Some Super Exciting News

My book fairy tale love will be out on my favorite holiday: October 31st! I am so excited to bring forth this sapphic, sappy, dreamy collection of poems to you all. It is one of my happier, brighter works which differs from some of my other darker poety collections. I wanted to ry my hand at something different than what I'm accustomed to and came up with this book which I love dearly. I hope you all will love it, too.

My editor made me some images to share in September and it's so hard for me not to share them now. They have quotes from my upcoming collection paired with some beautiful artwork!

Release Party, Book Release, & Some Other Shenanigans

If you weren't able to attend the release party on Friday May 23rd for Onwards Adventures, you can give it a listen at this link. I wasn't able to be there because I was at work, but it was fun to take over the Fae Corps Book Club Group for an hour. I got to have some lovely chats with some of the members of the group, and it was nice to get some enthusiasm and excitement for my other projects in addition to Onwards Adventures.

In other news, my poetry collection not your piñata is scheduled to be released in June. It's a very vulnerable, raw, honest look at how hurtful/painful lack of accountability can be and the dissolving of a friendship that I thought would last forever.

Also today I have 5 brand new poems out. My poems "let us taste the magic", "the rich are parasites", "we want to live", "proclaiming your hate", and "as if you won't be judged" are out today in the 34th issue of 100 Subtexts Magazine: here.

Sad News

I'm not sure what is going to happen with my book fairy tale love. I was so excited to see what the publisher was coming up with for the three different editions, but he messaged me a few months ago to say that he was no longer publishing my book. He said he would continue to help me, though, and I could self-publish it.

I was really crushed by that news. I still am, if I am honest. I'm not sure what's going to happen with that book, but I really enjoy that it is one of my brighter, happier poetry collections. A lot of my poetry touches on my trauma and dark things/situations/incidents that have happened in my life so I created this one to put some of my love/joy/laughter into the world, as well.

I will hopefully find a new home for it if this publisher drops it all together because I honestly don't know what else to do, at that point. It is also sad because they were going to publish another book of mine, but obviously that's not going to happen. I guess that's what happens when you get your hopes up, but sometimes even with low or no expectations people still let me down. I guess it's a part of life, sometimes.

Onwards Adventures

I don't usually post anthologies that I'm in, but I think I might start doing that sometimes provided I remember to just so I can give you guys some more content! It may encourage me to post more. Maybe. I'm not sure. Ha ha, I know my posting is a bit sporadic, but I really do try. Work/life/writing/social balance can be tricky to get just right but I do make an effort.

Writing is my passion and my delight, and I do hope that my writing reaches my audience one day if it has not done so already.

My poems “in the name of villainy”, “i will punish them”, “i have no regrets”, “if nothing matters”, “you betrayed me”, and “i don’t want to die” are a part of Onwards Adventure Fantastic Tales:you can grab a copy here! This collection means a lot to me because it was inspired by roleplaying and DND - both of which I love although I've never been part of a DND campaign yet. Roleplaying on the other hand...I've done forum based roleplaying since I was thirteen years old. I dedicated these poems to the people I've roleplayed with over the years. Because I appreciate them being part of my story.

Even the ones who betrayed me in some way and did me dirty taught me lessons even if it's just not who to become. Karma will get them, I'm sure, but they may be characters I kill off in my books, too. Ha ha! What can I say? I hold grudges. I got a good heart, but I don't like being taken advantage of. I'm not the people pleasing little pushover they may have once known.

I hope you enjoy the collection, and I appreciate your interest in me and my writing/art! Have yourselves a good rest of your day!

There's Enough Room For Us All

This is how I feel when I see that people have observed my work, but just ignore it. It hurts my feelings a little bit because I always try to be supportive of my friends, and I am always genuinely happy to see them succeed at something that they've dreamed of! I just wish someone would feel the same way about me and my works. Just because I'm prolific doesn't mean I don't need support.

Word of mouth or sharing my posts is a great way to start because I feel like despite my many books not a lot of people know about me or my writing. I would rather stop slipping through the cracks and find my audience because the silence I hear right now is a bit disquieting.

It's Been A While

I haven't kept a blog for many years so it's probably going to take me a minute to get back into the swing of things. I'm going to use this blog for when I have writing announcements. Probably not every individual poem I get out into the world, but mainly for books and such.

Here's a list of my current projects that you can buy: If you’d like to support an indie author/artist feel free to pick up one of my books!

Here are my available fiction titles: Mates
Managing Magic
The Queen's Son

Here are my books of poetry: https://www.amazon.com/Sweetest-Blood-Linda-M-Crate/dp/9389690358/

https://www.amazon.com/samurai-Linda-M-Crate-ebook/dp/B08L3TW7FZ/

https://www.amazon.com/Splintered-Terror-Linda-M-Crate/dp/1983604186/

https://www.amazon.com/Unleashing-Archers-Linda-M-Crate-ebook/dp/B09F9V1QX5/

https://www.amazon.com/Follow-Black-Raven-Linda-Crate/dp/B09B1DNXPM/

https://www.amazon.com/hecates-child-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B09LGW5ZD1/

https://www.amazon.com/you-will-not-control-me/dp/8182537010/

https://www.amazon.com/MYTHOLOGY-MY-BONES-Linda-Crate/dp/9390202523/

https://www.drivethrufiction.com/m/product/301398

https://www.claresongbirdspub.com/shop/

https://dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/fat-pretty-linda-m-crate

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMZBG8F8

Photography book:

https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Creek-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B0BXMTJST7/

My short story collection King Quinlin is coming out March 3rd! I'm really excited about that. Claire L. Smith who did the cover art for the first book of that series The Queen's Son also did the cover for this one as a matching set. I'm not sure if we'll learn more about Quinlin's adventures or not.

I'm working on a lot of projects at once, so we'll see if I get back to Quinlin someday. Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. Only time will tell!