The last few months have flown by. I’m still here! Still working hard to get my new book ready to go. In fact, I think I’ll go ahead right here and reveal the title, why not. I’ll have to get the title reveal and cover reveal to social media at some point, but that’s a lot harder, so for now, announcing it right here will do.
Ladies and gentlemen and readers of all ages, I am very pleased to announce that my next book will be titled…Do Not Pet the King!
The king is a fat tabby cat named Hawthorne who thinks he rules the world. And he does not take kindly to being petted. It’s gonna be great. I would say it’ll be out very soon, maybe even as soon as next month, but seeing as how life has been dragging the process out way longer than expected already, I won’t be holding my breath. My goal is now for Do Not Pet the King to be released before 2026, which I think is very doable.
And really, if you look at it a certain way, taking so long between book releases is kind of a good thing, since it should reassure everyone that my books are one hundred percent written by me and not AI. If it was AI, I could crank them out a lot faster.
I actually do not think AIs should be out there writing books. We need AI to take over the drudge work that no one wants to do so even more humans can be writers, musicians, and artists.
So rest assured, when you read a Kate Lexie book, it was actually written by me, a human! It’s kind of funny if you think about it. Historically, being an author required skills and qualifications beyond humanity. Perhaps it still does. Perhaps not.
In other news, I’ve been dabbling in art a bit. I hope you all enjoy some of the new artwork on my website. I painted them myself! You can tell it was not AI because it’s not very good. Despite my lack of artistic talent, I love making art. They say that if you do a thing for enough hours, you’ll get good at it. I’m not sure if that’s true, because my painting is still pretty bad.
I don’t care, though. Art is subjective, and some people have poor taste, so I’m sure my art will find its audience. (Do not worry, I still hired professionals to make the cover for Do Not Pet the King.)
I suppose there are a lot of life updates I could share, since I have been fairly silent since February. But perhaps I need to save some thoughts for next time, in hopes that I will find time to post again here before another five months have passed.
Hopefully. At the very least, you should hear from me again before 2026. That seems doable.