Fantasy Romance
Even holy Knights of Valor made mistakes.
Her unit was overwhelmed.
She fought valiantly, but the men around her fell to the onslaught.
As the vampire lord snapped the neck of the man guarding her, his single arrow dipped in holy water pierced the vampire’s heart.
One shot. One kill.
He tracked her, watching her for days.
She destroyed zombies, ghouls, and wendigos.
Necromancers cowered before the light of her holy sword.
The peasants cheered her coming.
Still, he watched. And waited.
Things are interesting.
I completed my May goal of finishing a new first draft about Annabelle and Leikar. Yes, Annabelle from Seducing the Ice Queen, and those were snippets of Leikar’s back story on some of my micro-fictions.
I was also able to work through a third draft revision of The Pirate Captain’s Daughter and send that off to my beta readers. I had planned to do that in September.
I also finished the final revision of A Knight’s Redemption, which was my June goal. I am now working through all of the administrative things it takes to publish a novel. This novel was supposed to release in mid-June but now won’t until several months after Knight of Valor comes out.
Why? Because it’s the fourth book in the series, and Knight of Valor is the third. My amazing editor got it back to me on Memorial Day saying once I made her last round of revisions, it was ready for final line editing.
I have started that round of revisions…Okay, so I haven’t.
My issue is, once again, time.
See, I started a new novel.
Yeah, I know, I know.
I thought it was going to be a nice short story, maybe a novella I could give away for free as an introduction to the series.
Except now I am at 30,000 words and still going strong. And I *know* better than to stop now to edit something else. I will lose my momentum, my muse will turn on me faster than Jon Snow did Daenerys, and I will be lucky to finish this novel at all.
Sometimes it sucks to be a pantser and write without an outline or anything more than a vague idea where the story is going. But that is my writing style, for better or worse, and it’s the only way I have ever been able to finish a novel.
I am going to take a deep breath and keep working through this current novel. Once it’s done, I will polish Knight of Valor. Yes, I am going to be approximately three months late releasing it.
I am truly sorry.
I hate missing deadlines, and I seldom do.
But you deserve the best I can do with this story and so do the characters.
The good news is A Knight’s Redemption is very close to being ready. With some luck and hard work, I will have it out within six months of releasing Knight of Valor.
Makayla stared down at the fresh graves.
How many innocents would she have to bury? How many men that she’d once called friend?
She gripped the hilt of her sword, and white fire flashed down its blade.
But she still had no answer.
The Tamarian soldiers stared at Leikar, then one nodded toward the Knight of Valor. “Closest Priestess of Thalia is hard half day ride from here. He won’t survive that long.”
Leikar stared at the young Knight, his sword no longer aflame with the god’s light. “I know how to cure zombie rot if you can get me the ingredients quickly enough.”
Several of the soldiers whispered he was a mage and shouldn’t be trusted.
Finally, the soldier in charge met Leikar’s gaze. “Get him what he needs. Quickly.”
As Leikar crouched beside the Knight of Valor, a contingent of Tamarian forces appeared.
They stared at him then the burned zombies.
“Not one of them,” Leikar said standing and holding up his hands. “But this man needs immediate help. He’s been bitten.”