State of the Author

It's been... a trial, lately. To put it mildly. A lot of nonsense has been draining my personal batteries. Delaying progress. Making things more complicated than they needed to be.

Some of it's part and parcel of adjusting to a new operating system. Part of it is entirely my mistakes ganging up on me and biting my arse. Part of it is fixing attempts doing exactly the same thing.

There's something amiss with my Firefox install on the main compy and it's causing issues when I try to upload images. And that's just the latest pain in my anatomy.

I know that eventually, things will be sorted out and stuff will be working to my satisfaction. As I said, all part and parcel of a new system. It's just that right now, it's an exhausting tour de force as the unriddling process leads to strange new problems caused by the previous step.

And on top of everything else, Beloved and Adorable are offski to New Zealand for fun times involving a Bryan Adams concert and touristy fun. I still have to pay the bills, feed the cats, feed the fam, deal with assorted nonsense around the house and occasionally help out MeMum with her own stuff.

...I'd like someone to take over all the responsibilities so I can run off and have fun once in a while.

On the other hand, travel is also tiring for me, so I have to budget at least a couple of days on both sides of a trip even if I do take a trip.

On the plus side, I came really close to having an agent, this week. Alas, the potential agent's Bluesky account got deleted. Win some lose some. I'll have to do more work to find them again. If they're still interested in my nonsense.

Fingers crossed, there.

I'm still waiting for my anxiety meds to stabilise me. So far, I have been feeling exhausted by everything. I sleep until I can't sleep any more, and remain exhausted until bedtime. At least I can sleep. I will take that win.

Waiting for feedback on my books is like hovering in limbo. Trying to fix things is like slogging through hades with weights on my ankles. Or taking over from Sisyphus for a spell. Writing stories is still fun, and I am definitely taking that win.

Gotta win where I can.