{"id":128,"date":"2025-05-12T20:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmbask.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:35:45","slug":"updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmbask.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m apparently really bad at this blogging thing since the date of my last post is eleven months ago.<\/p>\n<p>So, quick recap:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I never finished the second novel I was writing in the last post. I do plan to, even though it&#8217;s not my usual genre (it&#8217;s fantasy romance).<\/li>\n<li>I didn&#8217;t finish it because I got caught up typing up the second draft of the first novel (I handwrote the whole first draft because I&#8217;m crazy).<\/li>\n<li>I got another story accepted. This actually happened at the end of last year, though the anthology it is in does not come out until September 2025. The story if &#8220;I&#8217;m Not From Here&#8221; and will be in Whisper House Press&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Costs-Living-Whisper-Horror-Anthology\/dp\/B0DMMRR9QK#:~:text=The%20new%20horror%20press%20Whisper,no%20place%20which%20is%20safe.\">Costs of Living<\/a> anthology, which you can preorder from Amazon at the link or at the less distasteful bookstore of your choice. If you&#8217;re a writer, you can check our Whisper House <a href=\"https:\/\/whisperhousepress.com\/whisper-house-press\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 I really enjoyed working with the editor and they have more horror anthologies forthcoming.<\/li>\n<li>While I am not currently finishing the fantasy romance (working title: The Bog Witch) I am currently working on another long piece and finishing up some shorter stories I have going on.<\/li>\n<li>Neil Gaiman turned out to be a creep. That was disappointing. 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