Hello, darlings.

A couple of you have been awesome enough to check on me and ask where I've been the last few…years? Has it really been years? Ungh. Well, I know I've spent at least the last five years writing this novel, and as of March 28, I published it. Five years of blood, agony, tears, booze, suicidal ideation, staying up all night, sleeping all day, losing good sanity I'll never get back - and that's not including all the reading and research and WRITING. And then the editing. Oh, the editing. That first draft is nothing. The third draft copy and type edits will make you die, and formatting for paperback will drag your corpse for a mile. And that's IF you did all your artwork right the first time.

BUT IT'S DONE.

The book is called Mary, Everything, and it's book one of my series The Flapper Covenant". It's 1920s sorcery and multiversal travel and ass-kicking, and they're just starting their freshman year in college. Instead of trying to sum it up, I'll just paste the link here and you can check out the description. And if you're bored and looking for something truly different to read, download my sample on Kindle! I can't promise it'll be everyone's thing, but I can promise this isn't a concept that's done every day, nor are my heroines the usual stuff. ^.~

Also, I invented an entirely new magic system for my universe, if it matters. It's not 100% complete yet, but it is a logical magic system. In other words, you don't just wave a wand and have your wishes come true. You can build your own spells (called "reactions" or "formulae" - and I've done my best to give it a uniquely 1920s feel. WWI has just ended as well - and one of my major characters is an American combat sorceress who fought on the Western Front. So far, she's been a favorite among those who've read…

I've been really excited to come back and tell you guys what I've been up to. I'd love to have had your advice and feedback when I was still finishing it up, but maybe it's for the best - I'm sure I'd have come to a few of you, hat in hand, begging for you to be beta readers, and I lost too much of my self-respect as it is.

P.S. Color maps! Pictures!

If you *do* happen to be interested, and you *do* want to read, I would seriously love you forever if you gave me a (nice) review! (I'd still really appreciate you checking out my book and taking the time to review, but I can't promise I wouldn't cry if you gave me one star ) And if a lot of you are interested, I think I can launch a sale, too. But I'm not counting on a ton of interest. I'm just glad to be back. I feel like I've come home and now I can brag to my family about what I've been up to.

I missed you.
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I just had to log on and say gongrats! This just put a big smile on my face. Really joyfull to see you accomplish your dream. Enjoy every bit of your moment. Hopefully your first book leads to a long and successfull career as a novelist.

By the way I do recall a thread two years ago or something where you told us about your brand new typewriter. Seems like you have really put it in a good use!