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🍯🌺 Update: I'm officially terrible at deadlines (but excellent at excuses)

Published about 1 month ago • 4 min read

Hi there, book lover.

Today's newsletter comes with good news, frustrating news, and "why is my life like this" news. I'll let you decide which is which.

🐝 TLDR: THE IMPORTANT STUFF

CHORD OF WAR AND LOVE: Pushed to later in August (asshole migraines + asshole perfectionism = disaster) PRE ORDER HERE​
GRUMPFEST KICKSTARTER: Launching August 6th! GET NOTIFIED HERE​
SUMMER SALE: Multiple books marked down for your reading pleasure SHOP HERE​
PERSONAL: Starting a weight loss journey with my doc (my jeans and I need couples counseling, they're failing me right now)

📚 THE FULL STORY: GOOD, BAD, & MIGRAINE-Y

Let's rip off the band-aid: I had to push CHORD OF WAR AND LOVE's release date.

August 1st was looking at me with disappointed eyes, and I had to break up with it. New date is TBD later in August—though honestly, it might just appear on your e-reader one day like a surprise gift from the romance fairy.

Why the delay? It's a deadly combination of:

  1. Migraines playing drums in my skull with the enthusiasm of a caffeinated toddler
  2. My perfectionism refusing to let Sean and Jade's story go until every word is just right

Turns out it's hard to write swoony scenes when your brain feels like it's hosting a construction site AND your inner critic won't shut up about that one freaking bit of dialogue in chapter twelve.

(It'll be worth the wait, I promise!)

GRUMPFEST KICKSTARTER: YEAH, BABY! IT'S HAPPENING!

​GRUMPFEST Kickstarter is launching August 6th!

I haven't hit my arbitrary goal of 347 prelaunch followers (currently side-eyeing those of you who haven't clicked yet 👀), but it's time to give the people what they want: Max and Lily in gorgeous hardcover form.

I ordered the proof copy last week and I'm vibrating with anticipation!

It should arrive the second-ish week of August, which means I'll be stalking my mailman like a romance heroine waiting for a love letter. Pictures coming as soon as I can pry it from my grabby hands.

SUMMER SALE ALERT 🌞

Because I believe in silver linings (and because my guilt over the delay needs an outlet), I've marked several books down for the last leg of summer. Perfect for poolside reading or hiding from your responsibilities in air conditioning.

PERSONAL PLOT TWIST

In "Honey attempts to adult" news: I'm starting a medically supervised weight loss journey. My doctor and I are tag-teaming this thing because apparently my body needs professional intervention to get its act together.

Goals include:

  • Fewer migraines (please, universe, I'm begging)
  • Mood improvement (my family has formally requested this)
  • General human functionality optimization

I'm officially breaking up with carbs and it's going to be messy. It's me, carbs, not you. (It's totally you.)

RECAP OF ALL THE THINGS

  • Right now: BOOKS ON SALE​
  • August 6: GRUMPFEST Kickstarter launches (mark your calendars!)
  • August ??: CHORD OF WAR & LOVE drops whenever my brain and perfectionism call a truce (but definitely August)
  • Week 2 August: Proof copy arrives and I cry over how pretty it is
  • August 31: Honey hopefully feels slightly less like a sentient migraine

Thanks for sticking with me through delays, launches, and my ongoing battle with both deadlines and elastic waistbands. Your patience and support mean everything.

Now go click that Kickstarter notification button. Max is judging you because you're dawdling.

Cautiously optimistic,

P.S. If you're also on a health journey, we can be accountability buddies. Misery loves company, especially when that company also misses bread.

P.P.S. Yes, I'm still writing spicy scenes while cutting carbs. Yes, it's affecting my descriptions of food in dangerous ways. No, I will not be writing a hero who seductively feeds the heroine celery. I have SOME standards.

Missed previous editions of this newsletter? Find them here.​
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Coming Soon. Aiming for August. Or 347 followers, whichever happens first! (We're at 54!)

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