Happy beginning of September!
I can’t believe I let so many months pass by before writing anything on Substack! For those of you who forgot who I was or that you even signed up for my emails, I’m Alicia and I write mostly fantasy and dystopia. I’ve serialized several stories here on Substack that you can read and am currently working on getting published. Speaking of which…
I’ve mentioned in the past that I was shopping around for a publisher for my book, The Shoes that Charlotte Wore. I’m happy to announce that I signed a deal a few weeks ago and yes, it will be published! I’m excited but I don’t have much more to share. I am currently waiting for all the lovely edits they’ll want from me and hope they aren’t too bad. Fingers crossed.
Meanwhile, I started writing another book, that I finished last month and sent out to a few alpha readers. I got some wonderful feedback on it so far. This book is called A Vision Softly Creeping and takes place in the late 1960’s, alternating between the USA and Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It’s a sci-fi love story that fits in the universe of The Nationalist. Speaking of which…
I plan to edit and rewrite some parts of The Nationalist and give it the polish it deserves to have. You can read the current version on my Substack newsletter. I anticipate something in 2024, I will self-publish the completed version. I am also anticipating it becoming 2 books instead of 1. Yeah, there’s that much more I wanted to write but didn’t get to.
But for now, my focus is to polish A Vision Softly Creeping, shop it around to agents, while embarking on a new novella to share here on my substack. Then by the end of 2023, start reworking The Nationalist. Doesn’t sound like a big list but it is for me. Either way, I am committed to getting these 3 things done before embarking on another project that’s been on the backburners for over a year now.
So how are you? Are you ready for Autumn? I know I am and can’t wait for all the holidays to start.
See you all later!
Alicia