I'm in that space now where nothing's really due, everything coming up is in edits, and I have room to work on all the things.

You know that means I've been baking and doing everything but starting something new, right?

To be fair, it is the holidays and I do have family obligations, but I can't let this go on too long. There are things to get back to.

So where am I now?

• Yule Planet is with the editor - biting my nails in anticipation of what's going to come back
• The Mage on the Hill (a new paranormal, due out from Dreamspinner next June-ish) has gone through the first round of edits, which weren't bad at all
• The Hunt for Red Fluffy has a few thousand words - I should probably go back to that
• Detonations and Devotions: Lijun 3 has a start - Freddy needs to get through some life things before we can get rolling again on that

Look for Yule Planet next - coming later this month!

Fire. Water. Burn.

In the two months since the All Hallows’ Eve party, Tally has courted Haru, buying expensive gifts, taking the two of them to upscale restaurants and trying to find a balance in earning Haru’s fragile trust while being new parents to the Cohen joeys. Tally sees hope in the new domesticity the family has settled into, despite having some bumps along the way.
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Gifts and treats have satisfied Haru’s otter, but the human half remembers the brutal lessons of giving their trust away. How can two lijun who barely know each other anticipate what will happen when times get tough? There are circumstances Tally doesn’t understand yet, and Haru struggles to find their feet with an Urusar who doesn’t know the rules.

A revelation not only throws the tentative relationship between them askew, but also starts Tally and Haru down a path the two of them can’t escape, one so heart-wrenching Haru’s not sure their heart will survive.

Traditionalist concerns that have always nipped at the Bastille clan’s heels come roaring to the forefront with demands and ultimatums. Tally needs to fall in line or face further threats to his otter, his family and his clan. Haru needs to find the strength to believe in the good despite the bad. In an environment where it’s vital to know ally from foe, Tally and Haru need to stand united or watch the community Tally’s family has built fall under the thumb of heartless, greedy autocrats.

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Some weeks have a pile up of things to report. Naturally, these happen during weeks when I have to travel. I'll be at the Dreamspinner Workshop from Thursday afternoon to Monday evening recharging my author batteries and learning cool stuff.

News on several fronts in the meantime:

• Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2

First round of edits are back with the publisher. We have a lovely new cover and the coming soon link up at Pride! Pre-order begins October 9, with a release date of October 30.  Hooray!

• Semper Fae: Endangered Fae 3

Up for pre-order now and releasing October 23 - we have more pre-order links coming in now! The rest should be following shortly. 

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• The Mage On the Hill (Arcana)

This will be a new one, eventually, I hope. Manuscript finished and submitted - if this first publisher doesn't want it, we'll go from there. Mage is a M/M paranormal about a young man whose hereditary magic is killing him and the grumpy hermit mage he sees as his last hope.

There's another possible paranormal series out there as well, but that's only in proposal form and I'm not quite ready to talk about it yet.

Off to Orlando! :)

I know it seems like there's not much going on from the outside right now - but back here in the workshop, I'm doing my best not to drown.

Some things happening now that might be of interest:

• Edits have begun on Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2. We're trying not to break our new editor. This one goes up for pre-order October 9. Should have a cover for you soon, here. :)
• My desperate attempt to complete The Mage on the Hill before the DSP conference might actually happen. 31K and climbing. (This is a paranormal story that might some day be a series that I had to shelve last year.)
• Semper Fae: Endangered Fae 3 goes up for pre-order next week - September 11. Release date is October 23 for that one.

Always more in the works!

Honestly, I feel like I've lost an entire month. I haven't, of course. Got to go to RT and see wonderful people. Moved Dad to his new apartment. Been catching up on lots of medical appointment type things I've been neglecting. (My new doctor: It's been HOW many years since you had this?) 

Right. Moving on...

No big release news this week - we do have the release of Fireworks and Stolen Kisses coming up later in June. 

Right now, I'm working on a couple of things:

• Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2 (with Freddy, of course)
• The Hunt For Red Fluffy - which may have slowed down so I can also work on:
• The Mage On The Hill: Arcana 1 - which right now is 2 chapters and a rather vague summary. But a certain person at RT asked that I finish it. I feel bad for letting it sit idle.

So that's me right now. Things should be settling down again next month. Fingers crossed.

Things are ticking away here as our lack of spring yields abruptly to summer. Hooray. (Full disclosure - I'm so not fond of summer, it's right up there for me with okra.) 

Things that are happening:

• Work is underway on Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2. Freddy and I are on Chapter 3 and terrible things will soon be afoot. Or a-paw, if you will.
• Work has begun on The Hunt for Red Fluffy: Brimstone 5. But you knew that. It's still in the very beginning stages. 
• Final edits are in for the re-release of Diego: Endangered Fae 2

Also - for anyone going to RT in Reno this year, come and say hi! I'll put up a schedule of places where you can hunt me down next week.