conventions

Aug

2026

Catching Up

The Monday after a weekend event is my time for catching up. Laundry, cleaning up, getting the millions of things done that usually get done over the weekend. So today is my day to catch up on things. The last load of laundry is in the machine. My planners are updated for the week. I’ve read all (okay, most) of my emails and ordered the supplies I need for upcoming shows. I put the words in that I wrote at the table during the quite moments yesterday (and then got carried away and wrote more words!) There are still a couple of things left to do, but I’m almost all caught up.

Tanoshii Con was interesting. I met a Disney animator, which was all kinds of awesome. Saw Athena Finger for the first time in an age (if you’re not familiar, she’s the granddaughter of the ACTUAL creator of Batman, Bill Finger. Bob Kane stole all the credit, but she had the proof needed to make sure that her grandfather got his deserved credit.) Met some of the cast of Stranger Things, which was interesting because I never actually watched the show, so I have no reference. And I sold books. A bunch of books. A surprising number of books, considering that the convention was criminally underpopulated.

Next week is Enchanted Knights Medieval Magic, which is going to be even more interesting! See, when we booked this show, we did not know that it’s the same weekend as the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Beach. The Volusia Mall is DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET from the Speedway.

If you’re coming to the Faire, leave early and bring your patience. Parking is going to be at a premium. If you can avoid International Speedway Blvd, do that. I’m already looking up alternate directions to the mall.

Hope to see you this weekend!

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Appearances

Enchanted Knights Medieval Magic Renaissance Faire
August 29-30, 2026
12PM – 6PM
Volusia Mall
Daytona Beach, FL

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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

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Maker Faire Orlando
November 7-8th, 2026
Orlando, FL

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Deck the Mall
Saturday, December 5, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo Mall, Oviedo, FL

Aug

2026

Start of the Silly Season

This weekend marks the start of my silly season — two shows back to back, then two weeks off, then another show followed by a week off before one more show. Then I get to breathe for a month and hope that I have time to restock before my last two shows of the year. Between now and the beginning of December, I have six shows. They’re all listed below, so you can hopefully catch me at one of them!

Given where I am in Six More Weeks of Witches, I should be done with the novella sometime in the next two weeks. I have two chapters left, I think. Once that’s done and off to Darling Editor to read, I have a couple of things to finish (my paper for an anthology and my reading for the Ruthven Literary Bulletin) before I can get back to work on King of Swords. I’ll hopefully have King of Swords done by the end of the year. What will come in 2027? I’m not sure yet. Coven Tree 3 for certain (there will be 8 novellas in this series.) I’m not sure what else — it will depend on several irons already in the fire.

I’m starting to make other 2027 plans and putting together that calendar — I’m already booked for ICFA 2027 and for Smut Lovers 2027, and I applied for two more shows today. I also have a family event in 2027, so I’ll have to take that into account in my planning. If I overextend, then nothing gets done and I know this!

I’ve said before that the life of a writing mom is like juggling chainsaws. I’m trying not to drop any next year.