Series Delay and Muse Standoff

I’m often asked why one book comes out prior to another. Like, why one series book will come out long before another or why an unrelated title will come out when everyone has been waiting for a certain next book in a series. The answer often varies. Sometimes, publishers decide a release date and its set no matter what. I write for many different publishers. I have different series with diff pubs.

Also, a few things I’m waiting for the rights to the first books in a series to revert to me so they can be released as a whole with a new publisher. Other times something is found during edits that needs fixed, delaying the book’s release. And yet other times I can’t get my mind to focus and be fully part of the series world I created. Instead of pumping out a book that doesn’t match the feel of the rest of the series I wait. I would rather forgo sales than simply slap words on paper and throw a series title on it. That isn’t fair to my readers and it isn’t fair to my characters. I spend endless hours creating the worlds, creating the characters and breathing life into them. I could force it but the end product would read as such. I want to thank everyone for being so awesome about my releases and for embracing all of what I do. For loving me even when I need to clear my head and ignite the muse by stepping out of my genre and writing under a pen name. I know that you understand in the end it means stronger stories with my FULL heart poured into them. Never a book for the sake of a book or a book to “make a publisher happy” but in the end doesn’t satisfy my readers who become every bit as invested in my characters and worlds as I do. THANK YOU!

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