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...BREAKING NEWS...

I finally get to announce it! I wrote a book for Marvel! About witches! Squeeeeee!

Marvel Untold: Sisters of Sorcery releases from Aconyte Books in September. I can't show you the cover yet, but here's a picture to tide you over in the meantime (no spoilers, sorry).

(Also, I wound up not doing my podcast interview with Vickie at Speculative Sandbox until today, so I got to talk about the book there, which was serendipitous timing!)

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We now return you to your regularly scheduled scrolling.

Writing

I have such catchy titles, don't I? Heh.

Quick Tuscon Festival of Books recap:

Sold many books (sold out of a few), saw many friends, met many new people, and the weather was perfect. Here's a picture:

(photo credit: Jeff Mariotte)

Yes, I know that's a half-assed recap at best, but I am so out of spoons, I don't even have a silverware drawer. Had a family emergency while at the festival that I had to try to handle over the phone and my youngest had surgery bright and early the day after we got back. Plus revisions on the novel for [NDA redacted]. I haven't had a moment to breathe, let alone blog.

I do want to let you know that I'm recording a podcast interview with the lovely Vickie Lan over at Speculative Sandbox on Friday. We will be talking about Dark Triad and Light Triad personalities - aka, psychopaths! You all know that's a favorite topic of mine, LOL. I will let you know when it is up and you can give it a listen on whatever platform you enjoy your podcasts on.

I'm also doing a some "cultural consulting" for a friend who oversees properties at an indie comics house. I'm by no means an expert on the width and breadth of Native experience, but if I can help correct misrepresentations of Native people in literature in even a small way, I am happy to do it (well, to get paid to do it - I'm not giving away emotional labor for free, and neither should you).

Also, I turned in the revisions for the above-mentioned [NDA redacted] novel. I'm really pleased with it and I can't wait to tell you more about it - you're going to be so excited! I know I am!

Speaking of novels, you should really check out what Jeff has been up to lately. He has SO much good stuff coming out, you won't know what to buy first!

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Let's see...book festival, family emergency, son's surgery...something else happened this week, but I can't seem to remember what it was...

Just kidding! You all know Aries Season opens with my birthday.

This year, it also means we now have two teenaged and three adult children. My nest echoes more with every passing day. Fly and make yourselves proud, my little chicks! You don't have to worry about making me proud of you. I always am.

Writing

Happy Pre-Aries Season! LOL.

First, a second poem of mine, "Erasing Myself from the Narrative," published over at Enchanted Conversation, was also nominated for the Rhysling Award in the Long form category! Yaay!

Second, I sold another poem! The contract is signed, so I believe it's safe to announce that my poem, "EMDR," about trauma therapy, will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Unnerving Magazine. My first time being published in this cool horror venue!

Third, today is the last day to get in your nominations for the Nebula Award, so if you're still reading, I have eligible work!

Also, Jeff and I will be at Tucson Festival of Books on March 12-13 with the Artisans of Words and Wonders in Tent #116 (formerly the Desert Dreams Conference tent). It's pretty much the same tent in the same place, just with a new name.

Anyway, I will have a TON of new stuff available for purchase and signing, including:

Straight Outta Deadwood, which includes my Indigenous weird western horror story, "Dreamcatcher," which Publishers Weekly said "incorporates Native American mythology" in a "fresh fashion." (Note that dreamcatchers themselves aren't mythology in the sense of an ancient belief - we make them and use them for the same purpose today as when we were originally gifted with them. But, whatever. Still nice to get some love from PW.)(Jeff also has a story in this.)

The One That Got Away: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3, which includes my Stephen King homage, "The Recliner." (Note that this story is a reprint, so if you have Bridges, you've already read it. But you should still pick this up for all the other great stories.)

Turning the Tied, which includes the story I wrote for my trans daughter (who was not yet out at the time), "A Prisoner Freed in Oz." (Jeff also has a story in this.)

Voices of Varuna: A Renegade Legion Universe Anthology, which includes my Indigenous story about colonization and assimilation in space, "Stepping Stones."

Wanderers: Poems from Those Who Cross Borders, a chapbook which includes my Métis poem, "The Things We Pass Down."

