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WHAT'S NEW(ISH)

2/2/12 - guest at Arizona Centennial Cancer Research Fundraiser.

2/1/12 - 2/29/12 - opened Crossing the Streams contest page.

1/20/12 - release day for "Shaala, Made of Stone."

1/20/12 - guest blog on sword & sorcery went live at the Musa Blog.

12/29/11 - joined Writers Unite to Fight Cancer.

12/23/11 - handed in the next installment of "Tales of Sand and Sorcery," entitled "Shaala and the Sea of Dried Tears."

11/21/11 - handed in first draft of The Shard Axe 2.

11/11/11 - 11/13/11 - guest at TusCon 38.

10/21/11 - sold poems "Solitary," one untilted haiku, and two untitled lunes to Halloween Haiku anthology.

10/6/11 - book signing with R.A.Salvatore at Mysterious Galaxy.

10/4/11 - spotlighted author at Literary Escapism.

9/23/11 - signed with Cherry Weiner of the Cherry Weiner Literary Agency.

9/14/11 - sold stories "Shaala, Made of Stone," "The Jade and Honey Harlot," and "Both" to Musa Publishing as part of my new female-centric S&S ebook series, "Tales of Sand and Sorcery."

9/12/11 - follow-up interview about The Shard Axe with Sig Trent at DDOcast available for download (Episode 233).

9/6/11 - release day for The Shard Axe.

9/2/11 - 9/5/11 - guest at Copper Con 31.

8/26/11 - 8/29/11 - book signing at PAX.

8/6/11 - sold poem, "Answering the $466 Million Question," to Star*Line.

7/4/11 - handed in "final" draft of ghostwritten YA novel.

6/30/11 - handed in Bel Thorne (Story Portals) short story.

6/10/11 - contracted to write Bel Thorne short story for Story Portals, Inc.

6/2/11 - announced an as-yet-untitled sequel to The Shard Axe.

5/26/11 - 5/29/11 - guest at Phoenix ComiCon.

5/22/11 - handed in first draft of ghostwritten YA novel.

5/8/11 - sold poem, "The Legend of Old Man Joad" (reprint), to Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction.

5/6/11 - 5/8/11 - guest at LepreCon 37.

5/1/11 - sold poem, "What Blooms in Winter," to Big Pulp.

2/25/11 - 2/27/11 - guest at ConDor 18.