Short Story Publication

I did a thing!

Since I’ve been laying on the couch for most of my day with my ongoing back problems, I have had a lot of time on my hands. I decided to take one of my favorite stories that I’ve written and put it out as an e-book. This story previously appeared in one of the genre magazines in 2021, and now you can read it for free on Kindle Unlimited or for $1.99 otherwise. I didn’t create a print version, but depending on how this goes, I might toss several of my short stories together in a print anthology later.

Renewal is a fantasy story and here’s the blurb:

“Not everyone has a tomorrow. All the world must change. Not every beast will live or thrive. But with every death there follows dawn, a new life, a new way.”

The night of Greatwinter is nearly upon Ladji and her people, challenging their ongoing survival in a harsh world. When Ladji’s mentor suddenly declares that she must face that dark spirit, Ladji must perform the rites of life, death, and renewal before Greatwinter’s night becomes eternal.

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March Reading and Writing Updates

Wow! Somehow it got to be March already! And of course I’m behind schedule from where I wanted to be on my reading, but I’m not surprised, given that I set a bit of an unrealistic goal.

Looking back at February, here is how it went: I managed to finish Magical Midlife Madness by K. F. Breene (review here) and All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai (review here). I just finished Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert this past weekend (technically in March) and I have a review coming up on that book later this week. With some work-related projects and other obligations, I got bogged down and didn’t get through all the other books I wanted to.

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The other books I’m currently reading are The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan and Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. With a long drive this weekend, I’m making solid progress on Harrow the Ninth because I’m listening to that as an audiobook. I also pulled out The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett (my physical non-e-book read) after I finished Magical Midlife Madness, but then decided I needed to catch up on The Dragon Reborn before starting it.

I haven’t given any writing updates recently. I hardly made any progress in February, but I’m expecting that to improve in March. Current projects include the first draft of a hard sci-fi stand alone novel with a working title of East of the Sun, continued work on a stand along sword and sorcery novel called Daughter of the Sun, and a rewrite of a short story involving dream magic. I don’t know why both novel projects involve the sun, but I think East of the Sun will get renamed at some point.

Also, if you haven’t seen it already, Brandon Sanderson sort of shamed all writers out there in regards to productivity last week. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out his video here. So clearly I need to up my writing game.

Are you reading as much as you had hoped this year? Are you a writer? Tell me about your projects in the comments above.

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