valarltd | What's up on my end

Releases:
Oct 24: "Raising the Dead" (m/m, BDSM)
Oct 31: Shifting back containing "Serpents" (With Naomi) (m/m, paranormal, historical)
Halloween Sip,
Dec 1: Twilight and Thorns containing "S is for succubus" (urban fantasy)
Dec: Christmas single shot, if I get it done. Hopefully Nikolai (accordingh to Circle Dark's site and blog)

2008:
"Dead Man's Curve: Five of Pentacles" (with Naomi) for TQ's Arcana line
"For Love of Etarin"
(I have other acceptances, but those have been contracted)

Deadlines:
Oct 19: ~~"Ain't no easy run" for the Halloween Sips~~
Nov 1: next BB&Furball story for Christmas, maybe the Lovecraft pastiche, 1500 words in.
Nov 15: Another Fine Mess short story. Harrison and Samir go treasure hunting
Dec 31: "Talk like a Pirate Day" for Coming Together with Pride
Feb 1: YA novel

One of the things you need to know about my folks is they're geeks. Packrat geeks. I read the same books they'd had as kids, including Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and Encyclopedia Brown. Donna and I had swapped them around, read them cover to cover and back again.

And for three summers, between ten and twelve, we had run D&D Detective Agency out of the garage. We'd made a little money finding lost cats, lost dogs, lost bikes and, once, a lost husband. Old Mr. Marsh had wandered out to get the paper one fine June morning and kept ambling. He had Alzheimer's. We found him without much trouble.

Ugh.
And I thought I could relax a while and let the royalties roll in...
*cue hollow laugh*

Did I mention I work 60 hours/week too?