I almost didn’t even want to post today because today has been massively difficult. But here I am anyway. There’s got to be one good thing, right?

Query rejections don’t bother me anymore. Yet, as the first thing, it wasn’t fun, but it was something I can brush off and immerse myself with other work. Then I got some personal news and that cranked up today’s difficulty to 11 and finding positivity is a challenge.

Either way, here are things that exist in word documents that give me hope:

• This edit on Thieves Project
• Creative brief for my shopper marketing class
• My presentation on mobile games and gambling

Another bright side: It’s been an excellent month for books.

Upcoming release: Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver (Preorder here). This new title features a vampire who refuses to suck blood and a disabled firefighter-turned-mall-cop seeking to protect Portland from the undead. Comes out on October 31st.

Song of the Week: “Dependent Weakling” by Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Emi Evans from NieR: AUTOMATA OST (2017).

Actively Reading: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie