2022 has come and gone, and oh boy, what a year! Regarding writing, I had three short story acceptances, and I wrote 82,569 words. That may seem like a lot, but it is far below what I had hoped. Running Timber Ghost Press took up a lot of my time. I published eight titles under Timber Ghost Press. If you want to see them, you can head to www.timberghostpress.com.
I made excellent headway on my Alone meets Cabin in the Woods novel. In a nutshell, it is about a group of expert wilderness survival experts who think they are competing on a reality television show to win a bunch of money. However, they were duped and are sacrifices to a creature that awakens every so often to feed.
I also finished up a novella about Evelyn Horn, a badass Pinkerton in the Old West who has found herself entangled in a cult’s plot to summon an ancient tree demon. That novella will come out later this year as well as a second collection of my short stories titled, Through the Branches. Finally, I’m going to shop the Alone/Cabin in the Woods book around in the hopes of getting it picked up through a publisher.
I’ll be writing a few more short stories to answer a number of open calls, as well as drafting and hopefully finishing up another novel or two. I have one that’s about 50% done and two more solid ideas for novels/novellas that I want to start on.
However, I think my real achievement in 2022 was finding myself. In Dec of 2021, I came out as genderfluid, and ever since that moment, it’s been a crazy rollercoaster of self-discovery and emotions. As I evolved as a person and became more comfortable with myself, I started to go out in public more and more as my feminine self. It was scary. It was nerve-wracking. It was exhilarating as well.
I made excellent headway on my Alone meets Cabin in the Woods novel. In a nutshell, it is about a group of expert wilderness survival experts who think they are competing on a reality television show to win a bunch of money. However, they were duped and are sacrifices to a creature that awakens every so often to feed.
I also finished up a novella about Evelyn Horn, a badass Pinkerton in the Old West who has found herself entangled in a cult’s plot to summon an ancient tree demon. That novella will come out later this year as well as a second collection of my short stories titled, Through the Branches. Finally, I’m going to shop the Alone/Cabin in the Woods book around in the hopes of getting it picked up through a publisher.
I’ll be writing a few more short stories to answer a number of open calls, as well as drafting and hopefully finishing up another novel or two. I have one that’s about 50% done and two more solid ideas for novels/novellas that I want to start on.
However, I think my real achievement in 2022 was finding myself. In Dec of 2021, I came out as genderfluid, and ever since that moment, it’s been a crazy rollercoaster of self-discovery and emotions. As I evolved as a person and became more comfortable with myself, I started to go out in public more and more as my feminine self. It was scary. It was nerve-wracking. It was exhilarating as well.
I’m always a little on edge when I’m out in public, as I’m always waiting for some asshat to make a bigoted comment. But other than the expected stares, nothing of the sort has happened. Instead, I’ve encountered more love and acceptance than hate which is quite refreshing.
I’m still on my journey, but I’m making that journey with the love and support of my family and close friends.
Here’s to 2023!
I’m still on my journey, but I’m making that journey with the love and support of my family and close friends.
Here’s to 2023!
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