Blog and Newsletter
News, rants, updates, meanderings.
2026-06-26 - Like tears in the rain
The time has come for me to wrap up Phase 5 Publishing.
Without going on and on, life has not turned out the way I planned, and this business, which I thought I would retire into... turns out being a fiction publisher is a lifestyle as well as a business. And, I admitted to myself today, it's a lifestyle I can't keep up with. Time to let go.
I'll be selling out the physical inventory, ending distrubution channels, releasing contracts, and wrapping up bookkeeping and trying to make good with my creators as best I can. Ending distribution takes a long time, as does ending commitments and responsibilities in those channels, and those actions need to start now to be done by the end of the year.
If we have a contract, contact me. I've sent emails, but those may not all go through. I want to keep you informed as best I can.
Thank you to the creators and customers and fans over the years. This is not a reflection of you, I'm just not the person I was, and I have to admit that I simply cannot run this business the way I want to. Best to end it clean instead of struggling to limp around with it.
Be well.
2025-06-24
Yeah, so, that did not go as planned.
Turns out there was a lot more on the backend. Still is. But I'm working on it.
Decided to move the site before I have all the product listings updated. Whoops. I'll work on those in the next few days so it looks a little less suspect over here. Just needed a stick to give some heft to my intentions, and to cross a long-standing thing off my list. Well, if I'm not jumping the gun, I'm not running.
So this is me, running.
2025-03-07 - Oiling up the machinery
What a long slog it has been so far this year.
In early January my mom was airlifted to a regional hospital, was there for several days, and passed away. Grief, lack of focus, all the things you have to do.
February, first week sick with unnamed virus, laryngitis. Last week sick with Covid. Still testing positive.
These were not the plans I had for this year. I simply planned to work to get done all the things I had not gotten done in the previous three years, since my previous overwhelming loss. Was ready to do the things, keeping it simple.
Still am. So, I'm doing the things. This month I have to finish this website in some form, simplify some backend business stuff, reach out to some folks. And crank up the machinery again.