Tag: updates

Song of the Week

Warren Zevon, “Werewolves of London”

This past weekend, my husband and I went to Halloween Express–but it wasn’t just a Halloween Express, it was “Halloween by Scary Jim.” I was a little disappointed in Scary Jim’s selection of candy bowls, but his music taste was excellent. “Werewolves of London” has been stuck in my head since then, so enjoy.

In case you missed it, The Book of the New Moon Door has a release date, and you have some opportunities to receive your copy as a mysterious package before the release! Click here for more information.

I’ll have new chapters this week on the usual schedule: a brand-new chapter on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter here to read for free on Wednesday.

Journey to the Water will return soon! Possibly as early as mid-November this year, but no later than January of next year. Thanks for being patient.

Have an excellent week!

Song of the Week

Orville Peck, “Big Sky”

Good morning!

Firstly, I am happy to announce that The Book of the New Moon Door is complete! I am the proverbial day late and a dollar short, of course, but it’s done. Final word count for all three parts, including chapter headings, is 170,764. This will probably change significantly as I go through the editing process this summer. New Moon Door has been the least structured of my serial novels (which is a gentle way of saying “I was definitely making this up as I went”), and I’m looking forward to pruning it into shape.

This week, I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water on Patreon tomorrow, and the latest chapter of New Moon Door will be up here on the blog Wednesday.

As of right now, here’s the plan for all my projects going forward: Journey and New Moon Door will continue their biweekly schedule while I’m editing New Moon Door. I’m aiming to publish New Moon Door this year and Journey next year. In between those, I want to revisit The Well Below the Valley and The Tarot of the Gates, possibly rewriting and reformatting the former before writing some new content for it.

I’ll keep you updated as things progress! Thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Aoife O’Donovan, “The King of All Birds”

Good morning and happy Monday!

I am happy to announce that I achieved my Camp NaNoWriMo goal of 30,000 words for the month of April.

A screenshot of the NaNoWriMo Stats page, showing 30379/30000 total words

I am about halfway done with Part Three of The Book of the New Moon Door! I’m setting another 30,000 word goal for May, to finish the draft.

On the subject of New Moon Door, the next chapter will post to Patreon tomorrow. I’ll have the latest chapter of Journey to the Water up here on Wednesday. Because I’m spending all my writing time on New Moon Door, there won’t be a new episode of The Well Below the Valley this month, but I hope to pick it up again soon.

In case you missed it, I’m going to What the Hex Witches’ Market on Saturday, May 6! You can find all the information you need, plus a sneak preview of my new bookmark, at this link. Entry is free! I hope to see you there.

As always, I appreciate you. Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Hozier and Bear McCreary, “Blood Upon the Snow” (from God of War: Ragnarök)

You know, I’ve never played a God of War game, but this song makes me want to.

That’s going to have to wait, however, because I’m starting Part Three of The Book of the New Moon Door! I’ll post a NaNo update on Friday. The last chapter of Part Two will be up here on Wednesday. There will also be a new chapter of Journey to the Water on Patreon tomorrow.

Responses to the New Moon Door poll were sparse and mixed, so I think I will maintain the chapter-by-chapter posting schedule for now. I’ll reevaluate when Part Three is written (my goal is by the end of May), and maybe again when editing is done (late summer). If all the chapters haven’t been posted by then, I may save the ending for the published book 😉

Also, I’ll make a bigger announcement later, but I’ll be at the What the Hex Witches’ Market on May 6 at Falcon Bowl in Milwaukee! Mostly, I’ll be supporting Brooke and her Figuratively Speaking Tarot, but I’ll have a few copies of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea to sell and sign and some bookmarks to hand out. Stay tuned for more details.

As always, thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Eilís Ní Shúilleabháin, “A Ógánaigh An Chúil Chraobhaigh”

Happy Monday! Here’s a sad song.

I’m starting Part Three of The Book of the New Moon Door this week, but in the meantime, the last chapter of Part Two will be up on Patreon on Wednesday, and the latest chapter of Journey to the Water will make its appearance here on Thursday. The normal posting schedule is delayed this week due to the election on Tuesday, since I’ll be working at a polling place all day. If you have an election tomorrow, especially if you’re in Wisconsin, don’t forget to vote!

