No blog posts in over a year, no newsletters since last December, no website updates since January, and nothing published since I snuck (sneaked?) The Lost Portrait onto Ingram Spark? I have been posting occasionally on Facebook and X, but it’s true—I’ve basically been AWOL.
Break’s over!
The second edition of Enemy Closer is live. The eBook is available here, and the paperback will be available as soon as Ingram Spark gets its act together. Of all the second editions, Enemy Closer changed the most. I’m very happy with how it turned out and so grateful to my amazing editor for fitting it into her busy schedule.
I also gave my website a facelift, fulfilling two lifelong dreams: fitting my whole website on a single page, and making a site that looks as good on a small screen as it does on a large one. Sure, both of those things are super easy when you use pre-built templates; but when you write every last line of HTML and CSS by hand because you’re obsessed with having total control of your website and making it as simple as possible, it can be a little tricky.
Republishing everything has been a slow process, and my timeline needs an update.
- Anna Bowman Thrillers and Prequels: Books 1, 3, and 4 are out now. Bigger Fish and No Port in a Storm were already edited, so I went ahead and got them published. Book 2, House on Fire, is coming next. The prequels will follow after in good time and will likely only be available in eBook until the series is finished and I can publish all five together.
- Short Stories: Underworld will be available in eBook in June. As for The Beast and the Books, The Institute, and Anywhere But Home, best I can do is say they’ll be available this year.
- Sam vs the Black Hat and Tiger by the Tail: I’m aiming for 2026 to get these re-written and published.
But wait! There’s more!
- Anna Bowman Thrillers Book 5 and Prequel 5: Book 5 is almost finished, and its companion prequel is still in the contemplative phase of writing. I plan to publish both this year (a year early)!
- Sam Book 2: Sam vs the Double Eagle will come out next year, after Sam vs the Black Hat and Tiger by the Tail return.
- Crimes of the Art: That’s the official name of the Claire Riordan (of The Lost Portrait) series. The second book is already written… in my head.
- Untitled psychological thriller: I don’t know if this will be a full-length novel or a short story, but it will be the darkest thing I’ve ever written.
- Bannerlight fantasy series: I’m still planning on publishing this series on Patreon. It’s low priority, even though the three-book series is about 75% written.
And that’s only what I can reasonably expect to finish by 2027. There’s a lot more in the works. Stay tuned.
-AK