This is the last day of the year, so I guess I ought to do a quick recap of the year that is about to disappear in the rearview mirror.
2023 was…fine? I turned in two books this year (SCORPIO in February and DESCENT in October), so I am back in the groove as far as creative output goes. The last time I managed to turn in two books in the same year was 2020, and that was only because I turned in CITADEL in January right when all the pandemic business started. 2021 and 2022 were the hardest years I have had, creatively speaking, but DESCENT was easy going compared to the two drafts from those years, so I am cautiously optimistic for the coming year.
2024 will see two new releases: SCORPIO is officially out tomorrow, and DESCENT will be released on July 16. (There’s already a product page up on the ‘zon if you want to pre-order the book. My publisher loves great pre-order numbers.)
The writing schedule for the next year has me writing the follow-up to SCORPIO, which will be called CORVUS. That will keep me busy for most of the first half of the year, and the second half will most likely be dedicated to Palladium Wars #5, which doesn’t have an official title yet because I haven’t thought of a sufficiently cool and fitting word that starts with “E”. And who knows? Pigs may fly, water may flow uphill, and I may finally have some breathing room in my schedule to complete one of the secret projects from my backlog of ideas.
Happy New Year! I hope you had a similarly tolerable 2023, and may 2024 turn out to be less of a raging dumpster fire than the other years in the Twenty-Twenties so far.
I just finished listening to Scorpio, and I really liked it.
Can’t wait for Descent! How about Embers for the 5th one?
Yea! that Palladium Wars 4 is coming out in July, and there’s even going to be a 5th one. This is my favorite of your series; it’s refreshing to read about a middle aged person.
Happy new year!
I will start 2024 by re-reading all the Frontlines books.
Happy New Year!! 2 books in 2023 sounds like more than just “fine” to me, lol. “If” we want to preorder the book…? Suffice it to say that I was on the Amazon site within about 3.4 nanoseconds of reading that sentence. Truly wish you and your family a great 2024 full of health, happiness and inspiration for your next magna opera!!!
Here’s hoping for an audible version….
Happy New Year Marko!
“… if you want to pre-order the book.” Done.
Happy New Year, Marko! Thanks for the updates, much appreciated. Yeah, no more dumpster fire years would be great. Wishing you a better 2024, with peace, prosperity and inspiration!