New Moon in Sagittarius - New Book Titles & Hermit Energy
Published 7 months ago • 8 min read
Sheila Reads and writes
Happy New Moon!
I am torn between hoping this email finds you (because it's full of some amazing news), and hoping that you're busy doing something fun and too busy to read it.
I am a day early for this new moon, but I know Eveyrone will probably be busy, so I wanted to give you plenty of time to read. I have so much to share. But first, a collective card reading.
Today I drew The Hermit. A hilarious card for a holiday weekend that forces a great deal of us in the US to be around a lot of people. (Also an incredibly SONG OF THE DARK WOOD coded card if there ever was one.)
The Hermit card from the Dark Wood Tarot
ANYWAY, The Hermit is a card that asks us to look at the places where we are feeling a desire to retreat. This is a natural time for reflection on the past year. Which goals did you achieve? Which ones did they miss and what can they tell you about your limitations or what support you might want to call in for the year ahead?
The temptation to focus full steam ahead is real right now as we head into the holiday season. But The Hermit is both a reminder and permission to take some quiet moments for reflection and gratitude.
It's also a reminder to pay close attention to what areas of your life you're feeling the most need to retreat from as this can give you valuable information. If that same impulse to retreat has been showing up long-term, it might be time to assess if it's a place or relationship that's still aligned for you. If it's newer it might be more of a need to redirect your energy to yourself so that you can heal, create, and spend your sacred energy nurturing yourself before anyone else.
Even amongst the hustle and bustle of the holiday season The Hermit is a reminder that we can always retreat to the quiet within.
Wishing you a minimally disruptive retrograde.
What you'll find in the rest of this email:
A Pick a Card reading
A DIY Tarot Reading
Song of the Dark Wood Series Update (and titles)
The Lost God Audiobook release and giveaway
A Writing Update (with the TLG spinoff title)
A Reading update (with a ton of holiday sales)
Romantasy Summit Information for my writer friends
New Moon in Pisces - This new moon in watery Pisces is an opportunity to notice what emotional patterns were locked into. While new moons are often about setting an intention for creation and new habits, this new moon is more about observing what already exists. We are learning how this awareness can nurture us.⠀ Take a few deep breaths and choose the card you feel most drawn to. The card you select represents how you can best observe the emotional patterns that you're locked into without judgment.
Scroll down for your reveal.
REVEAL TIME - The card you select represents how you can best observe the emotional patterns that you're locked into without judgment.
Ace of Swords - The key to understanding your emotional crutches will be most obvious whenever you are thinking about trying something new. The resistance that arises from change is your first indication of which emotions feel safe to you, and which do not. Let that observation be a guide to exploring how you've managed past changes and what helped you navigate apprehension.
Knight of Pentacles- A lot of what you're feeling is getting lost in the sheer busy-ness of your hectic life. Finding a way to sit in stillness and breathe through big emotions will be most helpful to you right now. This is a great time to build short meditation breaks or a movement practice into your day to hold that time for yourself.
The Empress - Your work is in feeling worthy of the time it takes to process your feelings. Perhaps you grew up in a family system that required you to repress your feelings in order to avoid inconveniencing someone with the burden of your needs. But you owe it to yourself to take the time now, in the privacy of your own heart to feel both the emotions that feel comfortable and the ones that feel too raw and vulnerable.
I hope your reading was resonant.
Exciting SONG OF THE DARK WOOD Update:
Happy to reveal the titles for the rest of the Fable Song Series. I am so excited to dive into these two books next year. I expect Ballad of the Heartless to release in Winter 2026 and Symphony of Nightmares to release in Fall of 2026. That's subject to change but that feels like a realistic timeline right now.
They are all standalones so each book will be a complete story on its own, but if you read from book one through book three, there will be a larger story payoff. The main characters will also change with each book.
Although Rowan and Conor are not the main characters in these books, we will see some familiar faces. If you've read the bonus chapter, then you should have a pretty good hint for book 2. If you read the early order bonus chapter, you should have a good hint for book 3.
