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Oh hey, it’s Friday the 13th and I’ve just seen my first snow fall for the year. However, I’m so focused on my novel right now. I have six scenes left to write. I’m so close to the end of this rough draft I can taste it. Have a Bubble & Squeek!
Awards Consideration: Best Semiprozine: Augment Magazine (Dropbox folder: Get issue one for free), Best Editor, Short Form: Jennifer Brozek
eBay and Signed Books: If you would like signed books from me for yourself or as gifts, we have a bunch of my books up on eBay. This will remain on eBay until all of my books are gone. All money goes to me.
Interview: For the HWA website, Nuts & Bolts: “Crunchy Bits About Anthologies” with Editor and Author Jennifer Brozek
Interview: Skiffy and Fanty, 1st show of the year: Looking Back, Moving Forward! Turbulent times, spreading love, and finding hope, oh my! Contains me, Shane Duke, and Trish Matson.
Review: A brief review of my anthology, 99 Fleeting Fantasies, by one of the authors in it.
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
Writing and editing continue. There’s so much to do. Must word faster. If I stop, the words will eat me. Here’s a Bubble & Squeek for you.
eBay and Signed Books: If you would like signed books from me for yourself or as gifts, we have a bunch of my books up on eBay. This will remain on eBay until all of my books are gone. All money goes to me.
Open Call: I have an open call on Flash Fiction Online. Theme: Tiny Gods. Blind submissions, submission window is Mar 1-31.
Podcast: Staying Optimistic in Dark Times by Skiffy and Fanty, guest starring me. Me and whimsy are good friends these days. It’s either that or depression.
Release: My 27th edited anthology, Shadowrun: Sixth World Snapshots anthology, has now been released!
Release: “Praise for the Honored Dead,” one of my two companion BattleTech stories to The Nellus Academy Incident, has been released in the BattleTech: Tales of the Inner Sphere anthology!
Release: The Waterborne anthology is live! This anthology has my story “On Risks and Rewards” which is the other side of the story that’s in the Skull X Bones anthology called “More than Blood in the Water.” It’s always nice when I share a TOC with Seanan McGuire and Johnathan Maberry.
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
I’m doing a lot of project management, editing, and novel writing. Have a Bubble & Squeek!
eBay and Signed Books: The holiday season is coming! If you would like signed books from me for yourself or as gifts for the holiday season, we have a bunch of my books up on eBay. This will remain on eBay until all of my books are gone. All money goes to me.
Kickstarter: Forthcoming anthology, Waterborne. I’m sharing a ToC with people like Seanan McGuire, Jonathan Maberry, Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, and many other stellar authors. You’ll want this one for sure.
Kickstarter: Skull X Bones anthology. There’s still time to do late pledges for this SF&F themed anthology about pirates from the small press Zombies Need Brains! Warning: Contains me, too.
Panel: Gen Con 2025, Recorded Fiction Panel Gen Con on Sunday, with John Helfers, Jordan Weisman, Jennifer Brozek, Jason Hardy, and Bryan C.P. Steele… Catalyst authors and editors discuss fiction. YT link.
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
August has been a busy travel month. My brain is mush, my body would like to stop sleeping in strange beds, and my cats cannot decide if they are more needy for attention or still pissed that I was gone. Here’s a Bubble and Squeek for you.
Awards: I did not win the Hugo award this year, but I’m not mad at who won in my category. Neil Clarke is incredibly talented and does good work. So, here’s my finalist certificate framed and hung. (I am seriously considering taking my two rocket pins to a local jeweler to see if he can turn them into really nice earrings.)
Blog: The end of a two year project. Dear Penpal, Belgium 1980 is over and done with. Gotta admit, I don’t regret doing Dear Penpal, but I won’t do it this way again.
eBay and Signed Books: If you would like signed books from me, we have them up on eBay. This will remain on eBay until all of my books are gone. All money goes to me.
Interview: Lindsey Byrd in Writing is Hard podcast. How to edit a book? With Jennifer Brozek. This was a really fun interview. (YT link)
Podcast: The Skiffy and Fanty Show, 832. Shin Kamen Rider (2023) — Righteous Kicks #10. Bug hybrids, evil organizations, and intense vertical kicks, oh my! Brandon O’Brien and Iori Kusano are joined by Jennifer Brozek to discuss 2023’s Shin Kamen Rider! I have many opinions.
