Elizabeth Schechter's Blog

The three week run of shows is now over, and I have a little breathing space before my next outing. Time to rest, to resupply, and to get some writing done! And other writing work — page proofs came in today for Ravenflight, and I need to turn these around quickly. I also need to get some words done on Have Yourself a Merry Little Witchmas, because that deadline is creeping up on me. Assuming I can keep from having a million little things pop up that keep me from writing and editing, I’ll get th...

Past Me was insane. That’s all there is to it. To schedule three shows in three weeks? Bonkers. Two down, one to go. We got home from Necronomicon Tampa last night, and we have four days to reset before we reload the car for the Page and Pen Festival at the Oviedo Mall.

In the meantime, I’ve spent the day getting my end of quarter admin work done. Q3 taxes are in, and the kanban board is reset for Q4.

How the heck is it Q4 already?

The most brain-draining thing I have to do this we...

Smut Lovers Conference was amazingly fun. How much fun? Enough to say let’s do it again! We’ll be back for 2026!

I think this might be the furthest out I’ve ever scheduled an event.

I am… so incredibly fuzzy today. More than just the usual “It’s Monday and I had PT this morning” fuzziness. I’m still recovering from Smut Lovers and that incredible signing. I have never felt so appreciated as an author than I did at Smut Lovers — I had readers saying “Thank you for writing these books! H...

It’s Monday the 15th. Countdown to Smut Lovers. 3… 2… 1…

I’m mostly ready. The books are packed. The scooter is ready to load. I got my hair trimmed today and I’m doing my color tomorrow (my hair will be purple when you see me at Smut Lovers.) I still have to pick an outfit for my headshot appointment and for the signing, and I might stop and see about buying shoes tomorrow, if I have time.

Yes, that headshot will soon be going away. I forget who it was who said that if you keep writi...

Have you heard the phrase “The only constant is change?” It’s true, especially in publishing. Trends change, and you have to go with it.

And that’s why the entire Blood of the Raven series is getting new covers to celebrate the release of book three!

Wait, what? Didn’t book 2 just come out a few months ago?

Yes, yes it did. And yes, I do love that cover. But it appears that the cover art trend is shifting, and that shiny new cover is already dated. So… shiny new covers! AND… new titles...

Tap. Taptap. Is this thing on?

I’m back. Did you miss me? Honestly, I know that the odds are good that most folks didn’t notice I was taking time off. But here we are in September, and it’s time for me to get back to work.

Sort of.

Because it took me much longer than I was planning to get The Coral Throne done, I’m not technically getting back to work yet. Not entirely, anyway. I’m working on edits for Tales from the Arena; Dead Man’s Hand. I’m blogging again, starting today, and the ...

We interrupt this interruption to bring you… an interruption? Or something. I’m not back yet. Not exactly. But….

The Coral Throne
(The Coral Throne, book 2)

DONE!. It’s DONE!

And now I can go on break. Which… roughly two weeks isn’t much of a break, so I’m compromising. I’ll start back to the regular routine with my September newsletter, but I’m not going back to working on King of Swords until October.

And now, I’m crawling back into my reading hole. See ...

My original plan was for this to be my last blog post before my break started on July 1st. Instead, while this is still going to be my last blog post until September, it’s crunch time that starts tomorrow. My break will start August 1st or whenever I finish writing The Coral Throne. I’m currently about two-thirds of the way done with the manuscript, and I will be spending the next month getting it to something approaching a draft.

I may not get much writing done today because today is the e...

If It’s not one thing, it’s two things. Or six. Usually, it’s six. Last week? It was a doctor appointment every morning, then heading out to the writing retreat after, going right into the Renaissance Faire on Saturday.

Which, I suppose, is my way of saying I’m tired today.

The retreat was amazing, and there are some exciting things that are coming out of it that I can’t really talk about yet. Things are written in warm Jell-O right now, but are solidifying nicely, so I’ll tell you more o...

I’m off for a writing retreat tomorrow, so I’m coming to you live from Sunday night this week. I’m hoping to get some quality words written. I’ve pretty much admitted to myself that there’s no way that I’ll be getting 50K words written in 15 days. It’s not happening. So I’ll be continuing writing into July, until this book is done. My incentive for getting to a complete draft as soon as I can? A stack of books that keeps growing.

This past week was full, and the upcoming week promises to be ...