Since late April, I’ve been deep in the revisions of my my new novel, Ghost at Dawn.

I’m hoping to have it available by early autumn. Here’s the cover:

Ghost at Dawn came about in similar fashion to it’s companion novel Ghost at Dusk: in one explosive burst of unlooked-for creativity. One minute, there was nothing in my head but a tiny little spark—and literally one minute later, I saw all of the structure, the premise, the characters, the twists, and vibe, and the ending. 

Those are some pretty great minutes when they happen, by the way. 

Which they hardly ever do.

The technique for bringing the two novels to life, however, has been notably different. Dusk was straightforward: a solid first draft of the manuscript (with an interruption of two years at about the two-thirds mark as I wrote The Books of Conjury trilogy…), then a series of subsequent drafts refining that first one.

Dawn came out first as a massive draft that I dictated over the course of four months or so. Even as I was doing it, I realized I was over-writing it—by design. 

The revision process took me a minute to wrap my head around: what do I do with all of this material? How is it supposed to feel? Look? Read? Move the reader?

But over the past couple of months, I’ve figured out what makes this story this story, and it’s coming along better than I’d hoped.

Though slower than I’d hoped. 

Well ‘art demands,’ as August Swaine taught Kate Finch.

I’ll keep my progress updated here, so check back. Or join the Readers Club, for the inside scoop on upcoming coolness.