It’s the end of the month and while I got a lot done editing and art commissions, I’m only halfway through my word goal for the month. 👀 That’s not normal for me and I’m going to have to put the pedal to the metal for the next few days to meet the goal.

       Lots of ups and downs this week, but a proud moment on Monday that dawned on me out of the blue, and I'm utterly grateful for those who love my art enough to commission pieces so I could have this moment.

        Welcome back to business as usual… oh wait, life is throwing yet another curveball thanks to the idiocracy of the US Government shitshow. No, I will not be censoring myself this newsletter. Fair warning, it will contain swearing, government bashing, and begging you to go buy books, commission art or requests, and possibly short story writing, because as my godbrother said yesterday, “This free trip around the sun sure is expensive, isn’t it?” ~ Anthony J. Sims  (He’s an author too who was recently fired from a corporate fast food hack. Go check his books too.)

The people have spoken and for this 200th Newsletter we celebrate with a Character Takeover! The Beta readers have chosen International Preternatural Marshal Leighla Tenebrae as tribute. She is the protagonist of The Stained Angel and The Fated Angel (coming April 2027 to finish off the story arc she began).

        So many words, so many scenes, so many twists and turns. Here I thought this book would be a cozy cute romance. Apparently, I don’t write those. There’s always a twist of some kind, and a mystery to solve or some big bad to beat down.

        And she has been chatty! I swung back to writing the newest WIP, which now has an OFFICIAL title, check the “Writing Life” for that! Also, Cookies & Rage is available more places!

     I hate when my Muse decides to be a tw*twaffle who decided to give me the silent treatment for 3-4 days, and not let me write in any of the 4 WIPs I’m flipping between. It makes for a very frustrated and irritable author who goes on a lot of "virtual killing sprees" (aka I do a lot of gaming until she decides to talk to me).

     I’m still trying to recharge from the social interaction of Book Bash, and it hasn’t really worked. The new WIP is going well enough, but I’m drained still, which isn’t helping anything. I need two weeks of no social interactions.

       I was hoping I’d have better news, but I really shouldn’t be surprised. This is the way everything has gone for me throughout my author career, so why should this be any different? This may get depressing, you’ve been warned, and some of you, those who follow me on TikTok or BSKY, already know some of this.

       It’s Book Bash Day! But for this newsletter, you get the lead up, the preparation, if you will, for the big day as I'll be leaving at 9:30 am (EST) for the New Leaf Event Center. So, read on McDuff!

    Discord's Nightmare is rated M for Mature and contains violence, drinking, smoking, drugs, gore, vulgar language, nudity, sex, rekindled romance, polyamory, pansexual main character, and talk of past traumas including sexual abuse, spousal abuse, drugs, and more.

       Congrats, you’ve completed week 16 of 2026! It’s been a long, weird week for me, and I had to take some downtime away from everyone to recharge for a bit, but then got right back to the grind.