Hello, lovely readers. I wanted to give you a real update on Thief Moon, because a lot has happened and I am covered in proverbial red ink to prove it. The manuscript is officially on my desk, printed, stacked, and freshly marked up from a full read-through with an actual red pen. I will be honest: it looks like a… Continue reading Thief Moon Update: The Red Pen Has Spoken
Last Knight, Book One Every book has a door in it somewhere, a place where the story stops being convenient and starts being true. Thief Moon had several. I’ve spent the last week or so finding them, one at a time, and paying whatever they asked. That’s the honest version of what a revision pass actually is. Not polish. Not… Continue reading The Cost of a Threshold: Revising Thief Moon
A few days back I told you about the moment this book finally found its city. Since then I’ve been living in New Orleans every day, and I owe you the fuller version of where things stand. Where the book is now Last Knight is done. Not “done for now.” Done. The manuscript landed at 33 chapters, just under 87,000… Continue reading The Story, All the Way Home
Some stories arrive all at once. Last Knight wasn’t one of them. I’ve been chasing this novel for years. I always knew Detective Nicola Knight. She showed up fully formed—stubborn, haunted, brilliant at reading crime scenes, and carrying more ghosts than she was willing to admit. But I never knew where she belonged. Then I brought her home. The moment… Continue reading The Story I Couldn’t Stop Rewriting
Hello, and welcome. I’m Blair Callahan, and I’m so glad you found your way here. If you’ve ever wished your mysteries came with haunted forests, your romance came with sharp-witted women who refuse to make life easy for each other, and your stories left you wondering what might be watching from the tree line… you’re in the right place. I… Continue reading Welcome to My Little Corner of the Woods
For two years, Avery has been leaving the door open. She brings coffee to a woman who never drinks it. She sits closer than the space requires. She says come with us like it costs nothing, knowing full well it costs Vera everything. When a weekend at a remote lodge goes wrong in ways none of them have the vocabulary for, the… Continue reading Shadow Pine Lodge
