Michelle McCraw Blog

Writing progress, August 15, 2025

I missed reporting last month - summers are finally at a pre-pandemic level of busy for me - but I'm back to report progress. I sent Advances and Retreats to my copyeditor. After the copyedits come back, it's generally a sprint to publication, and I'm planning to hit an October 17 release date. It's currently set to publish in spring 2026, but as soon as I see the copyedits, I'll adjust that date. (We'll see how quickly I can get it up on my store, but I'm hoping to make it available direct...

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Writing progress, June 22, 2025

Whew, I made it! 4 Weddings and a Feud is out in the world. Thank you to my agent, Amy Brewer; my publisher, City Owl; my editor, Tee Tate; and all the readers who have picked it up, especially those who have left reviews. Release week was amazing, and I appreciate you all! 💙 I sent Advances and Retreats to my beta readers. One has already sent her feedback, and she's given me some excellent ideas for how to improve it. I've got a rough outline for the next in the 40 and Fabulous series,...

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Writing progress, May 18, 2025

I'm down to two projects: 4 Weddings and a Feud is up for preorder, and advance reader copies have been sent! I'm excited to see the reviews starting to come in. Thank you, everyone, who's read it. 💙 My writing time goes to revisions on Advances and Retreats. I'm almost done with the major revision, and I hope to do one more readthrough before I send it to my beta readers.

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