Refresh Time

It's time for an update, since it's been a while.

I know I talked about some exciting stuff in the last blog then disappeared for two or three-ish months. That was due to several different things going on in my life and even some traveling, but I intend to do better. So what's been going on/what's the plan?

Well, for starters, this year has been pretty topsy-turvy for me. There have been a lot of substantial changes in my life and will likely continue to radically shift in the coming months as well. I'll admit that my mental and emotional health has been pretty poor since January, though I'd like to think that I've grown quite a bit and made credible progress to this point. That, however, is one of the reasons the blog, social media, and other writings and updates have been slow going or non-existent: That and the fact that I was able to spend two weeks visiting family and celebrating. It did mean that internet was pretty spotty and definitely contributed to my slacking.

Since being back though, I realized that my mental/emotional health wasn't all that needed sprucing up. I initially had only planned on taking new author photos, but got a bit carried away. So, the website–as you can probably see–got a decent refresh too! On the outside. The inner-workings though? I got started and then got carried away. All the things you don't really notice or care about on someone else's website got a major overhaul, so hopefully things are easier to navigate, look better when viewed on mobile devices, and are more current with what's coming and how far we've come.

So what is to come?

Hopefully, I'll actually get started on the newsletter very shortly. I've been putting it off for at least a year now, so there really aren't any excuses left other than I'm rather nervous about it. I've got plans, though, which means it's just a matter of getting over myself and enacting them. Additionally, I decided to do a reworking of the entirety of book 3, because I clearly didn't have enough on my plate. Now I'm having to get everything in order and polished up if I plan on making my publishing goal of releasing it early next year. (And you're not getting too many more spoilers on that yet!) I also, luckily, have book 4 pretty much all set up and ready to go, so 2022 will be a year with 2 more full-length poetry books that I'm excited to share. And, of course, I'm still writing. Books 5 and 6 are both being written or edited right now, though I think by the time I'm ready to publish them they will both have undergone a similar makeover as book 3, so who knows. I'm also hoping to revive some projects that I've buried or neglected and maybe shake some things up.

All this to say, I'm sorry for the absence, I'm back on track, and I couldn't be more excited about what's coming next . . . Thanks for checking in, and make sure you scout out what's changed on the site, sign up for the impending monthly newsletter, and follow along on my social media pages for updates and to chat!