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Launching the new year
Jan. 11th, 2022 08:34 pmConsidering that we're only 11 days in, there's been quite a lot going on. Some of it is personal stuff which I'm not quite ready to share in public yet and some of it is just wacky stuff like having to sleep on the couch with the front door barricaded because, due to an unhappy confluence of several events, someone pulled the handle partway out of the front door and I couldn't get a locksmith for 24 hours. Good times! Anyway, fixed now. And tomorrow, we go get the kitties checked out for their off-schedule annual and on Thursday, I get my first haircut in nearly a year. Tonight was a nice book club chat about The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper, with me representing A.J. as well as Queen of Swords Press.
What's next? Well, Queen of Swords Press turned 5 years old last week, which is pretty wild. There are times when I did not think this day would come. But it has and I'm damned proud of the work we've done to make that happen. I had been hoping that we could have an in person birthday party, but that's not going to happen right now for obvious reasons, so I'll do some book and prize drawings instead and we'll have some online author readings and hold off on in person celebrating for a few months. Sign up for our newsletter to be included in the drawing!
The year is already looking pretty exciting. I've got Stabby Con (online Reddit convention) and Capricon in February and my Author GOH gig at Marscon in March. I'll be back teaching at the Rambo Academy in April and Jennie Goloboy and I will be team-teaching at Clarion West Online this summer, as well as teaching in a larger group at the Novel in Progress Book Camp in Wisconsin. I just sent edits out for our next book and am working on some new fiction. The day job is a mess but not impacting me too much. I'm worried about some of my friends, who are going through rough patches, but otherwise soldiering on. We'll see what the year ahead brings and hope for better things all around!
What's next? Well, Queen of Swords Press turned 5 years old last week, which is pretty wild. There are times when I did not think this day would come. But it has and I'm damned proud of the work we've done to make that happen. I had been hoping that we could have an in person birthday party, but that's not going to happen right now for obvious reasons, so I'll do some book and prize drawings instead and we'll have some online author readings and hold off on in person celebrating for a few months. Sign up for our newsletter to be included in the drawing!
The year is already looking pretty exciting. I've got Stabby Con (online Reddit convention) and Capricon in February and my Author GOH gig at Marscon in March. I'll be back teaching at the Rambo Academy in April and Jennie Goloboy and I will be team-teaching at Clarion West Online this summer, as well as teaching in a larger group at the Novel in Progress Book Camp in Wisconsin. I just sent edits out for our next book and am working on some new fiction. The day job is a mess but not impacting me too much. I'm worried about some of my friends, who are going through rough patches, but otherwise soldiering on. We'll see what the year ahead brings and hope for better things all around!