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It's another instance of Belinda's Broadsheet, and this time we're...

If you've never heard of it, Juneteenth is the oldest holiday celebrating the end of formal slavery in the United States. It is a portmanteau of "June" and "Nineteenth" because on June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger of the
Union Army landed in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in Confederate states.

Note: This was two months after the Civil War ended!

Making progress on the Hesitant Mediums series! I curated a collection of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories that also includes the first four chapters of Haunting Miss Trentwood. The stories I selected from Poe showcase his humor, and are what we would consider gaslamp fantasy today. This is meant to be a teaser into the Hesitant Mediums world, and I'm calling it "Some Words with a Mummy."

Download your copy of "Some Words with a Mummy."

My editor for my new short story, "Miss Preston's Predicament," said, "I love the language! Instantly captivating from the first sentence, and your style honors the setting exceptionally well. It's sly, clever, and such a pleasure to read after a long week. This reads like a story I'd pick up in a bookshop. I really liked Tessa as a character; she's a force to reckon with."

"Miss Preston's Predicament" will launch October 1, 2021.

Below is a screenshot of my in-progress work for the updated eBook covers. As you can see, I changed the name to "Miss Preston's Predicament" from "Miss Pemberton's Predicament."

Can you guess which cover set I went with?

In honor of Juneteenth and the fact that BIPOC women are more likely to have gestational diabetes, my trackers are on sale at Etsy. I made these trackers because when I was diagnosed, I was super upset about it and there weren't any resources for me as a new mom totally overwhelmed by the news.

The sale runs June 15, 2021 through July 1, 2021 and also covers my novel writing journals for Father's Day.