The book launch was a success!

I met new friends & had good convos. My anxieties told me nobody would come, so joke is on them! Wrong again, you little bugbears. 😝

I'm continually amazed by all the independent bookstores that have chosen to share my little witch story. My favorite thing about promoting my book is that it gives me an excuse to visit bookish places and buy other people's books. Huehehehehue~

Up next, I’ll be at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival next Sunday!

You can catch me on the Witches, Waterfalls and Thin Ice panel in the KIPJ Section (sections A&B) at 3:30pm, and I will be signing books afterwards.

I plan to go nice and early to explore the whole book fair, and stay until the end—volunteering at the SCBWI booth as well!

Even now, I miss the vibrancy of the Twin Cities writing community, and I’m jealous of how New York is Lit Central. I guess I have no choice but to join the folks helping San Diego's literary scene grow. The San Diego Book Festival is only in its second year, although it alreay feels like a community mainstay. I couldn’t make it last time, so this time, I have to go all out! 😤

Lastly, I'm headed to the World Fantasy Convention for the first time in late October, but I haven’t decided the level of promotion I plan to do. I do want to start spending time in more professional SFF spaces, pitching panels and voting on the Nebulas and whatnot.

Recently, 90% of my energy has gone to my day job, where I’ve been putting in a bit of overtime and late nights. My goal is to help get the right systems set up so that my work life has predictability and regularity. It turns out my INTP 超ND brain thrives on having just enough routine.

Welp, back to work now.

See you in Oakland if I don't see you in SD!