Newsletter - May 1, 2025

Published 4 months ago • 1 min read

I showed my daughter and her friends how to use a miter saw and drill and set them loose for their school project. There’s still thirty fingers amongst them, so I’m declaring it a victory, whether they get an A or not

I sent out the ARC ebook versions of Secrets. The paperback will take more time. Right now, only 11 people are signed up. That's the lowest I've ever had, which perhaps I should take as a sign. But this book is my favorite so far, and I think it is pretty solid with the rounds of edits I did with Libby & Marla. Also, there's more pre-orders than ARC readers, which is a good sign (but not by much... way less pre-orders than Bones... /sigh).

You can still sign up: https://pages.sjmorriswrites.com/sodarc
The process is automated, so it'll send you through a couple of email chains, but one of the immediate ones will include the epub. It would be great if someone already on the ARC could confirm they were able to grab the epub.
Part of the point of ARC reading is to get those early ratings/reviews, and I still need that. The other part is to catch glaring errors, which I hope I've eliminated.

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