A short work week and it’s almost the end of February all of a sudden? It’s like Christmas all over again. I kid, I kid. But I had a mostly good time and that’s worth celebrating these days.
I’m gearing up to finish the behind-the-scenes technical stuff so that Murder Takes a Holiday can go up for pre-order by the end of the month! I’m so excited about it! For everyone who loved A Party to Murder, I think you are going to really enjoy this one. It will be officially out at the end of March … which is coming right up. Whoa.
[I’m currently editing book #3 in the series and honestly? It might be my favorite yet. You’ll have to wait a little while longer to read it though ;)]
My reading has slowed way down because I’ve been going HARD with my writing, but I did manage to finish The Scapegoat: The Brilliant, Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. It’s a chonker of a doorstopper of a book but it was brilliant. I love how vividly Hughes-Hallett paints the portrait of not just George Villiers (a fascinating figure) but also his milieu – his family, friends, patrons and lovers, rivals and enemies, and various associates. It’s an engrossing glimpse into the 17th century, the history and the psychology of the age.
Doomscrolling on IG (yeah, that’s not going great) I came across a bunch of videos from Chinese content creators talking about the Year of the Fire Horse, and one of my big takeaways is that (as someone born in the year of the Monkey) it is good to wear white, blue, and earth colours in 2026 to balance our the fiery energy.
Blue and earth colours, you say? What, like … brown? Hmm …
SIGN ME UP, BABY!
Have a great weekend!