Happy New Year! Hoping for an auspicious year in writing, yesterday–January 1, 2016–I published a short story called Letter from a Desperate Father. It’s currently free on Smashwords (available in all ebook formats). It’s 99 cents on Amazon, and I’m the process of persuading Amazon to make it permanently free.

I’m pretty proud of the story. It’s only 20 pages long, so please consider reading it (click here to read for free) and leaving a review.

In other news, I finished writing two books in 2015. Two! So 2015 was successful in that way, but not as successful as I would have liked. I’m trying to publish both books traditionally, and so far I haven’t been able to get a literary agent. Rejections mean the work needs to be better, so I recently revised both books considerably. Here’s hoping 2016 will be the year an agent (and then publisher) picks them up.

The first book is fiction (it’s the WIP I referred to in earlier blog entries). I adore it so damn much… Ahhh, I just want to get it into the hands of readers! The second book is a memoir. I began college when I was eleven years old, and my unusual situation led to some interesting experiences that I think will entertain readers.

I hope 2016 is off to a great start for you!