Update Link: These Small Hours, Book 1 | Book 2
I warned you guys I might drop this a bit earlier 😛 Tomorrow we go back to school after a four day weekend and I’d rather come home to some hopefully happy readers after a long day of forcing teenagers to learn French 😛
Enjoy Book 2!
Major thanks to Mariah for reading this book thousands of time, every draft since last April. Couldn’t have done it without her!
See you guys next week for another Flash Fiction update!
Update Link: Dear Reader – Part 12
Happy Monday! I moved up this update so that I can publish These Small Hours, Book 2 without conflict. All chapters are scheduled, I’m just working on the graphics. I should finish that up this evening, and have things ready to publish sometime this evening. The update post announcing the publication will go out tonight as soon as that happens so everyone wakes up to Book 2 being public.
Today is a #Liason day on #GH so definitely check it out! Don’t let yourself be disillusioned by Lucky and Liz kissing tomorrow because, ha, they did a temp recast for JJ and their first kiss is played by Guy Wilson, most noted for his horrible portrayal of Will Horton on Days a decade ago. I am cackling that they’re so not invested in that couple that they couldn’t even bother to shoot around JJ not being available. Hysterical.
My computer is finally fixed! The Dell tech came and replaced the fan, and it runs like new! So happy to have it working the way it’s supposed to.
I’ll see you guys in the next update 🙂
Update Link: Dear Reader – Part 11
Trying something a little different — coming home and doing Flash as early as possible instead of the last thing I do at night, lol. Flash is moving for one week to Monday next week because I’ll be releasing These Small Hours, Book 2 on Tuesday and I don’t want anything to conflict.
See you then!
Update Link: These Small Hours, Chapter 34
Happy Monday! I’m writing this on a happy morning for my region. My superintendent is a huge sports fan, so we got a delayed opening for the day after the Super Bowl. We were getting that win or lose, but we won so yay!
This is your last preview chapter before the story drops next Tuesday. Can’t wait for you guys to read it!
Couple of updates here at Crimson Glass!
See you tomorrow!
Update Link: Dear Reader – Part 10
Hello 🙂 Hope you guys are as relieved as I am to be back on schedule. January was, uh, a slog, but it’s behind us now. I’m happy to get back into writing flash and hope my elbow is up to it. I had a cortisol injection and that gave me some relief, but not a lot so I have to get into physical therapy. So right now, I’m really only doing one Flash update a week until I can be somewhat consistent free of pain.
See you next Monday for your next bonus chapter!
Update Link: These Small Hours – Chapter 33 | Book 1 | Crimson Swift
Hello! We’re kicking February with a return to posting! I took off most of January (which was not the plan) but I’m determined to get back to normal here and not doom scroll my life away on social media.
I’ll be dropping preview chapters of These Small Hours, Book 2 this Monday and next before publishing the entire book on Tuesday, February 18. The book ended up being 27 chapters, and around 110k words. I’m really happy with the final product, and I hope it was worth the delay! I’m already scheduling the chapters, and have pretty much turned the page on this project.
The site needs to be set up for Book 2 — I’ll be working on that this weekend. I had to reset my whole computer last week and not all my programs are reinstalled. The problem isn’t fixed either, so I might even have to do it again, ugh.
ANYWAY.
Flash Fiction returns tomorrow! We’re on Tuesday this week and next, but then probably moving to Mon or Wednesday the week of book release just so Hours gets its own day. I’m hoping to kick back up to two updates a week in March, but we’ll see.
I’m already hard at work on “The Black Dog” collection for the first Tortured Poets installment. It’s long overdue, but I’m excited to take a break between Books 2 & 3. I’ll let you know when I think that will be out.
See you tomorrow!
I FINISHED A BOOK!
These Small Hours, Book 2 is FINALLY done. The posting draft has been completed, and I’ll be starting my final stage: proofreading and scheduling chapters. This is extremely good news, lol. So let’s talk about when the book goes live, and what’s next.
January – Early Access on Patreon
February
I’ll be taking a break between Book 2 and 3. I’ve been working on this project for a full year and need to refresh my brain. Flash Fiction returns Feb 4 on Tuesdays, and I’ll be writing “The Black Dog” story collection.
This week, I’m going to rest, recharge, get caught up on some household tasks, and prep for work.
See you next Tuesday!
Uh, hello 😛
Sorry about disappearing this week. Couple of things happened at once (as it always seems to do), and I just couldn’t do Flash Fiction.
I’ve been fending off tendonitis in both my elbows (thanks to having a second career as a writer and content creation as a teacher), but my right elbow just got really aggravated over the last few months and it just got too painful to spend a lot of time typing. Especially flash fiction which is sustained typing for an hour with no breaks. I took a little time off from writing and content creation for work and well, my elbow feels better.
I have a doctor’s appointment for this on Monday, and hopefully we’ll get some treatment options that let me come back semi full-time to my previous activities. I’m going to take another week off from Flash Fiction because it really does seem to help, and any writing time should be editing.
Speaking of editing, obviously, this elbow issue has delayed These Small Hours by a few extra weeks. I’m nearly halfway through my final round of edits, and will hopefully be picking that back up this weekend with my day off on Monday. As soon as I can put out a publication date, I will.
I also had a small cold that just took out the extra energy. Nothing bad enough to lay me out flat, just a lingering one that made it difficult to do anything after work but stare at walls.
We’ll hopefully be back to our normal situation in February. Until then, read some of the backlist and have a great week!
Update Link: Dear Reader – Part 9
soooo heeeeyyyyyyyyy
Sorry for totally disappearing on you for the last *checks notes* week. I’d like to tell you I was hunkering down and finishing the edit on Book 2, but it would be a lie. (I did edit and we’re making good progress but it’s not where I want to be just yet). I just, uh, didn’t want to write? Is that allowed? I don’t know, lol. I was just feeling blergh on inspiration and wanting to do anything, even prep for school. Probably just a little bit of burn out. I felt better by Monday and did an insane amount of school prep thanks to the snow day and our two-hour delay this morning.
I also got some encouraging health news. I had my annual bloodwork done, and it turns out I’ve got a Vitamin D deficiency which could (and hopefully does!) account for a few lingering issues — some extra muscle aches, some mental fog, extra fatigue — I started supplements last week and I hope to feel better soon.
I’m not committing to a second update this week just because I really do want to focus on editing Book 2 and getting that out this month.
Update Link: Dear Reader – Part 8
I’m feeling a little sad, lol, because tomorrow I’m doing a 2024 Retrospective & 2025 Preview video for the channel (well, it’s in my schedule — will it get done? who knows!) and after that, the Recent Updates page gets archived. I relaunched it this year with a better organization, and it’s just honestly crazy to me how much I wrote this year.
I published Book 2 of Fool Me Twice and Book 1 of These Small Hours. I wrote the skeleton of the Hours trilogy which is going to let me publish two more novels within the first six months of next year. I also wrote three full-length Flash Fictions: Hits Different, Chain Reaction, and Warning Shots (each of which was more than 80K), an entire short story collection (Folklore), two novellas, and an episode tag.
In the first nine months.
I honestly find that kind of stunning. It’s hands down the best year since 2020, and it’s probably even better than that because of how much of the Flash I wrote and how regular I was with posting.
Anyway, none of that is possible without you guys reading. The supporters at Patreon who keep the light on and keep me funded so that I don’t need a second job in the summer and can write more or less full-time.
Thank you, and I’m looking forward to another great year!
