It has been quite a minute since I last posted something here. As you may have noticed, things look a bit different around here. I had a nasty bout with some stray virus and found myself with little else to do, so I decided that the old website could use a bit of sprucing up. […]
It’s been a month since good fortune befell me and my book. There has been a lot of soul searching involved, not just with my literary pursuits, but with DayJob(tm) and my recreational hockey career. I think the best I was able to explain it to Liz was, “There’s nothing wrong, per se, and that’s
Back in June, when I was just getting started with Instagram, I was fortunate enough to have connected with J.V. Hilliard on a random “follow every author” day. As I was going through his posts, I saw that he was connected with Twin Tales Publishing, and that they had started their 2022 Book Awards. They
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Most people who know me know that I am no great fan of summer. Maybe my body doesn’t regulate temperature terribly well or maybe I’ve become so acclimated to The Great Indoors that I just can’t deal with it anymore. Whatever the reason, I am quite entirely done with this summer, one of the hottest
A Long, Long Summer Read More »
I very nearly broke my own rule to keep this blog and site focused on my writing, due to recent events, but I restrained myself and refocused. Of course I have opinions, but a) that’s for another time, another place, and b) I’d rather do something about it than rant about it on a largely-ignored
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Today, the family went out to McKay’s Used Books on the west side, and if you’ve never had a chance to go to a McKay’s, make the trip. It’s that cool. It was an absolute ant farm today, though, and our trades took a long time to process, so we had some time to kill.
I found myself with a little free time after some gardening this morning. The little one was listening to her favorite podcast and Liz was taking a nap. I sat down, thinking I might do some additional outlining for Purpleverse 2 and I just couldn’t stay focused. Then I thought about a conversation Liz and
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It’s been a while since I posted anything here. In addition to releasing the book and launching Maximum Cat Press, there has been a lot of change and increased stress in my day job and we unexpectedly had to replace our deck (Liz’s foot literally went through the old one). To say I’ve been busy
The Two Months of April Read More »
Release day for Her Violet Empire has now come and gone, and while I’m absolutely thrilled to have it out there, the anticlimax of it all is really hitting me. I was so caught up with marketing and ordering and trying to launch the Maximum Cat Press website, I never had the time to catch
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Release day is coming on April 5th, except SOMEBODY missed the memo that the date had changed. Oh well, my own fault for changing it. I’ve been getting myself as ready as I can for everything, but it feels at times like a full-time job unto itself. I never deluded myself into thinking that publishing
