Happy New Year, mes amis. I decided to go in to the office today for the precedent of it, although I have no particular expectation of getting anything done besides a blog post or two, which I could have done from home. :)
Last year was not awesome for me/us, and I’m not going to dwell on it much, although I was surprised a couple of days ago to realize I’d published three books and two novellas in 2023. Four books if you count URBAN SHAMAN’s re-release:
DEATH IN IRISH ACCENTS (writing as Catie Murphy)
THROUGH THE FIRE (CE Murphy)
URBAN SHAMAN (CE Murphy)
WITCHMASTER (CE Murphy)
along with
SOMEBUNNY TO LOVE and BUCK THE HALLS as Zoe Chant.
So that’s actually not bad for a year’s output, which was a nice discovery. Also, today the re-release of BANSHEE CRIES is out and the 5th Dublin Driver book, DEATH BY IRISH WHISKEY, will be available on the 23rd of January, so we’re off to a rollicking good start for the new year. :)
Beyond that…I would like 2024 to be better in all ways for all of us, please. That’s mostly what I’d like.
I have a lot of hopeful plans for the year, all of which I am largely pretending don’t exist except for the one Actual Deadline I have, for DEATH OF AN IRISH DRUID, which is due in April. Beyond that, I am going to try Very Hard to take it One Book At A Time, as it were, because no plan survives first contact with the enemy.
I hope the new year treats you all well!