Darn it.

I got called in for coverage tomorrow morning, all morning. There goes my writing time. I'm so sorry that I don't have more Redstone for you tomorrow/today, I've got to move the post to Thursday thanks to my day job but I SWEAR it will be a really, really good one.

Now, to bed, so I can get up at 6 am on my birthday and commute 50 miles! Yaaaay!...wait...

Oo, I sold a story!

Hi guys!

So, this was a bit of nice news in an otherwise unhappy morning. My story In Memoriam, which I wrote a few months ago and pitched to Dreamspinner, was accepted for publication. So, I'll have a genderbent version of Hades and Persephone available for consumption in July or August! I posted an excerpt of it last month here, if you're curious: http://carizerotica.blogspot.com/2014/12/update-and-new-story-excerpt.html

Now I'm trying to finish my cyberpunk novel for Riptide (I don't know they'll want it but they're my first choice for it), beta-ing my epic fantasy to get it ready to pitch to agents, and working on Soothsayer. Plus a few other short stories as they occur in my brain.

Also, it's my honey's birthday today--Happy Birthday, darlin! You're the only weirdo for me :)

Exploding Into 30

So.  Thirty happened.  It was a blast.

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No really, it was pretty good!  My dad visited, I ate out at a fancy restaurant, I got lots of lovely birthday wishes and some very thoughtful gifts...all around, a good time.  But now I'm the big 3-0, and feeling like I need to accomplish something, because this is what adults do.  Accomplish stuff.  So I'm going to be thinking a lot about what that means, exactly, and will get back to you when I figure something out.  Maybe an epic. But whatever it is, I'll make you proud!

I was all set to bitch and moan about what my next blog writing project should be, and then a helping mind suggested a follow-up to Pandora.  And I thought, totally!  Because I'd love to write some from Cody's perspective now that he's got two parents, one of whom is Garrett.  I want to see Daddy Garrett come out and play!  So that's where I'm at.  The next story installment to come knocking will be a Pandora epilogue, maybe longer if it really speaks to me.  Cinders was weird and fun and I'm happy I did it, but Pandora is a much more comfortable world to play with.  Any other suggestions, throw them out here while I'm amenable and ambitious!

Next up in the publishing world is probably another free story with Love is Always Write.  After that, nothing until August.  Breathe...


*cake image courtesy of Supernatural:)