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Have You Subscribed to My Newsletter? (Now at a new home)

| June 12, 2025

I’ve recently moved my newsletter to MailerLite, which seems like a great service for hosting it! If you were already subscribed, I transferred your subscription over, so you don’t need to do anything. If you’ve haven’t already subscribed, you can get in on the sleek new design and the monthly updates on what I’m writing, […]

My May 2025 Publications

| June 3, 2025

I had one new piece out in May, which was a drabble for the Reach Your Apex community drabbles! My story was “Tower Twister,” which is a drabble about towers around the world being relocated. It’s an incredibly quick read, and there are several other drabbles on the theme of “extraction” alongside of mine!  

WriteHive 2025 Online Conference Registration is Open!

| June 2, 2025

Registration has just opened for the 2025 WriteHive Online Conference, which will be held July 11-13, 2025. There are a ton of fantastic panels and other events planned for this year, no matter where you are in your writing career. Plus, it’s all online, so you can attend (for FREE) from wherever you are! I’ll […]

My Newsletter in a New Home!

| May 13, 2025

I’ve recently moved my newsletter to MailerLite, which seems like a great service for hosting it! If you’d already subscribed, I was able to transfer your subscription over, so you don’t need to do anything. If you’ve haven’t already subscribed, you can get in on the sleek new design and the monthly updates on what […]

New Poetry in April 2025 (and a March 2025 pub)

| May 1, 2025

I had one new piece out in April 2025. My poem “Adaptable” appeared in issue 56 of Eye to the Telescope. This poem is from the perspective of a bit of dandelion fluff in space, with a refrain of “I don’t belong here.” The fun of the refrain is that by emphasizing any single word in […]

Fantasy Stories and Poetry Out Recently

| April 17, 2025

Since my last post of recent fantasy stories and poetry, I’ve had a few new fantasy pieces come out! My Weathering Youth collection spans many genres, but the core of it involves fantasy stories, including some that are in the “traditional” (or non-contemporary) fantasy genre, like “Charming, Not Useful,” a somewhat ridiculous flash fiction take on […]

My Monthly Newsletter

| April 10, 2025

If you’d prefer a summary of my monthly writing and history research, along with book reviews, new releases, and more, you should subscribe to my newsletter! It comes out on a Monday near the middle of each month, and if you sign up, you also get a newsletter-exclusive short story, “Poisoned, Shot, Beaten, and Drowned,” […]

March 2025 Publications

| April 1, 2025

I had a TON of new pieces out in March 2025, including poetry, drabbles, flash fiction, and short stories! My flash fiction story, “Propagating Rosa glacies,” appeared in issue 12 of ALOCASIA. This is a flash fiction piece written as a gardening article (with a teaser for a future article at the end). It’s a bit dark […]

Day off from posting!

| March 24, 2025

I’m out having adventures, so no blog post today! Back at it tomorrow!  

DefCon One Spring Reads!

| March 12, 2025

It’s not quite spring yet, but we’re ahead of the game at DefCon One Publishing, with a list of spring reads! These books take place in the spring months, either in part or wholly, or have flowery covers. We’ve also got eight spring quarterlies from Mad Scientist Journal on the list, which often include spring-themed stories […]