No matter how many books I write, my feelings when I finish a first draft are always the same: relief mixed with terror and a smidgen of pride. Relief because I’ve managed to get my myriad story threads and plot twists onto the page in one piece. Terror because I have no idea whether the book will be any good or not. And pride … well, pride because let me tell you: this writing lark isn’t getting any easier!
So, Book 2 of the Mothers of Sorrow trilogy is finished. Or rather, the first draft is finished. Now I have to do a whole lot of reading and editing; then my editor has to do a whole lot of reading and editing, until somehow, sometime, somewhere, this rough hunk of coal becomes a diamond.
It’s called The City of Sun and Stars, and it’ll be released on October 2nd 2025. You can preorder it here.