Well, it’s been a minute since I touched the website at all. So, today I decided to finally do something I have been contemplating for quite some time. Consolidating all four WordPress sites into one. In the end, this will make life much easier and help me keep it organized better. But for now, it’s a hot mess. I started out by deleting the extra pages with the same title…until I realized what they were, so now I have to go and retrieve the info off them all before trashing them.

On the other hand, when all is said and done, I should be able to offer signed books directly off the website. This is something I have wanted to do for quite some time. If I can figure it out, I should also have a dedicated email for people to contact me so I don’t lose an important message in the general shuffle.

With only one site to update (and let’s face it…there has been no movement on any of the other three at ALL in years…) it should be easier to keep you guys updated on the latest news. Like the fact I am selling collectibles on eBay again–just a couple of listings at the moment: a collection of classic Doctor Who novels and some Guardians of the Galaxy figures. Now available: Marcus Cole from Babylon 5 and a set of LOTR figures featuring Pippin and Merry.

I have been writing a lot of poems lately, several of which have already been accepted. Others are in a new chapbook I submitted to a contest. (Cross your fingers for me.) On that note, I have also applied to be Austin’s first Poet Laureate. As far as we can tell, there were under 30 applicants going into the final day, so there might be a decent shot at it.

Bookwise, I had a chapbook of poetry published by House of the Fighting Chupacabras Press called Two Dozen Stars that I am extremely proud of. I have a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice in Dastardly Damsels from Crystal Lake Publishing. And I have a time travel gone wrong story in The Trouble with Time from the Three Cousins Publishing imprint of West Mesa Press.

I’m sure I am forgetting multiple somethings, but I must wrap up now so I can go and work on cleaning up this mess. I promise not to be silent for so long moving forward. Check back often, because I hope to get some of those books up for sale soon!