The 2020 Rhysling Anthology, which includes my nominated poem, "Stormbound," plus a ton of the best speculative poetry being put out today. (Also, I don't know why, but I wound up with a metric ton of these, so please come buy some!)

And I may have this one:

Bodies Full of Burning: An Anthology of Menopause-Themed Horror, which includes my Lady Bathory story, "It Will Have Blood, They Say." (I somehow did not order author copies of this, so am, trying to rectify that now.)"

And a bunch of the old stuff, too, though you probably have all of that by now, heh.

Anyway, come see us! It's an outdoor event, but we'll be wearing masks and making liberal use of hand sanitizer to do our best to keep you (and us) safe. We are also vaxxed and boosted - hopefully you are, too.

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#StandWithUkraine

Writing

First, I submitted my tie-in novel to my editor today. Hoping I can talk about it soon. I've seen the cover and it is GORGEOUS!

Second, my poem, "Reservation Fairy Tales 101 - Final Exam," about #MMIWG2ST, was nominated for the 2022 Rhysling in the Long form category. Yaay!

Third, I can announce now that I made my first sale of the year! My story, "Blue Hair," a Dark & Twisty gender-swapped witchy Bluebeard retelling, will be appearing in the super-cool Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk anthology, out in June 2022. Here's the cover/TOC:

Fourth, my poem "The Honorable Iris C. Thaumantos, Presiding," about a goddess who trades her rainbow for the black of a judge's robes, will be appearing in the Musings of the Muses anthology from Brigid's Gate Press this April. It's available for pre-order now. You know what to do!

I think that's everything for now. More bulletins as events warrant!

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So, after two years of isolating, mask-wearing, social-distancing, etc., the kids got COVID. Grrr. Luckily, they were vaxxed (tested positive a week before they were scheduled for boosters), so it was pretty mild, and we are thankful for that.

Also, after more than two years of waiting, we have finally been able to schedule my youngest's tonsillectomy. Hopefully when they are removed, his severe sleep apnea issues will resolve and he won't have to use a CPAP anymore. Fingers crossed!

Happy Valentine's Day if that's your thing, and Happy Super Bowl Sunday if that's your thing. Otherwise, happy generic weekend, because I'm pretty sure that's everybody's thing!

Writing

It's poetry award season! Specifically, the Rhysling Award, which I have been nominated for a gajillion times, but have never actually won. Maybe this year, LOL.

Anyway, here is a list of my eligible poems and where to find them. If you are a voting member of SFPA, these poems should be up in the member area.

"Reservation Fairy Tales 101 – Final Exam,” Augur Magazine 4.1, Nov 2021

“Erasing Myself from the Narrative,” The Lorelei Signal, Oct 2021

“Triple Moons,” Scifaikuest, Aug 2021

“Once Upon a Starbucks,” Scifaikuest, Aug 2021

“Damsel in Distress Redux,” Star*Line 44.3 (Editor’s Choice), Summer 2021

“Cylindropuntia Spatium,” Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, June/July 2021

“Swim Test,” Star*Line 44.1, Winter 2021

Wish me luck!

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I have a book due in mid-February, so that, PT, and pandemic parenting are my whole life at the moment and so I am even more boring than usual, LOL.

Here, have a picture of one of our neighborhood strays, whom we have named Socks, hanging out in our backyard.

Writing

So, everyone is doing their end-of-year posts. I don't usually do these, but it's been a rough year and I'm proud of the things I managed to accomplish despite that.

In 2021, I:

Sold 13 new poems; saw 7 of those published

Sold 4 new stories; saw 3 of those published

Pitched, sold, & delivered a story for a WFH RPG anthology; saw it published

Pitched, scripted, sold, & delivered a comic book story

Pitched, sold, & delivered a WFH RPG adventure

Pitched & sold a WFH novel

(I can't talk about those last two yet, but will of course share more when I can.)

That's a lot for me, especially considering that the nerve issues in my neck I've been dealing with since I was rear-ended in 2019 make it so I can't spend a lot of time at the keyboard.

Things I am looking forward to in 2022:

Finishing & delivering the WFH novel

Writing a solicited story for a WFH anthology

More RPG work? More WFH work? Nothing firm in those areas yet, but some good possibilities, so we'll see.

