Hey everyone! So this month, I participated in RealmieWriMo over at the RealmSphere (We have writing challenges every January, April, July, and October, so if you missed this one, I wanna see you there in January)! I got a lot of different writing progress done, which helps me dive right in to Jesus Writing Month in November. SUPER pumped! By the way, there's still time to jump in on the fun. Join the Jesus Writing Month--signups close Nov. 1--and I'll hope to see ya there! Click HERE
October Goals:
*Publish Rooted
*Continue work on QSAL
*Begin Bethlehem Belle #3
*Work on MG story idea, FFF #1
*Work on IHR, a new idea loosely based on Orpheus & Eurydice with a Christian twist
*Work on TAOR/Project R
October Accomplishments:
I decided to push the publication date for Rooted up to Spring 2026. That gives me extra time to give it a proper launch and cover, etc. whereas I would have been rushing to get it all done in October. Plus with the Lanaria releases in November, it's feeling like a logjam. So plans have been made and revisions done through the month of October, but I'm taking a more relaxed approach with it and that's what it needs!
I began working on Bethlehem Belle #3 and got a surprising amount of progress in! I also plotted out the rest of the series, more or less, with some wiggle room because ya girl's a plantser.
I also made excellent progress on QSAL, finally, including identifying some problems and weak spots I have been struggling over. I'm going to finish the draft as it stands currently, then go back and redo the chapters I need to redo. Which includes a tense change and first-person to third-person swap. But it'll work out well, I think. I'm excited for it.
Meanwhile, I nabbed a couple issues with TQOL thanks to the help of a friend who pointed them out. Those last-minute typos that make it through dozens of rounds of editing get you every single time...
I also planned out IHR and some other new ideas, including a bunch of children's chapter book ideas, which I hope to stem into through 2026. The publishers I loved as a kid aren't publishing wholesome, exciting reads anymore, and I want to fill that gap. We'll see.
Good progress was also made for TAOR/Project R, and I'm really getting into this story. It's taking a few surprise twists and turns.
Current projects pending publication with anthologies: Between 3-5, I lost count
Publish Where the Bridge Begins (DONE!)
Publish Project WHB (DONE!)
Publish Legends of Lanaria 5 (TKOTT/The Keeper of the Tower) (DONE!)
Publish my devotional, Rooted (GETTING THERE!)
Write two novellas within the Midnight Hour series (#0.75 and #1.5) (BACKBURNER)
Publish Project CL (BACKBURNER FOR 2026)
Publish Super Secret Project MiT (WITH PUBLISHER!)
Write the first draft of a middle grade series (IN PROGRESS!)
Write a sequel to A Dance of Rebels (BACKBURNER, 2026)
Write Super Secret Project QSAL (STARTED!)
Plot thriller series--Project PRM (BACKBURNER, 2026)
Start Legends of Lanaria 6, TQOL (READY TO ROLL!)
Plot a horse-themed series, young adult
Write Project TTWL
Publish a short story collection, Esperanza (DONE!)
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