Publication: Augment 3, Autumn 2083. Available now! Look at that cover. It’s gorgeous! The universal buy link is here.
Publication: “Praise for the Honored Dead” is Catalyst Game Labs’ free BattleTech fiction for the month of August! Get it now before it disappears and another story replaces it! (New free Shadowrun and BattleTech fiction on the first of each month.)
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
4 short stories written and turned in in 4 weeks. So much Shadowrun and Titanskeep admin to do. I’m a busy-busy person. Gen Con is at the end of the month!! AIYE! Time is running away with itself. Here’s a Bubble & Squeek for you.
Conventions: The Gen*Con schedule of events is live! If you would like to be in my workshop, The Art of the Verbal Pitch, there are still slots available. This one sold out before the convention started last year.
eBay and Signed Books: If you would like signed books from me, we now have them up on eBay. This will remain on eBay until all of my books are gone. All money goes to me.
Publication: The Cthulhu FhCon anthology from Impulsive Walrus Books with my short story, “Observations of a LARP in Three Acts” is live!
Publication: Another short story release! “No Matter the Shape” in Permutations: a Well World anthology (co-written with Samantha Chalker) is live!
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
Life. She be busy. I would say, “as per usual…” but that would be a lie. Right now, life is more busy that usual with appointments outside the house, taking on mentees from both SFWA and HWA, as well other stuff, my organized schedule is much more tightly regulated. As Marie and I say, “Our schedules are not trash fires. We are just in high demand.” A mark of progress or schedule, yes? In any case, here’s a Bubble & Squeek for you.
Auction: SFWA’s Annual Silent Auction is live! I am part of the Career Session on Games & Media Tie-In: John Helfers & Friends.
Conventions: The Gen*Con schedule of events is live! If you would like to be in my workshop, The Art of the Verbal Pitch, there are still slots available. This one sold out before the convention started last year.
eBay and Signed Books: If you would like signed books from me, we now have them up on eBay. This will remain on eBay until all of my books are gone. All money goes to me.
Publication: Augment, issue 2, Summer 2083, is live! Get your cyberpunk with magic magazine right here! The physical copy of the magazine is lovely.
Publication: Single author collection by me! Tales from the Hucked Tankard is live! Brawls happen. No blades. No magic. You pay for what you break. Every author starts somewhere. This is where I started.
Twitch: I am participating in Cats! The Conspurracy – The Nine Lives of Mrs. Bouvier – A Chaos Gerblins Actual Play on AlphabetStreams twitch channel during the month of June (Wednesdays!). You can see the first episode here.
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
eBay: Decluttering and eBaying continues with a set of vintage Gerber steak knives.
Event: I will be in conversation Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire) for her novel, Overgrowth, at Third Place Books (Seward Park), 7pm on May 13. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP is highly recommended in advance.
Pre-Order: The pre-order UBL for Augment, issue 2, Summer 2083, is live! Get your cyberpunk with magic magazine right here!
Pre-Order: Surprise! Single author collection. Tales of the Hucked Tankard by me is up for pre-order! Brawls happen. No blades. No magic. You pay for what you break. Pre-orders are love. Release date: May 15.
Seminar: LEVEL UP: The Business of Writing. Four weeks of workshops and talks to level up your writing career. I am teaching 7 Steps to Better Self-Editing on Jun 3.
Signed Books: If you would like signed books from me, we now have them up on eBay. This will remain on eBay until all of my books are gone. All money goes to me.
Social Media: Sometimes, your favorite authors do your work for you (or are better at social media than you are). For example, here’s Marie Bilodeau talking all fabulous things she’s doing with Shadowrun, that I happen to be involved in, too.
Vaccines: A rare TikTok recommendation. This one is on vaccines from a smart, erudite man, definace13.
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
As per usual, many things are happening in my life. I’m getting good at lining up my ducks and knocking them down. So, here’s a Bubble & Squeek for you. Events, publications, and pre-orders, oh my!
Event: I will be in conversation Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire) for her novel, Overgrowth, at
Third Place Books (Seward Park), 7pm on May 13. This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance.
Podcast Publication: “Not Birds of a Feather” has been released on , narrated by Elizabeth Guizzetti of The Paper Flower Consortium podcast.
