacles 2.0 book—Tentacle on 34th Street. So far, I've got it outlined and a few scenes written. This one won't be long (hopefully.) I hope to have it completed by early September.
4. I'll be leaving for the Rainbow Reader's Cruise to Key West and the Bahamas on August 17th and returning by the following weekend. This is my last signing for 2024.
5. The co-writing adventure for April Andrews and I has hit a snag. She works FT and there's been a catastrophe there, so we're pausing our project until things calm down for her there.
6. After my Christmas story for T&T 2.0 is complete, I have a short 2025 charity novella to write that's due early December. It's already begun... a total pantser with no outline. EEK!
7. Speaking of charity, I have my two novellas I wrote for charity anthologies in 2024 that I need to release. Look for them to be coming soon.
7. After that I'll be moving on to Alphas of the Western Provinces, 4. I'm aiming for a Feb 2025 release date for that if all works smoothly, though we know it never does.
8. More mini-fics and fun stuff for Patreon is planned.
9. After that? IDK... more Enchanted Ink? More omegaverse? I've got a long list of SIXTY SIX books to be written, so I've got plenty for my muse to choose from.