There is SO MUCH TO DO. I have to do all of the rewrites/edits/and revisions still to prep them for the Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) to be distributed. Then even book prep aside, there’s all of the work on the marketing side with cover reveals, blog tours, lining up reviewers, reaching out to local bookstores and libraries…
Okay, now I’m getting overwhelmed again.
My editor isn’t worried at all and says we have plenty of time to get it all done, and we started discussions on how to go about marketing. After those conversations I felt much better. It’s so awesome to have someone who’s so confident in my writing and knows how this business works to help me navigate all of this. Then the other authors with my publisher have also been a huge help and are always willing to offer advice and insight. I’m really lucky to have such an author-focused publisher.
What’s also exciting? They’re working on the cover. Nothing is finished yet so I can’t show you anything. But there will be a big official cover reveal when we get closer to the release date. (As always, newsletter subscribers will get to see it first so be sure to sign up!) From what I’ve seen so far… WOW. It. Is. So. Pretty. You all are going to love it! It’s surreal to see my name and the book title on a book cover. It’s one of those moments where I’m like “wow… this is actually happening.”
As we discussed the cover, we also discussed the name of the book series. Yes, the series, and not just this one book! The Night’s Chosen is the first in my Cursed Queens series. My plan is for there to be four books- but we’ll see how things go. I was so happy when they asked me for the series title because I’ve been thinking about the future books and have some synopsis rough drafts done for them. I cant wait to dig into them more!
