After a horrifying start to 2017, I’m pleased with what I’ve achieved this year:
Maria V Snyder’s Fan Edition fo Dawn Study (Chronicles of Ixia #6) was released, and my picture was on the mosaic cover!
In January I published Cupid’s Arrow: Guardian Trials on Episode. It’s only 3 episodes long but I plan on going back to it one day. I had a dream after I published it and that has inspired another part of the story. The cover is done by The Awkward Cover Art Shoppe.
In February my husband came home from a two month stay in hospital and we moved house the next week.
Then in March I published a special 3 episode only Episode, a short story called Mysterious: Those Left Behind. I originally wanted to write this for Episode and they just so happened to have a contest about the mystery genre when I was plotting it in my head, and it was perfect for a 3 episode short story.
In April I published the three-part Lies for a Living, three interconnected novellas then bundled into one full-length novel, about a BBW and her celebrity lover interest.
In April I published part 1 of Lies for a Living, Backstage Heat.
In May I published part 2 of Lies for a Living, Centre Stage.
In June I published part 3 of Lies for a Living, Name in Lights.
A box set of the trilogy was also released in July.
In July I rebranded my Tina Storm books with new titles and a new cover for Demon’s Blood done by Cover Couture.
Then I organised the rest of the covers for my New Adult fantasy series Winter Witch, done by Magic Owl. I can’t show them to you, but they are totally gorgeous.
Then I took a break and focused on my non-writing life.
In November I started NaNoWriMo, but this year, due to outside commitments, I couldn’t finish it. I did get a fair chunk done and I am excited to write the rest of it, I’m just stretched too thin at the moment. This means that I can’t commit to when Winter is going to be published, but I’m hoping, if my life settles down sometime soon, in the latter half of 2018.
Lissa Bilyk 