C. M. Rosens

March is here! Let the writing round-up commence!

Here’s what I’ve been writing this month, both fiction and non-fiction pieces.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

News

• OVEREXPOSURE got accepted by The Weird Library podcast for Women In Horror month. It was produced at the end of March, and is now released. Art and narration by Bridgette Brenmark.
  [All the buy links for this short are available here if you don’t want to buy via my WordPress store!]

• I’ve entered Yelen & Yelena for the 2026 Rubery Book Award, which is a major international book award for indie authors, based in Redditch, Worcestershire. I have no expectations of winning or being shortlisted, but the entry fee was affordable for me this month, I’ve never entered before, and I wanted to give it a go. I don’t think I chose the right book to go in with – aromantic monster-fucking probably doesn’t win a lot of mainstream awards, if I’m honest – but the book is spicy, queer, kinky fantasy, not erotica, so I hope it’s permitted, and I wanted to try it. I might try entering something else next year.
  Find out more about the judging criteria. Deadline for entry: 31 March 2026.

• Ko-Fi post for March: a complete first draft of Chapter 1 of FEED. For members of Seekers and Family tiers only. Family (£5pm) get a printed copy posted to them, with a handwritten letter from me! Seekers (£3pm) get the digital version of the chapter only.

Novels & Novellas

Paused my novel – something about this FEED draft isn’t working for me.

Had a plot idea right at the end of the month… a psychological Fantasy-Horror set in an isolated, closed monastic community, that’s like STARVING SAINTS X HELLHOLE (2022). I need to not do this to myself.

Short Fiction

NEW FICTION: I hand-wrote a short story (4.5 pages in an A5 notebook) about a street with weird vibes, based on a real place. I rewrote it and typed it up into a 1.2K word Urban Gothic piece. Working title: The Street. It’s basic, but let’s see how it develops. I think this is another potential submission piece.

Audio drama adaptation of The Reluctant Husband was on pause while I drafted the novella.

No news on the x3 stories on sub!

Divination Hollow Review Contributions

Here’s the list of all my contributions to DHR in March.

• Review: Once Upon A Song by Nadine Bells
• Listicle: Welsh Horror to Watch Out For in 2026
• Special Feature: Women In Horror Month (a list of WiH features on this website, not including ones added as the month went on!)

Posts/Articles & Website Stats

Website stats and a list of all the blog posts I’ve published in March.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED

• A Very Queer March – Itch Bundle
• Author Spotlight – Queer Sci-Fi author Astrid Abell
• Women in Horror Month 2026: Beware The Ladies of the Night
• Women in Horror (Spotlighting Myself)
• Author Spotlight – Horror author Jillian Maria
• Author Spotlight – Queer Cyberpunk author Stefanie Carter (aka Wayward Sparx/Fox N. Locke)
• Classic Short Horror Stories by Women
• Horror Spotlight: Explore Gothic New Weird Novel “The Crows”
• Horror Spotlight: Explore New Weird Coming-of-Rage Novel, “Thirteenth”
• Author Spotlight: Queer Cyberpunk author A.E. Bross
• Horror Spotlight: Cosmic Horror Novel “The Day We Ate Grandad”
• Classic Short Horror Stories by Women (Part 2)

WEBSITE STATS

So far this year, we’re at 60.7K total words on the website, and 38 posts!

March Visitors: 2.9K
March Views: 3.7K

Previous Writing Round-Ups

February Writing Round-Up

Read on for the stats, the updates, and the forthcoming news! I’ve got a few books in Itch bundles coming up, there’s the Smashwords eBook sale 01-07Mar to look out for, and I’ve set out a round-up of all my writing this month.

by cmrosens February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

January 2026: Writing Round-Up

Read on for a round-up of my writing this month, the WIPs I’ve been working on, and my published works!

by cmrosens January 28, 2026February 1, 2026