Happy 2024 dear reader! Raise a glass of bubbly, throw your head back as the confetti rains down, and seal your midnight wish with a kiss. It might be a week into the new year but new beginnings are always worth celebrating as often as possible.
It’s officially the year my second and third traditionally published books come out! AN EDUCATION IN MALICE comes out in a mere 36 days, on February 13th, so I hope you’ll indulge me as I shout about it from the rooftops!
If you’re confused about differentiating my two 2024 releases or want to do a little digging into which one is right for you, I made this handy-dandy venn diagram!
Happily, EVOCATION and AN EDUCATION IN MALICE have been highlighted on most-anticipated lists by some amazing outlets, including The Nerd Daily, Lit Hub, and Apple (!) I’m so blown away by the early reviews I’ve received and I’m thrilled that some people are really connecting with my characters! Thank you so much for all your excitement and support. If you’ve read either of these books and enjoyed them, I would be truly touched if you considered leaving a little review on Goodreads. They really do help boost the books!
Early Look At Evocation
If you absolutely can’t wait for a bite of EVOCATION, you can read the first chapter on SciFi Now right away! Click the link to meet David Aristarkhov, my asshole psychic lawyer with a gay little heart of gold.
Apocrypha Updates
The Apocrphya, my paid newsletter featuring mini essays about writing craft and publishing, is launching this month! December’s essay on crafting a compelling sex scene got pushed back a week or two by the holidays, but I’m shining it up as we speak and it’s coming soon! This week is a great chance to join before that first essay emails out. I hope to see you behind the paywall!
Events
I’m so pleased to share that I’ll be ringing in release week for AN EDUCATION IN MALICE with the incomparable Hannah Whitten! Two pretty best friends indeed!
The event will be streamed live from my Instagram on February 15th at 9pm ET, so make sure you’re following me there so you don’t miss the launch party! For those local to New England, I’m currently nailing down at least one and hopefully a handful of in-person book events too, so I hope to see you there.
Everything I’ve Been Loving Lately
Yes darlings I watched Saltburn, and I absolutely adored it. I actually fired up my old Twitter account to do a livetweet, which you can feast your eyes on right here. My main takeaways? It was gothic, it was luxe, it was pointedly vapid and delightfully clever, and GOD everyone looked devastatingly gorgeous. It really encouraged me to go bigger and more bonkers with my 2025 erotic romantasy series, and book one is due to my editor in uhhhhh one week! I’m actually in a pretty good place with it, which feels amazing to me.
After running several months late with AN EDUCATION IN MALICE, I’m really proud of myself for turning the two books I’ve written after that in on time. I’ve learned not to hold the first draft hostage, and that’s it’s better to turn the first draft in earlier and allocate more time for dev edits as opposed to trying to make draft one perfect.
That’s all I have for you this week, dear reader! Expect to see me popping up in your email a little bit more this month as we gear up for unleashing AEIM on the world and nail down launch events. Be so safe and well until we two meet again!
-S