Also, I got this really nice tweet about my poem, "The Things We Pass Down," in the Wanderers chapbook. (Note that "moved" in the tweet should be "woven." Thanks, autocorrect! LOL)

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I hope you all had a wonderful [insert your preferred winter holiday/break], that you have a very happy New Year's Eve/Day, and that 2022 makes up for how crappy 2020 & 2021 have been for most of us.

Writing

Jeff and I were at the Red Mountain Library in Mesa this past Saturday, and not only did we see some old friends (Hi, Jan, Sharon, & Bob!), but we made some new ones, like Danny from PopCultX, an awesome site for GenXers who love pop culture (which would be most of you reading this, so go check it out).

I sold a couple more poems; more on that when the contract is signed (you know the drill). Also, the chapbook containing my poem about being Métis, "The Things We Pass Down," titled Wanderers, will be available for purchase December 15! But you can preorder it now! You should do that. Poetry makes a great holiday gift.

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This week has seen some storm clouds that have been hanging over us for a very long time begin to clear. We want to thank all our friends and loved ones who have stuck by us, and give a special shout-out to St. Expedite for answered prayers. So here is a virtual offering of some of his favorite things: red carnations, pound cake, and whiskey.

Writing

So, I actually had quite a few (for me) short stories published in 2021, all of which are speculative in nature, so eligible for the various awards that recognize that sort of work (you know what they are). Only one was published online, but if you are a voting-type person and would like a copy of one of the stories that isn't online, HMU.

So, without further ado:

“A Prisoner Freed in Oz,” Turning the Tied charity antho, IAMTW, March 2021. This story is special to me, as Ozma of OZ was a childhood hero of mine. She is also widely considered to be one of the first transgender characters portrayed in speculative fiction and my story is dedicated to a young transgender girl who is near and dear to me.

“Stepping Stones,” Voices of Varuna anthology, Budgie Smuggler Games, June 2021. Colonialism and assimilation from the Indigenous perspective. In space.

“Applesauce,” Enchanted Conversation, June 2021. A Dark and Twisty™ fairy tale retelling.

“It Will Have Blood, They Say,” Bodies Full of Burning antho, Sliced Up Press, Sept 2021. A Dark and Twisty™ Lady Bathory tale.

“Play It Again, Sem,” Fall Into Fantasy 2021 antho, Cloaked Press, Sept 2021. Gods in hiding, Titan assassins, budding romance, and bad beer. Something for everyone, LOL.

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Friday saw the end of the worst Husker season in modern history. If this season were a video game, yesterday I would have rage quit. They are going to need a miraculous turnaround in 2022 if Frost wants to keep his job. Sigh. /football

Writing

First, I'm sorry to say that due to a severe pain flare (the legacy left from when I got rear-ended in 2019), I am just not able to travel at the moment, and so will not be able to attend TusCon48 after all. Apologies to all who were hoping to see me there. *sadface*

Jeff and I are still hoping to attend the Local Author Book Fair at the Red Mountain Library in Mesa. That will be on Saturday, December 4th from 12-4 PM. Come see us and grab some new books!

I also sold a couple of poems since my last update. My poem about being Métis, "The Things We Pass Down," will appear in the Wanderers chapbook being put out by Off Topic Publishing. Not sure when that one will be released, but of course I will let you know. The other poem, about Iris, goddess of the rainbow (which was actually the inspiration for my short story, "Play It Again, Sem"), will be in an anthology to be published in Spring 2022. More details on that after the contract is signed.

And Jeff has a spiffy new website. Go check it out.

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SPOILER ALERT!

They took one of my favorite exchanges out of the new Dune movie.

Paul: Are you suggesting the Duke's son is an animal?

Reverend Mother: Let us say, I suggest you may be human.

Those two lines have stuck in my mind for 35-odd years, ever since I read Dune for the first time. I was super disappointed when they weren't in the new movie. Haven't finished watching it yet, so can't render an opinion on it as a whole, but cutting that exchange out is definitely a mark in the negative column for me.

