Thursday, October 25, 2018

Oracle, Oracle, where for art thou, Oracle?

I posted this on my FB page, but a lot of you aren't on it, so here you go. I'm addressing the Oracle series, and what's going on. 

Quite a few of you have asked if there was going to be another Oracle book, and the answer is simply, I don't know.
I have plans for our characters, but the other series aren't there yet. In order for me to give them their happily ever after, I need to have everything align perfectly.
I don't end a series without careful thought and consideration, and I do not want to rush into it just to release a book, so I'm going to ask you all to be patient with me. There is an ending coming, but I'm not a 'kill them all and get it over with it' kind of girl. I love a HEA, and I want to give Avalon, Maura, Jagger, etc that ending. So, the book scheduled for this Feb will NOT be coming out. As I sat down to write it, it didn't feel right. As many of you know, I WILL NOT release a book unless I love it 10000%. I'm not loving this. It feels like the easy way out for me, and I don't do cop-out.
I know some of you love Oracle, and I get it. I do, but in order to be true to my process, and to the story in my head, it has to wait. I'm sorry that some of you will be disappointed, but out of 80 books I've written, and the 15 more next year, it doesn't feel right to write it because I feel guilty for not being ready to end their story.
I can give you crap and write it off, or I can give you the best story that you, and the characters, deserve. Writing it just to write it feels horribly wrong, and I won't go there.
So, I will be replacing Feb's book with another. As to the book, I have no idea.
Any suggestions?
Again, I apologize to the Oracle fans, but her story isn't ready yet, and I don't half-ass a plot just to appease. That's not how I roll, and I wouldnt' respect myself after the fact.
Keep reading.

I hope you all understand. I just don't want to deliver a fast book that appeases the sense of closure and nothing else. I believe Oracle deserves a better ending, and a better shot at a future. So, until I feel like it's perfect, you guys won't get it. 

Again, i'm sorry. I'm from the school of thought that you deliver the best or you don't deliver it. In 80 books, i've never put out a book i didn't love. With this installment of Oracle, i'm not happy with it, and i don't feel like i can do it justice. 
So, she's shelved for now. Fear not, they will appear again, and possibly in other series. They just need a break. 


Again, much love, mayhem, and murder, 

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