Status Updates:

The month got chewed up with a major facelift for the house. It took most of my focus and attention.

What's Next:

The Wizard's Cat​
It's coming along. It's painfully slow but I still haven't given up on it

The SC Marva Collins (no change):​
All three of the Marva Collins books are now up in ebook, paper, and audio.

Future Ishmael​
Several people have asked about Ishmael's future. I'm not done with him yet. At least not done with that universe.

Tanyth Fairport​
I really want to get back to her and the people in that world. When I'll find the time is anybody's guess.

What I'm Reading:

Most of my reading over the last month has been Melissa McShane - all nine of them - and catching up with some series I've already recommended.

I went back to March when I went through so many good books and pulled one out of that pile. Susan Kaye Quinn's When You Had Power.

I loved the world building and really enjoyed following Lucía Ramirez on her quest to solve the curious problem of power failures that should be happening. The side characters engaged me. I loved the found family.

My only regret is that I haven't followed up with the subsequent titles. Yet.

But don't take my word for it. Maybe grab the sample of this hopepunk, climate-change novel and see what you think.

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Looking Ahead:

I haven't given up.

I've written that sentence at least ten times in the last two weeks when talking about writing and walking and all the stuff I used to do in the Before Times.

Slowly, slowly, I'm getting the walking and talking going again. The writing, when I manage to wring a few words out of my soggy brain, seems pretty good. I just can't seem to get traction. I'm trying not to tense up and worry about it. If my track record tells me anything, it's that - even under the best of circumstances - I have some extended fallow periods where the words barely drip onto the page.

When they move at all.

I'm still writing something every single day. I expect to continue to give myself time and grace to finish the recovery process that feels like it has gone on forever.

But I haven't given up.

So until next month, safe voyage.

-NL

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