67 Pages; July 8 2026

You might have missed it, a couple days ago! I posted an early blog post about my novelette, As Thick As Water, which I’m self-publishing on August 10th! It’s about a girl making a deal with a faerie, who is forming a ‘sisterhood’ to do anything and everything for each other.

I spoke about my rationale for publishing it, but it’s worth exploring more because it’s impacting my life so heavily right now.

I battle with depression – I’ve always been open about it. I’ve been really struggling with it lately, though, due to factors both internal and external. (For real, every day recently has had something happen that just drags me down, it’s exhausting.) One positive is that the services that might help have finally gotten back to me, so I might be able to address it with professionals soon.

But that doesn’t do a lot to help me in this moment, and one of the things I’ve been really depressed about has been the lack of control I have over my career.

The only thing I can do is write. I don’t get magically paid at the end of every book I finish, though. In a lot of ways, completing a book is the start of the process; it certainly works that way for publishing.

A novelette has very few opportunities to be picked up and published, be it by traditional or indie presses. This one just hasn’t found a home. It’s been well-received, but there are seriously like… three? Three publishers who are willing to sign on novelette-length stories. For context, a novelette is between 10,000-15,000 words. After formatting, As Thick As Water comes in at 67 pages.

I want to do more for my writing career. So, I looked at my list of works, realised that this story is one I still stand by, and arranged to publish it in a month.

I really hope people give it a read. Moreover, I hope they enjoy it, but it’s okay if they don’t. Either way, consider giving it a review when the time comes?