That’s all for this week. Stop by again soon!

Song of the Week

Kate Rusby, “The Witch of the Westmorland”

Good morning!

Unfortunately, I was sick all last week and wasn’t able to write a new chapter of Journey to the Water, so this week we’ll just have the latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door up here on Wednesday. Sorry for the delay; I’ll be back on my usual nonsense next week.

Also, we are very close to the end of Part Two of The Book of the New Moon Door! I’ll be starting Part Three very shortly, but I wanted to ask you, dear reader: would you rather keep reading chapters every other week, or wait until the book is finished and published? I’ll be posting an official poll later this week, but you can also leave your thoughts in the comments.

Thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Beth Rowley, “Wretched Body”

Happy Monday! I hope you are well this morning.

This week, I’m working on getting the newsletter out, as well as the next episode of The Well Below the Valley. The latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will be here on the blog on Wednesday, and my normal posting schedule will resume next week! Thank you for being patient with me.

Keep an eye out for a newsletter signup post later this week! A lot of you are already subscribed to this site via WordPress or email, which notifies you every time I post something. The newsletter will be monthly and have more of a general overview of what I’m working on, events I’ll be attending, and publishing news. You can subscribe to either or both! (Or neither, I’m not a cop.)

Thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Morphine, “You Look Like Rain”

Happy Monday! I hope you’re well this morning.

I’m back to my regular nonsense this week: a new chapter of Journey to the Water will be up on Patreon tomorrow, and the latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will be up here on Wednesday. I’m considering making one of these my NaNoWriMo project, to get ahead and closer to the editing stage. If you have any thoughts about which one you’d like to see get done faster, let me know in the comments below!

I’m also working on a monthly newsletter (finally) and the next episode of The Well Below the Valley.

I appreciate you! Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Barnaby Bright, “Highway 9”

Hello there! Happy Monday.

So, last week, we had a very large, very sickly tree removed from our yard. Unfortunately, while doing so, the tree service completely destroyed the majority of our garden. I was devastated and spent the week doing emotional yard work to clean up the damage and prepare for next spring (the fall harvest was ruined). This, and the resultant blisters and sore muscles, cut into my writing time last week, so there’s been a minor disruption to the posting schedule.

The latest chapter of Journey to the Water will be up here on Wednesday. There won’t be a new chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door until next week, and the upcoming episode of The Well Below the Valley has been pushed to November. For a while, I thought that I could get it out October 1 along with getting ready for Bitchcraft Fair and releasing the first chapter of The Tarot of the Gates at the same time, but I think that was too ambitious even before all this happened.

Speaking of Bitchcraft Fair, it is happening LESS THAN ONE WEEK FROM NOW. Here is a link where you can get tickets and find out more!

Also, the exciting preview of The Tarot of the Gates will be available October 1 as planned. You can go to my Instagram to find out about the setting and the accompanying deck!

I think that’s it for this week. Thank you for being patient with me, and if you’ll be in the Milwaukee area, I hope I’ll see you on Sunday!

Song of the Week

The Paul Schwartz Project, “How Many Fools”

Happy Monday! It is now less than TWO WEEKS until Bitchcraft Fair Milwaukee! My friend Brooke, her Figuratively Speaking Tarot, and I will be at booth #116 in the Wisconsin Center. You can find more information (and tickets) here.

I am doing my level best to maintain my posting schedule as I prepare for this event. The next chapter of Journey to the Water will go up on Patreon tomorrow, and the latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will be up here on Wednesday. I am working on The Well Below the Valley also, but that may be the proverbial spinning plate that drops or gets postponed.

I did finish the first chapter of The Tarot of the Gates! Please appreciate my efforts at something resembling time management. That will be up here on October 1. There’s more information here, plus a picture of Shepard the kitten, if you haven’t seen it yet.

Thanks for being here! I promise I’m not scary, and I welcome comments. I’d like to get to know my readers! Please tell me your favorite book that you’ve read recently, or the music that’s making your ears happy these days, or whatever you’d like to talk about.