Just Paddling!

 You know the image: duck serenely drifting on the water, but underneath the surface, webbed feet are paddling like crazy!

It's been a full month. The Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights performed in Connecticut. I had a tough time of it, though. My Christmas COVID has left me short of breath for every step, and I had a lot of steps. It left me completely "shattered," as my British cousins say.

I've been doing PT for bursitis and piriformis syndrome in my hip.  The PT isn't helping much at all, but then, I do spend a good ten hours a day sitting at the computer writing, video editing, book editing, and other business.

I had a poem accepted into the NJ Bards upcoming anthology, due this summer (I'm told), so that was very pleasant news.

Chuck Barouch's Conspiracies and Cryptids Anthologies Vol. 1 and 2 will also be out this summer, and I have a short piece in there, so that's exciting. 

Meanwhile, I've been submitting pieces left and right, which is a new feeling--the weight of anticipation and anxiety in the pit of the stomach!

And more videos edited from the Strong Women~Strange Worlds Quick Read sessions. If you haven't attended this one-hour reading sessions, you really should sign up and check them out.

Beyond all that, I'm researching for the ending of Book 4 of The Twins of Bellesfées: Bon Appétit. What water pressure effects would someone in a submarine feel at 10 meters? 20 meters? How thick is the hull of an East Indiaman? The details are so important when you're writing an alternate history!

I'll be at Balticon at the end of the month. Look for me, and give some love to eSpec Books in the dealer's room. Fantasy, urban bad-ass fairies, military sci-fi, steampunk, and horror--they have it all. And soon they'll have me too!