Trope Map and an Interview
Sunday was in the mid-50s and windy and honestly, October 19 is too late for the season to begin. I should have been able to wear sweaters and drink my hot beverages without melting for the past month at least. But, Ohio. I should be glad I didn’t have to wait until November. The heat has made motivation difficult, which is not good when I’m still promoting one book, scrambling to finalize another for its December release, and looking ahead to the third one coming out in March.
Starlight and Cinnamon continues to surprise me. I did an interview with IndieReader—you may remember that they gave Starlight and Cinnamon 4.9 out of 5 stars and a very flattering review—and it was a lot of fun! I sound like a professional who knows what they’re doing. People will read this and maybe even think I’m cool, which is so strange, because usually when people think I’m cool, they’re just picking up on the autism that leans toward narcissism. Here, I’ll let you judge for yourself:
Amazon finally broke me, and I uploaded Starlight and Cinnamon as an ebook through them, so you can buy it for your kindle directly on Amazon now. I’m having some difficulty with my regular distributor, so I’m going to try to make it available through Amazon publishing as a paperback too, as a sort of test in case getting Courtship published goes horribly wrong. At least I’m learning how to make options for myself instead of spiraling into despair!
And finally, I present to you the Courtship trope map, HERE! This book is different from the first one in both mood and form. You’ll recognize a lot of characters, but it’s a little heavier, which feels weird to say, since the first book wasn’t one hundred percent lighthearted. Courtship also plays with form: the first half of the book is epistolary (only letters, texts, and emails): since the characters can’t be in the same physical space, their communication is similarly distant. But the moment they can actually touch, we switch to regular third-person prose, mirroring the new intimacy. Yes, I was trying to be clever, which is usually to my detriment, but I like it so I wrote it that way. If you continue to enjoy villains getting what’s coming to them and soft bisexuals finding love where they least expect it, you’re gonna love Mattie and Raph’s adventures in New Zealand.