I will have my writing hat on this weekend as I’m doing an author talk on Saturday the 23rd March, 4pm at The Folk of Gloucester. I’ll be talking about Druidry and the wheel of the year. I’ll be playing in the evening as one of Jessica Law’s Outlaws, and on the Sunday there will be a Carnival of Cryptids session from 4pm - this is a community singing project.
I set out with good intentions on the author front this week, but have been waylaid, distracted and also a bit seduced by musical opportunities. Which is to say that I bought a really nice wooden recorder and am planning to learn more mediaeval tunes.
I thought I might have book news at this point - I’ve been in some serious conversations with Dr Abbey about a couple of projects, but we aren’t quite there yet. We have been taking about him illustrating a poetry collection, and I’ve asked him to do a book cover for me for another joint project of ours.
I have written a short story destined for a Tenebrous Texts anthology, and that’s used up most of my writing brain this week. I’m wrangling with the ending of the hopepunk novel, which is exactly like not having finished writing it. With two intensive events in one month, I’ve not had as much energy to deploy as might have been optimal, but there we go. I embrace being a finite entity.
Over on the Druid Life blog I’ve reviewed Sally Walker’s new witchy novel A Westerly Wind Brings Witches. I’ve also shared thoughts about panic, the equinox, landscape stories and more. Last week I reviewed Jessica Law’s new children’s book - but the timing was all wrong for getting it in this newsletter.
If the stars align and the wind blows from the right direction, I’ll get an ebook into my ko-fi store next week. Or possibly, in the aftermath of the fairy event I will find myself covered in roses and obliged to sleep for a hundred years.
I have a recorder from my school days and a Native American cedar wood flute. All I have to do now is to learn to play them ... !