Hello everyone!

It has been a while since I’ve posted, but before 2024 comes to a complete close, I wanted to drop in and give you all an update on where I am with my writing projects, and what you can expect going forward into 2025.

Firstly, I am still working on the revision of A Shift of Crimson. I am now on draft four and the revisions, as extensive as they are, are coming along nicely. After this extensive overhaul, I think the manuscript will be in a much better place for me to finish the smaller revisions, and move on to line-by-line edits. I still don’t have a release date, and I’m hesitant to provide one, seeing as I’ve already had to postpone the previous two release dates. I don’t want to postpone again, so I will just say that my goal is to have A Shift of Crimson published by the end of summer 2025. That is the goal.

I am also still working on my second novella of bonus content, but that is more slow going. I have fallen behind on pretty much all of marketing, and that includes posts here as well as my newsletter. So, going into 2025, my goal is to get myself onto a more consistent marketing schedule. That means more intentional posts to social media (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesy, and TikTok and/or Lemon8, if TT gets banned), as well as at least one newsletter every month with updates and bonus content, and a more direct and focused approach to advertisements on Amazon and Facebook.

I don’t know when I will have the time to work on the sequel to The Duke of Ithaca, so for now, that series is being put lower on my list of priorities. I don’t want to rush these books and release content that isn’t well done. My readers deserve so much better than that, so even if it takes a whole other year to get the sequel to The Duke of Ithaca written and published, then that’s what I’ll do. My guess is that when A Shift of Crimson is done and I’m in the pre-orders phase, I will pivot to try and get at least a rough draft of the next Olympic Fates book written. It would be awesome if I could release both sequels next year, but I don’t want to burn myself out.

I’m also starting another masters program in January. I’ll be pursuing a Masters of Science in Professional Writing from NYU, and I cannot even tell you how excited I am for this program! It will be taking up some of my free time, but I am determined to make this work. As a substitute teacher, I’ll be taking summer off, so I will have a lot more time to work on any writing projects that need my attention, while also getting through my second semester of this new program.

So, as we go into 2025, that’s what you can expect to see from me! I’m so sorry that I have been so absent, but I am dedicated to getting myself back on track in all areas of my indie author career.