(Tears of joy welling)

Our book baby is a week old. How did this happen so fast? I'm so proud of the book she's becoming. She's destined for great things. I can feel it.

I want to make sure to thank you all for making this release so fun. I appreciate every like, share, comment, cheer, fist pump, annotation, highlighted quote, review (OMG we have 57 reviews on amazon and 284 on Goodreads! Let's go!) and smile from afar. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that you're here.

If you haven't had a chance to read The Mortal Trials, it's on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited, and I even have signed books on my website for a limited time.

I'll have copies at Miss Willa's next weekend if anyone's attending and can't wait to hang out for a weekend of bookish fun in my state!! If you're attending, please stop and say hello! I'd love to see you!

Now that The Mortal Trials is out in the world, are you wondering what I'm doing?

I'm doing a lot. LOL!

I've been slowly working on book 2 and plan to ramp up writing after Miss Willa's is over and I'm home for a long period of time.

I've been yelling to the rooftops about the book on social media (shout out to those sharing about the book! You're amazing!)

And I've been prepping signed orders. I'm waiting on more luxe hardbacks to arrive to complete them and they should reach me by the end of September.

I just dropped the Spotify playlist for The Mortal Trials if anyone wants to see what I was writing to and guess whether any song inspired any chapter, scene or even trial!

I'm listening to the audiobook of Arcana Academy by Elise Kova and plan to roll straight into Prince of Swords, book two! I am loving this magic system. If One Dark Window and a magic academy had a baby.... it would be this book and I love the world and characters Elise has built. If this is your vibe, here is the link: https://www.elisekova.com/prince-of-swords

After Prince of Swords, I've downloaded KL Kaine's Blood of Gods and Girls which sounds phenomenal, and peep that cover! My bookish heart! If you want to read with me, here is the link: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/463118/blood-of-gods-and-girls-by-kaine-katja/9780241707739

Thanks for listening to me yap! I hope you're doing fabulous and again, thank you so much for being incredible! <3

xoxo,

Casey