A rapidfire update on what’s happening

1. NaNo: I’m trying a milder version where instead of trying to write 1,667 words per day for 30 days, I aim to write 500 words per day throughout November and maybe December. I’ve picked up the 2 different novels I worked on that time back in–gosh, was it 2018?–when I won NaNo; maybe I’ll finish one or both this time around.
   1. So far I’ve written more than 500 words each day; ironically, often more than 1,667 words. These characters, I just wind ’em up and let ’em talk. Or, uh, do other things than talk…
   2. I actually might need to start limiting myself to 1,000 words per day so I don’t get so sucked into writing that I fail to get my other work done.
2. The New Smut Project:
   1. We celebrated the 1-year anniversary of Erato on October 24th. In its first year, it received a number of glowing reviews and 2 stories were recognized by the Good Sex Awards!
   2. We’re reading through submissions for Cunning Linguists and penning both rejection and acceptance letters. This is taking longer than anticipated for a variety of reasons (health, life demands, unexpected philosophical rabbit holes about the nature of our “language and literature” theme and how some very good submissions might or might not fit it), and I know we keep saying we’re close, but–we’re close. I’m looking at, and sweating over, a shortlist of about 30 stories for an anthology where we have room for 25-28.
3. If You Were My Lover, my collection of F/F, F/M, M/M, and less specifically gendered literary erotica, is being copyedited and formatted in preparation for its early December release. Once it’s complete, I can format the interior of my omnibus paperback, Soft, Sharp, Tender.