Kate Schumacher Author

The end

Kate Schumacher Author The end ↓ The fourth and final book in The Grail Cycle will be released in August. And I don’t know how to feel about that. To Rule a Kingdom marks the end of a series that became so much more than I had planned. I’m not sure how I went from an idea for a cute romantasy about a pirate and a witch into a four book epic fantasy reimagining of Arthurian legend with pirates, a complex magic system, complicated lore and gods who can’t mind their business. But here we are....

about 2 months ago • 2 min read

On writer's block and the muse

Kate Schumacher June 9th Writer's Block and an overactive Muse ↓ I’m writing this while sitting in the ER with one of my kids. I’m probably overreacting but the issue has been coming and going over a few days so here we are. I didn’t trust my instinct when it came to health once before and ended up with a medical emergency (that was me, not one of my children). And strangely, that episode made me realise that waiting for things to get worse isn’t always the way.I am, of course, referring to...

about 23 hours ago • 1 min read

New newsletter, new me?

Kate Schumacher Author April 2026 New releases, publishing news and my new (new) newsletter location Just recently I switched from my website newsletter to Substack. Now, I'm here, using Kit. Reason being - I've discovered a few unpleasant things about Substack that I decided I didn't want to be associated with. But, onto the news. Publishing news If you follow my socials you might already know that A City of Smoke and Demons has been picked up for traditional publishing by Alcove Press, a US...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read