Writing

First off, excited to say that my #MMIWG2ST poem, "Reservation Fairy Tales 101 - Final Exam" is now available in Augur 4.1! I am SO proud of this poem - it is unlike anything I've ever written before, and it highlights this horrible epidemic Indigenous people are suffering from that gets so little attention (though that seems to be slowly changing). If you can pick up a copy of the issue, you really should. There is a ton of amazing work in it (not just mine, heh).

I have also signed the contract to work on an exciting new RPG property that is right up my alley. Excited to share that when I can. Signed another contract, too, but mum's the word on that for now, sorry. And got an invite to an awesome new project that I can't wait to tell you about.

So my writing dance card is pretty full ATM, which is both good and bad, I guess. Good, because no day job. Bad, because writing = pain. But it makes my little creative heart happy to have such a bounty of work, and I am definitely thankful to Creator and my patron saint of writing, St. Catherine of Alexandria, for their efforts on my behalf, heh.

Also, Jeff's historical fiction epic about the bandit Joaquin Murrieta (written in conjunction with his descendant, Peter Murrieta), Blood and Gold, released on October 27th. It's a genre that is not usually my jam, tbh, but I found it engrossing and entertaining, and some parts were heartbreaking. You should definitely go pick it up if you are at all interested in Gold Rush or California/Mexico history.

Finally, Jeff and I (both fully vaxxed AND boostered) will be at TusCon 48 IN PERSON (gasp!), and since that's coming up on Nov 12-14, I figured I should post my schedule. Not super busy this year, but that's okay with me, because I have a lot of stuff to keep me occupied during my downtime (see above).

Sat, Nov 13
Autograph Signing
Autograph Area, 2PM - 3PM
Jeff Mariotte, Marsheila Rockwell, S.A. Bradley, Gloria McMillan

Sat, Nov 13
The Dark Side of Fantasy
Panel Room 1, 3PM - 4PM
Janni Lee Simner, Heshe Leontess, Marsheila Rockwell, Curt Booth

Sun, Nov 14
Could Telepaths Be Anything But Sociopaths
Ballroom, 12PM - 1PM
SJ Schauer, William Herr, Jim Doty, Marsheila Rockwell, Curt Booth

Whew, long post! I'll end it soon, don't worry.

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We got to see Stacey Abrams a few weeks ago. Even if you don't agree with her politics, she is smart and funny, and I'm going to leave you with this nugget she dropped at the event:

Interviewer: What are some of your guilty pleasures?

Stacey: I don't feel guilty about my pleasures.

Neither should we. Especially in 2020 the Sequel. Find joy where you can, and hold on to it. It's a precious commodity these days.

Writing

First off, my poem "Erasing Myself from the Narrative" is up over at The Lorelei Signal. It's a twisted Rapunzel retelling, and you should definitely go check it out. Go on, I'll wait.

I have other news about a couple of projects that I am not currently at liberty to share, but I'm SUPER excited about them. I'll let you know what's up just as soon as I can. I think you'll be excited, too!

Also, Jeff has a metric TON of stuff going on, including the release of the historical epic, Blood and Gold: The Legend of Joaquin Murietta. It's all very exciting, but I'll let him tell you about it.

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Facebook and Instagram were down all day yesterday. It cost Mark Zuckerberg $7 billion dollars and I'm not sure he even noticed. Meanwhile, my Twitter feed is full of folks needing GoFundMes to pay for their medical bills. There is something deeply flawed in our society when one man (or a handful of men) could pay off every single medical bill, mortgage, and college tuition in this country and still have millions left over, and yet we still have people losing their homes because some of their genes decided to mutate in a the way that kills you instead of giving you super powers.

Maybe it's because I'm Native, but I have always understood that when you have, you give. When I was growing up, we had to live off of welfare, intermittent paydays from my step-dad's carpenter gigs (virtually non-existent during Montana winters), food from the Mission, and grocery store dumpster diving. And my mother would still give money or food to people who had less than us.

Because when you have, you give. That's why you have. I realize that's a foreign concept to a lot of people these days, but it's how we began. Maybe it's time we remembered why.

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Man is not the pinnacle of the hierarchy. There IS no hierarchy. We are all connected, all equal. That simple shift in worldview would make this planet a very different place. A better one, I'd wager.

