What I'm working on
Howdy all!
I thought I’d write a proper newsletter by sharing a little bit about the writing projects I’m currently bouncing between.
Right now I’m about half-way through one last proofread of my next release, A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters. My The Witcher meets Castlevania with a dash of Priory of the Orange Tree, book with an all-female cast and a sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between a vampire and a monster slayer. It’s a story that’s been growing in my head since the before Covid times, and I can’t believe how close it is to finally being a real book.
A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters doesn’t come out until the 3rd of April, but you can add it on goodreads now!
Now, as for what I’m writing, I’m in the middle of drafting the spin-off to my Dungeons & Dragons-inspired, slice-of-life romantasy, Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love. This spin-off will follow the story of Iris, a nonbinary orc who owns a bookstore. Like Of Knights this story will be low of stakes, light of heart (mostly) and full of achingly tender romance. Unlike Of Knights, however, this spin-off will take us on an adventure across Solière.
Since this is still in the first drafting stages, I don’t want to give too much away, but I will say that we’ll get to see some favourites from Of Knights returning as well as meet some new characters that I hope you’ll come to love just as much. I also may or may not have already decided on a title, but I think I’ll be keeping it to myself for now.
And to top it all off, I’m putting together something very secret and very exciting with a few other amazing authors. And that’s all I have to say about that … for now.
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