Sacred Cities that is.

This draft is going to be completed within the week. I can’t believe it. I should be able to because I’ve already written four books, but this one was different. I started this book in November of last year, and I could have written it in six weeks, but I had such a struggle sitting down and getting it done that it seems like an eternity since I started it. It’s true that this book is fifty percent bigger than my others (at the moment), and so it did require a lot more writing time, but the majority of this book has been written since the middle of July. And now it’s almost here. What’s more is that over the last week, I’ve worked with my amazing cover designer, Parajunkee, and we have a cover. Not just a cover, of course, but an amazing work of art. One that makes me excited to release this story into the world.

Although this draft is nearly complete, that isn’t to say there isn’t a lot of work to be done. I have to rewrite some sections of the book, do some major hacking and slashing of non-necessary content, alter some timelines and enhance some characters, and then get this book off to the first round of betas. After that, I’ll do another rewrite, send it to another group of betas, self edit the hell out of it, and get it to my copy editor. After that it’s proofreaders and finally, format it for all publishing outlets. Will I make it before the end of the year? Yes. Will this book be out by the end of the year? I’m not sure.

I published Release in December of 2012, and I’m not sure that’s the best month to release a new novel. I haven’t committed to a date just yet, but I may hold onto it and do a January release. That part is still up for debate, but the fact of the matter is this book is coming at you, and I think you’re going to love it.

Over the next few months I’ll be releasing teasers, snippets, doing a cover reveal, and working with Stuck in Books on a blog tour. If you want to catch those teasers and sample chapters, as well as get the cover before the rest of the world, be sure to sign up for my newsletter. Those of you who have signed up already, you haven’t missed anything because I haven’t released my first newsletter yet. It’s been something I’ve talked about doing for a year and haven’t worked on, but with Sacred Cities wrapping up, my focus will be shifting and they’ll be special content coming, as well as a special giveaway exclusive to newsletter subscribers only. Oh, and with all of this is something else that’s exciting: a complete revamp of the website. Stayed tuned for the awesome.