Today I’ve been feverishly working on several projects that I’ve stupidly taken on… because, let’s face it, this is what I do…

A publisher e-mailed late last night and asked ‘do you have a steampunk short story ready? My anthology closes tomorrow but I’m looking for one more great tale.’ My answer? Of course. I’ll have it to you before The Walking Dead comes on.

I’ve been writing the blasted thing all morning. And you know what? Probably some of my best work. Give me a six-month deadline and I’ll write the entire thing in the last two weeks. Give me six hours and a 5,000 word goal and I can do it.

Heck, right before New Years I did 29k in 5 days, and the editor loved it.

So, besides the huge list of things to do I posted about previously, I’ve added a few things… because, let’s face it, this is what I do…

Besides the short story due in roughly eight hours, there are two more steampunk anthologies I have my eye on. I also have a dozen different short story ideas featuring my two main characters, Katelynn and Kruk. Separate and together. I’ve been very careful with the sex, over the top violence and foul language with these tales as well. I’m finally trying to write something my kids can read before they’re thirty.

The Florida Steampunk Exhibition East is coming April 13th – 15th and I will be a guest there in some form, and I’m very excited. Of course, when Kim asked ‘If you can sell stuff, what will you sell?’

I replied ‘my steampunk books as well as the horror stuff. Why?’

Kim said ‘You don’t have any steampunk for sale.’

Negative. Of course I will by then! I’m almost done with a few things and they will be out to the readers/editors/life-savers this coming week, and then on sale online right after. By the time the convention rolls around I’ll be rolling in steampunk releases.

That’s the goal, anyway.

Maybe someday I’ll already be prepared and have a dozen novellas and novels to sell, and a ton of short stories as well…

But probably not. I need that three-day deadlne or it just isn’t worth it, I guess… because, let’s face it, this is what I do…