Writing New Stuff and Trying to Get My S#@t Together

If you read my recent piece in Fractured (Read it HERE if you haven’t) and if you’ve been in SmokeLong Summer with me, you may know that I am working on a new series. I don’t know if it will be a chap, a collection, long short story, a novella, a hybrid, but I do know that it’s kind of smutty, kind of funny, and maybe a little scary.

Unlike “The Guy in the Redwood Water Tank,” most of these pieces I am writing don’t feel exactly complete or, at least, they don’t feel like they could work as standalones… then again, I write micros and all of these are very micro-y. I guess I just need to trust myself and send them out into the world.

I’m also feeling very uninspired to build my brand for the launch of Bitter over Sweet next year. I’m supposed to be doing things to build followers, get more eyes on me and my work (life), but I am just feeling yuck. I need to find my way back to feeling better, mentally and physically. I’m hoping that the motorcycle will help. Learning something new as well as touring/traveling might knock me into a better frame of mind (I hope!).

Today is the last day before summer vacation, so here’s to having the free time to do all the things OR take a break from all the things. The most important thing is that I will have time.

Finally, last chance to hang out with me Saturday night (EST)! Email me melissallanesbrownlee @ gmail dot com for the zoom link! I’m asking for donations for AWP but that is NOT a requirement to join! Hope to see you there.

Sending light and love and creativity!