Why greetings my beautiful fairy friends! Sorry it's been awhile since I've done an update. 

I've been quite the busy bee, both in book world and in personal life world. I have a plethora of updates for everyone. I'll have them sectioned a bit so you can get to whatever you care to know more about. And if you care about all the things, then yes! even better!

Ooooookie dokie, let's get one with the updating and the things! First things first:

Everything is back from my amazing editor and I've been typing away on fixes, rewrites, and more. Steph had a lot of great suggestions and I feel like so much of my writing is better for it.

I unfortunately still have a weird habit of using homophones for some reason. I don't know why I do it. And I have some other really bad writing habits I'm working on. So, even after my own proofreads, I have a skilled proofreader lined up to find any oopsies I missed.

Thankfully, I got a great deal on the proofreader, too. I can just pay him in kisses. Yes, the proofreader is my husband. 

I have some finished art for the book, too. I'll do even more as I edit, and even during the layout process. Every story will have at least one original art piece and / or line art. The poems, well, not all, but certainly some. There's other decorative elements as well. I just like to make my books pretty as heck.

Here's a couple fun pieces of art for y'all!

I'll be starting the layout process very soon, as well. It might be a slight struggle simply because I'll be using a new program. But once I get the hang of it, shouldn't be a problem.

I am a little more behind than I'd like to be, but sometimes it's like that. I had a big art event that I spent time preparing for that cut into Fairy Seasons time. The goal is to send off for a book proof by the end June, beginning of July. Or middle of July by the latest. And goodness, let's hope I get it right the first time! I mean, I usually do.

Oh! I updated the cover to reflect my new pen name. S.P. Green is here, queer, and ready to spread some cheer and some fear. Anyways, I'm so excited for getting this book finished and getting it into your hands. I hope you're excited, too!

Pre-Order Information
I will be closing the Backerkit pre-order store on July 1st. This is so I can lock orders and get final order counts.

Once pre-orders appear in online stores and on my website, prices of the physical books will go from $15 to $20. So, if you want cheaper books, now is the time! Pre-Order now! Or convince your friends and family who have extra muns to do so!

I plan to put together some special bundles when I finally publish for people to buy. The bundles will have some of the special prints and stickers that people can get through this campaign.

Pre-Order store is right here for the curious!

Upcoming Campaign

I have a new book campaign coming up! For now, I'm calling it Fistfuls of Poetry. It's an Oops! All Poetry campaign in that all three books in the campaign are poetry.

Yes. You read that right. Three books!

I'd like to think of them as poetry zines rather than chapbooks. I have a good amount of poems for each already, with more to come. I can't focus on the writing of those until I finish Fairy Seasons, though.

I don't have much on my teaser page yet, but I will soon. If you're a fan of poetry or are poetry-curious, it'd be a great idea to follow the campaign. So, please, for the love of poetry! Clicky clack! Don't look back!

FOR POETRY! (link to new campaign)

The Book Bazaar Summer Bonanza

The Book Bazaar is currently holding a really cool Summer Bonanza. It's like a mini Book Bazaar event, but for the summer.

There's eleven awesome projects that are funding until June 30th. Only two more need to meet their initial funding goals, but heck! Toss a coin to an indie or two to pad their campaigns. I know from my own experience that extra always helps. Especially in this economy.

Check it out right here: SUMMER BONANZA TIME!!!

I have a website now! It's pretty late 90's, early 2000's looking. But, hey! It's everything I need it to be. I have blog posts and categories, some art, and a shop. It's a continuous WIP. I'm not doing too much tweaking until Fairy Seasons is more finished.

I've been adding blog posts to highlight Summer Bonanza authors and their projects. I'm a little behind on that, so I should get on it.

Anyways, check it out if you dare: spookyxpickle.com

Other Stuff?
Er…I'm hoping to get into the South Dakota Festival of Books! So far, I haven't seen anything about applications. I think it's at the end of September. I'm trying to get in early to pay the early bird fee rather than the full fee. It's, uh, spendy.

I generally don't make all my money back from events. There was one time I made a good amount for the day, but then I got super sick AND it was a miserable time because of the wind. So, I don't go for anything that has a super high fee that isn't comparable to the venue and amount of time spent as a table. It'd be nice to do more, but it's not affordable for me. Yet.

I've also been dealing with some not-so-fun health issues. I have alleged endometriosis. It's alleged because it isn't officially diagnosed in these parts without a exploratory surgery confirming it. My OBGYN thinks I have it, but it's still just supposed. So, dealing with the back and forth of doctors, trying to get appointments made, and so on, has been frustrating. I have calls I have to make right now that I've been putting off and forgetting to do.

I've been working to be kinder and more understanding with myself. That's not easy, but it has to be done. Or else things get real unpleasant.

So, with this in mind, I plan to bake extra time into future projects and campaigns. And then if I get done with them early, then woohoo! Yes!

Also, Pride! Yay Pride! I hope this Pride month treats you well. And if not, well, Pride is everyday for a some of us, so I hope many upcoming days are way better.

And that's all I have for updates. I'll have more at some time! Probably!