I’m finally getting caught up! After having our third kid back in November, it took a bit of time to recover and get used to being a family of 5. So I finally hopped back on my blog only to discover that there was a whole host of issues due to one of the plug ins having a bug and my SSL certificate expiring. Don’t worry, everything is working again, but it took about 6 weeks to fix it.
So, in terms of a writing update, I’ve been writing as much as I could. I was doing great until my baby decided she can only sleep when I’m holding her about a week and a half ago. I was writing every day, making a dent in the second draft of my pirate book thanks to my wonderful writing group. I made it to round 3 of the NYC Midnight rhyming competition (results come out tomorrow!). I submitted 2 stories so far this year – one was rejected and the other was accepted! It’ll be published by OFIC magazine on April 1. Not only that, it was a paid gig, so I’ve now been paid twice for my writing! It’s not much, but I can say I’m a published, paid author.
I’m continuing to write and to read. Looking forward to making progress on my goals for 2023.