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New Year, New Plans: My January 2025 Writing Update

January 30, 2025

Although my initial plan this month was to focus on edits for Modern Hauntings, this ended up being a very admin heavy month. Between event applications opening, publication plans, and a big fundraising event to start the year, most of my writing was, well, non-fiction. At this point, I’m confirmed for 18 author and/or fundraising events for 2025 with 5 pending applications and notes galore to remind me when later applications open. I spent the

Bite: A Flasher Story

Yes, the first blog post of the month is late. But in my defense, I was busy with my big Book Purge Takeover. And although this month’s Flasher story is not about cats, it is about another beloved family pet. And it’s inspired by something that happened exactly one year

Time “Off” For The Holidays: My December Writing Update

Let’s keep things short and sweet today. After all, I am technically “off” from work (at least, that’s what I tell myself). Believe it or not, this workaholic has been maintaining healthy work boundaries this month. I haven’t attended any in-person events, I’ve limited my computer time on days I’ve

Art: A Flasher Story

Don’t ask me where these ideas come from. Sometimes, even I don’t know. This piece of flash fiction started out as a dark and twisted thought deep within my brain. And since I re-watched Terrifier 3 for Xmas this year, this story about a different kind of bloody Art felt

What I’ve Learned From My Year of Saying Yes To Everything

As this was my first full calendar year, I decided to apply to EVERYTHING within my reach. Markets, conventions, author events, speaking engagements… I even hosted and volunteered at a number of fundraising events for the Ottawa Stray Cat Rescue. So, what did I learn from saying “yes” to everything

Plans Galore: My November 2024 Writing Update

Yup, you read that title right. This pantser is planning. But that’s nothing unusual. Although I take a pantsing approach to my writing, I transition into full planner mode for my editing. And especially now that I’m working on the edits for two novels simultaneously, this planning is crucial. In

Amontillado: A Flasher Story

This next story from my unpublished Flasher collection was written almost a year ago, and yet it is still very relevant. My Book Purge donation pile grew at an alarming rate and I started to wonder if my husband was going to kick me and the books out. So this

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