Writing in 2019 (original fiction)

[sholio]

Time for another year-end roundup! Here's my 2019 list of publications.

Zoe Chant
This is a paranormal romance pen name shared between several authors. I write the Bodyguard Shifters and Bears of Pinerock County series.

• Bull in a Tea Shop (Bodyguard Shifters #5) - April 2019
• Dancer Dragon (Bodyguard Shifters #6) - Dec. 2019

Stoneskin Dragon (unwritten) will be out in mid to late 2020.

Lauren Esker
This is my personal pen name for paranormal and sci-fi romance.

• Metal Dragon (Warriors of Galatea #2) - March 2019
• Metal Pirate (Warriors of Galatea #3) - Dec. 2019

I'm going to backburner Lauren in 2020 and don't plan to have anything new until 2021 at the earliest. I do still plan at least 1-2 books in the Warriors of Galatea series and potentially more Shifter Agents, however.

Layla Lawlor
I've pulled the first Gatekeeper book pending revisions and plan to re-release it in 2020 along with the next two books in the series. Most of my 2020 publication plans involve this pen name; I'm going to try to put out Gatekeeper and start another series as well. So there's very little for this year, but should be a lot in 2020. Stay tuned. :D

• Kismet: Sun-Cutter - ongoing webcomic (currently on temp hiatus)

Mar Delaney
My F/F pen name never really got off the ground and will be backburnered for 2020. Possibly to be restarted in a year or two; it depends on how the other projects go. (This one is currently at the bottom of the priority list.)

• "Moose Madness" - short story in the anthology Her Wild Soulmate - Jan. 2019

My 2020 plan is to focus primarily on my non-romance writing and kick that off to a strong start. There won't be much in the first half of the year because I plan to mainly spend those months writing. Then in the back half, the books will start to drop. At least ... if all goes as planned.

April 2020 will also be the 5-year anniversary of my first Zoe book and first Amazon selfpub, Bear Down. I know I say this often, but thank you again for inviting me, rachelmanija!

Comments

[ellenmillion]

That's a lot of awesome, and I can't wait to see your real name stuff! (Also, holy moly, I forgot that Her Wild Soulmate was THIS YEAR. It feels so long ago. I'll have to add it to my list.)

[sholio]

I KNOW RIGHT?? I almost forgot to add it to the list - literally the only reason was because I'd listed that story in my "upcoming in 2019" in last year's roundup post. 2019 has been looooong.

[sheron]

♥

[sholio]

♥ ♥ ♥

Looking forward to lots more writing talk in 2020!

[snickfic]

By non-romance writing, do you mean fanfic? Or are you also working on, like, an original fantasy novel? Anyway congrats on your writing productivity this year! I'm sad we won't be hearing any more from Mar Delaney for a while.

[sholio]

Original! :D I'm finishing up a 3-book urban fantasy series (most of which was written in about 2009-2011; it won't be my best work ever since so much of it was written back then, but I'm looking forward to getting it out) and I also have a steampunk-ish murder mystery series underway. I mean, fanfic will be happening too, that's pretty much a given, but the non-romance origfic is going to take center stage in 2020 - at least that's the plan.

I'm sad about shelving Mar also, but there's just Too Much - I had to put something on hold. Also, a lot of what I would have written under the Mar pen name works pretty well with my realname writing too, so there's going to be a lot of content overlap there. (Of the books thus far written, while they're not romance-focused in the same way as my romance writing, most of the pairings that do exist in the books are queer ones; one series is reworked from a Dreamspinner Press short story and series proposal, while the other has a central F/F pairing.)

[schneefink]

Congrats on your writing!
I look forward to more Gatekeeper novels next year :)

[cornerofmadness]

You did well this year!

[brigdh]

Wow, so many books! :D Congratulations!