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So this has been probably one of my most productive years creatively in a long time. Back in January I published my first novel, The Witch and the Rose, and followed it up in June with a sequel, Bloody Damn Rite. Well, today I'm excited to officially announce the third book in the series, Shadowcasting, will be available on 12/15/2024! Like the earlier books in the series, you can pre-order the book on Kindle immediately, and it will arrive on your device December 15th ready to go.
Honestly, I'm super excited about this one. It's probably my favorite book in the series, and I can't wait for you guys to get your hands on it. Here's the back of cover synopsis:
Winter has clawed its way into the heart of Parrish Mills, and something far darker may have come with it. When Mia Graves, a witch with a habit of getting into trouble, and her best friend Riley Whittaker stumble across a grisly scene along the Wabash River, they find it reeks of dark, forbidden magic and has left at least one charred body in its wake.
With the help of young Bobbi Crawford, the further Mia and Riley dig into the events that took place on that cold Indiana morning, the more dire their circumstances reveal themselves to be. Between a stolen grimoire and a group of young witches who may not know how dangerous their actions are, shadows loom in the dark of winter.
And one of those shadows may be more dangerous than anyone imagined.
(Also, and this is unrelated, the non-Kindle, DRM free ePub version of Bloody Damn Rite is now available in my Patreon store too)
Heh, wowwwwww this arc is a huge piece of deja vu for me. Been where Terence is, been where the others are too. This rarely works out well unless someone snaps out of the “Things used to work fine, why you no do them fine go do things!” mindset and takes the extra time to get the new person really read in. Too many years of having people you can just tell to go get stuffs done without much explication tends to make many a mighty edifice sway in the wind when you don’t have those people to lean on anymore. Question is, do people realize this and take corrective action, or shout at the new folks while the house burns. If this was an entirely realistic con portrayal – I’d suspect option B honestly. Seeing as how this is a comic, and people sometimes try to act like sensible humans I’m going to vote A.
Actually I’ve been where they are and one of the things every new staffer needs to learn is to ask for help, as almost noone will think about that possibility. Of course, a real concom will not give a newcommer a hugely important impossible task to see how they’d handle it, but people with potential will get tasks that are out of their scope or comfort zone, just to see how good are they at handling them and if they actually get the thought of asking for help. A team needs to work like a team in the way that every member should be comfortable enough to ask for help and not just become abrasive and hostile.