UPDATE:
Hi bookdragons, readers, bloggers, and friends. I regret the words I have to say here, it's so cliche 2020, but there's no way around it. I have to push back the release of MONSTERS & MIST.
I've been trying to push through and get it ready for it's December 29th release but it's become impossible for several very important reasons.
First, my grandmother has been very ill over the past few months. She's been in and out of the hospital in addition to trying to recover at home but over the past week we found out that a wound she has on her body has become septic, she's in renal failure, and needs a bevy of other treatments. At this time she's chosen not to pursue treatment and transition over to hospice care. With Covid measures we're having a hell of a time trying to find a facility to go to, the hospital isn't really letting us in to see her at this time, and we're all trying to come to terms that this is the end. Whether it's days, weeks, or a month, the strong, fiesty woman who raised me does not have much time left and we want her to be as comfortable as possible.
Second, with her transition into a hospice facility and eventual passing I lose my day job which makes me unable to keep the apartment I shared with my grandmother so I have begun packing things up to move back into my mother's house. I'm not sure how much time it will take but I'm eking out at least until the end of January to get everything packed up, moved or sold, and the apartment's minor cleaning.
Lastly, and the main writing-related reason that I am unable to deliver MONSTERS & MIST to you on the release date is that it's not completely ready. Usually a month before publication I sit down and spend a few days reading through the book one last time to catch any spelling or punctuation errors that slipped through all other edits of the book (they're usually minor - the word "they" instead of "the", etc.) and I haven't had enough time to devote to a good read-through in the past few weeks. There are also a few minor formatting issues that need to be hammered out before the paperback edition is ready.
I don't want to send out a sloppy work that I'm not proud of so for all of these reasons I'm choosing to push the publication date into the new year. The new release date is: March 19, 2021.
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