Writing

Virtual CoKoCon 2021 is happening RIGHT NOW! Just a reminder of my schedule:

Saturday, Sept 4
4:30 - Married with Deadlines: COVID Edition
with Jeff Mariotte, Yvonne Navarro, and Wes Ochse

(Jeff also has a Weird West panel today at 12:45)

Sunday, Sept 5
2:00 - Author Self-care: COVID Edition
with Beth Cato, Steven Barnes, and Greg van Eekhout

4:30 - Poetry Panel
with Beth Cato, David Lee Summers, and Rhonda Parrish

Panels will be held via Discord or Zoom. Come say hi!

Speaking of Weird West, I sold a Weird West poem, "Soiled Dove," to Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine! Not sure when it will be out, but I'll let you know.

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Like everyone else in the world, I am suffering from burnout. Mine is of the pandemic/parental/chronic pain variety. Unlike everyone else in the world, I am taking a class to help me manage it that is using Emily and Amelia Nagoski's book, The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, as its basis. The book is fascinating and seems like it may be very useful. Fingers crossed.

Writing

First off, I have poetry in both the online and print issues of Scifaikuest this month, so go check those out.

My CoKoCon schedule appears to have changed; I am no longer slated for the tie-in panel on Saturday evening. Just FYI.

Some big news for my hubby Jeff that I'm super excited to share:

"Announced at PulpFest/ERBFest 2021 this past weekend in Mars, Pennsylvania: TARZAN AND THE FOREST OF STONE, a new novella by award-winning author Jeffrey J. Mariotte to be published in 2022 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. The story will be published under its own covers in both trade and limited editions, and will be set during the classic canon directly after the events of TARZAN AND THE LION MAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs."

Doesn't get much cooler than that!

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College football starts Saturday! Can't wait to see my Huskers play! Go Big Red!

Writing

I sold a story! "Play It Again, Sem," is an urban fantasy featuring a goddess who is a Casablanca fan and the Titan tasked with killing her. It will appear in Cloaked Press's Fall into Fantasy 2021 anthology, due out in September. I submitted it on a whim in the closing hours of the submission period, so the whole process has moved a bit quicker than is the norm for publishing. (Definitely NOT complaining!)

Also, Jeff and I will be panelists at this year's Virtual CoKoCon, which will run September 3-6 via my social media nemesis, Discord (ack!). Here is my schedule (may still change, I dunno):

Saturday, Sept 4
4:30 - Married with Deadlines: COVID Edition
with Jeff Mariotte, Yvonne Navarro, and Wes Ochse

Sunday, Sept 5
2:00 - Author Self-care: COVID Edition
with Beth Cato, Steven Barnes, and Greg van Eekhout

4:30 - Poetry Panel
with Beth Cato, David Lee Summers, and Rhonda Parrish

5:45 - Somebody Else's Sandbox
with Wes Ochse, Austin Aslan, and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

I've managed to avoid virtual cons since they became a thing, so not sure how this will go, but if nothing else, you can come watch me yell at technology to get off my lawn. Although you probably won't be able to hear me, because I'll accidentally be on mute. And you won't know it's me, because I'll have a cat filter on that I can't figure out how to remove. Fun times!

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Titans Season 3 drops today! The Return of Donna Troy!

(Okay, it's not actually called that, but it should be - we all know Donna is Best Titan. Here's a lovely Donna piece by Arial Diaz even now making its slow and steady way to me via the USPS. SO pretty!)

Writing

I've returned the countersigned contract, so I think it's safe to announce that I sold a poem - a Rapunzel retelling called "Erasing Myself from the Narrative" (yes, that's a nod to Hamilton) - to The Lorelei Signal. It should be in the October issue. Very stoked about that!

Preorders are up for Bodies Full of Burning, which contains my Lady Bathory story, "It Will Have Blood, They Say."

There will be paperback versions available for order at some point, too. Releases on Sept 1!

Jeff has also been busy working on some westerns, and now he's dipping his toes into the world of serialized novels. But I'll let him tell you about it.

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Our (fully vaccinated) kids are finally back doing in-person school again, just as Delta cases are on the rise here. School hasn't even been in session for a full week and I've already had to keep one home due to COVID-like symptoms (test was negative, thank goodness). This is not stressful. Not stressful at all...

