• Friday Update 8/9/24

    Ok, let’s talk about the Anthology Workshop. This conference is put on by WMG Publishing and is run by Kristine Katherine Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Before the conference, all of us writers were given a series of calls for submission we could write for. Each one had some specifics on the genre and we…

  • Friday Update 8/2/24

    Friday Update 8/2/24

    Another deadline met! I had to push a deadline recently as it lined up with several other projects unexpectedly. I don’t like doing that, and sometimes an editor says they can’t take a late story (which is fair!), but thankfully this project and editor were flexible and allowed me to push the deadline out by…

  • Friday Update 7/26/24

    Friday Update 7/26/24

    AAHHHH Taking a break last week was incredible. I worked hard to get there and the break came at just the right time. I spent the week reading and playing video games, generally, some youtube of other people playing video games. It was great to refill the well. I def drained it pretty dry working…

  • Friday Update

    Friday Update

    Still swimming! The deadlines keep coming and they don’t stop coming. This week I wrote a fantasy regency short story. I happen to have a novella series set during the golden age of sail which Also happens to fall during the regency era AND CONVENIENTLY it’s a fantasy world full of ghosts and witches and…

  • 2/23/24 Friday Update

    2/23/24 Friday Update

    This week I tried something new and had to spend a day recovering. I’m trying to do more of my writing through dictation. I want to reduce the amount of hours I spend typing, but also see if I can use it to speed up my writing process. It’s a thing that takes time, however,…

  • Friday Update 2/2/24

    Friday Update 2/2/24

    Friday Update 2/2/24 In an unusual move, this week I decided the big plan I had for Fated to the Wolf needed to be cut down to something more compact. It’s a story meant to go in an anthology with a collection of other shifter authors and the target length is 20k. While they would…

  • Friday Update 1/26/24

    Friday Update 1/26/24

    Friday Update 1/26/24 Progress was made this week! I’ve finished and submitted a Hellhounds short story to an anthology for consideration. Cross your fingers for me! I think it’s a good one. I’ve also tackled the initial stages of publishing for the next three short stories. Preorder will be populating in all the stores over…

  • Friday Update 1/19/24

    Friday Update 1/19/24

    Friday Update 1/19/24 A lot has happened this week and almost all of it is the kind of admin work that no one tells you is necessary when they say “hey, you’re really good at this, have you thought about publishing a book?” First: my unnamed Hellhound short story is marching along. I’m half way…

  • Friday Update 1/12/24

    Friday Update 1/12/24

    Short update this week, because I had one goal and one goal only: To finish this Bone Witch short story for a Valentine’s anthology coming up. I did it! I wrapped up the story on Thursday and I turned it in today to the editor after a proofread and some tweaks <3 I’m excited to…

  • Friday Update 12/22/23

    Friday Update 12/22/23

    Friday Update 12/22/23 The last Friday Update of the year because, let’s be honest, I’m not going to pay enough attention next week to realize it’s friday and there won’t be any work to update you all on! But this week’s update is excellent because I get to report that my latest short story is…