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Cover Reveal: NO FILTER
May 31, 2023
Sometimes I like to begin a newsletter referencing my location, because some people (myself included) like having a visual that grounds the writer in the...
The Ghost of Drowned Meadow: Bonus Manga/Anime Content!
October 3, 2022
I had hoped to send this out before the end of September, but there were a few deadlines that needed my attention, including my next Scholastic horror novel,...
Nazis in Long Island, Part 3: Helen's Story
September 19, 2022
In the last newsletter, I gave you the big picture for the American Nazi movement during the 1930's. But while I was researching, I stumbled across a very...
Nazis in Long Island Part 2: The Big Picture
September 7, 2022
Early in my research for The Ghost of Drowned Meadow, I asked my teenagers whether they knew who Charles Lindbergh was. Somewhat to my surprise, they did...
Nazis In Long Island, Part 1
August 30, 2022
Hello, all. Summer is apparently just about over? I spent most of it writing like mad, although I did get a nice break at the end visiting family up in Long...
The End Is the Beginning (Literally)
June 20, 2022
Hello, dear readers. I am in the middle of deadline madness, with two different projects back-to-back, plus two books launching within the next month, and my...
Announcing: The Ghost of Drowned Meadow
May 2, 2022
The Ghost of Drowned Meadow Coming this September: From Kelley Skovron comes a ghostly mystery that explores the little-known history of Nazi indoctrination...
Why G.I. Joe?
April 7, 2022
I was so pleased to see the positive response for my upcoming G.I. Joe Classified series. But I suspect some of my long time readers might be scratching...
Announcing: G.I. Joe Classified, a series for kids
March 16, 2022
A book for readers young and old, coming this July from Amulet Books, Hasbro Inc… and me! When Stan’s mom gets the job offer of a lifetime at a cutting-edge...
Favorite Music of 2021
January 25, 2022
It's been unusually cold in the DC area this month. We're far enough south that the temperature rarely dips below the twenties, but lately it's been in the...
Rest in Peace, Richard C. Skovron
January 5, 2022
I had hoped to send out a "Favorite Music of 2021" before the end of the year, but then my father fell ill. He'd been diagnosed with liver cancer on November...
Somehow it's the end of the year
December 20, 2021
The end of the year crept up on me! Oh sure, I went to my son's holiday winter concert—his last one, in fact, since he graduates in the spring. And yes, I...
Cover reveal for The Wizard of Eventide
October 21, 2021
I've gone and changed the newsletter again! Can you believe it? I'm so fickle... I do have a reason, though! Initially I envisioned juggling two newsletters,...
Introducing: Gutter Mage
September 1, 2021
Surprise! I have a novel coming out later this month! And it’s under a pseudonym! Here's the summary: J.S. Kelley weaves epic fantasy and hardboiled noir in...
Characters With Room to Grow
April 15, 2021
Every writer has pet peeves, and I’m no exception. For me, it’s lack of character growth. I won’t say a story is bad if the characters don’t change markedly...
Inventing Raíz
April 7, 2021
Hello newsletter folks, both longstanding and new! The Queen of Izmoroz comes out later this month, so I thought it would be cool to send out a couple of...
Long Live The Queen of Izmoroz
October 4, 2020
Hello all. I hope this finds you still healthy and well. So far, Subtstack seems to be working fairly well for the newsletter. At least judging by responses,...
A hearty dose of pop-culture
September 13, 2020
I hope this finds you all healthy and well, never a given these days. Especially for my West Coast folks. A friend of mine has been sending me pictures of...
Writing, research, creativity, and music
September 13, 2020
Welcome to The Eye of the Storm by me, Jon Skovron. Author of fantasy and adventure books like THE RANGER OF MARZANNA, HOPE AND RED, THE HACKER'S KEY, and so...
The Hacker's Key Goes International
August 23, 2020
Somehow summer is nearly over despite the fact that the boys and I did none of the things we normally do during summer. It also means that the release of my...
The Hope and Red Podcast Is Live
July 7, 2020
The grand experiment has begun! After a bit of a bumpy start, the Hope and Red serial podcast has officially launched with episode 1, “Murder and Abduction”....
[EotS #63] Some Hope (and Red)
June 21, 2020
Hello all. I have some very exciting Hope and Red news, but first, like so many others, I wanted to take a moment to talk about race. There is so much going...
[EotS #62] Ranger Post-Launch
May 3, 2020
I hope this finds everyone well. After my hectic launch week, the boys went to their moms’ for a bit and I spend a glorious two days doing nothing but re-...
EotS #61: Launch Week
April 19, 2020
It’s come at last. Launch week for The Ranger of Marzanna! Of course all the in-person events have been canceled, but Orbit Books as been wonderfully adept...
EosT #60: Pre-Launch for RANGER
April 5, 2020
Well hello. I hope you’re all holding up. Staying healthy physically and emotionally. Not contemplating the murder of the other people in your home. That...
EotS #59: Sanity Assistance
March 22, 2020
Well. Here we are in the middle of a pandemic. I hope you’re hanging in there. As someone with hermetic tendencies, I’m weathering it fairly well, but there...
