Hey friend,

Firstly, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude as I watch Substack grow as a platform, and see you guys subscribe and engage with me. I appreciate you, and I hope you’re doing well.

Let’s get right into our monthly wrap-up!

World of Writing

I host a virtual writing community, WRITEGIG, and every other month, we set a goal for ourself and try to hit it during the virtual writing retreat. My goal was to write 20k words…

I wrote 36.7k in April, and I’m pretty happy with what was accomplished. I was also ‘recovering’ from COLD BLOOD’s epic launch (where I flew out to TX to launch it with Irene), though I also prepped two books to launch this year, too.

The next launch will be HIDE AND SEEK.

This one launches May 6th, so stay tuned! (I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE.)

The other book that’s coming soon will be announced… soon.

Also, Irene and I are working on the anthology, which is going well! We’re so stoked to announce the line up shortly!

Overall, a month of steady progress. I was shocked at seeing my final word count because I didn’t feel like I was doing much throughout the month. I am a big believer that writing gets done at the pace it should get done, and that there’s really no ‘bad’ progress… So, it was reassuring to see the progress I made by going slow and steady through it all.

Lovely Life

April was a recovery month — recuperating from my trip the best I could while also working, writing, etc. My family and I went exploring one weekend and we celebrated one of my niece’s birthdays at an arcade, which were both fun outings.

Guts has done great at the little adventures. I would love if you came and followed my personal Instagram, too. I’m going to track my fitness stuff a bit there, my nature photography, and more.

Oh, and speaking of work! I have a editing slots available. If you’re in need of an editor that ‘gets you’ and stays true to your author voice and vision, I’d love to help you reach your goals. I offer competitive rates and payment plans, and have experience editing a variety of genres, including sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romance, dystopian, children’s fiction, and more. Some of the services I offer are developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading! So, if you’re needing an editor for a project, let’s talk! (I also offer a discount for retired or active duty service men/women.)

Promo Time

I’m late sharing this, but one of the epic fantasies that I had the pleasure of editing was on Kickstarter — they blazed through funding, but late pledges are still activated! Check out McCormick’s cool project HERE!

This was such a fun book, and I am so stoked to see it hitting print!

That’s all for now, but I hope April treated you well. Let me know below what you were up to!

- Angela