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Attending PantheaCon

innowen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:14:10 +0000

At the end of this week, I’ll be driving down to San Jose to attend PantheaCon. More specifically, I’ll be promoting my work in Women’s Voices in Magic and the writing/editing I do with Immanion Press/Megalithica. This is my first time attending this convention and I’m looking forward to meeting people and promoting my spirituality. If you’re attending PantheaCon, look me up. I’d love to chat and get together.

Click the Read More button to view the date/time/locations of the two panels I’m on.

Immanion Author Panel: What Next?
Sunday, February 14th @ 1:30 PM in the San Juan/San Carlos rooms
This weekend is dedicated to getting back to the basics. In pagan and magical traditions, the basics are often things that we use as foundations to build the more advanced parts of our practice. Join the attending Immanion Press authors, specialists in intermediate and advanced paganism and magic, as we discuss how to bridge the basics and what’s beyond, how to know what to take and what to leave behind, and how to forge one’s own path, both in the authors’ own traditions and in general.

Women’s Voices in Magic Panel: What’s Important?
Sunday, February 14th @ 7:00 PM in the Santa Clara room
This panel includes the editor and several authors of the Women’s Voices in Magic anthology. We’ll address questions such as what we feel is important to our magical lives, what we believe are good basics of magic topics, and whatever questions the audience has for us.

2009 Wrap-up

innowen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:39:59 +0000

2009 has come and gone and I wanted to do a nice wrap up post on all that I accomplished. While I didn’t post goals I had for the year publicly, I did have a few of them. Click on the link below to read what I was able to track through the year.

Publish 2 printed items: Done. Actually, I sold 3 pieces last year but only two came into print during the calendar year. Story in Ravens in the Library anthology and a personal essay on my magical life in Women’s Voices in Magic anthology.
Promote publications: Done. I was able to attend a few book parties/signings for Ravens, and also appeared at Norwescon for Ravens as well. All three events taught me a lot about putting marketing and a public face to my writing. Something I hope to continue doing in 2010.
Tarot Homework Modules Completed: 3 (received first degree candidate certificate)
Words Written: about 75,000 words.
Books Read: 61

While the numbers look good, I can’t help but think that it’s “not enough”. Here’s to all the things I can accomplish in 2010.

Books Read in 2009

Jaymi’s favorite books »

Women’s Voices Anthology now out

innowen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:44:43 +0000

I have a few cool things to announce this month. On a whim, I submitted Touched to a Young Adult Novel Discovery Contest offered by the Gotham Writers’ Workshop. The contest asks for the first 250 words and the title of your novel; but the grand prize gives the winner the opportunity to submit their manuscript to a YA literary agent and a free writing course. It was mostly a spur of the moment thing, but I have just as much of a shot any one else. They’ll announce winners in February 2010.

I received news today that the Women’s Voices in Magic anthology is now in print! Order a copy of the book online through either amazon.com or the publisher. Please note that Immanion’s US fulfillment team won’t have copies in hand until the latter half of December, but they’ll keep track of pending orders.

Last week, the editor passed along a nice scan of the book’s cover art. All of the contributor’s names are included on the back. Enjoy!

New Publication: Women’s Voices in Magic Anthology

innowen — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:27:03 +0000

A few days ago, I got word from the editor that the next anthology to feature one of my essays went into final editing. The book layout is complete and soon it’ll be sent off to the printers soon. There’s no word on final publication date but I’m hoping it’ll be out before the end of 2009.

I wrote an essay that discusses my magical path and the road bumps I’ve encountered. I hope that it encourages pagans to continue working and keeping the faith even in those dark moments where it seems like nothing exists or goes right.