Well, guys, we made it to 2024. I can honestly say that I hadn't been expecting to have lived for this long, but that's the beauty of the unknown. Not knowing when our last day might be, and making the most out of our decisions and how we spend our time with loved ones.

Unfortunately, right before Christmas, we had a family friend pass away. We aren't sure what the cause of death was, all we know was that he was heading home from helping out at our church, was driving home and had a medical emergency. His car along with several others got into an accident, and they pronounced our family friend dead at the hospital, but when the EMTs got to him, he was already gone. Standard protocols were taken before the coroner could pronounce him dead. It struck hard, how close we can lose someone in the span of hours. We had just seen our family friend that Sunday the 17th, we didn't get a chance to ask about his holiday plans. The next day, he took his last breath on Earth and went to be with our Savior.

We must always remember how precious life is. Make the most of our days spent on Earth and help one another out in any way shape or form that we can.

Anyways, enough of the grief. I hope everyone had a good holidays if they celebrated. Mine was spent with my family, and I spent New Years Eve over at my friend's place, ringing in 2024 without my husband. He had to stay home because he had work at 5am and needed his beauty sleep.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. Let's get the updates you've been waiting on >.<

May 7th, 2024: A Cursed Blessing. (My original spin on The Princess & the Frog retelling.)

July 9th, 2024: Of Seas & Storms Anthology. My story will be "Beloved of Land & Sea" (the full 13 chapters.)

September 30th, 2024: Castle of Secrets Anthology. My story will be "Uncharmed" (My dark retelling of Lady Tremaine and how she came to despise her step-daughter Cinderella.) (Trigger warning: this will not be for the faint of heart. Read at your own discretion).

November 1st, 2024: Star Light, Star Bright Anthology. My story will be "Bethlehem's Angel" (My original spin on how Jesus was born and the events that led to His birth. The true meaning of Christmas told through the perspectives of two Angels.)

Those are what are planned for publishing this year. I may have more, I may not. It'll really depend on how things go and if I still have a job. I've been searching, and lemme tell you, it's definitely hard to find something that'll be good on my health mentally, physically and emotionally.

I do hope to publish a few more stories this year, like the full rewritten, edited version of "Tattooed by His Mark" and hopefully, finally, the sequel that I've been neglecting to get edited all this time. >.<

And I'm starting to plot the outline for the sequel for "Tame, She Must" as that is long overdue.

Well, that's the update for now. I wish everyone the best.

-E.J.