There’s a lot going on in my busy life and in my
head, and I thought I’d just take the time to update my readers on my book
world – one: because I like to keep you in the know and two: putting it down in
words is kind of like stepping back from a Monet painting. I can see the big
picture rather just a lot of blobs.
Along with organizing my move a few months ago,
and then everything that needed to be organized for my holiday, and then
actually taking time out to go on that holiday (oh I know, poor me having to
organize a holiday – that was sarcasm btw), I’m also Maid of Honor in my best
friend’s wedding this summer so I’ve been organizing the Hen Night
(Bachelorette Party), freaking out about getting the perfect bridesmaid dress,
and marvelling over the superwoman that is my best friend.
This girl is a
full-time (AWESOME) mum, has just been promoted at work and begun training for
said new (full-time) position, has had to move house and is redecorating said
house as we speak, and is in the middle of organizing her wedding that takes
place in August. And I thought I was stressed. Anyhoo, kudos to Ashleen. She
rocks a lot. And has done for the entire sixteen years we’ve known each other. :)
So, with everything that’s been going on this
year, my ambitious writing schedule has kind of suffered. My foray into adult
fiction began sooner than I had intended because, I don’t know about other
writers, but if I have characters in my head who refuse to go away I have to
let them speak, and that’s exactly what’s happened with my Adult contemporary
romance. That doesn’t mean I’m going to let my YA books suffer. Darkness, Kindled (Fire Spirits #4) has
been pushed back a month to accommodate the release of my adult fiction novel,
but this is really for editing purposes. I am going to be hard at work on Darkness, Kindled so fear not Fire Spirits fans… just because I start
a new project doesn’t mean I forget the one I’m already in the middle of.
Anyhoo, I love Ari, Jai, Charlie and the Seven Kings. We’re not done with each
other! So… here’s how things are looking. My adult fiction book is releasing in
September, so Darkness, Kindled is
releasing in November. Still no definite release date on that and I can’t say
right now when there will be.
However, to apologize for the slight delay on
release I will be releasing the ‘Club Scene’ from Scorched Skies (Fire Spirits #2) from Jai’s P.O.V! YAY!
Hot-a-licious :p
Look out for this over the coming weeks.
With Fire
Spirits #4 out in November, that means the fifth book will be releasing
within the first few months of 2013. This pushes the release of Phantasmagoria and Other Stories to
Summer 2013, and I will probably be working on my adult dystopian series in
tandem with this. So for all you fans who have been waiting patiently for Lunarmorte Repercussions, the spin-off
series to the Tale of Lunarmorte
trilogy, we’re now looking at a late 2013/early 2014 start – preferably the
former. And of course there is still the matter of Sneak Thievery, which I’m hoping to be able to write alongside Phantasmagoria. We shall see! Life has a
way of getting in the way of things – which can be seen when you look back at
my original schedule for this year in which I hoped to have every single book in
the Fire Spirits series out by
December. Still, I feel good about being able to release books a few months
after the other rather than having to wait a year in between, so I’m not going
complain :p
So, that’s how things are looking for now. Hope
you’re all looking forward to it! And remember, there’s still time to enter the
Borrowed Ember giveaway!
Love ya
Sam x
P.S for folks who follow the blog via the Goodreads feed (which will only allow me to feed in one blog) check out a new teaser for On Dublin Street here - for readers ages 18+
P.S for folks who follow the blog via the Goodreads feed (which will only allow me to feed in one blog) check out a new teaser for On Dublin Street here - for readers ages 18+
