An After-Birthday Retrospective

Thirty-eight years and I still haven’t got it figured out.

My birthday was Sunday July 12th for those of you keeping score at home. I am now 38 years old and I have NOTHING figured out. Okay, maybe saying I have nothing figured out is a little bit of an overstatement. There is a lot I don’t have figured out and probably never will.

July 2019
+ Turned 37
August 2019
+ Spoke at DragonCon for the first time.
September 2019

October 2019
– Separated from my husband.
November 2019
+ Spoke at ConJuration (1st time at this Con)
December 2019
– Filed for divorce
Janurary 2020
– Divorce granted
– Job threatened
+ Job re-secured
February 2020

March 2020
+ Sold “Alice” to Mocha Memoirs Press
– Unemployed due to Pandemic (Mar-May)
April 2020
+ “Shelter” becomes available.
May 2020
+ Returned to work
June 2020
+ “A Doll’s Life” becomes available from Falstaff Books.
July 2020
+ Turned 38

All in all, a somewhat eventful year. More pluses than minuses. Somewhere in there, I also became a member of the Horror Writers Association. On the horizon, more pluses as I keep putting more work out there for people to read and enjoy. As well as taking part in virtual Con activities. So though I don’t have a lot figured out, I’m floundering along in an upward trajectory. I’ll take it and run with it.