Mark Your Calendars!

August 18th, 2025

It's getting real.

Maple Island, my 14th book, will be officially released this November. I've spent nearly all of my sobriety in labor with a story about a society of vampires and I'm finally ready for you to experience this baby.

I'm going to be doing things a little differently this time; instead of using Kickstarter to raise money for publication, I'm going to open my website on September 12th, 2025, to start accepting preorders.

I think this will be better in several ways, but we'll find out for sure by trying it! By preordering, you truly become a co-publisher with me, and it will benefit you and me in at least three ways:

1. You'll get your autographed copy before the official release date (as long as there are no delays on the printing side, of which I currently expect zero).

2. You'll get an exclusive signed Church of Virtue bookmark available nowhere else. (What's the Church of Virtue? You'll have to wait and see!)

3. You'll help make it possible for me to order more initial copies of the book, which is huge for me; the more preorders that come in, the more funds I'll have available to use. (I'll leave the tip portion open, too, if you want to add anything additional just because.)

I want to (and will continue to) make this extremely clear: Maple Island is an adult book. It contains intimate sexual scenes (oh?) and intense violence (oh!), along with my incredible wit (ha) and ability to knit in layers of meaning and heart.

It's the whole package -- and that's what she said.

Anyway: mark your calenders. I would love for this unconventional preorder plan to work. I think that some of you will be obsessed (while others equally revolted) over this book. I am both, in the best way.