Coming soon

A New King has been temporarily put on hold:

I know what you’re thinking. Maria, we’ve already been waiting YEARS for this book - isn’t that on “hold” already? Yes and no. I have written and rewritten Guy & Margaret’s story so many times that I can’t even see straight. Could I release it today? I could. But I’m still not happy with the last third of the book.

Is it writer’s block?

If I’m being fully transparent, I don’t think it is. Every scene is sketched out. I know exactly how it’s all meant to go. And yet, the last third just feels…wrong. It doesn’t help that when I sit down to work, all I feel is a crazy amount of fear that I’m not talented enough to pull off what is, by far, the best book I’ve ever written (you know, besides the last chunk).

So what does this mean? Are we never getting A New King?

Oh, this book is going to release, even if, by the time it does, no one cares about the series anymore. I owe it to myself, and I owe it to these characters, to prove that I can give them exactly what they need. But I just need a break, some time to show myself that I’m not actually broken.

And that means we’re getting another Blades book?

Right now, I need a warm hug, and no series of mine feels quite like a hug more than my Blades boys do. Which means that YES, we are going back to Boston!

Wait, hold on…

I know that some of you might be jumping for joy and others might be internally screaming at me right now. Please know that I didn’t make this decision lightly. I’m not walking away from Guy & Margaret, or the Priests, I just need a little time to remind myself that I can still write, and that I can still have fun 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 I’m writing. And I’m hoping beyond hope that by jumping ship, just for a little bit, I’ll feel clear-headed afterward to go back to A New King and wrap up an amazingly epic series.