It’s almost August, 2021. That’s the month my next book is being published, although it’s available some places already.
It’s HER UNDERCOVER REFUGE, the first in my new Shelter of Secrets miniseries for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. That miniseries is a spin-off of another, also for HRS, that was called K-9 Ranch Rescue.
And I’m delighted to have HER UNDERCOVER REFUGE published! My last novel was published in February 2020, and that’s a long time between books for me.
It’s my 54th traditionally published novel, so most often there have been several a year. Was this gap a result of COVID? I don’t think so, unlike a lot of things that seem to be delayed these days. It just was.
So how can you plan for a lot of traditionally published books to be published, and have several come out each year? I don’t really know!
Oh, it helps to write for more than one publisher. I’ve tended to write cozy mysteries and Harlequin romances at the same time.
And it helps also to write for different lines for the same publisher. I’ve written for Harlequin Romantic Suspense and Harlequin Nocturne at the same time. However, Nocturne, their paranormal line, will no longer be published.
These days, a lot of people self-publish. I ponder that now and then, and may do it someday. But while I have good relationships with traditional publishers, I’ll probably hang out there some more.
Am I writing for anyone other than Harlequin now? Yes. My first Alaska Untamed mystery, BEAR WITNESS, will be published next February by Crooked Lane.
Oh, and in the meantime, my next Harlequin Romantic Suspense, UNCOVERING COLTON’S FAMILY SECRET, part of the Coltons of Grave Gulch miniseries, will be a November 2021 release.
And you? What’s your preferred way of writing and publishing?
Either way, or both, I hope you’re highly successful!
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