Tag: cats
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January Wrap-Up & February Goals
Hi, friends, and belated Happy New Year! I’m excited to be back today with more than book recommendations. Let’s dive right in, shall we? Return to Limani with a FREE Novella! I was honored to be part of the Neurodivergence in Queer Romance event, and immediately knew I’d be using…
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Holiday Letter 2025
Happy Cottage Eve!! (IYKYK) The spouse and I leave for the airport in a few hours for the annual family holiday cruise. I’ll be spending my birthday this year in Puerto Rico, where my goal is to eat mofongo and drink mojitos, which sounds like the best way to celebrate…
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July Wrap-Up & August Goals
I know it’s been a minute since you’ve heard from me beyond book recommendations, friends. Since my last monthly update, I’ve attended book events on both sides of the country, visited my old hometown, gone on an Alaskan cruise, gotten a second tattoo, celebrated a short story acceptance, renovated my…
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April Wrap-Up & May Goals
Another month, another late start. I promise to try not to make this a habit. Lots happened in April, including two trips, a major deadline, a household milestone, and a long-time dream! The spouse and I briefly escaped to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic for a long weekend with…
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March Wrap-Up & April Goals
Let’s start this month (which started almost a week ago, appropriately) with a question and a statement. Okay, now that we’re on the same page, the rest of this monthly update will make a lot more sense. My work productivity levels were pretty low because I’ve been white-knuckling the world…
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February Wrap-Up & March Goals
I gave myself a bunch of goals this month…which promptly hit the wall of the real world. Here in the United States, it’s a pretty depressing time to work in public health, much less focused on LGBTQIA+ sexual health. Special shout-out here to Taylor J. Gray, with 22 novels from…
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May Wrap-Up & June Goals
Happy Pride Month! So much to be excited about this month! Instead of boring you with intro chat, let’s jump right to the fun stuff! Service Before Self Cover Reveal Isn’t Alex adorable? All credit goes to my fantastic cover designer, Joe Satoria, for finding a model who fits military grooming standards!…
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April Wrap-Up & May Goals
Did I finish the rough draft of my current WIP last month? Not exactly. Along with an impromptu trip to Ohio for the solar eclipse, I may have gotten distracted by a short story submission for a week. I’m still on schedule for my planned release date, though. Even better,…
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March Wrap-Up & April Goals
We’re only 3 days into the month and I’m already so done with this “April showers” nonsense. I hope the weather is better where you are! Spring (when it is much warmer) and summer are my favorite seasons because I get to write outside. For now, however, I’m doing a…
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February Wrap-Up & March Goals!
The only thing worse than losing a week to being sick? Finally feeling better, catching your spouse’s cold and getting sick a second time, and starting the next month already behind schedule. Luckily, life craziness is why I always pad my writing schedules, so I’m in no danger of missing…
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January Wrap-Up & February Goals
Earth and Water is live! In case you missed it, or you’re a newcomer, my first queer paranormal romance came out on January 23! This novel, which is also my first self-published title, tells the full love story between two important secondary characters in the world of my urban fantasy…
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December Wrap-Up & January Goals
Happy New Year, friends! I had an amazing holiday cruising in the Bahamas with my family, then visiting friends in Atlanta for my birthday. As with most of my vacations, I spent most of my time reading (and only snuck in a little bit of work, but I couldn’t complain…
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Holiday Letter 2023
Casa SiameseEllicott City, MarylandDecember 2023 Dear Family & Friends, Hanna, Erik, and the cats had a wonderful and successful 2023, closing out the year both happy and healthy. As has become tradition, we’ll once again be spending this Christmas on the high seas with a Caribbean cruise, followed immediately by…
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November Wrap-Up & December Goals
Apparently, today is December 1. The year is almost gone. Sounds fake, but okay. My highlights from last month included running away to the beach for a writing weekend with friends I haven’t seen in way too long, finishing revisions to Earth and Water, and having a few writers friends…
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September Wrap-Up & October Goals
There’s a nip in the early morning air and the Spirit Halloween stores have sprouted up like mushrooms! Yes, yes, [insert all the general squee about spooky season here]. I enjoy Halloween as much as the next basic white girl, but mostly I have mixed feelings about fall because it…
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August Wrap-Up & September Goals
Since I finally wrote “the end” on Earth & Water on August 1, the rest of the month was focused on the boring admin side of officially launching myself in the self-publishing world. Most of it isn’t very fancy, beyond being able to say I am officially a Maryland small…
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July Wrap-Up & August Goals
While I had high hopes for finishing the first draft of Earth and Water in July, I’ll admit my track record for the past 2 years hasn’t been the best with these aspirations. Then the spouse went to Puerto Rico for work, and I decided last minute to take a…
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June Wrap-Up & July Goals
I hit a great productivity groove this past month! It’s amazing how much you can get done when your cats insist on waking you at 6 AM every morning. And your spouse is on another continent for 3 weeks. Okay, I guess I missed him. And I do love the…
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May Wrap-Up & June Goals
I did so well in May! I wrote! I read! I adventured! Not as much of all of those as I would have preferred, especially since the day job ate me for the solid week before I left on my vacation at the end of the month, but I suppose…
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April Wrap-Up & May Goals
In the spirit of full transparency, I rode the struggle bus for the first half of April, without much productivity other than keeping up with reading ARCs and writing book reviews. Then, the spouse and I spent a lovely long weekend with our besties down in Atlanta to join them…