FIRST PUBLICATION OF 2021

Back in the fall, I shared with you that my short story "Pyrocene" had been selected by Creative Colloquy for inclusion in their seventh print anthology. CC Volume 7 will be available to purchase starting this weekend! If you're in Tacoma, please support our local indie bookstore and pick up a copy from Kings Books. You can also grab a copy on Amazon.

In addition to having a story published, this month I also started a new job as the University of Puget Sound's new copywriter. I'm loving new job and grateful to once again be employed, but I'm also feeling stretched a bit thin.

I haven't quite wrapped up all of my freelance projects. Add in the time I spend recording an editing videos for my church each week and now most evenings and weekends have been swallowed up. It doesn't leave any room for more creative pursuits like blogging, starting a podcast, or writing my novel.

Hopefully, things will start to balance out in February. Keep your fingers crossed!

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (I know, I know, I'm a little late in getting to this one.)
• Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza by Ken Forkish

• Selected Shorts (The episode of Anton Chekhov stories is especially good.)
• We Art Tacoma

• The Implosion of 'American Dirt' (Vulture)
• "And So Shall the Carrion Call" by Dakota Canon (Longleaf Review)
• The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World (ProPublica)