Slightly less fail
I’m kicking off with a cheery thing - the prospect of another wonderful Raising Steam festival in the summer. It’s a whole weekend, and you should definitely go.
Last week was a mess, which is why I didn’t manage to post an update, This week has also been a mess but I’ve managed to be a bit more productive. Circumstances have obliged me to un-involve myself with Steampunks of Gloucestershire, which has been unpleasant. There are many fine people involved in those events, but it only takes one person acting out to make something unworkable. I’m not fabulously robust and cannot afford to be dealing with high levels of stress, simply.
Along with a steady supply of other content, I’ve got some reviews on the blog for new novel Witches of Fawsetwood and for some queer fantasy fiction I was really taken with. I’ve shared a wheel of the year poem and there’s a fairly cheery personal progress post, because while it has been tough lately, there have also been good things.
I’m through the second draft of hopepunk novel Fast Fashion at the Centre of the World. I’m intending to do one more revision and then hand that over to my publisher in the summer. Both books - Fast Food at the Centre of the World, and the follow-up Fast Fashion are going to come out at the same time, probably later this year. More news as I have it.
I’m working on a Pagan pamphlet I hope will be useful, and I’ll be sitting down to plot out a 13 chapter folk horror novel next. I don’t always structure things before writing them, but this one requires it.
I have a new poetry collection out in the world. Patreon supporters have the ebook version already, and those who support me as Epics will get hard copies sent to them next week. I will be putting the ebook version onto ko-fi in early June, so if you want the free/pay what you like version, hang on for that,
Meanwhile you can find the print version of How To Fall in Love over here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D3V9S29R
It’s a collection that is as much about falling in love with life, and with the living world as it is about human relationships.
The cover is based on an image I’ve created by hand. Design and layout by Keith Errington, and no AI in the image or in the poetry.