I come before you today, hat off, held outward

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Two projects I am working on are currently fundraising.

First, I was accepted to the Mormon Lit Lab’s Book Mentoring Program. I’ve finished my new novel’s rough draft since then and finally found its title:

Honeymoon in Copper

It’s new to this world and I can see that phrase lending itself to some dandy covers.

You can read the pitch on the fundraising page.

I’m tapping into MLL’s funds THIS WEEKEND as I travel to San Diego to hole up in a friend’s backyard cabin to rewrite rewrite rewrite for almost a fullweek of 15-hour days. I’m excited. And MLL is covering my gas which, in 2026, makes a huge difference. I’m so grateful. And you can help lil writers like me pull off our projects by suporting the Lit Lab. It’s a good thing to do! I’ve done it myself!

Second, this Kickstarter won’t actually launch until September, but you can ask to be notified when it goes live.

It was one of the more fun prompts I’d seen so I had to write something. Someone named Glen must die. Gotta use the phrase Crystal Palace. Well, you can’t say Crystal Palace to a Kern County boy like me without visions of Buck Owens coming to mind.

I don’t want to say more about that one now, but I will share the story’s official playlist:

 

Anyway! If you click the notify button now, you can read one of the stories—a comic necromancer piece (what else?).

And if you’re poor, share this post with all your rich friends. That’s what they’re for, right?