So much has happened these past few days, many things I won't get into as I've already expanded upon them if you follow my Tumblr, Twitter, and/or Facebook Page.

But as of today, or yesterday, who's keeping tabs, I'm a contributing editor for That Lit Site, and I just put an article up, which you can read here.

So I updated my Twitter and Facebook Page's headers/cover photos (photos below) and found a trending hashtag I thought I'd lend my own two cents to...

‪#‎TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter‬
1. So, is your book like Twilight?
2. Do your vampires sparkle?
3. Why don't you stop writing if it's stressing you out?
4. I have a book idea. Maybe you can write it for me.
5. How much are your royalties a year?....

Whatever happen I know to keep my head up, and stay positive. Get to one thing at a time, and especially to not stress.

Better things are coming to me, I can feel it.  

I just read something from an awesome author friend of mine David Owain Hughes - a new submission for Burning Willow Press, and the five chapters I read have sent me into a tailspin of, yes, pleasure. The pleasure of 'witnessing' horrid acts, but being in the MC's shoes - feeling his pleasure with him as he commits them, well if you're into BDSM that is, and understanding his pleasure.

If one day, perhaps, I'm walking down the street and just one person comes up to me, book in hand, eager for a signature, or to pick my brain about the story, I will know I have made it in my career. Aside from the conventions, the bookstore book signings, the (hopeful) cosplays of characters in my books, I will know I've made a difference by being myself, doing what I've always felt is best, and doing the hard work I know is necessary to reach all of my goals.