Tag: patreon

Song of the Week

Howlin’ Wolf, “Smokestack Lightnin'”

It’s Monday again.

There are things happening this week! Tomorrow, the new chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will be available on Patreon. On Wednesday, the latest chapter of Journey to the Water will be up here on the blog. For the foreseeable future, I’ll be alternating between the two, and chapters will go up first on Patreon and then here a week later.

Have you gotten your copy of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea yet? If you haven’t, check out my fancy new sidebar over to the right (or at the bottom of the page, if you’re on mobile). If you have, and you are so inclined, I’d appreciate you leaving a review on whatever platform suits you best. It will help new readers find the book! I’ll talk more about reviews in a separate post later this week.

I think that’s all for today. Have an excellent week, and stop by again soon!

New Patreon Post/Journey to the Water Chapter IX

Remember who you are, and remember what you are trying to achieve. You do this for love—focus on that.

Journey to the Water Chapter IX

The latest chapter of Journey to the Water is now available on Patreon! If you’re not a subscriber, you might want to consider subscribing, because it’s only $3 a month and you get new chapters a week early–including the next chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door, coming next week.

If not, this chapter will appear here on the blog next week, but there is a Patreon-exclusive project coming in March.

In either case, I appreciate you! Thanks for being here.

Song of the Week

Nina Simone, “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” (Scottish-American folk song)

Happy Monday! It’s Valentine’s Day, so in honor of the beheaded performer of marriages, tell someone you love them and be sure to pick up half-priced chocolate tomorrow.

This week, the next chapter of Journey to the Water will be up on Patreon. In other news, Part Two of The Book of the New Moon Door is starting on Patreon next week and here on the blog the week after! I’ll be alternating between Journey and New Moon Door until one or both are finished. Patreon subscribers will be getting each chapter a week early, so if you haven’t yet, consider subscribing! There will also be a Patreon-exclusive project coming in March.

That’s all for now! Thanks for being here.

P.S. If you still need to catch up on Part One of The Book of the New Moon Door, you can start with the first chapter here or find all the chapters under the Stories tab above.

New Patreon Post/Journey to the Water Chapter VIII

No living person had touched that lake since the volcano had last awoken an age ago. I may have been the first to see it in a hundred years.

Journey to the Water Chapter VIII

The latest chapter of Journey to the Water is now available on Patreon! This is the sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, and Patreon subscribers get chapters a full week early, plus some other good stuff.

Song of the Week

Wendy Melvoin, “Carnivàle Main Title Theme”

It’s Monday again! Welcome.

In case you missed it, Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea released on Friday! It’s been three or four months of non-stop work, not to mention all the time I spent writing the thing, so I’m very excited to share it with you.

You can purchase it from these handy links:

Amazon (ebook and paperback)

Barnes & Noble (ebook and paperback) It says large print, but it’s the standard edition paperback. I am working on fixing it.

Kobo (ebook only)

If you want to read the first chapter before making a decision, you can do so here.

The earlier, serialized version will remain up on the blog, but I highly recommend buying the book, as it’s far more polished and of better quality, in addition to being easier to read in your preferred medium.

Other stuff happening this week:

There will be a new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon! My Patreon is only $3 a month, and it gives you access to serial chapters a week early, plus Patreon livestreams and an exclusive project or two that I will be announcing in the next couple of weeks.

I’ll be on Twitch tonight and Thursday night with the Tea and Sidequests channel.

I will also be doing a minor blog remodel, so you may see some things move around. My goal is accessibility and readability, so if there’s anything I can do to make your blog experience easier, please let me know! Comments are open on almost every post.

Thanks for being here! Have an excellent week.

New Patreon Post/Journey to the Water Chapter VII

I had lost my faith in gods. I hoped the god of this island, to whom the grandmothers paid homage, would prove more worthy of my trust.

Journey to the Water Chapter VII

The latest chapter of Journey to the Water is now available on Patreon!

Song of the Week

Iron & Wine, “Woman King”

Happy Monday! I hope you’re warm where you are, because the arctic wind is blowing here.

Have you read the latest chapter of Journey to the Water? I’ll have the next chapter up on Patreon this week.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea is getting closer to publishing! Stop back here later this week for another update.

I’ll be streaming on Twitch tonight and possibly Saturday night.

I think that’s it for this week. Stay warm!

New Patreon Post/Journey to the Water Chapter VI

Oh, my dear boy. What’s dead should stay dead.

Journey to the Water Chapter VI

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.

Song of the Week

Clinton Shorter, “The Expanse”

Happy New Year!

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.

Have an excellent week.

Year in Review, Part the Second

This was a rough year. The pandemic continues, as does injustice, but all hope for change has not been thwarted yet.

Here are some things I accomplished this year:

  • I started streaming again, launching the Tea and Sidequests channel.
  • 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.
  • I completed Part One of The Book of the New Moon Door!
  • 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.

Happy New Year, all. I appreciate you being here.