Hello! Today is a good day. Yesterday I wrote those delicious words, “The End” on the first prose draft of The Hidden Queen, book 2 of the Nightfall Saga, AKA Demon Cycle book 7. Publishers hate “The End” so it will be swiftly be excised from the manuscript, but I write them for me. The […]
Split Sales
This was originally posted as a thread on twitter, but I figured I’d blow the cobwebs off the blog and collect it here, too. Early in my career, I would get anxiously tied in knots when a bookseller broke embargo (shipped/shelved a book before its on sale date), fearing it was a harbinger of a […]
Demon Cycle Binge-Read Guide
Hi! Now that The Core, the last book in the Demon Cycle, is in production, I’m hearing from new readers who have been waiting patiently for years so they could binge-read the whole series, as well as long-time fans planning a refresher read before the big finale. Some are noticing for the first time that […]
20 Years Ago, On This Day
Posted by Peat Note: I wrote this post ten years ago on my old blog, but never migrated it to my new one. It was too personal to make part of my online author persona. But now, with the event old enough to vote, I kind of feel ready to share again. With mild editing, the […]
The Core, First Draft Complete
Last Wednesday morning at 1:31am, I sent my publishers the complete first draft of The Core, the fifth and final book in the Demon Cycle series. It’s been a long time coming. For readers, the Demon Cycle began in 2008 (or 2009 in the US). That’s nine years. Quite a commitment, and for those of […]