Happy October friends!
How is it possible that September has already flown by? I smell conspiracy 😉
It’s been a busy September over here and I thought I’d share some of the more important updates with you!
NEWSLETTER
After months of thinking about it, I finally threw myself into creating a newsletter and I am excited to share the sign-up link with you today!! If you’d like extra teasers, features, giveaways and general bookish delights, you can sign up below!!
FREELANCE SUCCESS
I also got my first real paid freelance gig, and it’s writing reviews. Getting paid to read. That’s the dream friends. It’s definitely not enough to convince me to quit my day job, but it’s something to add to my CV 🙂
One step at a time, friends, one step at a time!
HERALDING
This project is at the forefront of my mind at the moment! The publication date is fast approaching. Release, cover and blurb reveals coming this week, so eyes open! My editor is working through it right now and I’ll be looking for ARC readers soon 🙂
Also, I’m hoping to reveal the news about Heralding across the blogosphere so if you’d be willing to share the news with your followers, leave me a message below in the comments!
PLANS FOR NANOWRIMO ’17
Some of you who have been following me for a while might remember that I wrote 50k of a novel called The Desert Knight for last year’s NaNo. I haven’t touched it since, but I am planning to finish it for this year’s NaNo. Anyone else joining in the fun this November??
MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS:
HERITAGE: My YA fantasy about a fiddler and her grandmother which I’m slowly transforming into an MG one, because the narrative is better suited for a younger audience. A discover made better late than never 🙂
TPS: A novella inspired by a short story I’m currently submitting. It’s set in Victorian London and features ghosts! That’s all I’m saying 😉 I’m nearly done outlining and I’ll probably start on the first draft come December.
Destinies Entwined: A fairy tale retelling. I’m over halfway through the first draft. I hope to be done writing it by the end of the year.
Fairy Tale Musical: Untitled at the moment, but I’m working on the outline at the moment, and the narrative has taken on a life of its own! It’s really gotten me excited 😀
Okay, that’s all from me for the moment…
What are your plans for October, friends? Any new developments? I’d love to hear more about it 🙂
May inspiration flow like ink upon your quill,
Faith 
aliasfaithrivens 
A paid freelancing gig? Nice! Who are you writing reviews for? And what are you reviewing?
It still boggles my mind just how MANY projects you’re working on or thinking about at any given time, Faith. I’m still a one-story-at-a-time writer, with the occasional poems sprinkled throughout. And maybe the DIY MFA and Writers Helping Writers posts count, too…. so I guess I’m not that far behind. XD
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It’s for IndieReader and they’re all – as the name suggests – indie books. So far most have been fantasies. Which works for me!
You balance a lot too, Sara. The reason I juggle more than one story at a time is because many of the projects I’m working on right now require editing and I can’t go too long without writing, so I need to have at least one other project so I can feel the flow of new words while I’m struggling to fix up old ones 😉
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That’s true. I can’t forget about DIY MFA, Writers Helping Writers, and what I do at my own blog. And then there’s life in general… I guess I have a different way of looking at things, since I’m constantly wishing I could spend more time with the creative parts of my life than the non-creative parts.
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