Yes, I'm still here

It's kind of funny that in February I mentioned that conference season was set to begin. COVID-19 had other plans, and I haven't been to a live conference since. I may not have a chance to mingle with fans and authors in person for the rest of the year, but health and safety are important. I'd hate to see COVID turn into a mega-con-crud infection.

For the League of Utah Writers, we moved both the spring conference and the upcoming Quills Conference in August to online formats. The Spring conference went well, and we've got some great guests lined up. This August I'll migrate from President-Elect of the League to become President, most likely for a year.

In other news, I'm actively working on a whole raft of projects.

• I'm working with an editor on my biplanes-and-gargoyles novel, due to be published later this year.
• I sent in edits for a Christmas ghost story about a week ago.
• I've got a story in a re-released Earth Planetary Anthology coming out next week.
• I just approved a proof copy of an anthology for the League of Utah Writers where I have a short story on the function of freedom, and need to send in an author bio today.
• Add to that the short-ish sci-fi novel (under 60k words) I'm doing first-pass edits on, and my cup runneth over.
• I've started to assemble a short story collection, pulling in several reprints and some never-published stories to round out the mix. Just today I realized I've got a short story due to be published in August that I'd failed to put into my spreadsheets, and it fits into the collection.

Later today I'll go outside with my family and cook burgers, then set off fireworks for Independence Day.

COVID has changed how I do things, but I've still got a task list longer than I can finish. :)