Oh, dear internet friends! Hello! I have missed you! And it's all my own damn fault, but I'm determined to actually be around more now, and both of my kids are in school (WHAT) part of the day four days a week now, so I think it is actually possible this time. I've been pretty busy, guys! But Thorin starting school in August was pretty amazing, as it gave me some breathing space - and, like, thinking space - during the week that I haven't had for over four years, and all of a sudden I can Get Stuff Done. Or at least some stuff - it still took me until now to get on DW, after all. But, you know.
My non-mom life has been re-emerging after the fallow period that is The Diaper-Changing Years in fits and starts, but I lucked out around the time that my mental energy and creativity started recharging and found a great space where I can get writing done and my children can't get to me. Jameson is totally willing to be the "on call" parent so I can write, but if I'm in the actual house the kids will demand me anyway, so escape has been necessary if I want to be productive. I stumbled upon a co-working space that has been so, so perfect: Story Land. If you're ever a laptop user in the Tucson area who needs a place to get work done, I can't recommend it highly enough.
I've been working on some short stories and stuff there, but the biggest thing has been a co-written novel with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
karenhealey, which, and here's the awesome part, we have finished. It's a doorstopper-length high fantasy novel for adults with child protagonists, which makes it a tough sell in terms of marketing categories, but we really love it and want people to be able to read it, so we decided to go the self-publishing route on this one. We started a Kickstarter campaign last month to fund a professional cover and layout and all, which has been amazing. We met our goal within the first few days! Eeee! We have hit a couple of stretch goals already, too, and there's still time left, so I'm hoping we'll get enough backers to be able to afford to commission a map for the front of the book. But even if we don't, we can do the cover! It's gonna be great. I'm going to do a link here, in case you want to check it out:
Annnnd here are my ridiculously cute kids, all dressed up and fancy:
My non-mom life has been re-emerging after the fallow period that is The Diaper-Changing Years in fits and starts, but I lucked out around the time that my mental energy and creativity started recharging and found a great space where I can get writing done and my children can't get to me. Jameson is totally willing to be the "on call" parent so I can write, but if I'm in the actual house the kids will demand me anyway, so escape has been necessary if I want to be productive. I stumbled upon a co-working space that has been so, so perfect: Story Land. If you're ever a laptop user in the Tucson area who needs a place to get work done, I can't recommend it highly enough.
I've been working on some short stories and stuff there, but the biggest thing has been a co-written novel with
karenhealey, which, and here's the awesome part, we have finished. It's a doorstopper-length high fantasy novel for adults with child protagonists, which makes it a tough sell in terms of marketing categories, but we really love it and want people to be able to read it, so we decided to go the self-publishing route on this one. We started a Kickstarter campaign last month to fund a professional cover and layout and all, which has been amazing. We met our goal within the first few days! Eeee! We have hit a couple of stretch goals already, too, and there's still time left, so I'm hoping we'll get enough backers to be able to afford to commission a map for the front of the book. But even if we don't, we can do the cover! It's gonna be great. I'm going to do a link here, in case you want to check it out:Annnnd here are my ridiculously cute kids, all dressed up and fancy:
