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Nov

2025

Thirty! Ish. Thirty-ish.

It used to be that when you finished writing an article, you marked it -30-. Thirty meant done. Complete. Finished. Yesterday, I hit Thirty on Have Yourself a Merry Little Witchmas. Ish. Thirty-ish. It came in WAY over my target words. I was told November 1st and 20,000 words. What I ended up with was 29,413 words on November 2nd. Hey, it’s still a novella!

It’s also been sent off, so we’ll see what we see. I need to flesh out this world now, which is going to be part of my “I’m not really working until January” break. My to-dos for now? Worldbuilding for the Coven Tree universe. Edits on The Coral Throne. Reading the TBR pile that’s taller than I am. And three shows.

And possibly…. jury duty. I was summoned to be on call for Federal jury duty. My on call period starts November 14th at 6PM, and runs until December 5th, which means I need to call the courthouse every Friday to see if they need me the following week. If they need me, I have to get myself down into Orlando to serve. Oh, and no electronics allowed — it’s not like the county courthouse where I could bring my laptop and work. I can’t even bring my cell phone in!

I’ll get a lot of reading done, I suppose. And possibly knitting. I have to check and see if I can bring my knitting in.

Other than that? I’ll be cleaning in preparation for the holidays, and because I finished a book (or two) and therefore must clean. I’ll be meal planing for Thanksgiving, and deciding on what will be made for Cookiepocalypse 2025.

And trying not to fall asleep at my keyboard. My brain has decided the book is done, it’s time for a nap.

Snore….

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Witchmas

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Appearances

Maker Faire
November 7-9th, 2025
Central Florida Fairgrounds,
Orlando, FL

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Enchanted Knights: Winter Bazaar
December 6th, 2025
Oviedo Mall
Oviedo, FL

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Ravenflight Signing!
Spellbound Books
December 20th, 2025
12:00PM – 2:00 PM
Sanford, FL

2026 Appearances

ICFA
March 18-21th, 2026
Orlando, FL

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Storyteller Summit
April 11th, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

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Summer Lovin’ Book Festival
June 6th, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

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Tanoshii Con
August 22nd – 23rd, 2026
Ocean Center Arena, Daytona Beach.

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Smut Lovers Conference
September 16th – 20th, 2026
Orlando, FL

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Page and Pen Festival
October 3rd, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

Oct

2025

Winding Down

It’s the end of October, and my brain is starting the process of winding down for the end of the year. Which is a little bit of a problem, because I am two (I think two) chapters from finishing Have Yourself a Merry Little Witchmas, and it’s due in on Friday! No winding down! Must make all the words!

In a fun instance of “This is Liz’s brain on writing…” Witchmas is now set in the same universe as Heart’s Master. Which means that if I stay with writing Camber and Merlina (which I might, because they are SO much fun to write!), there’s a possibility of a cameo by a certain blind bardic mage.

I really do need to get back to that series and figure out where I broke Holy Orders (Drum Mage 2). And float the idea to my publisher that hey, it’s ten years old! Can we have a shiny new cover and re-release like we did with Sable Locks and Ravenborn? I’ll have to draft that email up later. Or next week, once Witchmas is put to bed.

There are still three shows before the end of the year, but those are short and once they’re done, they’re done. I’m looking forward to Maker Faire next week — I haven’t gotten our placement yet, but the early information shows us in the Opportunity building instead of Spirit (Spirit is where we were last year.) Once I know for certain, I’ll let you know where to find us. And by the time Maker Faire rolls around, I should have hardcovers for Ravenflight! Against all odds, the paperbacks showed up on Friday, right before we left for Author Night at Native Home Marketplace. Considering that they weren’t supposed to be here until November 7th at the earliest? I was more than a little shocked!

They’re very pretty! And they’ll be on the table to Maker Faire!

Back to work!