Oh, shoot, there is no other Friday in April - Monthly Musings

 

This month whizzed by, so I really don't have a lot to say. I'm still editing, but I'm also to the third part of the book, so that's good. I just had to write away some plot holes and inconsistencies I accidentally wrote into the story, which takes a lot of looking back at earlier chapters and even at FP (I almost renamed a whole character) for reference. I have a plan to do some co-writing sessions live on Tiktok. I don't have much of a following, but I know writers are leaning more toward using Tiktok than they do Twitch. I think that's a good idea, because I would like to keep my Twitch exclusive to gaming.

I spoke with my therapist about switching my career completely. I have been jumping departments but remaining in the same position for 13 years now. I'm tired of the position. I said the last job would be my last secretarial job, and then I took another one. On the other hand, I'm also looking at an opening for a secretary position in my city. Whether or not it's hybrid is a question, but again, if I'm just down the street from my house, how much do I care? I've leaned on the flexibility I have in my current job (e.g., writing out blog posts), and my boss and I have been trying to rework my job a little, so I'm stuck between "be patient" and "it's not enough." I still have a few days to decide before the position closes, so we'll see what happens.

That's really all I have for y'all. I will see you for the quarterly goals post in May!

See you at CityLit!

Hey there!

If you're in the DMV or Baltimore area, come see me and the author MultiMind at the CityLit Festival next Saturday! More details in the sidebar.

Monthly Musings

I'm writing a little bit of this in the past, realizing Weekly Words is now extinct. I haven't written weekly in, what, years? Looking at some of my other blog images, there was a time I was posting weekly on different days years ago. I had Tuesday Tales, Wednesday Words, Friday Freeday. I was doing so much. I'm not even sure people read blogs like this anymore, but this is connected to my Goodreads...I'd be ridiculous to say I can't commit to a monthly post, though, so Monthly Musings sounds good.

I'm currently editing Broken Princess and plan to send to beta readers in the next month or so. There are some other logistics I need to work out, so I'm closer to sure that I won't have a table at my regular cons this year. Dover Comic-Con is less than 3 months away now. Bento Con might be an option, but I'll have to see. I would like the book to be out by the end of the year for sure, though, if not earlier. I wanted it to be out by July, but that can't happen at this point.

I have been doing better at reading, and I'm 100% it's because of the book I was reading, which was Girl of Flesh and Metal by Alicia Ellis, and it was so good, I wrote the review and immediately bought Clash of Flesh and Metal afterwards.

Girl of Flesh and Metal is the first self-published novel to make the American Library Association's LITA Excellence in Children and Young-Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists. #GOALS. The book is phenomenal, and I can't wait to see what happens in the sequel. I haven't been this excited about a series since N.K. Jemisin's The Great Cities series, so that speaks volumes. I wish publishers understood how much Black readers need to see Black main characters in Sci-fi and Fantasy, but they also don't think we read, so there's that.

The video game is coming along nicely. We meet on Fridays, so we'll be meeting in an hour. I hope the momentum keeps going, especially as we get a couple more writers on the team. We'll see how it goes!

I'm still debating on migrating the blog, but I'm also very partial to Blogger, because I've used it for over a decade now. It probably won't happen. I've got so much else to worry about.

Anyway, see you in April! I think I said I was going to do the Quarterly on the 5th Thursday? I'll do it the 5th Friday in May. I can't mess up my labels more than necessary.

Weekly Words - SoulAce Day and Writing Update

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!

A post on a Monday? Why yes, because I forgot to post Friday, which actually turned out well for today.

Today is SoulAce Day: a day created by Black asexuals to acknowledge and celebrate the creativity of the ignored A in LGBTQIA (because it does NOT stand for ally). 

A few of us contributed to an e-zine about Black Asexual Culture, which you can support by downloading and/or donating to those who contributed at the link below. 

https://blackaceculture.itch.io/black-ace-culture-a-digital-zine

And now for a quick writing update: I was finally able to write, "To be continued..." in the sequel to Fractured Princess, officially titled Broken Princess! I'm so relieved that I made it. In about a week, I'll start editing and once I'm done, I'll send it to my beta readers. More news to come in the next few months!

Quarterly Goals

 

Good evening! *in my Dracula voice*

As I'm reading my August Quarterly Goals post, I realize I was supposed to write one on Black Friday! Welp.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! These past few months have been a hellscape, but as the country burns to the ground, let's take some time to breathe, think of some good you can do in your community, and just be good and decent human beings.

My goal for the end of the year was to finish Divided Princess. Bad news, good news time. Bad news: I did not finish the book by the end of the year. The good news is I have ONE CHAPTER LEFT! I absolutely plan on being at least halfway tonight and fully done tomorrow. And honestly, I don't even expect the chapter to be very long, so I might actually be done tonight. I just have to finish this blog post and unpause my Book 2 soundtrack and Mini Cozy Lo-fi Timer.

My other two goals for...I guess the last two quarters was to start editing the audiobook and catching up on my annual reading goal. HA. I'm done setting goals for those right now. I'm lying. I do have an annual goal of reading 18 books this year. Currently reading three, but actively reading one, so as long as I get back into the other two, I can have 3 done by the end of February. The audiobook is on hold for now, especially, because...

So, about that major project I mentioned in October?

I am officially a narrative writer for an upcoming indie game named Prism from the new studio Creative AF Games! I'm SO EXCITED! Writing for a video game has been one of my dreams, and I did not expect it to come true! In fact, I had just donated the book I had on video game writing before I moved, so I had to go buy another copy. lol Please go to my Linktree over in the banner or just from clicking these words and scroll down for all the social links for the game studio! More information to come to sooner we are to releasing the demo.

All right, the next 5th Friday isn't until May, so I will most likely do a 5th Thursday post in April to see if I'm track with my reading goal. Oh! Pending cover art and my beta readers, I might also have a release date available then, so fingers crossed, and see you next month! :)