Amelia Rademaker

Here’s the big, awful secret keeping me up at night. I haven’t finished editing Serpehti yet.
 
Have you ever felt like it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year? Hahaha
 
2024 has not been the worst year of my life. Nowhere near the worst! That being said, this year was an eventful one. Starting off with losing our daycare in April, the year hasn't slowed down. We had an overnight job change, an unexpected diagnosis, and most recently our insurance dropped our pediatric neurosurgeon. And considering there is only one pediatric neurosurgeon in nearly 100 miles, this has been…impactful.
 
My priority list has always been family first, and work second. And second work third. I’ve never felt guilty about that. Until you guys. If you’re looking for your perfect book bf, I am her. 'Cause baby, I think you're the reason the stars come out at night. 
 
My experience with fandoms is limited, but I can say hands down you guys truly are the best. You are kind. You are funny. I love seeing your interactions online. Who knew there would be delightful, polite people on the internet?! If you guys are treating people in your day-to-day lives how you have treated each other then it’s no wonder why the sun shines every morning. There’s a good reason to wake up each day!
 
You are the reason I carried a notebook into hospitals, set my alarm to 5:32AM, and jotted things down while I was on hold with the insurance company for the last month (and when I say a month, I mean one long continuous phone call that never ends…at least that’s what it feels like.) You helped keep my mind peaceful while I had to do hard things. You deserve the best. And your time and money should be respected.
 
Between the universe throwing punches and where my headspace is, I’m not satisfied with how the book turned out. It’s too…dark. I’ve been wrestling with which decision is worse: put out a book I know is not good or push it back. Y’all…this is the finale. We’re never going to see Cece and the snake men in the same capacity again. I want you and our characters to have a satisfying ending.
 
There’s still a month for me to pull a miracle out. Which happens! However, I’m a reader at heart and I would want a heads-up before a disappointment. My very disappointing consolation prize is that it won’t be a long delay. It just might take me the Thanksgiving break to catch up.
 
Oh, and if any pediatric neurosurgeons are reading this and looking for a job, I can hook you up hahaha

Yours truly,
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Amelia Rademaker

Morning! I hope everyone is doing well this close to the end of the year! The South is finally cooling down so I am beyond happy! (It got into the 60's today!)

The end of the year is when I sit down and plan, plot, and review how the last year went. This year was different for me. In a good way! And I have a lot of you to thank for that. Thank you for the love and support and feedback. I've loved reading reviews and talking with you all. All of this support has made me rethink the plan I made last year for my publishing schedule.

As a result I will be pulling Conduit from the pre-order line up. If you were one of the ones to pre-order I apologize. No excuses. I'm sorry. It's getting bumped down one spot. The plot has been a beast to wrangle and I need to step back to give my brain some time to think up a new path. I love the beginning. I just want to love how it ends too. Hopefully the end product will be worth it for y'all.

Which leads me to my announcement. Serpheti is getting bumped up! I love this series and I love the direction that the third book has taken me. I am so excited for Cece to show the universe why you don't mess with a human. It's set to release on November 1st of next year but who knows?

Thank you for the understanding. I hope y'all are doing well and let me know what you're reading right now cause I'm in a slump hahaha

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In honor of Susurex coming out Aug 22nd I have a game. I've posted some photos that I guessed while thinking up the Susix men. Can you guess who is who?

They seem obvious to me but I've been staring at them for like nine months so that's probably why. I'll give everyone the answers on Tuesday!

 
In honor of Susurex coming out this summer, here is a little teaser from the book. Hopefully, it makes it into the final edition. Click "Read More" to get the full snippet.

My pink llama has been keeping track of Susurex's word count and things are moving along!

"The churning feeling in my stomach was familiar. I'd felt this before. Hell, I'd had crushes since elementary school. Somehow, the familiarity only highlighted how different this situation was." -Cece

Susurex is coming along. It's looking like it will be released earlier than expected. No word on how soon! One of the stranger parts of writing is how some of the best scenes get cut because they end up not fitting with the rest of the story. It's good for you because it means you get teasers! So here's one of my favorite scenes that ended up being chopped. Its from Seethur's POV. That's all you need to know. Enjoy!

Chapter Four 
 
Ezekiel parked the Pack sedan outside one of the quaintest houses Ivy had ever seen.
It would have been more natural in the English countryside then Black Bird. It was a single story, farmhouse style home. The grey brick exterior contrasted beautifully with lush greenery planted around the clearing of redwoods. Ivy could see a single window at the peak of the roof’s arch. She wondered if there was a loft up there. A small cobblestone path connected the house to a matching detached garage.
Ivy loved it.
She cooed when she saw a trellis that had roses at its base. It was winter so there weren’t any blooms but she could imagine what it looked like in the summer. She wondered what color the rhododendrons were.
Ivy didn’t know much about the Black Bird Coven but she liked their style.
From what she gathered from Anne the Black Bird Coven wasn’t originally from Black Bird. A few years ago, the boundary lines between Black Bird and its northern neighbor, Pinebrook, had been redrawn. Pinebrook was much more witch friendly.

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