I’m starting the Great Rewrite of Journey to the Water this week! In the meantime, you, dear reader, are nearing the end of the serial version. There will be a new chapter up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be here for free reading on Wednesday.
I’ve finished the Great Reread of Journey to the Water, so I’ll be busy for the next couple of days creating a new outline. I wrote about this stage of my editing process hereif you’re curious or think it might be helpful. Also, if you like that kind of content and want more of it, please let me know! Comments are open on every post. You’re all so silent, but WordPress tells me that you’re there. I don’t bite, I promise.
I still have a few more chapters of the original version of Journey to the Water for you, so there will be a new one up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here on Wednesday.
I get a couple dozen petitions to my email inbox every day, so I’m focusing on sharing the ones that have to do with immediate or near-immediate threats to human life.
Thanks for stopping by! I love you, stay hydrated this week.
Not much to report this week; I’m working on rereading Journey to the Water and will have a new chapter for you on Patreon tomorrow. Last week’s chapter will be up here on Wednesday.
I’m also thinking about posting some of my editing notes, if that’s something you might be interested in? Editing your own work is a skill that takes time and practice to develop (and you should always, always have at least one other set of eyes on it before it’s done), and maybe my notes and commentary might be helpful–or you just might be curious. I won’t pretend that I have all the answers, but I spent several years in academia, and I’ve developed a pretty good critical eye. I’ll see what I can round up for Friday.
I’m off to the library to print off my draft of Journey to the Water and make a substantial contribution to their operating costs in the process. While I start my reread, I’ll have a new chapter for you all up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be here on Wednesday. That’s pretty much it for news this week. After how busy May was, I’m looking forward to June being a little more quiet.
I’m feeling rather like the proverbial broken record, but we’re still here:
Good morning! It’s Monday again. I hope you can rest for the holiday.
I had a great time hanging out with the alien interns at Studio Moonfall on Friday:
I was also at Graveyard Gallery’s AniMAYhem on Saturday! It was a busy weekend to conclude a busy month, and I’m ready to take a break. I think my next event isn’t until July.
In the meantime, I’ll be editing Journey to the Water. The next chapter will be up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here on Wednesday. I hope to have a better idea of a release date soon.
Also, the newsletter will go out Friday! If that’s something you’re interested in, you can put your email in the box at this link. Be sure to check your inbox for a confirmation. It’s only one email a month and does include pictures of my cats.
Just a couple of petitions this week, because we have to keep trying:
Good morning! Fun fact: Burning Sister features my cousins-in-law on drums and bass/synth/vox. I finally got around to listening to them. Please enjoy!
What the Hex: Witch of the Woods was yesterday! What the Hex is always a delightful time. The performances were great, the vibes were excellent, and the crowd was very friendly. I’m only sorry that I ran out of copies of The Book of the New Moon Door! I paid for expedited printing, but they won’t get here until Tuesday. I have a second, non-expedited order that is still at the printers, and I’m hoping it’ll be here by the end of the week.
I’ll be at Studio Moonfall (5031 7th Avenue, Kenosha, WI) on Friday the 24th from 4-7 in the evening for a Meet the Author event! Come hang out in this adorable indie bookshop with me. I’m bringing double-chocolate brownies, if that influences your decision.
On Saturday the 25th, I’ll be at Graveyard Gallery’s AniMAYhem from noon until 5. This one is outdoors at Faklandia Brewing, 3807 S Packard Ave, St. Francis, WI. I’ll have more on both these events on Thursday, so be sure to stop by again later this week.
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.
Petitions for this week, because the work is never done:
Brooke and I had a great time at the Spring Sheboygan Spirit Fair! This Sunday, we’ll be heading out again to What the Hex: Witch of the Woods at Dresden Castle in Cudahy. I’m very excited for this event’s theme, because there are very few social occasions when I can wear my giant gardening/wizard hat. That link will have everything you need, but I’ll make another post later this week with addresses, admission, workshops, etc.
I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here on Wednesday. Our current arc will be a few more chapters, and then it’s on toward the end!
I’ve got a few petitions here that I’ve signed recently, and you might like to as well:
So, first things first: I have completely forgotten thus far to inform you that my short story, “The Howler,” was published in Strange Days Zine, Volume XIV! You can get a copy here.Also in this issue are accounts of encounters with cryptids, a ghost ship, and a UFO, the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane, a deep dive into the study of astral projection, and more wonders and weirdnesses present, past, and imaginative. (If my parents are reading this, hi, and I have a copy for you.)
Next: the Spring Spirit Fair is this Saturday (May 11) at Lakeshore Lanes in Sheboygan, WI. Doors open at 10 (you can come in at 9 to book an appointment with one of the readers), and admission is one non-perishable food item or cash donation to the Sheboygan County Food Bank. Brooke (of the Figuratively Speaking Tarot) and I will be there!
I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up Wednesday. The version that you’re reading now is complete! Editing will start next month. I’ll have a better idea of a publishing timeline then. In the meantime, I’m working on, in no particular order, a guidebook for the Figuratively Speaking Tarot, an outline for The Tarot of the Gates, the script for The Well Below the Valley, and maybe a new project or two?
The world goes on, and we do what we can to bend the arc of history:
I spent yesterday in the cold and rain at the Kenosha Book Festival. I’m glad I stuck it out, because I met some cool people and got to talk about books!
Journey to the Water is almost finished! I have one chapter left. You, dear reader, are quickly catching up to me. I’ll have a new chapter up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be here on Wednesday.
The newsletter is also coming out tomorrow. If you’re interested in that (it includes pictures of my cats, updates on what my business partner Brooke has been painting, writing updates, and upcoming events all in one place), you can put your email into the box at this link. Be sure to check your inbox afterward for a confirmation email.
I am Going Places and Doing Things in May, including an Author Night at Studio Moonfall where the Book Festival was held (in case you didn’t want to brave the cold this past weekend, and I don’t blame you). I’ll have a full post with all the information later this week (probably Thursday).
The war continues, and so do we. A couple of petitions I’ve rounded up for you this week:
If you’ll be in Southest Wisconsin this weekend, the Kenosha Book Festival will be this Sunday (the 28th) from 10-3 at Studio Moonfall! For the address and more information, that link will have everything you need. I’ll be there, and a whole bunch of cool independent authors will be also.
If crowds aren’t your thing, I’ll also be at Studio Moonfall for an Author Night on May 24. More on that as we get closer to the date.
I am THREE chapters away from the end of the first draft of Journey to the Water. Gods willing and I don’t get Covid again, I’ll have that finished up this week. In the meantime, I’m still posting chapters, so you’ll get a new one on Patreon tomorrow and last week’s chapter will be up here on Wednesday. I appreciate everyone who’s taking this journey with me. At one chapter a week, it will be 3-4 months before the whole draft is posted, by which time I should be close to finishing my edits.
I don’t have very many petitions for you today, but here’s what I’ve got:
Space Whales Press 