Quarterly Report

I hoped to update sooner but life has been kicking my ass this spring. In March I lost my best bud, my cat Morgan, who's been with me since right about the time all my medical problems started up; he never left my side. He started having internal problems and his health went fast. I made sure to let him know how much I loved him right up to the end.

Needless to say that wrecked my state of mind for awhile. The cat we got last year, Trixie, has been very comforting to me, and we adopted another female cat, a marbled tortie we call Sophie, to be her friend. Sophie is adjusting very nicely and things in the house are getting to be whatever passes for "normal" around here.

Today I learned that after years and years and years of trying to get on disability because I can't work a regular job anymore, like at all, I finally got approved. I don't know how much my benefits are going to be yet or anything but at least I got a judgement in my favor, and (assuming maybe too hopefully that I'll be able to collect my Social Security when I qualify in a few years) this means for the first time in forever I'll have a steady source of income. Which is a goddamn relief at this point. I've been living too long on charity and selling my life on Ebay. 

What does this mean for the book? Well it means that I now know I don't have to scrape by and can concentrate on putting the book back together, time I've been losing by just plain fluctuating between survival mode and "fuck it I'm doomscrolling." My mental health has been improving thanks to some changes in my meds, so this will just add to the improvement. I can now devote time and brain power to the task. My long national nightmare is nearly over.

So, I'll be updating again probably in June and let you know how things are, both in life and in book. Meanwhile if I can get Wordpress to cooperate here's a pic of Morgan, and no I did not name the character in Adrift after him. 

Always ready to help me work on the laptop

I miss you, lil buddy

It's done it's finally done yay

The short story, that is. 

It took a lot more to write this than I had thought, it was originally going to be just a semi light-hearted, what-if kind of a deal, but the more I wrote, the more I realized how much of this needed to be written out, that part of the reason I hadn't worked much on the book was because I wasn't sure how/didn't think I was able to write these things. 

I will be putting the story in the book, not written into the book text but as the separate story that it is. You don't need to read it to make the book make sense but it sure the heck helps, doesn't it?

But if you want to read it now, it's an ebook on Amazon for $1.99. Here's the link.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRGKG5GY

And now I have to get ready to put energy into finishing book five, Absolution. Which I think will now go a lot better than previous attempts. Wish me luck, I could use it!

Three, definitely three

update to the Christmas story

 Happy new year! I guess...

The second part of the story is up on Amazon; if you bought the first version with part one in it, redownloading it should update you to the new version at no extra cost. Link is in the previous post.

Originally I hoped this would be only two parts, but it got a whole lot bigger than I had anticipated... the final part should be up in the next couple of weeks, I'm hoping for mid February at the latest but it should be earlier. 

Anyway here's Wonderwall...

Bookends

 So named because this is the last post of the year, and the first one was way back in January...

Announcing a little Christmas story. Only the first third is currently uploaded though. The rest of the story will upload in a couple of weeks for no additional charge. Let's hope the next year is fruitful and productive in the face of certain misery in the new old administration.

it's available here 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRGKG5GY

thanks for reading. See you in the future!

This Year So Far...

 ...has not been great, personally. Here's hoping it picks up. 

RIP Merlin 2010-2024

Happy Birthday ya big lug

 

"then let them eat birthday cake" - Marie Antoinette

welp that went well

 and by "well" I mean "didn't write much"

however, December should be vastly different. I'm going to be by myself for most of the month (voluntarily) and I'm planning to use a ton of it doing stuff I just can't get done otherwise, for one reason or another. And this includes writing. Because I'll be able to write day or night, wherever, without interruption other than cats (because duh). I will not mind being alone for the holidays. I've had enough family for one lifetime. Roommate will be elsewhere because this time of year is hard for her so she's literally getting away from it all. I won't be lonely though, it's just that if I want to see someone I'll choose to. 

If anyone wants to exchange holiday cards drop me a message and we'll do that. 

I'll update once more before the end of the year. May this next year be better than expected because we could all use a little break from all the news making and stuff.

Yeah good thing I never joined the army, couldn't
keep a straight face

related: monetizing your hobbies. Way to take the
fun out of everything.