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Well hello dear neglected blog…

As I mentioned in my last post, I was having a bit of burn out back in January. I took some much needed time away from writing contests and flash pieces. I spent more time on my novel and I’ve been enjoying writing again.

I did participate in two separate contests, NYC Midnight’s Short Story contest and a Writing Battle contest. My writing battle piece did really well, ending up in the top sixteen for its category. This is the highest I have ever placed in a Writing Battle competition. I wrote a spooky cryptid story which was both fun and challenging. You can read it here.

My piece for NYC Midnight is still being judged.

Additionally, I took a break from my short story writing group. I love this group and I have missed them. But it helped me to clear my mind and reset myself with my relationship to writing.

I have also been spending a lot of time reading. A big part of this may have due to the record setting blizzard that we had in Rhode Island.

I have been a real horror and sci-fi kick lately. Some of my favorite recent reads have been:

                  Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman

                  A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

                  Redshirts by John Scalzi

                  Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

It has been a joy to read so many wonderful books lately and make a dent in my TBR list.

Overall, I am feeling much refreshed from my short story break. As a newish writer, I think it was important for me to do this and figure out how much I can handle.

Now, back to writing…