Tris Talks... May downpours bring April newsletters...
I am embarrassed to be sending this today. In fact, it’s been a struggle to edit and get it sent out ever since it didn’t go out on May 1st, when I first...
Tris Talks... Farewell to March
I’m not even sure where to begin. I feel like this is a theme, as if my newsletters (and check-ins, and blog posts) are a steady stream of excuses lately,...
Tris Talks... February Newsletter
I have a standard layout for this newsletter, and I always start from that template. The prompt it starts with is “brief overview of life the last month”...
Pre-orders for Missed Fortunes are live now!
Pre-orders are open!! The pre-order period for Missed Fortunes at Duck Prints Press has opened, and will run from February 12th through February 28th....
Cover Reveal for Missed Fortunes!
Hello, all! Duck Prints Press posted the cover reveal for Missed Fortunes and has officially announced the pre-order date of Wednesday, February 12th. Yes,...
Tris Talks... January Newsletter!
I did a tarot reading for the year—one card per month—with the intention of drawing a modifier card at the start of each month. January was Death, with a...
Tris Talks... December newsletter!
Hello, and welcome not just to the last day of the month, but the last day of the year. Wow, where has 2024 gone? It both seems as if this year has been too...
Tris Talks... November Newsletter!
Where did November go…? It’s the evening of November 30th, and I’m wondering: where did the month go? It feels like yesterday that I was getting ready for a...
October Newsletter
I am not entirely certain how it has come to be the end of October. Like. How? Time is passing by so quickly right now, and it feels like sand slipping...
Tris Talks... September Newsletter!
Whew, September was chaos. Mostly good chaos, but there was not a lot of downtime, and I’ll admit, that wore on me physically. I finally slept enough this...
August Newsletter
I was going to write I am exhausted but then I realized: I say that a lot, and I therefore probably should not. Good writing habits are knowing what your...
July Newsletter...
July flew by. The start of July was “getting ready for NASFIC” and the middle was “OMG I’m at NASFIC” and then the end was “AHHHH chaos happened and now that...
Buffalo NASFIC!
Quickie note to say that I’ll be in Buffalo this coming weekend for the NASFIC convention. Hope to see some of you there! I have five programming events...
June Newsletter - Tris talks!
This newsletter is late, and I’m feeling intensely guilty about that. I know that it is both my fault, and not my fault—by the time I’ve had time to write...
Tris Talks... May Newsletter!
As you already know, I was in Baltimore at Balticon on the last Sunday of the month, so I’m running a bit late here. Unsurprisingly, getting back to work...
Balticon And Book Publication!
This is not the May newsletter. I have a few announcements that I don’t want to wait until newsletter time to tell you! Mostly because one of them will be...
Tris Talks... April Newsletter!
Writing newsletters is hard. For one, my brain is a wee bit fractured. Always has been. As a child, I could conquer any problem that required calculation or...
March (late) Newsletter...
March certainly went out with a bang. In the space of a week... • We had a storm that was supposed to drop a few inches, and instead left us with ice, a foot...
Tris Talks... February Newsletter!
I don’t want to write this newsletter. I’m stating that in the interest of being as open and honest as possible. I’ve been procrastinating it for a week, in...
Tris Talks! January newsletter...
Hello, all, and welcome to the end of January! I have a lot of positive feelings about this year so far. I also have a lot of negative ones. There has been a...
Tris Talks! December (yes really!) newsletter...
NOTE: I drafted this newsletter appropriately on the last Sunday of the month, which is exactly when my planner says I am supposed to send out my monthly...
Word Tracking Spreadsheet for 2024
Back in 2011, while doing NaNoWriMo, I realized that being able to track my wordcount and see a positive result on a graph really helped keep me focused. I...
Tris Talks! November Newsletter...
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the November newsletter! Whether you’re receiving this via email or Patreon, the information is essentially the same except...