If you read fantasy for the magic, the world-building, and the occasional moment of dark humor—I write that. One urban fantasy series, one epic fantasy series, both set in the Fractured Arcana universe, with more coming. My newsletter takes you deeper into the worlds, the characters, and what's next.
Newsletter - May 17, 2022
Getting hot in Texas. She found a shady spot and gave up for a while. I have a lot to learn from our younger dog.
I pulled a couple of triggers this week. I released book 4 to my editor (who promptly made me regret my decision by dousing my beautiful story in her virtual red ink). And I sent out ARC copies to the bythebookvbp tour team. We still have several slots open for the tour, so if you or someone you know is interested, send them to the reviewer link. If they don’t have KU, and are interested in catching up, I’ll sent them ebooks of the first three of the series. (Three free ebooks and an arc copy of book 4… 🧐🤔👍)
One other fun bit of news—Jillian Yetter, audiobook narrator for book 1, made a video sporting book merch from Guardian League. I'm just going to share the link, since my attempts to embed IG posts in my newsletter have not gone well.
o To-Do list for writing last week:
Email updates- Create back cover for Book 4.
- Add prologue for next series to Book 4
- Name next series
- Insert pics
o To-Do list for writing this week:
- Email updates
- Cover reveal
- Create Goodreads giveaway
- Toying with another format and more merchandise
Previous Newsletters
- Newsletter - May 10, 2022
- Newsletter - May 3, 2022
- Newsletter - April 26, 2022
- Newsletter - April 19, 2022
- Newsletter - April 12, 2022
- Newsletter - April 5, 2022
- Almost done Marching - 3/30/2022
- Spring Break - 3/22/2022
- #weekendgetaway - 3/15/2022
- March Merch... - 3/8/2022
- March on! (yeah, that's terrible) - 3/1/2022
- Late-Feb Slog - 2/23/2022
- No rest for the weary - 2/16/2022
- Book 4 of The Guardian League, The Song Unsung - 2/9/2022
- Happy Birthday to my Wife - 2/1/2022
- Finding Books "Connected" to mine - 1/25/2022
- Hunting for Silver Linings - 1/18/2022
- Starting off the New Year with a Bang - 1/11/2022
- Happy Neo Year - 1/4/2022
- Treasure - 12/28/2021
- Happy Holidays - 12/21/2021
- A week of promotions - 12/14/2021
- Elf on the Shelf and the Bless-Yous of Winter - 12/05/2021
- Thanks have been given - 11/30/2021
- Reviews, but not bookish reviews... - 11/23/2021
- Lights, digital recording device, action… - 11/16/2021
- Annnnd... cue Christmas! - 11/09/2021
- Book 3 Hype-Up Coming Soon - 11/02/2021
- Losing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story - 10/26/2021 📜 Losing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story.pdf
- New pics for Book 1 - 10/19/2021
- Happy Birthday, Middle Egg - 10/12/2021
- Age Before Duty -10/05/2021 📜 Age-Before-Duty.pdf
- Grundle's Hope - 9/28/2021 📜 Grundle's-Hope.pdf
Steven J Morris
If you read fantasy for the magic, the world-building, and the occasional moment of dark humor—I write that. One urban fantasy series, one epic fantasy series, both set in the Fractured Arcana universe, with more coming. My newsletter takes you deeper into the worlds, the characters, and what's next.
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