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Sometimes, You Need a New Plan

Oh, the bungalow floor. For anyone who might be new around here, I bought a 90+ year-old house a few years ago. It still has the original floors, which is great, but they are also quite messed up. They have different levels and colors of varnish, some paint patches, just a bunch of nonsense. It’s like having calico floors. I’ve tried a variety of plans to fix them. This newest plan is the one…

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Movie: Happy Gilmore 2

Today we have a movie post! The boyfriend and I watched Happy Gilmore 2 over the weekend. It was kind of a priority deal because we were both afraid of stumbling upon spoilers on the interwebs. No spoilers here! Promise. Description from IMDB: “Revisit Happy Gilmore’s golf career after his win in the Tour Championship.” Um, wow, IMDB. Don’t go too crazy with the description. Is anybody ready…

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A Round of Monday Updates

New week, new eek! I was really not looking forward to returning to my full-time desk confinement. I like the job fine. It’s the most tolerable one I’ve had in at least a decade, maybe more. But the sitting… We hates the sitting. The Return of Wolves edit is going reasonably well, slow but well. I’m probably going to have to push out the release date to at least October. It just needs too much.…

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A New Skull for the Bungalow!

We do love the new, old things around here. I picked this bad boy up during a trip to an Indiana antique store with my mum. Antique stores are the very best place to make poor financial decisions. This was labeled “wildebeast skull.” Please excuse the very rustic appearance of my floor. I’ll probably have a post about that situation later this week. It does kinda fit the skull’s vibe, though,…

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A Caturday Post: Bleu’s Faceplant

Same, Bleu, same.

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Diagnosing Chapter 12

I have a confession. I was stuck on an edit/rewrite of the same chapter for like a week. lol It was troubling times in the kingdom, for real. Without spoilers, the basics of the scene were this: the main character has entered a new place, and she’s dealing with an onslaught of psychic energy while attempting to take in her somewhat hazardous surroundings, while also processing her feelings for…

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A Sound Booth Redo

Whale, hello! It is Thursday already. This week is flying by. I am pleased to report that the weather has been much more tolerable lately. Around here, that means that I can actually get some woodworking done. One project that I’ve had on my mind for a while is a new sound booth. I built one a few years ago out of PVC and moving blankets. It was portable, because it came apart easily, which was…

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Movie: Death of a Unicorn

Whattup! Today, I have a quickie movie post. Description from IMDB: “A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.” The boyfriend and I watched this movie over the weekend. I was excited about it for quite some time because the trailer looked pretty dang…

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Wolves, Witches, and Waterlogged Lawns

Hey-o! How are we doing? Well, I hope? Summer is in full swing here, and the weather has 2 modes: broiling hot and pouring rain. Makes working on the lawn very tough. I also have some wood to replace on the exterior of the bungalow. Ugh. The boy has returned to college, which means I get an additional room for storing various items! Pretty dang great if you ask me. The Return of Wolves…

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Here We Go Round

Well, hello there! How is every little thing? Last week was the week of stuff sneaking up on me. The freebie days, the audiobook release…I set these up and forget about them, and then they run up and clobber me. Very rude, I say. The current project is still the Return of Wolves edit. This is probably one of the most intense edits/rewrites I’ve ever done. I wrote the rough draft when I worked…

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Free book! Today only...

Hey there! Looking for something to read? Church of Shadows: A Gothic Horror, the ebook, is free on Amazon. This is the last day, so if you want it, ya bettah grab it while it’s hot. Link to the book on Amazon

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Audio Release: Church of Shadows

Well, well, well. Here we go! The Church of Shadows audiobook is finally done and out in the world! Man, that took forever, mostly because I narrated. 😆 It’s available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, Kobo, and a bunch of other places. Also, a quick reminder that the ebook is leaving Kindle Unlimited at the end of this month, so if you’re a subscriber, you might want to grab it. Link…

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Updates from Deep in the Editing Weeds

Hey there! I finally made it to the blog this week. I was starting to wonder if I would. I’ve been struggling a bit with motivation lately. Well, motivation and my video game habit. There have also been battles with my jungle yard. I have a tree-bush thing that needs to go, and then there are some exterior repairs I need to get on. Basically, I have a whole bunch of stuff to do and a scarcity…

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On to the Next, Baby!

Why, heyllo there! I hope everything is going well for you all. I am doing a-okay. The productivity game has been on point lately, which pleases me greatly. I completed the last check on the Church of Shadows audiobook, and it has been submitted to the distributor. It should be available within the next month or so? That last check was important. Most of it was fine, but there were a couple of…

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Caturday Edition: Cats Playing Poker

I haven’t done a Caturday post in a while! In cat news, Ham is feeling mostly better since his vet visit last week. He’s still on antibiotics, which are upsetting his poor little belly, but it is still an improvement. The boyfriend created this magnificent work of art in AI. It is our 3 cats playing poker. We have Void Prince Maximus on the left, Bleu in the middle, and Ham on the end.…

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Witches of Ashvale

Whale, hello there! How is every little thing during this fine holiday (if you’re in the US) week? I am a-okay, definitely looking forward to the longish weekend. I don’t know what the fun activities will be yet, but please be assured that at least one patriotic kitty t-shirt will be involved. I have something a little different today: a mood board! This one is for the series that should come…

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Updates from the Surface of the Sun

My god, it was hot last week. I’m pretty sure it’s technically summer now, so I should expect such things, but it just kind of descended in the form of oppressive heat. I swear 90% of the time, Indiana is either 20 degrees or 100 degrees. There is very little in between. In house news, we have tackled the jungle yard, and it is somewhat under control now. I still have a bush/tree thing that has…