A good weekend to everybody!

Guess spring really is showing itself, not just returning on a calendar, because along with the snows being gone and actual green appearing again, the “shoots” (i.e. drafts) of my current Divided Worlds short story work are rising up fast. The first, “One Giant Leap,” is actually done, well ahead of schedule; with any luck, beta reading(s) will be done by the end of next week, and I can begin the cover design effort around that time, with release on KDP by no later than end of April. The second short work, “The Ussuri Incident”, is moving along more slowly, yet I’m still a ways past the point I expected to be by now; if the current pace holds, I should be done somewhere just past mid-next month, with beta work done soon after and official release to follow some time in May. Might even try my hand at some other ideas set in the same D.W. world, if there’re any free stretches left before then!

There may also be hope in the most arduous and frustrating part of the writer’s life: Getting noticed. After much on-and-off searching, I’ve pinpointed a bookstore in my area that seems ideal for a local author event! The focus of any such event right now is my scifi novel Discarded, which I’ve wanted to get back out there since the rights reversion from Unbound last year, but each and every one of my stories (18 in all, by now) would be promoted, too–even if it’s just from a table and chair with a placard by the door. Date and details still being plotted at this point, but I should have both set down before next month’s post. Meantime, for any who can’t wait till then, there’s a sale for my Alternate History anthology In Other Words kicking off on Kindle this coming Monday; check it out at and share the link below!

That’s all for this month! See you again in (hopefuly much greener) April!