News:

My article in honor of In the Dollhouse We All Wait, “Pay to Play: Five Horror Films Where the Rich are the Absolute Worst,” was posted to Horror DNA. I love writing little pieces like this. I should do it more often.

Works in Progress:

I was working furiously on the proofreading edits for Never & Forever (Meridian Book 8) and really wanted to get it done yesterday, so I focused on getting that done before tackling the update. I finished about 1 a.m. today and sent it on. It was a pretty easy edit, very few changes, but I’m obligated to do a full read-through for each editing round, just in case.

So I finished the final edit on the final book in the Meridian series, which means I’ve completed one serial, two trilogies, and two series under my Aurelia T. Evans name. There’s another trilogy on the horizon for next year, too. Not sure what I’m going to do after that. But if you like shapeshifters, gothic urban fantasy, demonic circuses, angels/demons, supernatural horror, and spicy content, do check out my other name’s books. And the Meridian series is entirely composed of standalones. You can read everything or a few, and in any order. I only ask that you save Never & Forever for last, because it feels very much like a capstone.

I have no obligations now for a while, so I’ll probably tackle the (hopefully) final fix to the Dracula reimagining, then apply myself to the edits on May Cooler Heads Prevail to release in May. This is what I’ve been working toward this year, this freedom to rest, to learn how to slow down, because I’ve been running the race for over two decades now, and I don’t think I can do things the same way anymore, especially if it doesn’t really support me financially.

Books I’m Reading:

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

Things I’m Listening To:

Singalong playlist
Lily Kershaw
Silent Hill soundtracks

Things I’m Watching:

Ghostbusters
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Woman in Cabin 10
Jigsaw
Saw II
Saw III
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Home Town series
Hoarding: Buried Alive series
NCIS series
Tracker series
Power Rangers: Reignition series
Prodigal Son series

Poem of the Week: (throwback to April 2022, also featured in Dead Ends)

let the earth cover
my prone body
like a weighted blanket
god so comfortable
have you tried this
best sleep i’ve ever had
cannot recommend enough
five stars
i could sleep forever