I really like our neighborhood mailman. Sometimes I bring him a cold drink. Other times I help him load up his mail truck when I have more than a few boxes for him to pick up. Sadly, I don't think we'll be friends after today 😔
You see, the special editions of the Bone Whisperer Chronicles finally arrived yesterday, and this is what my living room looked like at 11pm last night after Britt and I spent a solid 12 hours processing preorders. And this wasn't even all of the boxes.
This is what my porch looked like at 10 am this morning (still doesn't even include all of the boxes):
While I so appreciate the Post Office's free mail pick up service, I somehow don't think our local mail(wo)men do 🫣 (Still, I'm keeping a close eye on my Ring cam and will dash outside to help the moment he arrives. Maybe then we can still be friends?🥺)
I will say, however, that the sore back, cardboard cuts, and even the well-deserved ire of my local mailman is totally worth it. Look at how gorgeous these turned out!!! 🤩
For those of you who recall, yes, I did also have a brand-new release drop yesterday. After all of that, I'm not sure how I'm functioning well enough to type up this newsletter. Maybe my chronic and unyielding love for you, my readers?
Yeah, we'll go with that 💚
With a handful of orange flags secured, a slew of overwhelmingly-positive reviews (plus the usual blind 1-star ratings from the same handful of anonymous trolls who seem to lie in wait for all of my new releases), and a whole lot of DMs and emails I am frantically working to reply to, you all have reminded me yet again why I chose this career above all others.
Thank you.
BTW, for those of you asking, the Amethysts & Alchemy audiobook is now available! Lia Langola did such a phenomenal job bringing Delaney Stone to life, she may as well have been the voice in my head while I was writing it!!
Have you ever heard a narrator that was so good you completely forgot you were listening to a performance rather than the main character herself? If so, who? I love discovering new listens!
While I would love nothing more than to take a hot bath with a good book, there's no rest for the weary as I still have about 50 orders to pack and ship today and a teetering pile of notifications to catch up on. Oh yeah, and then I have to pack for World Con in Glasgow, Scotland next week😅
But I have no complaints.I love you all. I love what I do. And I cannot wait to hear what you all think of your pretty Bone Whisperer duology and Amethysts & Alchemy.
Cheers and talk soon!❤️
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