March Newsletter: A Look Through the Rosebush
Hello, Roses!
OOF, you guys, I have got to tell you, I am SPENT! This has definitely been one of the most challenging months of my writing career. But - it is all for wonderful reasons and so I am holding onto gratitude for the 16 hour work days lately! Why have things been so busy? Well, a few reasons. Firstly, we’re writing the first draft of BROKEN BY DAYLIGHT. It’s set to be in our editor’s hands on April 1st. Helen is all done her chapters, and I should be done mine tomorrow! Then it’s all about cleaning it up and making sure it’s legible. Secondly, with BONDED, WOVEN, and FORGED being re-released by the publisher Magpie this summer, we’re also cleaning up all three of those drafts, re-reading all three books, and approving other goodies (such as maps!). Thirdly, we have a super secret thing we’re doing in the evenings which is very fun but very time-consuming! We will be able to share more about that in a few months. And FOURTHLY, we’re also working on other secret things we’re manifesting for the future!! Oh, and not to mention our fabulous narrators have sent us the proof copy of the FORGED audiobook! Helen is listening to it when she can and we hope to be able to release it soon! So all this to say, I am beat but grateful! (Oh and who can forget it’s tax season! That’s been a hoot and a half!)
P.S. If you pre-ordered from our shop, your order should be going out soon! WOVEN BY GOLD books have arrived and we’ll be signing them this weekend. We got word the BONDED BY THORNS and FORGED BY MALICE copies have been delayed, but hopefully they should arrive shortly, in which we’ll sign them, and the indomitable Mama Paws will have all your orders out ASAP!
UK Covers!
Did you see the cover reveal of Magpie’s BROKEN BY DAYLIGHT? We are so excited for these hardcover versions!
In case you missed it, the rights for the first four books in the BEASTS OF THE BRIAR series have been purchased by Harper Voyager’s newest romantasy imprint Magpie! The first three books will be re-released in hardcover in the UK, the rest of Europe, Australia, New Zealand (basically Europe + all Commonwealth countries except Canada!)
You can pre-order the hardcover of BROKEN BY DAYLIGHT here
For those who love the indie covers, they will still be sold in the US and Canada and we will be revealing BROKEN BY DAYLIGHT’s indie cover in the next few months!
Broken Quotes
To celebrate Helen finishing her first draft chapters of BROKEN, we revealed some no-context quotes to our Facebook group! Here’s a couple to tide you over :)
🦉 “People of the Summer Realm, you have joined us for a most spectacular match."
🐦 “Where you go, I go,” Wrenley says softly, before flickering her sapphire eyes up at me.
🧐 Egypt was like no place he’d ever been before.
🍂 Logically, I knew this was bound to happen eventually. I always knew I couldn’t keep him. That he didn’t belong to me. So why does it feel like my heart will rip out of my chest every time I think of the acolyte’s hand on his?
🐦 “Better death than the fate that awaits him.”
What We’re…
Helen:
Watching: I've been watching lots of my favourite animated movies as Elizabeth and I [redacted] lots of [redacted] for [redacted]
Listening To: The Forged by Malice audiobook! I'm proofing it - and then hopefully it'll come out soon for this Spring! The narrators as always have blown it out of the water!!
Reading: I actually just reread an old project of ours for secret reasons, and it was so nostalgic and enjoyable! 🦖🦕
Elizabeth:
Watching: My husband and I have started Shogun. It’s super fascinating, exciting, and beautiful!
Listening To: I am just FIENDING the Dune 2 soundtrack. Wow. It itches my brain SO GOOD while writing these scenes.
Reading: I literally haven’t been able to crack another book this month because I’m staring at one of the Briar books at every moment of the day ha ha ha 🫠