Look, I don’t know what happened to this month. It seems like I was either prepping the house to get it ready for the deep freeze we enjoyed here in the clavicle of Texas, going to doctors’ appointments (my oncologist says my CT scan and labs are “boring” and he doesn’t need to see me again until July), working on cover projects for clients, crocheting lap blankets for a friend who is collecting them for elderly folks in sheltered accommodation, trying to keep the place clean, and churning out wordage on High Tide and A Court of Green Clover (aka the secret St. Patrick’s Day project that I’ll be releasing on Vella in January and February in preparation for publication in March along with the other books in the Lusty Charms collection).

Of course, I could have let you know about all of that, particularly the WIPs. My apologies. I think I’m just a little overwhelmed at all the things I need to do in the next few months. When that happens I tend to hunker down and hide while I try to get everything done. It didn’t help that I hit a bit of a wall on High Tide this month, not sure why (I mean, I was about to write a battle scene and you know how much I love those). But that seems to be broken now and I’ll be posting new episodes this week on Vella.

Oh, I also got everything I need to do sprayed edges on books, which is the new big thing on Booktok. I’m practicing on some old books I have on hand, and when I have the technique down pat I’ll order new print books and add sprayed edges to them. I’m still not sure if I’m going to sell them through Etsy or Shopify—Etsy’s fees are pricey but I already have the store set up, plus they track state taxes so I don’t have to worry about that—but they’ll be signed and come with some cute tchotchkes. So you have that to look forward to.