Quick Update

Time for a quick update, before I get back to work. ;)

I'm listening to the new Erasure album, Snow Globe, because Erasure rules. :)

I've sent the new episode in The Legends of Nod off to my editor, who is doing her best to get it marked up and mailed back as quickly as possible to meet the December release slot. Fingers crossed! Otherwise, it will likely be released in March of next year. It's novella length, so I have no idea how long it will take to mark up. She also likes to doodle, which makes her critiques easer to accept, but also takes a bit more time. Worth it. lol

Right now I'm working on updating my Nod continuity guide with all of the new info on characters, locations, and various other thingamajigs that happened to make an appearance or have a mention in this episode. When that's accomplished, I've got a short story that needs to be finished, which is the most likely next project on my desk, but it all depends on timing. This short story in particular is specifically set to be one of my Christmas Eve ghost stories, so if there is no way to make the release slot this year, the project will be postponed. Last year we went creepy with "The Christmas Spirit," this year, we're going weird. Very weird.

I have no update on this year's Christmas Eve ghost story reading, at present. I'm still not sure we're going to be able to pull it off, as much as I really do want to. It's just difficult to find a venue at that time of year. I'm still willing to move it up to December 23, if necessary, but I need a certain amount of lead time to do it the way that I want to. I would have just done the reading in my office, if the rug hadn't been yanked out from under me this year, along with my office. :( The fact that it's been "one of those years" is one of the reasons I very much want to find a way to do the reading. I'm looking into locally owned book stores, here in Dallas, because I want to support the little, non-chain book stores. I will keep you posted. If it's going to happen, we'll have to make an announcement within a couple of weeks at the latest.

If I don't wind up writing the new ghost story next, I'll be jumping ahead to splitting my time between a few collaborative YouTube projects for next year and the next cycle in The Chronicles of Nightfire, Texas. So there will be no down time for this writer, here at the end of the year. :)

And there you have it. I'll keep you posted on all of the above as things progress. Peace!