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# A new novelist has joined! - Digital Novelist notes - 2026-02-21
- URL: https://keithhayden.net/a-new-novelist-has-joined-digital-novelist-notes-2026-02-21/
- Published: 2026-02-21T16:53:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-21T16:53:42.000Z
- Author: Keith Hayden
- Tags: digitalnovelistnotes

Hey there,

Please welcome Robert Riddle to the Digital Novelist newsletter!

I met Robert last year at a local book festival and he immediately impressed me. Here were all these authors with their banners, displays, stacks of published books; then there he was— QR code with his novel online and a few business cards.

To me he was the most memorable person I met that day.

The next week, I read part of his novel *Delphine* on my YouTube community author day. 

And just, wow! The level of immersion, mixed media (music, disparate documents, various perspectives), was extremely well done.

It was a murder mystery set in the near future with many horror elements. Perfect for a Halloween reading.

Robert's now working on Parte III of the work. I look forward to reading more of him.

\-Keith

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### **ANNOUNCEMENT!**

**Virtuous Con 2026** begins today!

### I will be there as a vendor from 9AM - 2PM PST.

It's online, so stop by and say hi if you get a chance!

[Get your ticket](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/virtuousconllc/1949006?%5Fgl=1%2Atd5uag%2A%5Fga%2ANzM4Nzc2Njk5LjE3NzEyNjkxMDc.%2A%5Fga%5FY89H8N47K7%2AczE3NzE2OTEyODQkbzMkZzAkdDE3NzE2OTEyODQkajYwJGwwJGgw&ref=keithhayden.net)

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## Session 1: Writing (Micro-fiction)

Since I've entered the editing phase of my novel *Cereus & Limnic: Escape From Okinawa Type-B* I want to keep my writing skills well-oiled. That's why I've decided to focus on shorter works while I edit.

Today I did some research into awards I could submit to and I found this [Fish Flash Fiction Competition](https://www.writing.ie/writing-comps/fish-flash-fiction-2026/?ref=keithhayden.net#:~:text=Fish%20Flash%20Fiction%20Prize%20deadline,in%20300%20words%20or%20less.) over in Ireland. Deadline is 2/28/26.

You joinin'?

## Session 2: Editing (Novel) Cereus & Limnic: Escape From Okinawa

394 words written

Still thinking through and experimenting with some final formatting decisions. 

## Session 3: Coding (15 mins)

- Working with Accessible Media Elements (Finally done with the boring theory)

### Begin Building "Book Checkout Page (Lab)!"

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/18/bf/18bf29db-1cec-4857-a9dc-e2e94a86d2bf/content/images/2026/02/image-9.png)