Writing

My poem, "Cylindropuntia Spatium" has been published in the June/July issue of Utopia Science Fiction. Check it out!

Everything Else

Since a whole lot of you are enduring temps you've never had to deal with before (we are actually having a bit of a cold snap here in AZ - 108 is the highest temp predicted for us in the next week), please remember to STAY HYDRATED. Dehydration creeps up on you, and by the time you feel thirsty, you're already well on your way.

Indigenous folx have a saying: "Water is life." There's a reason we oppose pipelines across rivers. You should, too.

Writing

My story, "Applesauce," is up over at Enchanted Conversation. Pop over and read it - it's a short Dark and Twisty™ retelling that might make you look twice at that dessert...

I also sold a poem to Dreams & Nightmares - a tongue-in-cheek "poem-spell" written using the Carterhaugh School method called "A Spell for Winning Your Personal Injury Lawsuit." It will be published in early 2022, I believe, so I'll remind you about it then.

Jeff also did an interview with the amazing Two Gay Geeks, so you should go give that a listen.

Everything Else

Ummm...it's the first day of Monsoon Season? Sorry, folx, that's all I've got.

Writing

I was interviewed by Ben and Keith from The Two Gay Geeks over the weekend. Since it's been forever since I've spoken to another adult who isn't a household member, a doctor, a lawyer, or now deceased, I was a bit...effusive. You can listen for yourself here:

https://tggeeks.com/blog/2021/06/07/tg-geeks-webcast-episode-329/

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Our youngest got his second dose last week, so soon we will be free! But we will still wear masks and practice social distancing, because "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

SOON, my precious...

(My precious being the mall, of course.)

Writing

So I think I mentioned before that I have a story in the Renegade Legion prose anthology being put out by Budgie Smuggler Games, Voices of Veruna.

Well, the book releases TOMORROW, June 5! You can, of course, go buy it right now:

United States: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B096DJNQMY
Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B096DJNQMY
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096DJNQMY
Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B096DJNQMY

My contribution, "Stepping Stones," is about colonization and assimilation from the Indigenous POV. It's rather bittersweet that it would come out this week. More on that below.

But first, the cool book trailer put together by the book's editor, Ben H. Rome:

https://youtu.be/w-QH85PQSww

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My story releasing now is bittersweet given the news coming out of British Columbia about the mass grave found at the Kamloops Residential School. 215 children. White people across Canada are shocked, I say, shocked. Indigenous people are not - we've been telling you about these abuses for DECADES, but no one listened. The fact that it took unearthing the bodies of 215 innocent children to get people to finally hear us is honestly soul-crushing.

And this is not an isolated incident. There are more graves out there. There were 130 Residential Schools in Canada.

There were 357 in the US.

You do the math.

(Niagara Falls lit up orange in memory of the 215; photo by Kateri Capton-Serpas)

In more pleasant news, it's Pride Month, and Blue's Clues had an amazing Pride Parade! So here's a happier image to leave you with:

Writing

More sales!

I sold a poem - "Damsel in Distress Redux" - to Star*Line; it should be appearing in one of the next couple of issues.

I also sold a short story - "Applesauce" - to Enchanted Conversation. That one should be up on their website in June, so I'll post a link then.

(Related, I am taking a folklore/fairy tale class from the Carterhaugh School. So expect even more twisted fairy tale retellings coming your way!)

And we finally got our copies of the Turning the Tied antho:

Also - we are going to a convention! That's right - Jeff and I have agreed to be guests at Tuscon48 this year. In person! It's November 12-14, and everyone in our house is either fully vaccinated or will be in the next few weeks, so we feel like it's a safe choice, given that it's a small con and it should be pretty easy to socially distance as needed. It will be SO good to see friends and readers face-to-face again.

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May 5th has been declared Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the US. #MMIWG is an issue I care deeply about, and I am so glad to see Deb Haaland (SOI) setting up a Missing and Murdered Unit (MMU)within the BIA-OJS and other states creating their own task forces in cooperation with the federal government. According to the NCIC, there were 5,712 known cases of MMIWG in 2016 (the last year for which data is available). Only 116 of those cases were logged with the DOJ. 2%. We can do better. We have to. #NoMoreStolenSisters