From the Eye of the Storm #58: The Hacker's Key
March 1, 2020
Hello all. Winter is still being coy here in the greater DC area, but I went on a short trip to Columbus, Ohio to visit family and got to experience a proper...
From the Eye of the Storm #57: Starred Reviews
February 2, 2020
Hello all. DC seems to be leaning into spring already, but I’m not buying it. Experience has taught me that we’ll have one more big freeze before winter...
Win a free ebook of THE RANGER OF MARZANNA on Goodreads
January 6, 2020
My humble apologies for not including this in yesterday's newsletter. I'm afraid I'm still not as good with the promotional stuff as I should be... Anyway, I...
From the Eye of the Storm #56: Music, 2019
January 5, 2020
Another holiday season has passed and if you’re reading this, that means you survived. So well done. Those of you not interested in music (surely there must...
From the Eye of the Storm #55: From Poland with Love
December 1, 2019
Well, hello. I hope all my fellow Americans had an enjoyable Thanksgiving, and the rest of you weren’t too inconvenienced by our absence. The boys were with...
From the Eye of the Storm #54: The Ranger of Marzanna
November 18, 2019
At long last, I finally have news I can share. The newsletters had tapered off for a while because most of the things I wanted to talk about were related to...
From the Eye of the Storm #53: Pitching for Authors
July 7, 2019
In a previous newsletter, while talking about waiting patiently for a bunch of work to come in, I wrote the following: ”And so I wait, poised to spring into...
The Eye of the Storm #52: Seeing, Clearly
May 31, 2019
Ah, DC’s summer has descended in its sluggish, swampy way to squat over us until late September. It has taken more than a decade, but I believe I’ve...
From the Eye of the Storm #51: Idle
May 3, 2019
I’m trying to stay on a regular monthly schedule with this newsletter, so I’m writing this a few days before I actually send it because any minute (or day)...
From the Eye of the Storm #50:
March 24, 2019
Well hello there. It’s been a while. I hope you’re well. I haven’t sent the newsletter in a while because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, and I...
The Eye of the Storm #47: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone, Take This!
September 5, 2018
Now and then, I’d like to share some of my thoughts on how stories are told in various mediums, and how it might or might not translate to a prose book form....
From the Eye of the Storm #46: My Children Will Not Starve!
August 22, 2018
Believe it or not, I have some actual news for the newsletter! Er…sort of. I can tell you that my publisher and I have agreed upon my next project, the...
[From the Eye of the Storm] #45: The Full Nerd
June 27, 2018
Some of you know this, but some of you may not: I am a huge nerd. I tend to be somewhat reserved about my nerdier inclinations (gaming, anime, etc) and until...
[Eye of the Storm] #44: Remember Me???
May 14, 2018
Yes, well, it's been a while since I've sent out a newsletter, primarily because I didn’t have any news to share. And I still don’t, actually. There are lots...
[Eye of the Storm] #43 Speed and Efficiency
January 3, 2018
Speed and Efficiency I’ve been thinking about the pace of writing lately. Not the pacing within a story, but how quickly I actually compose the words. When I...
[From the Eye of the Storm] #42: Life, The Universe, and Everything
December 19, 2017
Life, the Universe, and Everything Just kidding. This issue of the newsletter is not about life, the universe, and everything. But as any Douglas Adams fan...
[Eye of the Storm] #41: The Bulging Disk!
November 18, 2017
So, remember how I screwed up my back? Turns out, it was more serious than I’d thought. A CAT scan revealed that I have a bulging disk, and so began my first...
[From the Eye of the Storm #40] The Endless Pain Edition
October 17, 2017
We’re finally getting some proper crisp fall weather here in the greater DC area. I remember autumn being satisfyingly long in other places I’ve lived, like...
[From the Eye of the Storm #39] Yay School!
September 8, 2017
From the Eye of the Storm #39 When I was a kid, the end of summer meant the end of freedom. As a parent who works from home, it means quite the opposite. The...
[From the Eye of the Storm #38] Assassins and Jazz
July 27, 2017
From the Eye of the Storm #38 Hello from America's political capital (and these days, drama capital as well). I haven't sent out a newsletter in a while....
From the Eye of the Storm #37, Go vote for Hope and Red!
May 3, 2017
From the Eye of the Storm #37 Hello, everyone. I’m back from my Irish road trip. Those of you who follow me on social media probably caught at least some of...
[From the Eye of the Storm #36] Big in Portugal Edition
March 28, 2017
From the Eye of the Storm #36 I have been struck with some sort of plague for the last week. I can’t remember the last time I’ve had the flu for this long of...
[From the Eye of the Storm] Jon Skovron's Newsletter #35
March 15, 2017
From the Eye of the Storm #35 Well, Bane and Shadow has been out in the world for a bit, and the response has been gratifying. Here are a couple of review...
[From the Eye of the Storm] Jon Skovron's Newsletter #34
February 28, 2017
From the Eye of the Storm #34 Here we are at the launch of Bane and Shadow, the second book in the Empire of Storms trilogy. Well, technically, it came out...
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