Exhausted, But Still Here…

Howdy, folks. Hope all is well on your end of the galaxy. I haven’t been as active on the blog this month for several reasons, some good, some not.

Over the past few months, I’ve been working six—sometimes seven—days a week at my FT job while trying to balance health, writing, and home responsibilities. As you might imagine, this led to exhaustion. Exhaustion then escalated to burnout. Burnout exacerbated depression. The results were not pleasant… and it ain’t over yet. At least two more long weeks are on tap for May.

In between all of that, I managed to record a short video that will accompany the upcoming Kickstarter campaign to publish my paranormal novella, Like Mother, Like Daughters, starring Miranda Lorensen, my single mom, psychic-medium, paranormal investigator featured in my first two novels. I’ve been discussing this book quite a bit here on the blog. Look for the Kickstarter to launch in the next month or two.

I’ve also been reworking the first draft of a science fiction novel that has been in progress since 2016. It’s the most challenging and research-intensive story I’ve ever written. I’m well outside my comfort zone, dealing with everything from spaceship propulsion, exoplanets, wormhole theory, exotic matter, and more while also creating a future Earth that is on the brink of dystopia.

Next month, I’ll be recording another Kickstarter video—this one for volume three of my Middle of Eternity speculative fiction anthology series that began in 2014 with Somewhere in the Middle of Eternity and continued in 2016 with Elsewhere in the Middle of Eternity. The third installment will be titled Meanwhile in the Middle of Eternity. Most of the contributing authors from books one and two will return, to be joined by six new voices, all offering yet more imaginative tales of SF, fantasy, and the paranormal. More details coming soon!

For now, I leave you with Snoopy, confronting a problem faced by every writer!