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What's next for Nicole Walsh Author? News about novels, short stories and projects in the pipeline. Videos below for a sneak peak at upcoming work :-)
Lust and Submission, released November 2022, is out and about! I am trying to market this, but I do feel super shy and awkward. I know I need to push a lot harder. I am focusing on Tiktok and Instagram (as well as my usual Facebook and website work :-)
Book Two of Lust and Submission (title not yet revealed) is complete. Blueberry Lane Books gave some fantastic feedback that assisted in an edit, but unfortunately they are not in a position to publish this piece at this time, due to low sales on the first. Who knows? One day into the future, I'd love to see this book published!
April: Metastellar Magazine, a highly supportive and extremely professional magazine, has published a lot of my reprints. They open for submissions of unpublished pieces only very rarely, and I have not had any luck. Guess what? They just accepted a 1000 word piece I wrote ESPECIALLY for their open call! Their feedback was it passed through multiple rounds of judging from hundreds of submissions. WOW! This is one of the few pieces I have written that have been accepted immediately! Whoot! More to come on the published shorts page!
Zoetic Press Non-Binary Review publishes interviews on all its contributors, every issue. This is my first ever interview. Yay! I started an 'interview and extras' page on the website!
March: a magazine I have been published in previously just accepted a reprint of mine! Yay! This story is no longer available online, but will once again be FREE to read through this fabulously supportive magazine!
February 2024: A magazine I have not been published in before advised they were putting the short story I submitted to them "on hold" for consideration! They will take a few months to decide one way or the other, but it is SUCH welcome news. It means the story was at least in the ball park for them to consider it :-) Fingers crossed!
February 2024: pulled a novel-length piece out of submission and I am working with a beta reader to do a big edit on it. This writing mate is the first person outside my family to read this piece (I am so shy about sharing my work). MS is helping me whip this piece into shape. It is the weakest of my completed novels and needs a spruce up. Plan: have it edited and out again for submission by mid-March!
February 2024: a magazine I have not been published in previously has ACCEPTED a short story I wrote specifically for their themed open call. This magazine will be out and about 1 March. Contract signed, more details coming :-) EDIT: Zoetic Press Non-Binary Review published Sparkle 1 March 2024!
February 2024: I was accepted for a table at the upcoming Brisbane Australian Romance Readers event 9 March 2024! I will be selling and signing a few copies of Lust and Submission and also an anthology that has a romance themed short story of mine. I also got my first ever professional look promo things, which I will be launching on the day! :-)
January 2024 update: with the help of my fabulous accountability buddy HB I have completed an updated writing plan for 2024. A writing plan (and reviews) keeps me on track with the big picture as I fumble and bumble about through the every day. My goals/dreams for 2024 include: https://youtu.be/hAHiYndaOxw
January 2024: after months of procrastination and excuses, I have put together a query and I am going to hit the submit button on approaching agents for my newest completed piece. Up until now I have approached publishers directly, through their slush piles. I am going to spend 2024 querying agents. Fingers crossed for me!
My goal for 2023 was: to have many things published in many places. After a very slow start, it seems to be kicking off in the second half of this year!
What's in the pipeline?
Novels:
Short stories/Novellas:
There's also a lot of writing... ideas, fragments, half-completed pieces with their wheels off and grass growing over them and crickets chirping. Every now and then I stab my toe tripping over an old piece and kick the muse into gear :-)
Tidal Bones, Carmina Magazine: https://youtu.be/Kr9CS6MoDU0
HellBound, Cloaked Press:
The Cat, CatsCast: https://youtu.be/KUSKJFYJ698
Situation, Metastellar: https://youtu.be/HitrpTMxgPg
Check out the Novels tab for promo videos for Lust and Submission
5. April 2023: Bards and Sages Magazine (featuring Up From the River) https://youtu.be/yV4nDBtD3iY
4. April 2023: Last Girls Club Magazine (featuring Into the Blue): https://youtu.be/nhKhzKki-rs
3. Nov 2022: Lust and Submission: https://youtube.com/shorts/BTHzCGNvLVI?feature=share
2. August 2022 The Best of Metastellar 2021: https://youtube.com/shorts/V8fGIzDexSU?feature=share
1. August 2022 Cloaked Press, Summer of Speculation, Villains: https://youtube.com/shorts/-5q-EqqoFCA?feature=share