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Well, it's certainly been lively. The end of March into the beginning of April and very much a mixed bag. In a single week, we had my birthday, the first year anniversary of my mom's death, an invitation to do a Small Press AMA on Reddit (a Q&A like this one), a request from a European publisher to release a new edition of Silver Moon translated into German and a request from the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Awards to submit Blood Moon for consideration for this year's awards. The blog tour went off well, then we had significant issues with both cars,I had to get a story pitch sent in, do multiple readings and for today's adventure, am now hearing that the client I'm at may not be renewing me at the end of the month (issues on their end, not with my work) so I may be interviewing soon. I'm also still waiting for the tax Sword of Damocles to drop; our income can be highly variable from year to year so we have tax "surprises" and I'm dreading this one.

Anyway, here's what's coming up (and Flights of Foundry and our second shots next weekend):

Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend – April 9th-12th. Look for Alex Acks and Catherine Lundoff at this fun new online event! They’ll both be on panels as well as roaming around on Discord. And Alex’s titles, Murder on the Titania and Wireless are both on sale this weekend when you buy them direct from us!
S o You Want to Put Together an Anthology? – Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers, online. April 10th, 9:30-11:30 AM PST. Catherine Lundoff will be teaching this class. What goes into creating an anthology? How do you find authors? Decide to pitch it to a publisher or indie publish? And what do you do with it when you’re done?
Publishing Basics for Genre Writers – April 14th, 6:00-8:00 PM CST. Zoom, Springboard for the Arts. Catherine will be teaching this interactive online workshop for Springboard, a Minnesota nonprofit.

I also wanted to mention that Elise Matthesen is selling a lovely pair of earrings to benefit Queen of Swords Press. Look at the pretties! More soon - I need to go sleep for a bit.