I'm thrilled to announce that my Leo Award-winning story "And the Red Dragon Passes" has been reprinted in the July 2022 issue of Etherea Magazine. To read the issue, click here. source: Etherea Magazine issue 12 This story was originally published in the March 2021 issue of Zooscape.
2021 Leo Literary Awards
On the morning of July 7th at 2:30 am AWST, I woke up so that I could attend the presentation of the 2021 Leo Literary Awards. Luckily, I didn't have to leave my bed or make myself up in any fancy attire. I didn't even have to prepare a speech in advance. All I had... Continue Reading →
July 2022 Goals
Before we get into what I want to achieve this month, let's look at what I managed to get done in June. You can read my post with my June 2022 Goals here. I wanted to submit one short story a week during June, and I did. It felt a bit weird to get back... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “Steel Swan”
It's publication day for my story "Steel Swan" which is in issue 010 of Dark Matter Magazine!
June 2022 Goals
I feel as though I've finally started to strike a good balance between work, life, and writing, so I think I'm ready to start making public goals again. When I previously worked full-time, I would write in 15-minute spurts before and after work and during my lunch break. This was an extremely productive strategy for... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “My Song Too Fierce”
I'm thrilled to announce that my short story "My Song Too Fierce" came out today in Zooscape. This is a twisted fairy tale that I had a lot of fun writing and I'm so glad to finally be able to share it with the world. Thanks so much to my fantastic writing group who helped... Continue Reading →
March 2022 Goals
Rather than recap everything I've been up to since October (it's been a bit hectic), I'm just going to start off with a clean slate and jump right into what I want to accomplish in March this year. As usual, I'll be breaking my goals down into the following categories: Writing, Reading, Social, and Household.... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Books I Read in 2021 (In No Particular Order)
Ten(ish) books I got a kick out of in 2021
2021 Spook Spook Goals (AKA October)
For some reason, I'm feeling particularly excited about October this year. I do love Halloween, but I don't usually feel this level of excitement for it. Maybe it's because for the first time in my life, I'm in my own house and I can decorate it however I want to (this is going to be... Continue Reading →
Finished Early: September Submission Challenge 2021
30 Submissions. 27 Days. 25 Markets. 17 Stories. 14 Rejections. These are the numbers for my September Submission challenge this year. As in previous years, the goal was to submit 30 times in 30 days. Last year I submitted 31 times over 29 days, but I'm not competing with my past self, so I'm not... Continue Reading →