Pre-Order: The pre-order UBL for Augment, issue 2, Summer 2083, is live! Get your cyberpunk 
with magic magazine right here!
Recommendation: Marie Bilodeau is a smart author. Rights Reversion – A Checklist
Seminar: LEVEL UP: The Business of Writing. Four weeks of workshops and talks to level up your writing career. I am teaching 7 Steps to Better Self-Editing on Jun 3.
Video: Trans rights are human rights. I am in this video, loud and proud.
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
Today is my mom’s birthday and I’m missing her. So, have a Bubble & Squeek. Fun fact, the term “Bubble & Squeek” came from my mom whenever we asked “What’s for dinner?” and it was leftovers repackaged in a new form. I don’t know how she did it, but she always made leftovers taste really, really good.
Augment magazine: Augment is Shadowrun’s official magazine. This is a fully in-universe publication, and can be used in Shadowrun games as well as enjoyed by the casual reader. Augment your life with Augment magazine! Available as an ebook or as a POD digest magazine. And, as you can see it is BEAUTIFUL!
Free Fiction: There’s a new piece of free BattleTech and Shadowrun fiction on the Cat Labs website on the 1st of every month. Shadowrun’s free fiction for this month is “Shadowbytes” by me! This story is the origin story of a mysterious person who appeared in Shadowrun: Elfin Black.
Interview: I was interviewed by CGL’s Tuesday Newsday about Augment magazine along with my Art Director, Kathleen Hardy. YT Link.
Interview: I was interviewed by CGL’s Tuesday Newsday along with author Christine York about the BattleTech romance novel Hungry Like the Wolf. It’s a hoot. YT link.
Kickstarter: Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology! ZBM presents: SKULL X BONES! It’s an SF&F themed anthology about pirates, and it is already funded! I get to write my Mythos pirate story! Lemme tell you, there’s gonna be blood in the water! Lots of goodies in the stretch goals.
Recommendation: How To Actually Achieve Your Goals in 2025. It’s been long enough since the new year for me to feel safe to recommend this time management video. YT link.
Recommendation: If you’re ambitious but lazy. Short video talking about how starting is the hardest part. YT link.
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
If I have done this correctly, this blog post will go live on Monday, December 9th. It’s my birthday and the Husband has whisked me away for a day trip to Leavenworth!
Event: I will be reading at A Midwinter Haunting! 8pm at the Kirkland Arts Center. Readings from HWA Seattle Chapter members. Free event. I will be reading a spooky holiday story. On a mid-winter’s night, everyone is hungry.
Interview: With Epic Realms. I enjoyed the heck out of this interview. YouTube link.
Release: My 25th edited anthology is live! Shadowrun: Through the Decades celebrates 35 years of Shadowrun through 7 novelettes and novellas from new authors and old favorites!
Release: Valdemar short story, co-written with the fabulous Marie Bilodeau in the Feuds: All-New Tales of Valdemar anthology. “Dueling Minstrels” – a story of two small town minstrels and their battle of wits exploding beyond verbal showmanship…
Writing Contest: Worldcon Seattle Writing Contest 2025 – Submissions open Jan 5-20 (do not send anything in before this time).
Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.
Jennifer Brozek is a multi-talented, award-winning author, editor, and media tie-in writer. She is the author of Never Let Me Sleep and The Last Days of Salton Academy, both of which were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Her YA tie-in novels, BattleTech: The Nellus Academy Incident and Shadowrun: Auditions, have both won Scribe Awards. Her editing work has earned her nominations for the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and multiple Hugo Awards. She won the Australian Shadows Award for the Grants Pass anthology, co-edited with Amanda Pillar. Jennifer’s short form work has appeared in Apex Publications, Uncanny Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and in anthologies set in the worlds of Valdemar, Shadowrun, V-Wars, Masters of Orion, Well World, and Predator.
Jennifer has been a full-time freelance author and editor for over seventeen years, and she has never been happier. She keeps a tight schedule on her writing and editing projects and somehow manages to find time to teach writing classes and volunteer for several professional writing organizations such as SFWA, HWA, and IAMTW. She shares her husband, Jeff, with several cats and often uses him as a sounding board for her story ideas. Visit Jennifer’s worlds at jenniferbrozek.com or her social media accounts on LinkTree.