If you have not purchased a copy yet, you can find it at your favorite online retailer.
If you have already read the book I would be so grateful if you would leave a review on Amazonand Goodreads. Thank you so much.
THE LOST GOD AUDIOBOOK - OUT NOW!
THE LOST GOD is officially out on audio. This has been an absolute dream for me and I'm so grateful to the narrators, who have done such a fantastic job, especially the incomparable Caitlin Kelly as Cecilia. Huge thanks to my street team as well for helping me get this book out in the world. Tomorrow is the one year book birthday of THE MEMORY CURSE, and I'm doing a giveaway for the first two audiobooks in the series to celebrate.
A quick reminder that the entire LOST GOD series is available for preorder on libro.fm, audible, and wherever you get audiobooks. You can also request it at your local library as it will also be available on Libby and Hoopla.
As I write this, I'm actually listening to an early copy of THE MEMORY CURSE (which comes out in 3 weeks) and I am once again blown away but the fantastic performances. The rest of the release dates are below:
What I'm Writing:
Well, I did it. I sent the spinoff off to seven beta readers this past weekend and now I wait. I'm feeling pretty good about it. The first developmental edit is always a bear, but I think it came out really well and I'm actually excited for Beta Feedback.
I am also excited to finally reveal the spinoff title: A LEGACY OF STARS. This line was hidden in one of the final chapters of THE GODLESS KINGDOM and I have been giggling about that to myself for months. It also just felt like a tremendously appropriate title for this particular story.
You might already be making some guesses, but I'm hoping to be able to do a full cover and blurb reveal for the book in my next email.
In other writing news, I am digging back into my draft of the poison book and hoping to have it finished by the first week of January. I already revealed a lot of titles in this email so I'm going to hold this one until the next full moon to draw out the anticipation.
What I'm Reading:
Changing this section up to let you know about a few fun book sales. As a thank you for all of your support this year, I put the entire LOST GOD Series on sale for a few days this weekend. Pricing is in the graphic below but, basically, you can purchase the entire series for $10. (ALso, pro-tip that if you buy the ebooks you can get the audiobooks at a discounted rate.)
FARO BUB AND $.99 BOOKS
TOMORROW is FAROBUB and there are roughly 300 fantasy romance books on sale for $.99. These are just a few of the books on offer but there will be lots more to look at when the site goes live tomorrow. Click on the image below tomorrow morning to get access to the sale.
THE ROMANTASY SUMMIT:
I've shared quite a bit about this event on socials but I'm delighted to be gifted a spot as an ambassador (technically my title is Romantasy Raven) for the Romantasy Summit hosted by my friends at Storybeast.
This is a virtual writing conference for all of my romantasy writer friends. The lineup of workshops is seriously unreal: linguists from GOT, sword yoga, how to write fight scenes, the FAFO guide to worldbuilding and so much more. You can find the full lineup here.
This weekend (Nov 29th-Dec 2nd) tickets are on sale for $300 for the full three-day event AND you can get an additional $20 with the code SHEILA20. Sign up here.
Book Bonus Chapters:
A Legacy of Stars bonus epilogue is now available here and should be read after finishing the book, as it contains some major spoilers.
Song of the Dark Wood bonus chapter from Cade's POV is now available here. It does contain spoilers and should not be read until after you've finished the book.
The Lost God bonus chapter of Rainer's POV is now available here. (This is a spoiler so don't read it until you're finished reading the book.)
The Memory Curse bonus chapter of Evan and Sylvie's meet cute is now available here.
The Storm King bonus chapter of a villain POV is now available here.(This is a spoiler so don't read it until you're finished reading the book.)
The Godless Kingdom bonus extended epilogue is available here. (This has MAJOR series spoilers. Don't read it until you finish The Godless Kingdom)
TLG, ALOS, & SOTDW Merch:
I am delighted that there are currently three shops offering some amazing and creative bookish merch.
Creations by Polich Co. has some stickers for The Lost God Series, Song of the Dark Wood, and A Legacy of Stickers and Pins.(Including out Little Dove logo in sticker and pin format)
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