A thriller writer’s Google search history can look alarmingly criminal—especially when questions about silencers, DNA and extradition sit beside tomato varieties, bitter cucumbers and homemade hummus.
Writers rarely work on just one book at a time. While readers see the finished novel, there’s often an entire queue of stories in progress behind it—drafts, edits, serials, and ideas waiting for their turn. Here’s a look at what’s currently occupying my writing desk this summer, from new thriller adventures to ongoing serial fiction and the next novel waiting in the wings.
What happens when a ten-year anniversary edition becomes something more? While revisiting the Kiss Across Time series for a special collector release, Tracy Cooper-Posey found herself reflecting not just on the books, but on time itself, storytelling, survival, and the strange roads that lead writers to create the stories readers love. Kiss Across Memories is part memoir, part publishing notebook, and part behind-the-scenes look at one of Tracy’s longest-running series.
The first quarter of the year has disappeared in a blur of drafts, edits, releases and looming deadlines—business as usual at Stories Rule Press. Mark is deep into the next Thomas Billings thriller, Tracy is preparing new fiction and nonfiction releases, Taylen is starting an all-new fantasy series, and Cameron has another big-concept science fiction novel on the horizon. Different genres, different voices, same mission: story comes first. Always.
March 28 may be “Something on a Stick Day,” but wizards claimed that territory long ago. From practical walking tool to magical focus, the humble staff turns out to be far more than it appears—especially in Magorian’s hands, where it defines the very space magic obeys.
This report has been heavily redacted for your protection. What remains suggests rising tension, narrowing margins, and at least one person who isn’t telling the truth.
I forgot to bring my own time-travel thriller to the market. Not sold out—forgot to order it. Which is impressive, considering I wrote it. If you like high-stakes time travel, moral consequences, and science that actually matters, this is your reminder.
A lot of what keeps books moving never shows up on a product page. It happens quietly—through revisions, production passes, and careful attention to the details that make a book feel seamless when it finally reaches readers.
SRP has been quietly building behind the scenes, and now we’re opening the doors a little wider. In this first official post on the new SRP blog, Mark lays out what’s coming: a cleaner store experience, a proper SRP Starter Library, the debut of erotica author Morgan Pearce, more behind-the-scenes content on Substack and YouTube, smarter Kickstarters, and a renewed focus on genuine community over algorithm-chasing. It’s a glimpse of the SRP we’ve been working toward—and the one we’re excited to share.
In Ningaloo Nights, the stunning Australian outback isn’t just a backdrop—it’s a character all on its own: beautiful, remote, and deadly if you don’t know what you’re doing. When beta readers questioned whether I’d exaggerated the dangers, I had to assure them—every survival detail in the book is true. Growing up around Ningaloo taught me that nature doesn’t pull punches. But oh, the beauty is worth every ounce of caution.
