August 2021 - Touching Base

August, 2021! Wow, a lot has changed since I last sat down to write here on this blog. There's been a pandemic, after all. It was a challenging time for pretty much everyone I know, myself included.  And now, it's over a year later, things are more or less looking up in my little world. I figured I'd stop in and say hello.

Jade Mountain Martial Arts, my martial arts school, survived the pandemic, and through a very improbable series of events, is about to open a temporary second location. We thought we were going to have to make an emergency move, but ended up being able to secure the space AND keep our current space until the end of our lease in March 2022. Let me tell you, I'd never have predicted that! We're still a couple of weeks away from opening our doors, but we're almost there! Next year, we'll move all our operations to the Cinco Ranch location and go back to one location, but in the meantime, we'll have classes at both. It's an adventure, and I'm looking forward to it!

You'd have thought a two-month shutdown would have allowed me time to write, but I was busier than ever keeping the school going. That left me even less time to write, so the next installment in the GrimFaerie series didn't come out until February of 2021. I really enjoyed that story, though, and it seems my readers do too! You can check that out here ---> Grim Obligations: Book 3 of the GrimFaerie Chronicles.

I feel like I'm still playing catch-up, as I'm now scrambling to get words on the page for the 4th book in the series, as well as keep a toe in the water with another story in that same universe that has very little GrimFaerie and a whole lot of werewolf in it. That one's still percolating. I'll finish it later, along with the prequel story for the Fire of the Jidaan series. Brunar and Mordak? Buddies? Yeah, for my Jidaan fans, that may be a bit of a shock, but it'll make sense eventually. ;-) I look forward to exploring those tales and eventually sharing them.

I've been a bit more consistent in my social media recently, even going so far as creating a TikTok profile. That's kind of fun, to be honest! I'll see what I can do to toss a video up there every so often.

That's all the news for now, folks. Don't be a stranger! I'm on Facebook most often, but I check in on Instagram too, and as I mentioned, there's TikTok. Stop by and see me!