I know I’ve been pretty quiet online lately. Truth is, I just haven’t had much to say. Most of my time has gone toward taking care of my mental health. The world feels like a dumpster fire right now, and social media hasn’t exactly been helping. It’s a steady stream of misinformation, outrage, click bait and hot takes, and after a while, it started to wear me down. So I stepped back. I’ve also been busy protesting and calling my congress representatives and senators to ensure they’re doing all that they can to stop this insane administration from hurting everyone. Billionaires really suck!
All of this has negatively impacted my writing progress. When everything feels dark and heavy, it tends to seep into my work, and that’s not really the tone I want for the Moonridge series. Those books have a dark element, but they also have heart and humor. They’re about finding light in the dark. And lately, I needed a little time to find my own light again before I could get back to that space.
The good news? Yesterday, something finally clicked. I sat down to write for the first time in weeks and managed to rewrite two full chapters of book three. It felt good. And the good news is, my characters didn’t hold a grudge for my absence either. They slipped right back into my head, ready to cause chaos and fall in love.
I’m easing back into a rhythm and feeling cautiously optimistic that, if life behaves, I can still have book three out by early spring. That’s the plan, anyway. Fingers crossed the world doesn’t throw another curveball big enough to send me back into hiding.
Before I go, I just want to say thank you to everyone who’s read and reviewed Date Night With Death. The series isn’t exactly storming bestseller lists, but it’s found a little corner of readers who genuinely get it, and that means more to me than I can say. I’m so glad you love Moonridge as much as I do.
Here’s to more words, more weird magic, and better days ahead.
