My first copy of the B-format paperback of As Darkness Falls arrived a day or so ago. It’s beautiful! Here are the two editions side by side, the trade pb and the B format:

The B format will be out on the shelves in April, so I’m looking forward to seeing it out and about! It’s quite a thrill having a second edition

The revisions for Dark Country are now finished, and in to Bernadette, my wonderful publisher, so now there’s just the copy edits to go in a few weeks, and the final proofs after that. I haven’t started writing book 3 yet, but I’m definitely thinking about it, and hope to start it soon.

After all the rush of the past couple of months – finishing the book, uni work, and the revisions, the worst of the pressure is now off. I’ve still got a fair amount of work to do for the uni course I’m teaching, but it’s doable. So, tomorrow, I’m planning to have a holiday! I’m going to do some weaving, and some knitting, and maybe read a book or watch a movie, or both. I might do a little tidying up, but I’m not going to stress about anything – the focus will be on relaxing and enjoying some fun activities. I think I can remember how

I’ve been flat out the past couple of weeks, with revisions for book 2 and the teaching I’m doing at uni this semester, so the blog has been quiet – but I’m snatching a few minutes to pop in here and share a couple of new covers!

First up, the smaller (‘B’) format paperback cover for As Darkness Falls, which will be coming out in Australia in April. My publishers like to make a few changes to differentiate the trade paperback from the B format – rather than just shrink the original – so here it is:

As Darkness Falls (B format cover)

And this is the beautiful cover for book 2 – which is now officially titled Dark Country:

Dark Country (trade paperback cover)

I’m very happy with it – it captures the mood of the book well, I think. There might still be a few tweaks to it, but this is pretty close to final.

Dark Country will be out in Australia in September this year – but there’ll be a preview in the April edition of As Darkness Falls, as chapter 1 is included in the back of that.

And now, I’d better get back to the revisions, because they’re due in on Tuesday!