Week In Review: October 7th, 2023

In Case You Missed it, here’s the round-up of all of my latest content, plus updates from old guests! Read on if you want to know more. If not? See you next week with more writing tips and writerly musings.

Coming up this week:

On Youtube/Twitch:

Content Around The Web:

On Youtube:

On Season 7 of the Podcast Writing Tips and Writerly Musings:

  • Writing SFF From The MarginsHow do marginalized aspects of identity — gender, sexuality, culture, race, health, ability and more — shape our creative work? How can we empower, express, and explore through writing fantasy and SF?

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On The Blog (In Case You Missed It):

  • Morgan’s CapClave 2023 RecapThis past weekend, I celebrated the end of September by heading to another writer convention: CapClave 2023, “Where Reading is Not Extinct”. I paneled, attended events, and got to see a lot of amazing writers.

Upcoming Events:

NaNoWriMo is coming…

What I’ve Been Reading:

Still working on the beta read.

New Works By Previous Guests:

New from JE Taylor in her contriburiton to the League of Supernatural Assassins world.

The Witch Assassin (#1)

From USA Today Bestselling Author J.E. Taylor: The Witch Assassin. A League of Supernatural Assassins book.

Cover, blue swirls, black haired feminine character in middle, with red and aqua magic coming off each hand. Behind her is a moon, and two cliff edges.

An assassin tasked with taking out a mythical fae king…

In a realm that doesn’t exist, Mya’s mission is to get in, obtain the fae king’s DNA, and get out. It should be easy with her gifts, except when does anything ever go as planned?

But failing in her line of work is a death sentence, and nothing in her training prepared her for Tavin Zorander–the most powerful Elvren to ever exist. After all, it’s his family’s magic that’s kept his kingdom cloaked from the prying eyes of the universe for centuries.

When she finds herself at the mercy of the fae king, Mya has a choice to make. Does she use her darkest power, thus compromising her mission, or should she surrender to Tavin’s desires and put his entire kingdom at risk?

Personal Project Status Updates:

For accountability, (and so you can tell I haven’t just been editing the same manuscript for a decade), I’m going to talk about my projects. I’m gearing up for National Novel Writing Month, and planning my next project now.

My Novel-length Works In Progress:

I’m currently querying my ‘Space Fantasy’ A Dream of Stellarships, I’ve currently sent out 13 queries this month and received 5 rejections. I’m about to send out another 2 query letters as soon as this goes out.

Works in Progress
6 novels, 2 querying, 2 in rough draft, 1 in edits, 1 not finished drafting.

My Short-Story Length Works-In-Progress:

Short story projects.
16 listed by name.
1 sold,
3 are polished,
1 in edits,
11 in rough draft.

Poetry Update:

Bar graph of poetry.
2018: 28 poems
2019: 37 poems
2020: 0 poems
2021: 3 poems
2022: 18 poems
2023: 18 poems

Picture(s) of the Week:

You might remember my little plastic skeleton buddy. This year, Oliver has a new, plastic pumpkin head that won’t rot on him.

Picture of Oliver with his new head