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Apr

2026

Clever Headline Goes Here.

“Clever Headline Goes Here.” Otherwise known as “this is your brain on sciatica pain.”

I thought I pulled a muscle exercising. So I did what you usually do when you pull a muscle — anti-inflammatory medication, heat and ice, gentle stretching. Then the pins-and-needles started, and I hied myself off to the orthopaedist. Ortho set me up with six weeks of physical therapy and sent me to see a pain management doctor.

I know I’ve mentioned this in the blog before, back in March when I was just about to start PT, and I was going in for an MRI. The MRI showed that my L5 disc is sitting on the sciatic nerve. To fix it? Well, a week from today, I’ll be getting an epidural injection of steroids and painkillers into my lower back.

(Yes, this is my way of telling you that there won’t be a blog post next week.)

If the injection works? Great! I can get back to being exercising, sitting comfortably, and able to sleep through the night. If it doesn’t work?

Surgery.

Between now and then? I’m going to be a guest on Good Day Orlando on Thursday the 30th! (7AM call! Eep!) Then on Saturday the 2nd, we’ll be at the Great Geek Gathering at the Oviedo Mall!

As for next Monday? Think some good thoughts for me, will you?

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Coming this Summer!

Looking for something for your older teens to do this summer? Are they interested in writing? Send them to write with me! I’ll be leading a Summer writing camp on Tuesday afternoons in June, hosted by the Native Home Marketplace at the Volusia Mall. The program runs for 6 weeks, and is limited to 12 participants.

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Work in Progress

Tales from the Arena: King of Swords
(Tales from the Arena, book 4)

69017 / 100000 (69.02%)

Six More Weeks of Witches
(Coven Tree, book 2)

3476 / 20000 (17.38%)

Appearances

The Great Geek Gathering
May 2nd, 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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Enchanted Knights Summer Solstice Faire
June 20th, 2026
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Downtown Sanford, FL

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Summer Creatives Market
July 18th, 2026
10:00AM – 3:00PM
Sanford, 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

Apr

2026

Behind the Scenes

I took a class last week, and now I have homework. I need to redo a lot of what goes on behind the scenes for my self-published titles. So over the next few weeks, I’ll be redoing many things that you probably will never notice, and one thing you might. The many things you probably won’t notice are the metadata and keywords, which help people find my books when they search online.

The one thing you might? In addition to the metadata and keywords, I’m also redoing the cover for Chains of Light, and I’m changing the form factor a little (going from a 6×9 paperback to a 5×8, which will make it more in line with the sizes of the rest of my books.)

I’m probably not going to do most of this until I finish up writing King of Swords. It’s going to take me time to get into each book and change everything, and I have to do it on two platforms. So this is my summertime project, in addition to leading a six week teen writing class and reading submissions for the Ruthven Literary Bulletin.

The what now?

I will be taking my first turn as an editor for the rebirth of the Ruthven Literary Bulletin. The Call for Submissions is below, and more information can be found at the Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts website. The call is open until June 2026.

In preparation of the relaunch the Ruthven Literary Bulletin. the Lord Ruthven Assembly welcomes papers that explore and expound on the appearance and mythology of vampires and revenants in world literature and media, including fiction/nonfiction/mass media/periodicals, as well as reviews of both academic works and fiction. Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome and encouraged, including but not limited to explorations of the vampire in non-Eurocentric settings, African/Diaspora Studies, anthropology, area studies, critical game studies, disability studies, future studies, gender studies, history, Indigenous studies, music, philosophy, political science, postcolonial studies, psychology, queer studies, religious studies, science and technology studies, and sociology.

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