I've Sold 1 Book in 9 Days

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And it's not like my sales ranks have dropped much either so I'm guessing I'm not the only one...

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Good News:  I mean, I guess from your point of view, from mine, slightly annoying, but for obvious reasons my surgery won't be happening for quite a while now and all my doctor appointments have been wiped out or will be over the phone, so...I guess I'm just gonna spend my shelter-in-place doing some good ol' writing.

And probably playing the Final Fantasy 7 remake next month...but...yeah, expect productivity to finally increase somewhat.  Whether I release anything while no one has any money except for blackmarket toilet paper is another story, but we'll cross that bridge when I actually finish anything...

Not that any of this is very important right now.

Stay safe everyone.

Plague!

Been sick on and off since Valentine's Day.  Am grabbing a page here and there when I feel better or don't have doctor stuff or Grandpa stuff to do.

Lots of crazy shit going on out there, so everyone stay safe!

Sherburt has realized he's adorable...it's very problematic...

Cyberpunk 2077 Delayed, Woe! Woe! Woe!

Guess I'll have to actually get some work done in April now...

Small Update:  my current pace of work would be called...distracted, I guess?  I am occasionally jotting out a handwritten page or two for "War to End All Wars" when I can find the time and also started a reread of the last 4 chapters of FM6, Dread Fortress and Glassbreaker Goes Home to re-familiarize my brain with what I was planning for the Vicky novel.  Once that's done I actually have to do some rewrites on the Vicky material I already have, since it was originally taking place the same night as Glassbreaker (as half of Glassbreaker's story if you'll recall), but will now be taking place several months later, in the January Winter party season for the Old Mancy families.

So, this year is off to a much better start than the last, but still not on 2016 crazy mad scientist writer pumped out a whole 1000 page book form.  Granted each of those were the extremes and I'll be extremely please with just a normal 200k words year from me this go around.

Surgery News:  have completed an endoscopy and psych evaluation in the last three weeks, plus had my second nutritional class.  Nothing life-threatening found so far and apparently I'm not a crazy person (luckily they didn't read my novels, right?), though I do have some allergy problems with my throat causing inflammation and such that we're going to have to work out (the whole lisinopril trying to kill me thing still causing trouble no doubt).  Still have two more appointments this month, 3 in February, and 2 in March at the moment.  Big two are an abdominal ultrasound and an exercise stress test which might eventually turn into an echo-cardiogram.  Given my BP spikes while stressed/anxious they want to make sure there's nothing crazy happening I guess.

Grandpa Fighting Cancer News:  still alive, still fighting to make his 90th birthday in March.  Is having surgery to replace some stints and poke around his bladder and prostate in February that has us all worried.  He's looking old now.  Not his age still, but...breathing heavy, needing a lot of naps, crouched over.  Can't tell if he's actually losing his hearing or just pretending to to fuck with people.  Really grumpy about there being no NASCAR the last few months, so hurry up Daytona please!

New Kitten Update:  Sherburt is a crazy orange ginger devil who loves kneading soft blankets, is already addicted to Temptation treats (they really need to investigate those things for crack), can't understand why my 16 year old kitty doesn't like him lying right on top of her, and can watch water go down the drain for hours (especially if dad does that magical thing where it turns into the puddle and then goes down all at once).

Other than that, I really need to start reading more in addition to writing more, since my TO BE READ list includes a Sanderson novel, 4 Malazan novels, an Abercrombie novel, a whole Fitz trilogy from Robin Hobb I hate myself for not having started yet, I see Ilona Andrews just released ANOTHER Innkeeper novella because of course she did, and about a dozen other authors and newbies I really should try.  How have I not read Anthony Ryan or Mark Lawrence yet, right?  Bad fantasy fan, bad!

Starting Off 2020 Right

Let's make some new fans!

First three books in the series "Fanged Lady", "Cat Killing Coyotes", and "Troubled Boomworm" are free on Amazon for the next few days (Jan 2nd to Jan 6th).  So if you have any loved ones or friends who are still stubbornly resisting the call of the Foul Mouth, maybe they even got a shiny new kindle for Christmas, point them towards the light.

Or maybe less light and more like a dark hole....

With noxious fumes wafting about....

And every few seconds you hear someone inside the hole mumbling about fucktards...

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Point is:  get in my hole.

School stories are just...blarg!!!

Been at work for five whole minutes, have already had to look up what month FM6's school story took place in and what class I had Teresa student-advising in FM5.  And wait, I gave Vicky's class to Catherine, right?  Better check that too!  And this story takes place a year plus later so...

Too many years!  Too many students!

Blarg!!!

Also the new kitten keeps trying to steal my pen...