As you know, Bob, it’s been a busy couple of months for me—I finished Typhoon Warning, sent that off to the editor, then put it up for preorder. And then because that simply wasn’t enough, I nailed my shapely butt to the chair and finished my Hidden Empire novella Goddess of the Nile. Because why not?

Buuuuuuuut once I finished Goddess and put it aside to marinate, my muse (who apparently has learned how to be a slavedriver) reminded me that I have Book Five of my Two Thrones series teed up and waiting on the writing desk. And so, as of today I have completed the first chapter of Mage of Fire, which follows the (well, let’s be honest here) fuckboi Ignis mage Luc Bernais from Lady of Thorns as he gets sent off to the dangerously pious country of Muñoz to locate and retrive a vital book of lost magic from a bibliophile count’s library. My Patreon members got a sneak peek of it, and I’ll be posting more chapters there as I finish them, so if you want to read the book as it’s being written I invite you to consider becoming a member.

One wee problem—said library is managed by the count’s lovely daughter, who is about to be married off to a man she doesn’t love. And Luc does love a challenge…

I also had a thought this morning on the way into the day job. Typhoon is my nineteenth published book, and Mage will be my twentieth. That number seems special, somehow, so I need to come up with some extra ways to promote and celebrate Mage once it’s out (which may be early August at this rate). I’ll have to muse on that some more, but if you have any ideas let me know and I’ll give you a free ebook.

Oh, bee tee dubs, I’m still looking for ARC readers for Typhoon Warning so if you’re interested sign up here.