A Setback, But What Else Is New

Last week was not a good time. It's been a few years since I've had a sinus infection. For me, the pain is on the level of a migraine. And I've had both to compare.

One of my doctors in Houston referred to my sinuses as the ultimate hot tub, and the bacteria love to party!

I haven't gotten as much done as I wished last week. Which means I needed to alter my release calendar a bit.

And before any Justice fans have heart attacks, A Sprout of Wild and A Glimmer of Light are next in priority after The Books of Apep Kickstarter campaign is fulfilled. I just can't guarantee the publishing dates at the moment because neither project is remotely close to finished.

Speaking of The Books of Apep, Death Goddess Walking is up for preorder on all usual retailer sites. I've started uploading the others, but I'm not quite finished yet.

Many thanks to the reader who has already pre-ordered the entire series over on Amazon!

And thank you to the one person who replied about a Justice Encyclopedia. This edition will be fancy--silver foiling on black leather with painted edges. I'm still looking for an artist, however, so it probably won't come out until 2028 at the soonest.

I hope everyone else is enjoying their end-of-summer activities. And I hope I'm feeling a lot better by Tuesday. That's when official Halloween decorating begins at Casa Harden!

'Til later, folks! Enjoy those Pumpkin Spice Lattes!

Woo-hoo! Another Book Drafted!

I finished the first draft of Death Goddess Redeeming yesterday amid a full day of thunderstorms and sunshine.

Yes, Ohio's weather is weird. As the old-timers say, "Don't like the current weather? Wait five minutes."

I've started on Death Goddess Rising, and I hope to make significant progress while DH is at the Buick Nationals this week. The freezer is stocked with frozen pizza and ice cream. There's plenty of Pepsi Zero in the utility room. And when I need a break, I'll unpack a box of books in the library.

Yep, we've even made progress on cleaning out the storage unit!

Today, the surveys for The Books of Apep Kickstarter campaign will go out. This time, I'm putting a deadline on the dang things. I generally do shorter campaigns, plus backers have already paid for their books, so there's no reason for backers to forget to send me their e-mail addresses and/or snail mail addresses so I can get their goods to them.

But alas, someone's notice always seems to slip through the cracks.

During my rare moments of free time, I've been toying with a science fiction world I developed during a Space Opera class last year. There's a few things I need to fix in the original story, and there's some art I've picked out for the cover. Surprisingly, I came up with a Christmas story idea set in that universe. It's a little weird--think of an Orville version of DS9 or Bab 5. Let's just say the original story involves singing trees and a cloned wolverine.

Seriously, people are going to love these stories or hate them.

I'm making progress and having fun. What more can I ask from life?