If you haven’t seen already on my social media, I’ve unfortunately had to cancel my attendance at Con on the Cob next week. My spouse broke her leg back in September and while she is recovering well, recovery is still slow and she’s at a point I can’t leave her alone for five days. As much as I hate to do it, I made the decision to cancel and hope that I’ll be able to attend next year.

A few people have reached out to ask how they can help and the answer honestly is buy stuff since I won’t be making sales this month. If you need an excuse to buy physical copies of my books now’s a great time to get them from my website’s shop page right now: https://www.thekalpar.com/shop

Ingram will handle all the shipping and send it straight to you, and I’ll get a slightly higher royalty than if you bought it through another bookseller.

Also if you’d like stickers I have some available through the Etsy store, including the very popular “Moopsy Party” sticker. You can find that directly here: https://ironhammerpublishing.etsy.com

I Was on a Podcast! (Multiple Times)

My friend Magpie, an award-winning Renaissance Festival performer, has a podcast where she talks about her experiences as a Ren Faire performer. She was very gracious to invite me onto her podcast and talk about my books as well as my own short experiences as a cast member at Ohio Ren Faire. If you’d like to check that out you can access them through Magpie’s Buy Me a Coffee which is just $1/month and well worth the cost for the amount of tea you get.

Magpie Swallows is creating music and a joyful noise

I'm a fulltime renaissance festival entertainer and I've just finished my first year as a solo performer! I write my own original music, "bardcore" covers of modern songs and also perform ren faire c

We’re also hoping to record some more episodes later this month so there may be more Kal-pods in the future.

In the meantime, my spouse is recovering and hopefully I’ll be able to attend events in the future.

Your friend in books and trains,

— Kalpar