An Update + COVER REVEAL + Rec!
Witchy goodness within, along with some news and a Top Shelf Rec!
There are so many Big Important Things going on in the world, many that make me want to set it on fire — or burn it all down, as it were — and I’m betting you have the same ones, so I won’t get into it here. (SMASH THE PATRIARCHY, STARTING WITH SCOTUS.) There, now that’s out of the way, it’s also been verrrrry busy on the daily level around here as we work work work to get the Lexington Writer’s Room back up and running! And write our work (not the royal we, both Christopher and I are on deadline) and also juggle life and the garden and walkies.
SO forgive me for not being as on top of the newsletter for just now. Don’t worry, it’s a limited time state of affairs. Some of it is that I have things to announce, and I’m never quite sure when they’re coming. Some of it is that the longer I do this, the more I really do kind of enter a vaguely porous membrane state (HOT STUFF, I KNOW) when I’m trying to stay focused on writing any given project and so few things get through and those that do might take a snooze button or two to wake me up.
ANYWAY! A fundraising link, a shiny bauble, and a Top Shelf Rec!
LWR UPDATE
We’re making LOTS of progress at the Lexington Writer’s Room and honestly, you’ll all get thank yous individually when things slow down, but y’all have rallied behind us so hard. Between individual donations (SO MANY OF YOU) and a wildly successful auction last week of some rare items donated by Subterranean Press (GREAT PEOPLE + GREAT BOOKS), we are well on our way to being reopen and in good shape.
That said, if you’ve ever had to do any work with a contractor, you know there are always little expenses, and even though we’re renting the new space, we are making some improvements and encounter a “last little thing” pretty much daily right now: which is to say every dollar you’ve sent our way helps. And will keep helping as we move forward. I bring this up because it’s why we’re not going to push as hard as we did last year for Ky. Gives Day, tomorrow/Tuesday May 10, but we signed up to participate and set a modest goal. If you’d like to kick us a few (more) bucks, our thanks! Go to that link.
We’ve also updated our wishlists, both for stuff and on Amazon. Honestly, though, click through and look at how few things are left. AMAZING.
For example, a lovely and amazing member author and her delightful husband donated a couch to us today! (Also the painting is done!)
NOW SHINY THING ALERT…
COVER REVEAL!
Who wants to see the cover for my next rom-com from St. Martin’s, due out next March 7, 2023 (I know, it’s awhile, but less than a year!)?
I hope the answer was you. Hocus focus, et voila!
From New York Times bestselling author Gwenda Bond, Mr. and Mrs. Witch is a comedic mash-up of Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Bewitched in which a couple discovers at the altar the surprising secret identities they’ve kept from each other.
Cover illustration by Natalia Agatte! Preorder, add to your Goodreads, share the cover reveal, etc! More to come, obviously. Get ready for hashtag #cronelife. I can’t wait until y’all can read this one. I had so much fun with it, and I think you will too. Also, be prepared, because this book has a lot more spice than the first two.
Soon, I will tell you about the book I’m working on now.
But not today! Today I need to go work on writing it.
I’ll leave you with a…
TOP SHELF REC
And it’s not for a book. It’s for a web series that I highly recommend checking out if you like romance, especially historical or rom-coms, The Mindy Project, Bridgerton, Austen, cosplay, or just have good taste, etc etc!
Black Girl in a Big Dress was recommended to me on Friday by Karen Joy Fowler (of many things, but also The Jane Austen Book Club fame) who had it recommended to her by Nisi Shawl (of Everfair and many other things’ fame), which is about as great a recommendation line as I can imagine and why I immediately located and started it on Friday evening. I inhaled the first two seasons, started recommending it to everyone I know and don’t.
If you, like me at times, are like, I am #old, I only watch things streaming on the TV, let me assure you the link will get you to every single episode and you can also watch them on YouTube! They are deliciously bite-sized and I can only hope a streamer will pick this series up and give us the more extravagant portions it deserves!
So go watch it at BlackGirlinaBigDress.com! It’s smart, funny, beyond charming, and Andrea Walden is a star.
You’re welcome!
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An Update + COVER REVEAL + Rec!
Hi, Gwenda, lovely to receive this from you. I was going to get in touch to see if you were OK, as it's been a while. Congrats on all your great news