It wasn’t a bug, and I managed to get some stuff done, but it’s been an uphill battle to do even the smallest things, and don’t get me started on any kind of social interaction. 😣

       This week, I spiked a low-grade fever twice, have had no energy, concentration, or much brain power. My body has been so sore, and I have no real explanation other than I must’ve caught a bug thanks to my husband's coworkers. It's so fun having a compromised Immune System. 🙄

       And it came in kicking, screaming, and making me wish I could crawl into my writer cave, do nothing but write, edit, and not be on social media or be around people until New Year’s. But I can’t because it’s my job, so here I am, posting my newsletter again…

      This isn’t an unusual thing, cars break when you run them and our Santa Fe has had more than a few problems, in it's 200,000 miles. But I’ve been more stressed since it broke Wednesday, so productivity went from “maybe I can make up for the high pain days Monday/Tuesday” to “Not a snowballs chance in Hell.”

       Can they really go hand in hand? This week they did! I'm surprised, shocked, and concerned becuase the restful sleep wasn't in my usual window of rest, but it was good sleep, and I've been going to sleep "early"... idk what to think of this.

       At least according to my body… For one reason or another, I’ve had 2 good nights of sleep… that’s it. The other 5 nights were either 3.5 hours or none with a 3-4 hours nap in the afternoon to recover. It doesn’t make for a lot of word progress or progress in marketing/promoting… so, yeah, not great at all. BUT Exciting News, Pre order has dropped for the next book!

Death, Desires, & Inner Demons is rated M for Mature and contains vulgar language, sex, drinking, death, nudity, and talk of past traumas including rape, self-harm, child abuse, abandonment, drugs, non-consensual sex, manipulation, gas lighting, and emotional abuse. It is a serious book with a lot of Inner Demons and confronting them.

       Some weeks, I think I survive purely to write more and out of spite for whoever decided to curse me with all these genetic defects. Sunday-Tuesday was business as usual, doing all the things and making good headway. Wednesday night took a bad turn…

       The pattern is that if I socialize for more than 3 days, I have a klutzy week. What does this mean? Well, it means I’ve injured myself again, but at least it’s not major this time and I can semi-function. A not so great way to enter into August…

       Chronic Illness and Pain have been elevated in new not fun ways, which have made doing anything hard. I’m thinking about calling the doctor on Monday, but I’m not sure that’ll work out.

       Or at least Canada is along with some of Washington state. We’re close to Canada, so our air quality is 500 (very bad). We're advised to stay indoors unless necessary. Not that I got out much anyway. 😒 It has made me congested, which has impacted my work… but I’ve pushed through, and comments from beta readers has helped immensely.

The first full week of July has come and gone, but the routine is still the same. Write, post, check on betas, and create art. Even on days when I have to go to the mechanic or the doctors, that routine doesn’t change. Gotta work it and Promote all the sales, including the one below! (Also, snippet from Cookies & Rage at the end again)