“Woman Reading”, Edouard Manet
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about a second book. (Including from my doctor!)
“Are you writing one?”
“What are you writing about now?”
“So you’re writing a second book, right?”
Welllllllllllllll.
(It’s not bad news, don't worry.)
Here’s the deal.
For someone to get to write a second book, the first book has to sell.
Yes, it’s true. It all comes down to money. A publisher has to see sales to think, “Oh, OK, this person has an audience, so it’s worth our outlay of cash to support this person’s writing and give them a book contract.”
So, yes, if you want another book, you have to buy the current book.
I know so many of you have, and I am incredibly, stupendously grateful for your support. Everyone who has left reviews, or written blog posts, or bought copies for friends—I love you. I am so grateful to you.
If you would like to buy a copy, her are all the places you can get it:
Ave Maria Press (they often run sales, and I always post about these on the blog and on my social media accounts)
As a NOOK book and on Kindle
Indiebound (you can also order it through your local indy bookstore!)
Also your local Catholic bookstore or indie bookstore can order it for you. Just ask them! They will do it!
I hate, hate, hate selling things. I hated selling candy bars for school, cookies for Girl Scouts, and cheese and sausage for choir. I HATE it.
But I know that if I want to earn any money writing, I have to ask people to support my writing. Which….I hate doing!
But it’s necessary.
If you already have Living Memento Mori, you can also get Catholic 101, my ebook about the basics of Catholicism, inspired by the years I taught first grade CCD. You can download it, read it on iPad or Kindle, or even print it out! You can gift it!
AND newsletter subscribers get 15% off the $5 price!
Another way is to support my Patreon. It’s more behind the scenes notes on creativity and what I’m working on than here, and it’s somewhat sporadic in posting, but there re goodies you can get and things that I only post there. So if you’re really interested in my inner workings, or just want to support my writing, that’s the way to go. Memberships start a dollar. You can become a patron here!
OK after all that, Patty cleanser!
She has EIGHT teeth now!
OK so on to fun things: projects!
There are a few projects I’m working on.
The first one is Catholicism and Outlander, and I talk a lot more about that over on Patreon. I’m in the research phase of that one right now! (Which means reading and watching TV, POOR ME!)
The other one is a really, really basic knitting series. As in, yes, needles come in packs of two (I seriously did not know this). I know that I wanted something like that when I was starting, and it didn’t exist, and even “beginner” books were not really for beginners! So I’m working on that as well.
And that, my friends, is the state of the wicket!