Jenny Schwartz

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  • New Release: Stars Die

    I’ve been teasing you for ages regarding my secret project. Well, here it is!

    Out today is Stars Die, book 1 in my new series, Caldryn Parliament, which mashes together the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery.

    And if a new book and series isn’t enough for you, I have a new website devoted to the world of Caldryn Parliament. You can explore it all at Caldryn.com

    cover of Stars Die featuring a cubist parliament house and the silhouette of a woman

    Stars Die

    Buy link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXMQQT8J

    Welcome to Caldryn Parliament. Golden Age mysteries in the Realm of science fiction and fantasy.

    Recalled from the frontier, the new Warden of Caldryn Parliament is well aware she’s not a popular choice, but she never expected to portal into a murder scene.

    Nor did she anticipate acquiring such a unique partner.

    Now, Vanda Kavanagh must discover the truth of a politician’s death, unravel the mystery of her sabotaged wards, and survive her family.

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    Stars Die is a magic parliament mystery. If you’ve ever wished that Agatha Christie included magic or that Sherlock Holmes fought space pirates, this is the series for you!

    Caldryn Parliament is my focus this year. There’ll be two more ebooks, Hexes Fly (June) and Rogues Lie (October) before I can turn my attention to audio and paperback editions. I learned my lesson last year. I can’t do everything at once. So, the ebooks are first to get the series established. Then I’ll look at releasing them in all formats – probably not hardback, but who knows?

    If you pop over to Caldryn.com you’ll see a SUBSCRIBE button under the main menu. This is for the weekly blog posts I intend to share there. While this newsletter remains for new release alerts only, over at Caldryn.com if you subscribe you’ll get my weekly posts which will talk about the series, but also about other books (book recommendations, yay!), writing, and publishing.

  • New Release: Lost

    With Lost I’m wrapping up the year on a joyful note. The world knows we need it!

    cover of lost featuring a cyborg and a robot boy on a spacestation

    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM39J6Z5

    Merry Christmas, son. Don’t come home.

    Stuck on Central Transit Station, Sergeant Ryan Dabrowski receives a Dear John letter from his family. The home he fought to protect doesn’t want him. He’s left too much of his body out among the stars. The aug-doctors patched him up better than new, but cyborg freaks aren’t welcome on Earth.

    “Don’t ruin your sister’s life.”

    But what about Rye’s life?

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    Lost is a short Christmas novella about found family, new beginnings, and believing that anything is possible. Merry Christmas! Happy Wishing Tree!

    cover of lost against a background of a blue shining christmas tree

    Since my last newsletter I’ve changed webhost and updated a few things on my website. The site won’t look new, but it should work better.

    Although email remains a problem. It was a problem with the old site. It is, in a new and interesting way, a problem with the new site. Hopefully, it’s being fixed as you read this. However, if at any point a message to me receives no response, try contacting me on Facebook or Bluesky because I PROMISE I’m not ignoring you. It’s email gremlins!

    Also, in transferring to this new site, I lost my old blog posts. It was totally my fault! That doesn’t make it easier to bear. So, this is the first blog post for the new site. (And you’ll be able to comment on it – I learned during the migration that my old WordPress settings had made it next to impossible to submit a comment on a blog post. That has been fixed. Huge apologies).

    My author website isn’t the only project I’ve been working on (although it has been hands down the most frustrating). I’m preparing for the launch of my new series in February. I’ve jumped around a few different series (and universes) this year trying to wrap up my ideas. I might yet revisit a couple of the series, but for now, the characters are in a place where I can leave them happily.

    Whilst I’m sharing ZERO hints about the new series, I’m working hard behind the scenes so that when it launches you’re hooked. I want readers enthralled so that I can play in this world for at least a year. No more jumping around. Total immersion. If the series is sufficiently successful, I’ll continue it into 2026. So, yeah, I’m investing a lot of hope and energy into this secret project. February will be scary!

    As this is my last newsletter for 2024 I want to take the chance to thank you, again, for joining me on this reading/writing/publishing journey. I’d like to wish you a very early Happy New Year! May all of our dreams – and none of our nightmares – come true in 2025 😊

    2025 with a stick figure running toward it