2024 year in review

As we are wrapping up 2024 I wanted to share what I've been doing this year, work-wise. For people who are interested in making a career of being an author this may give some insight into how that works for me. For everyone else it will just show you what I'm doing as someone for whom this is a primary career. 

Articles
I had three articles published:
“The Good Neighbors: Fairies in an Irish and Scottish Cultural Context” (revised) FIS Newsletter January 2024
“Humans and the World of Fairy” Witch magazine, issue 42, Beltane 2024
“The Otherworld and the Tides of the Year” Pagan Dawn, Beltane 2024, no 231

with an additional one "Fairies in a new Millenia”  coming out in the next issue of Watkins Mind Body Spirit  Magazine
I also wrote 8 guest articles for the Irish Pagan School: 
“Brighid, Saint Brigid, and Bride, What Do we Really Know?” IPS blog, February 2024 https://irishpagan.school/brighid-goddess-saint/
“Irish gods Names Unraveling Folk Etymologies” IPS blog February 2024 https://irishpagan.school/irish-gods-names/
“Medb, Mestruation, and Creation” IPS blog February 2024 https://irishpagan.school/medb-menstruation-creation/
“Myths and Truths of Saint Patrick” IPS blog March 2024 https://irishpagan.school/saint-patrick-myths-and-truths/
“Yeats and Irish Folklore” IPS blog April 2024 https://irishpagan.school/william-butler-yeats/
“Who Is the Irish God of Death?” IPS blog June 2024 https://irishpagan.school/irish-god-death/
“Áine Goddess and Fairy Queen” IPS blog June 2024 https://irishpagan.school/aine-2/
“Tailtiu and the Origins of Lúnasa” IPS blog August 2024 https://irishpagan.school/tailtiu-lunasa/

Academic Papers

I presented one paper this year “Tenants of Hell: Fairies, the Devil, and Folk Belief in Early Modern Scotland” at the Devils and Justified Sinners conference 

Anthologies

I contributed to one anthology which was published this year “Theosophy and the Cottingley Fairies: the reshaping of Fairy belief in the early 20^th century”, Cottingley Fairy Book, 2024, as well as writing two other pieces for books that are still in process. 

Books (nonfiction)

I had four books published this year, two of which were revised or combined older work: 

Fairy: the Otherworld by Many Names 2024

The Fairy Faith for Children, 2024 (revised from a Child’s Eye View of the Fairy Faith)

Moon Books Duets: The Morrigan & Raven Queen 2024
Celtic Fairies in North America, 2024

These represent, mostly, books that were written last year and published this year because there is usually a 12 to 14 month space between my writing it and my publisher releasing it. On that note this year I have written 4 non-fiction books which will release next year or early 2026.

Books (fiction) 

Its been a quiet year for fiction work for me, barring several short stories that were done for a private audience. I did however write one novel Chasing Sunset for my Between the Worlds urban fantasy series. I am currently working on the next book in the series, but am unsure when that will release. 

Finally I spoke at 5 events or conferences, both in person and online:
Mystic South 2024 (Headliner)
Mooncon 2024
Ancestral Pathways conference 2024 (Headliner)
Bewitching the Waters symposium 2024
Fulacht na Morrigna charity event 2024