Tired Author is Tired & Other Happenings

Ah, October. Fall. Sweata Weatha, if you will. You’re always, without fail, most indubitably, busy.

There has been little to no authoring lately as we dive into the dark months of the year- hell, if I’m being honest, I feel like I’m attached to a roller coaster by the seat of my pants and just hoping the ride goes well. There appears to be no timer on this ride, and the emergency off lever is broken. Days tumble into each other, and I am le tired. (We just had Fall Break in the Land of No Alarms, so that probably has something to do with it.) ANYWAY HERE IS THE HAPPENINGS:

This Saturday (10/19/2024), I shall crawl down from my humble abode far in the mountains to join the fine folks in Tennessee for Book Fest 2024! It’s a celebration of bogfolk from across the Mid-South who happen to sling words into coherent sentences and maybe you’ll like them?

Join us.

Most of my leftover brain power has gone into promo merch for that, so uh, you should go to it!

My spooky reading has come to a near-standstill with the delightful chaos of Autumn. I am partway through Chuck Wendig’s Black River Orchard though, and lemme tell ya, it is a ride. Like, you’ll love it, and hate it, and feel squeamish at the gross things that happen… it’s so worth it. The audiobook is fantastic so far. I’ve never met a Chnurk Wendoog novel I didn’t like (you’ll understand this name if you’ve been following his blog a while. *checks watch* okay so maybe that’s like a ten year old joke at this point? Dang. I think it was a telemarketer that said it. I DON’T KNOW TIME IS A WEIRD SOUP.) and Black River Orchard is no different. It’s got, and I hope this is received with utmost love and admiration, old school Stephen King vibes. I really freaking adore it so far.

I dunno, that’s random. Read books okay?! It feeds the souls of authors.

Finally (geez again I’m six years late? I thought this just came out like 2-3 years ago.) started watching Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House. Please don’t ask me what took so long, I have no idea. I love everything based off of the Shirley Jackson stories, and so far, this one does not disappoint. I was spooketh trying to go to bed last night, and I hear it only gets worse. (I’m on episode 3.)

SO THERE’S RANDOM STUFF, HAVE A HAPPY. BYEEEEEEEEE