Status Updates:

Any day now.

What's Next:

The Wizard's Cat​
My editor still has the draft and she's working her own brand of magic. I have the cover art and like it a lot.

Future Ishmael​
Still no change here. Someday I'll get back to the Deep Dark.

Tanyth Fairport​
Nothing happening here in the near future. See the note above.

What I'm Reading:

I played catch-up an a few series and buried myself in two new ones. I recommended Delemhach's House Witch (three books, all well done) on the blog and spent the rest of the month with Victoria Danann's Not Too Late series.

I'm a sucker for these midlife magic stories. From my perspective - well into my own dotage - they remind me of the power of starting over. In this case, that it's never too late.

Rita Hayworth (yes, it's a running gag) becomes the chief magistrate in a magical court. Her job is to mediate the disputes between the various factions invisible to mundane humans. From gremlins to elves to fairies and beyond, they all appear before her bench.

Yeah. It's as silly - and as fun - as you think. Nine books. I inhaled them all.

But don't ever take my word for it. Grab a sample and see what you think.

Follow up on last month's read: I typoed Jaxon Reed's name, in spite of having it right in front of me in big, bold letters on the cover. I also read the whole series and loved it. Just sayin'

Looking Ahead:

Karen should have the manuscript back to me, possibly later today (I'm writing this early in the morning) and, since I have the ebook cover, I can get going on creating the four work products I need to get this book moving.

I've taken the month (and a half) off from anything and everything I could possibly push aside. I'm only now coming to the point where I can entertain the notion of "what's next."

As much as I'd like to see what Ishmael and Zoya have been up to or go back to Korlay and Tanyth Fairport (to correct the long festering issues with the audiobooks), I suspect I'm going to see what happens next at Shackleford House.

So, we'll see. I'm looking forward to it.

Until next month, safe voyage.

-NL

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