Welcome to the inner circle, seeker. Pour yourself a piping hot cup of Assam tea, settle into your seat in the circle of chairs, light a taper candle, and prepare for the discussion. Class is in session.
NEWS
AN EDUCATION IN MALICE is now available on Netgalley US! American readers, rejoice, your time is now!
I’m already blown away by how much interest and enthusiasm and thoughtful reviews this yearny dark little jewel of a book has received. AEIM was also picked for Netgalley’s Hot List for 2024, which is amazing! If you’d like to request your own copy, click the button below! UK and International readers, you can still use the UK link!
And UK and International readers, I’ve got a special treat for you. My friend and amazing artist Kieran Mikolajova created this drop-dead gorgeous illustration of Laura, Carmilla, and De Lafontaine to celebrate the upcoming book release, and you can get a free print of this art along with your hardcover pre-order if you pre-order through the Orbit store.
ARCS
As I mentioned above, you can request digital arcs for AN EDUCATION IN MALICE through Netgalley, and while the form for arc requests for EVOCATION, my urban fantasy romance, has closed, there’s a second form you can use to request finished copies and mayyyybe a couple of remaining special edition arcs. NOTE: please only use this form to request a copy if you did not already request via the first form I circulated in the summer.
Also, as an unexpected treat, my publisher is running a giveaway for a special edition foiled proof of EVOCATION to readers in the US and Canada, so get over to Goodreads and throw your hat in the ring!
SOCIALS
Although I’m still posting intermittent updates on my X account, I’ve finally given up the ghost and given in to the inevitable heat death of Twitter. I’m choosing to see it as a good thing, an opportunity for personal and professional growth. To that end, I’ve revamped my Instagram account, and I’m loving the way she’s looking!
I would love for you to join me there; moving forward it’s going to be the number one way to get a hold of me, check in on what I’m doing and writing, and of course, get those good good updates on giveaways, arcs, cover reveals, sales, and more. Keep those eyes peeled, because I’m running an Instagram-exclusive AN EDUCATION IN MALICE (foiled!) giveaway.
EVERYTHING I’VE BEEN LOVING LATELY
We are fully into the dark part of the year, and I have decided that I am embracing the cold and leaning into the dark, seasonal depression be damned. My fiance and I are decorating the house for the holiday season this weekend, and I’m looking forward to a low-key Thanksgiving at home with freshly baked bread, a crackling fireplace on the TV, and the glow of the Christmas tree to write beneath. I’m so grateful for all my cherished loved ones and how much time I’m going to be able to spend with them this season; I am truly spoiled for love.
I just finished reading LIVING RESISTANCE by Caitlin B. Curtice, an Indigenous author and spiritual leader who writes about the big and small ways we can live a life of holy resistance with such tenderness and attention to detail. I’m also currently listening to BURNOUT by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, which is reminding myself to take care of myself in different ways. I want to make more intentional time for fiction this winter, though, and hopefully get through the stack of arcs I have been so graciously given!
Oh, and if you’ve read this far, I simple have to share that A DOWRY OF BLOOD has entered her sixth printing! We’ve sold a truly staggering number of dowries across the world, and I will forever be grateful for this book’s cult following. Thank you, thank you!
That’s all I have for you this week, beloveds, but be so safe and well until we two meet again. And happiest of early holidays to you all, however you celebrate.
-S