Sweet Poison #1 Bestseller
Because of you Sweet Poison became a #1 bestseller on Amazon!
It's been a couple of weeks since my debut poetry collection was published and I want to take a moment to thank you for your support and for a phenomenal book release. This was my first experience publishing a book and I was overwhelmed by the endorsements and kind words I received. Though the learning curve was steep, it's been an exciting and fulfilling journey.
What's Next?
I've been asked some questions about what's next. My husband and I have a full time jobs, so writing is something we do on the side though it's our passion and we'd love to be able to do it full time.
We'll be doing an author showcase in October in Colorado. It's our first book signing event, so we're ridiculously excited about it.
We're also looking into the viability of selling our book at local bookstores--we don't know how many have a process to feature local authors, but we’re curious to see what opportunities are out there. Honestly, we don't know if it'll be worth the time and energy, but I'll let ya know.
Poetry
Eventually we'd like to publish an illustrated copy of Sweet Poison, though I think that's a year or two away. But if you know of an illustrator who'd be interested, let us know!
I'm still writing poetry, but I probably won't publish another poetry book for a few years. My personal process for writing poetry is that I have to be inspired to write about something in particular. If I try to sit down and churn something out, it's lackluster. Interestingly, writing a novel doesn't work that way, but it's very much the case for writing poetry.
That said, we feel like we’re entering the story-telling phase of our life, so I expect to focus on short stories and novels in the future.
Upcoming Urban Fantasy Novel
Urban fantasy is my absolute favorite genre to read, so it's what I've decided to write. Fortunately, that dovetails with my husband's interests and he enjoys helping me flesh out the stories.
Our current and debut urban fantasy novel should publish early 2023 (we're aiming for January, though we'll have to see how timelines work out). We're over halfway done writing it. The story is told through Wyatt, who has hidden his magical ability all his life, but is now faced with some dire circumstances.
We've been trying to find a cover illustrator for the upcoming book with little success. Every illustrator we've contacted is booked out through next year. So aside from writing the book, that's the immediate item on my to-do list.
After we publish this book, we may try our hand at a collection of short stories, or we may start the second novel in the series. My husband and I are currently planning on five books for this series. However, as we keep building out the world and characters, we're realizing we could continue the story to seven or ten books. We're not willing to commit to more than five at the moment, but we are planning on staying flexible. If the story lends itself to a longer and more complex overarching plot, we might expand things.