On some days, April lived up to its reputation for showers—rain and even snow. Still, there were some blue-sky days which made it pleasant for outdoor work. We’ve got robins’ nests in a couple of places on our property, so looking forward to seeing the little ones once they get out and about.
Recent Publications
My second romance novella from JMS Books LLC, Curtain Call, went live April 10, 2021. Curtain Call centres about a woman’s internal struggles as she comes to grips with giving up team sports as she and her teammates age. The sporting backdrop is broomball, a quirky activity I was introduced to when I was in university and played for a number of years. The novella, released in ebook format only, is available through Amazon and other major distributors, or from JMS Books LLC directly.
A short story titled “The Messenger’s Mission,” originally published in The Fifth Dimension in 2018, was included in Engen Books’ Mythology from the Rock anthology. Link to Amazon.ca information is below:
A poem titled “Letting Go” and reviews of Climbing Lightly Through Forests edited by R. B. Lemberg and Lisa M. Bradley and Million-Year Elegies by Ada Hoffmann appeared in Star*Line 44.2, Spring 2021. You can find the full reviews on the SFPA web site at the link below:
https://www.sfpoetry.com/sl/slreviews.html
A poem titled “A Dish Best Served,” originally published in Liminality, was included in the 2021 Rhysling Anthology, a publication put out by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. It’s the second time I’ve had the honour of being included in the Rhysling anthology. “A Dish Best Served” was written in response to a news story. You can find the poem here:
http://www.liminalitypoetry.com/issues/year-six/issue-23-spring-2020/a-dish-best-served/
Several poems, “Atmospheric Traffic Control, 2045,”
“Seeing is Believing,” “Canis Futuris,” “Science Senryu,” and “Reverse
Universe,” appeared in Eccentric Orbits Volume 2, Dimensionfold
Publishing, April 2021.
My
review of Julie E. Czerneda’s Spectrum appeared on the Miramichi
Reader site. I’ve read five of Czerneda’s six Esen novels, as well as the
e-novella The Only Thing to Fear, and I’d have to say Spectrum is
my favourite so far. A link to the review:
https://miramichireader.ca/2021/04/spectrum-by-julie-e-czerneda/
Also on the Miramichi Reader site was a review of Marilla Before Anne, a book by first-time novelist Louise Michalos. This historical fiction novel creates a back-story for Marilla Cuthbert, a character depicted in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. A link to the review is below:
https://miramichireader.ca/2021/04/marilla-before-anne-by-louise-michalos/
A review of Alan Ira Gordon’s The Doggo Book appeared in the Spec Po Blog, link below:
https://specpo.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/the-doggo-book-a-review/
What I’m
Working On
During
April, I took on the challenge of writing a poem a day for poetry month. I’m
not going to lie, it was a tough slog some days, but I managed to meet the
challenge. Sometimes, the days I found it hardest to get started were the most
productive, once I got going.
Coming Soon
Engen Books
is doing a virtual launch for Mythology From the Rock May 5th,
so that should be fun.
I also will have a couple of poems in the May 2021 print issue of Scifaikuest.
