The Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter was a smashing success. Thank you so much to everyone who pledged. As soon as I hear from Brooke, I will let you know when you can expect your decks in the mail.
I will be working on Journey to the Water until it’s finally done, so you won’t hear much from me. I’ll stop by on Friday for an update.
I had a great time at the Awkward Nerd Book Fair yesterday! So, full disclosure, I went to a tiny private school in the 90s and did not get to participate in Scholastic Book Fairs. If the Awkward Nerd fair was any indication, I missed out! It was a lovely time and a great crowd.
This is the last week for the Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter! It will close at midnight next Monday. I’m so excited for this beautiful deck to become a reality. Only two stretch goals remain!
The newsletter will come out this Friday, a little earlier than usual. I’ll be taking a vacation from posting between the 28th and October 5th. I’ll have another Journey to the Water update before then, so stop by again!
Christen Mooney, “Aisling’s Song” (from The Secret of Kells)
Hello! It’s Monday again.
On Sunday, I’ll be at the Awkward Nerd Book Fair at the Tripoli Shrine Center, 3000 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee. It’s styled after the Scholastic Book Fairs of the 90s, but geared toward adults, and promises to be a great time! It’ll be open from 11 to 5. For tickets and more information (including the Big Gay Pirate Cruise the evening before), here’s a link.
I’m plugging along on Journey to the Water, and have just about hit a point where I need to write a new plot arc. I wasn’t happy with the adventure to recover an artifact from the kingdom in the trees, so I’m going to try something different.
The Figuratively Speaking Mermaid Tarot Kickstarter has reached FOUR of its stretch goals! There are still two weeks left, so be sure to back the project if you haven’t already.
Not much to report this week. I’m working on Journey to the Water, and if you haven’t already, check out The Well Below the Valleyand The Tarot of the Gates, two candidates for my next serial project. I’m hoping to get a secret third thing out soonly, and then you can all vote.
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:
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