beat the backlist 2024 reading challenge
‘Tis that time of the year again where readers rush to finish their 2023 TBRs, remembering all the books they meant to read but didn’t get around to, and...
in which I disprove the existence of free time
It’s been a hot minute since I talked with y’all, hasn’t it? To say life got the best of me is quite an understatement but that’s how it always seems to go....
when the blogging urge strikes
I had the urge to blog today. It’s been a while since it raised its wordy head and I spent far longer than is probably reasonable debating whether or not to...
zero drafting my way to... edits?
Three months into the new year and I’m already behind on this newsletter 🙃 It’s fine. Everything is fine. 2023 is going great, isn’t it? This is going to be...
a year of 23 - goals, plans, and wishes
If I’m being honest with myself… 2022 sucked. Hard. It felt like a never-ending slog through burnout (creative and otherwise), exhaustion, and all around...
a new home and backlist TBRs
Hello and welcome to the new home of my newsletter! If you’re receiving this email, you subscribed to my newsletter either through NovelKnight Book Reviews...
orange book recs, moodboards, and a bear 🐻
in this edition I swear I'm alive, I just suck at sending regular newslettersbook recs and new bookswriting woeskitties and... bears?! Books for your TBR The...
a ridiculous number of books... I haven't read yet 📚
in this edition a LOT of books. seriously. so many books?!?!a quick (exciting... to me) writing updatekitties. flowers. it's spring! Books for your TBR Black...
goblin markets, outlines, and small business love
who cares about deadlines? Obviously not me 😅 February was so busy with work and the beginning of this month has been just as swamped with not only work but...
finding reading time, rewrites (oh my!), and house hunting
oh hey, it’s february January has come and gone, both faster and slower than expected because time has no meaning now. With the changing of the months (I...
happy new year, the beat the backlist challenge is here, and more book recs!
happy new year! I... absolutely dropped the ball on this newsletter. Three issues in and then life happened and it was just too much going on. I honestly...
it's time to get spooky 👻
Hello and welcome to another round of books, writing, and animals, in which I attempt to find my way through the forest of creativity and do something with...
leaving the august slump for the september wallet breakers
greetings from the rim of a coffee mug Hello and welcome to another round of books, writing, and animals, in which I attempt to find my way through the...
of witches, intrigue, and thistles
well hello there! Welcome to Forest for the Trees1, a monthly newsletter dedicated to readers and writers alike. I'm Austine and I'll be your guide on our...