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So this has been probably one of my most productive years creatively in a long time. Back in January I published my first novel, The Witch and the Rose, and followed it up in June with a sequel, Bloody Damn Rite. Well, today I'm excited to officially announce the third book in the series, Shadowcasting, will be available on 12/15/2024! Like the earlier books in the series, you can pre-order the book on Kindle immediately, and it will arrive on your device December 15th ready to go.
Honestly, I'm super excited about this one. It's probably my favorite book in the series, and I can't wait for you guys to get your hands on it. Here's the back of cover synopsis:
Winter has clawed its way into the heart of Parrish Mills, and something far darker may have come with it. When Mia Graves, a witch with a habit of getting into trouble, and her best friend Riley Whittaker stumble across a grisly scene along the Wabash River, they find it reeks of dark, forbidden magic and has left at least one charred body in its wake.
With the help of young Bobbi Crawford, the further Mia and Riley dig into the events that took place on that cold Indiana morning, the more dire their circumstances reveal themselves to be. Between a stolen grimoire and a group of young witches who may not know how dangerous their actions are, shadows loom in the dark of winter.
And one of those shadows may be more dangerous than anyone imagined.
(Also, and this is unrelated, the non-Kindle, DRM free ePub version of Bloody Damn Rite is now available in my Patreon store too)
I understand this is to compare two types of meetings, the ‘reasonable’ way and an ‘unreasonable’ way (‘right’ and ‘wrong’ may be a stretch)… but I keep thinking without knowing the rest of the situation, this may be an accurate assessment of Joey.
I don’t know if either one is RIGHT — I mean, Bork Con keeps putting a guy in a position of authority who just suggested something that could lead to peoples deaths
I mean, they put a guy in charge who insisted using the ashes of a dead person for some insane ritual.
However, I think this is a prime example of “decorum does not mean maturity within an organization.” I think folks get a random hair up their ass about how an event should be governed and see all these cspan shows thinking that’s how things should be done. Yet fail to realize that ensuring a semi-professional (SEMI, yes, not entirely. fer chrissake you shouldn’t take yourselves THAT seriously) atmosphere instead of a strict decorum is what actually gets things done.
I mean, for ffs, our board once voted on a budget issue in the middle of an auction (to help support another convention, btw) only because 3 members were present. (This ended hilariously and good for those curious)
It has to be the right tool for the right job. Parliamentary procedure isn’t required for a concom of what looks to be seven people. On the other hand, as orgs grow larger, some sort of meeting format is required or it just turns into chaos. Where the sweet spot between needing rules and rules being in the way will always depend on the group.
I’m not sure how the system ended up randomly assigning you the “Glenn” avatar, but it makes me very happy that it did.