May 2026

✨ Constellation. The special edition cover is looking amazing. I'm so excited to see the final version soon. The problem I'm going to have is deciding between the two options. Other than that, the book itself is pretty much complete. It's just promo and marketing now, which is arguably the most difficult part for me (and most other authors).

Again, Before I Forget is still moving along. I got the developmental edits back from Martha. Starting to feel like I won't be able to get it done in time for the Kickstarter, which wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, but I didn't really want to do a whole separate campaign for it either. I'll probably have to start focusing on it a lot more than I have been after this May break.

📚 My currently reading pile: Les Mis (I'm behind again), Seasons of Glass and Iron, The Man with the Compound Eyes, and Pet Sematary. The only one I'm actively reading is Pet Sematary, and I don't know if it was a good idea for this month, considering it was Ren's favourite book and is about grief + child loss, and is low-key triggering. I keep wishing I could talk to him about it again as I read it. But it also helps me feel close to him, which is always the case with these sorts of things. Such is the bittersweet nature of grief.

✍🏻 My essay, "In This Timeline," was published in Open Secrets Magazine, which is a huge honour! "Equinox," published in Icarus Writing Collective, has just come out as well. I just submitted my essay to Modern Love a few days ago. Not expecting anything of it, but well, aim high, I suppose. I feel like I'm somewhat immune to the "nos" at this point, and no longer take it personally.