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Cover Reveal & Pub Date Coming Soon!

 I'm roughly seventy percent of the way through this final pass of Champion's Sword!

Some chapters are taking a bit longer than others. But I'm confident I'll get through it all in the next week or two. The majority of formatting is finished. And I was so excited to add an "Also by Jessica McCarty" page to the beginning of the book.😭💖I still need to write the blurb. I like to wait until I've read the book for the final time before tackling that. That way I've got the story in its entirety fresh in my mind. There's just no easy way to condense a three-hundred-page book into three paragraphs. After that is cover design. Lastly, uploading and publishing! I'll be sure to keep you all posted. A cover reveal and publication date should be coming soon!



Reading . . .

This month, I read the last book in the Hawthorne Brothers series (How to Kiss a Movie Star, Jenny Proctor). I'm really sad to be done with this series. They're just good clean romances. Next, I read I Think He Knows by Katie Bailey (Donovan Family #2). And I finally got my hands on Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams. Once again, Sarah kindly put a note in the front of the book for readers who prefer their romances to be closed-door. As she advised, I skipped chapters 25 and 32. However, I would add chapter 16. There's nothing explicit in it per se, but the dialogue is descriptive in a way I personally wasn't comfortable with, and I don't think it takes anything from the story to do so.



Music . . .

All the Gracie Abrams!



Enjoying . . .

Whippoorwill Holler on YouTube. The intro to their videos says, "I'm Miss Lori, & this is Mr. Brown," which I find adorable. Most of their videos involve homesteading. You get to see their garden. Miss Lori does a lot of cooking. On one video they go thrifting/antiquing. Honestly, I think I've entered my granny hobby era.😆



Blessings,

Jessica

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