Happy February, friends!
I feel like February always gets flack for being a bad month, but personally I like February. Here in D.C., the days are starting to get a bit longer and there are hints of spring in the air (not today precisely, but in February in general). Best of all, February is short, so before you know it, it’s March, and real spring is just around the corner.
January was a pretty rough month, but I’m crossing my fingers that it was just the remnants of the curse that was 2022, and things will be looking up from here. My knee is getting stronger and stronger every day, and I have lots and lots to look forward to in the months ahead.
So to start out February, I’ve finished up some updates to the website that I’ve been meaning to do for a while. First, I realized that I hadn’t written the story behind the story posts for my last two published short stories. Those are up now, so you can check out the story behind “Roomba Requires Your Attention” here and the story behind “Noa and the Dragon” here.
Next, I have redone the page with additional information about my short stories set in the world where everyone has a magical bond with their musical instruments and they use the magic created by playing their instruments to strengthen the Phoenix who carries the world. I have named the world Cantabile, and you can find more information about the world and links to all the stories set in Cantabile that I’ve had published on the new Cantabile Stories page here. The page is still a work in progress. I plan to add maps, some of the illustrations I’ve done, and links to the playlist I made for this world. If there’s anything else you think it would be cool for me to add to this page, just let me know and I’ll do my best to make it happen.
I’m still trying to figure out how I want to deal with my book recs page. It’s feeling a bit unwieldy, and I’d like to reorganize, but I haven’t figured out quite how yet. I hope to have it back up soon.
Finally, I’m really excited to share with you all that I got two short story acceptances in January. I’m still waiting on the contract for one, so I’m going to hold off sharing those details just now. But I can definitely tell you now that my story “Duet for a Soloist” will be published in Electric Spec at the end of February. This is my fourth story set in Cantabile to be published, incidentally, and I’m so excited that it’s found a home! I can’t wait for you all to read it, and I can’t wait to tell you more about the second short story I’ll have coming out in the next few months.
More soon!