Good morning! I hope you have some rest from your labors today. Just a quick update for this week.
First, in case you missed it, the Kickstarter for the Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot has launched! Clickhereto see all the cards and look at the rewards and stretch goals. I’ve backed it, and I highly recommend you do, too.
I’ll be going to the Awkward Nerd Book Fair on September 22! It’s a throwback to the Scholastic Book Fairs of our youths, but geared toward adults. More on that as we get closer, but you can go here for more information.
Journey to the Water rewrites continue, and I’ll try to have something interesting for you to read later this week, probably Friday.
Some flashing lights at the beginning of the video, just so you know.
Good morning! It’s Monday again.
I had a great time at the Spooky Frog Horrifying Book Fair! The crowd was small but lovely, and it didn’t get too hot; the heat wave is here now, so I’m glad we just avoided it for the event.
The Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter launches on Friday! Be sure you’ve saved the project in order to get the notification! The deck is gorgeous and I’m very excited to have been a (small) part of it.
I’m still working on Journey to the Water, and I’ll have a better update for you on that subject soon.
Petitions I’ve signed recently, and you might want to also:
First order of business for this week: this Saturday, I’ll be at Spooky Frog’s Horrorfying Book Fair at X-Ray Arcade in Cudahy, WI. There will be horror books by indie authors, cool spooky art, and other local vendors! Here’s the Facebook event. The event runs from noon until 4, and admission is free, or you can get a $5 VIP ticket and come in an hour early. I’m looking forward to it, and I hope to see you there!
Third: in case you missed it, you can read Episode 1 of The Well Below the Valley here. I had started writing this script as a Patreon exclusive last year, but I had to leave it alone to finish The Book of the New Moon Door. I also wasn’t very happy with it–one twenty-minute (approximately) episode a month wasn’t enough to let me hit a good stride, but was enough to stress me out. This is a new and improved version! I hope to one day produce the audio drama, but for now, I hope you enjoy Episode 1.
Also, stay tuned for the first chapter/episode of a couple other projects over the next couple of months. I’ll hold a vote once they’re all out so you can choose my next serial project.
This is Not Another Bomb’s Week of Action for Gaza, and there are virtual and in-person events going on, if you’d like to get involved: click here.
I think that’s all I’ve got for you this week. I need to catch up on Journey to the Water rewrites, so I don’t think I’ll have another post for you until next week, but I appreciate you being here.
Also, tomorrow is the primary election for us Wisconsin folks, so be sure to get out and vote! We’re trapped in a two-party system, but primaries are among the best ways to put a hand on the wheel of power. There are also a couple of referendum questions on our ballot. Here’s a fairly nonpartisan explainer.
Rewrites of Journey to the Water continue. While I’m working on that, I’ll have a fun preview of one of my new projects up later this week, probably Friday.
In case you missed it, the original, serial version of Journey to the Water is now complete. You can read it in its entirety under the Stories tab above (under the Menu if you’re on mobile). In the meantime, I’m working on turning it into a proper book. I’m about a third of the way through my rewrite.
This weekend, I’ll be at Anime 414 at the Baird Center in downtown Milwaukee! This will probably be the largest event I’ve attended so far. For more information, including tickets, panels, and celebrity guests, go here. Hope to see you there!
Since I don’t have any more chapters for you at the moment, I’ll have another blog post about writing/editing this week, probably Friday, and an announcement about the Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter, which I’m very excited about. Stop by again soon!
It’s Monday again. Scheduling content last week went…okay. Instagram ate one of my posts, but WordPress performed adequately. I’m not sure if it’s actually saving me any time or just rearranging the time it takes.
On Saturday, I went to the Feast of the Goat Queen! It was fantastic. If you’ve made your way here from there, hello! Our tent was right across from the wrestling arena, and I really haven’t interacted with any pro wrestling in my life, so this was a first for me. It was deeply silly and I can see why people get into it. There was a great crowd, the food was good, and I sold TWENTY-FIVE books, smashing my previous record of eighteen. I am now nearly out of books and am not looking forward to having to order more.
My next event will be Anime 414, the 10th and 11th of August. More on that later.
The last chapter of Journey to the Water will be up here on Wednesday, completing the serial version. If you’ve been following along, I appreciate you, and I hope you’ve enjoyed it. While I work on editing it, the plan going forward is to have more blog posts about writing and editing, as well as the opening chapters of a couple of new projects so you can eventually vote on which one you’d like to see next.
In the meantime, the entirety of Journey to the Water will be under the Stories tab above (under the Menu if you’re on mobile).
Also, before I forget, the newsletter will go out on Wednesday, so if that’s something you’re interested in (it does contain cat pictures), you can sign up at this link (be sure to check your inbox for a confirmation email afterward).
The world keeps turning, and injustice continues. Here are some petitions to try to turn the world a little more toward justice:
Good morning! Bit of a throwback today. A moderate throwback.
I am experimenting with scheduling content this week. I normally post everything by hand, if that’s the correct term, which you have probably noticed, because chapters are sometimes a few hours late. I try to post them at noon on the appointed days. The first time I tried to use a third-party scheduling app for Instagram, it tanked my already abysmal engagement, so I haven’t really messed with it since. However, I’ve been told that scheduling content is the way to save me time and energy, and I want to keep a consistent posting schedule while I’m spending all my time on rewrites, so here we are. Don’t worry, I still get notifications for comments and things, so I won’t be absent from the blog.
On that note, I’ll have the LAST CHAPTER of Journey to the Water on Patreon tomorrow, and the second-to-last chapter will be here on Wednesday for free reading. If they post at 12PM Central on the dot, you’ll know I succeeded with the scheduling.
Not too many petitions this week, but here’s what I have:
Joshua Burnside, “And You Evade Him/Born in the Blood”
Good morning!
I had a great time at the Kenosha Comic Con yesterday! Thank you to everyone who escaped the oppressive heat by stopping in our tent and saying hello.
Journey to the Water rewrites are still under way, and I’ll have a new chapter for you on Patreon tomorrow and last week’s chapter here on Wednesday. I will still be working on rewrites when the serial version finishes in a couple of weeks, but I’ve got some other stuff in the works for you, so stay tuned.
I’m not here for political commentary, and I’d assume neither are you, so I’ll just say that no matter what happens, our job remains the same: take care of people, take care of ourselves, vote and petition where we can, and believe that a better world is possible.
I appreciate you. Take care and stay hydrated this week.
It’s Monday again. I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here on Wednesday. In the meantime, I’m working on rewrites.
On Sunday, July 14, I’ll be at the Kenosha Comic Con from noon until 5! This takes place outside Studio Moonfall, 5107 7th St, Kenosha, WI. There will be some cool local and local-ish indie writers, artists, and comic creators, plus at least one food truck. Here’s a link to the Facebook event, if that’s easier for you. I hope to see you there!
I’ve only got a couple of petitions this week, so here we are:
It’s a new month, and I’ll be out to two new events in the coming weeks. First is the Kenosha Comic Con on Sunday, July 14, and second is the Feast of the Goat Queen on Saturday, July 27. I’ll be sure to remind you as we get closer to these dates.
Patreon readers have FOUR more chapters left of Journey to the Water before the serialized version is complete, and blog readers have five. I’ll be working at a polling place for the special election primary tomorrow, so the posting schedule will be moved forward a day: I’ll have a new chapter on Patreon on Wednesday, and last week’s chapter will be here on Thursday.
I’ll probably still be in the middle of rewrites when all the chapters are posted (roughly a month from now). My plan right now is to give you the first chapter/installment of some of the new projects I’ve been working on and hold a vote, so stay tuned.
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