As promised, the latest chapter is now available on Patreon! It will be up here in a few days, but if you just can’t wait, my Patreon is only $3 a month and will have some exclusive new projects on it pretty soon (in a month or so), plus you get Patreon livestreams and the opportunity to say you supported me before I was cool.
This week, the first week of 2022, I’ll have the new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon tomorrow, and here on the blog on Friday. I should have an update on Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea‘s progress by the end of the week.
I’ll also be on Twitch tonight! My husband/streaming partner wants to play Jedi: Fallen Order this evening.
If you’re interested, I’m trying to stay engaged with social media by doing a one-card tarot reading every day on Instagram.
I think that’s it for today. I’ll be back soon with more updates.
Sorry, everyone. Between holiday festivities and the festive holiday sinus infection I’ve managed to develop, I won’t be able to get it done this week. I’ll have it up on Patreon next week and here on the blog probably later in the same week, because I don’t want non-subscribers to have to wait yet another week.
My husband and I bought a house in possibly the worst market ever, and moved in June! This involved a fight with our former landlord, which is finally reaching its conclusion.
The first Reader Poll told me that the most popular next project was the sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, so I started Journey to the Water.
I left my day job to focus on writing full-time.
As a birthday gift to me, my friends bought me an ad on the One-Shot Campaign podcast, bringing in a few more readers. (Hi there!!)
I officially launched my Patreon! I have five subscribers now, and I really appreciate their support.
During NaNoWriMo, I rewrote Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea and am now preparing it for self-publishing in January. If you missed the cover reveal, you can take a look here.
I continue to survive the plague (vaccinated and boosted) and fight the good fight in whatever small ways I can.
For next year, I hope to keep this going:
I want to publish Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea by the end of January.
Journey to the Water will continue, and likely finish in late 2022, at which point I will start editing it for publication as well.
Part Two of The Book of the New Moon Door will begin soon, probably in February after Frost-Cold Sea is released.
I’ve had to put my “big book,” the 500+ page manuscript I hope to traditionally publish, on hold, so I intend to un-shelve it this year.
I also want to start two new projects this year, one for Patreon supporters only, and another for the blog (with Patreon subscribers getting chapters a week early).
Lastly, I plan to expand my audience, which means publishing, being more active on social media, and continuing to write.
I had originally planned to release another chapter of Journey to the Water on Patreon this week, but with the impending holidays, I’m finding that I won’t have the time. I’m also finishing up line edits of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea. This is my first time self-publishing (!!!), and the process is taking longer than I thought it would, so the original pre-Christmas release date is but a distant dream. I’m now planning on releasing in mid-to-late January.
There will be more news later this week! In the meantime, stay warm, enjoy the holidays if you’re celebrating (and just have a really good regular day if you’re not), and check back here when you have a moment.
This month’s Patreon livestream will be this Sunday, December 19, from 3-5pm Central US time. I’ll be playing some Skyrim and talking about fantasy tropes and the publishing process for Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, as well as whatever you want to talk about!
If you’re not subscribed to Patreon, it’s less than a cup of medium black coffee a month, and you get livestreams, early chapters, and more bonus material! Check it out here.
“I’ve remembered my name,” Khalim said. “Will you help me?”
The moon-faced owl preened the crook of one wing with its beak. “And why should I do that, little one?”
Khalim walked to the base of the arch on which the owl perched, beside the stair that led to the temple he could never open. “Why do you call me that? I’m larger than you.”
“Is that what you see?”
He nodded. He was half as tall as the arch, and though the owl’s wings were broad, he guessed he could hold its body in his arms.
The owl lowered its wing and studied him with one eye. “Interesting. And what do you look like?”
It was a strange question, seeing as the owl was looking him in the face, but Khalim would play along. The last thing he wished to do was offend the only being he had seen in such a long time—perhaps forever. He wasn’t sure. He looked down at his hands.
For a brief flash, he saw what he expected to see—brown skin, calluses, the frayed hem of a sleeve. Then his flesh turned to white marble, with two black veins twining up each of his wrists. His clothing became ridges of stone, exquisitely carved of the same material that formed the walls of the citadel.