The end of the year is typically a time to both look back at what we accomplished and to set our sights on the future. This year I wrote and illustrated a picture book, something I never thought I’d do. What started as a challenge then grew into a passion project and finally became something I’m proud of. Then I wrote a short story for an anthology and got accepted. It’s a retelling of an old Slovenian folk tale, with an added wizard-like person, a kresnik. And lastly, after a year-long hiatus, I continued writing my time travel novel. I’m using something akin to the snowflake method to push through…
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Secrets of the Night Forest releases on November 18
In just one week my picture book, Secrets of the Night Forest, will be released on Amazon, both in paperback and ebook format.
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Slavic anthology
I’m proud to announce that one of my short stories, Kresnik and Zlatorog, will be featured in Slavic Supernatural: An Anthology of Slavic-Inspired Speculative Fiction, published by Shtriga. Zlatorog is a legendary being that features in a number of Slovenian folk tales. One of them is Krivopetnice in zlatorog, where I looked for inspiration for my short story.
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Writing update
I think it’s about time to post about the status of my writing. Where is my..? The story of Esther, looking for her basket, is finished, I’m only waiting for the illustrations. Once they are done and after formatting, the story will be ready to be published. For the curious ones, a reading of the first chapter is available on my YouTube channel. The even more curious one can contact me to be a beta-reader. I have broad ideas about three more entries to the series, one of them is half-written already. I plan on eventually getting illustrations for all of the entries in the series, including the two already…
