THE CAR!!!
So if you don’t know (why would you?) I’ve been car-less since about 2010. Yes, really. Yes, I mean “not owning a car.” Yes, yes, NO CAR AT ALL.
I know that in Florida that is near insanity, since about 98.9% of the state’s “public transportation” is hardly worth either description. But I made due, primarily because of the luck of living in Midtown Tallahassee, which is a neighborhood sandwiched between the suburbs and downtown. If you followed Keely’s Way, you have seen a lot of it via the photos I took while walking her every day.
It’s a convenient location for being car-less, close to shopping and the public bus system’s main N-S route. I mostly walked or took the bus, only occasionally using Lyft for doctor’s appointments and the like.
Why?
Because cars are expensive, yo’. I did not want a car payment, much less the cost of insurance and fuel and tires and upkeep and…yeah, that. No bueno.
Famous last words, because my friend MaryW made me an offer I couldn’t refuse:
YESSIREEE! That is a 2012 Subaru Outback, and it is MINE!
Expect to see me around town a lot more often, now!
Write-maxxing
Everyone seems to “-maxxing” these days so I thought I’d join in!
I have been cranking out words on Dragon’s Grail 4 (The Pirate’s Witch), Transmigrated Teri, and the cozy mysteries I’m writing under a pen name. I’ve even been poking the bear of my most popular series, a M/M romantic thriller series I write under the name Cooper West, The Guardsmen’verse.
So. Much. Writing.
And also editing, b/c you can’t have one without the other. Wellll…editing, and formatting. My plan is to pull Transmigrated Teri out of hiatus on Tuesday, May 5th, with chapter six, “The Doctor’s Opinion.” I’ll be ready to start posting the next Dragon’s Grail arc by June. And I hope to have the first three arcs for Dragon’s Grail available to purchase as books soon too.
Weekly Round Up
IS THAT NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? Okay, fine:
Serial Nation is still going strong! More resources, more blog posts, an ongoing chat, and soon I will schedule some “Office Hours” for Patreon supporters to yell at my face!
The NCA is cranking up for Alt-Grad 2026, and TWO SCREENINGS of First They Came for My College that same weekend. SO STOKED! And also SO BUSY! ACK!!!!
Bastards of Yunmeng: This CQL/MDZS fanfic is nearly 160,000 words long, at 77 chapters, and counting. This story of a young woman (Jiang Yanli) who is thrust into trauma, drama, and adventures has really taken on a life of its own. I love NOTHING more than the multiple comments from people saying “Damn you! I found this fic at 2am and stayed up all night reading it!” Mwuaaahahahahah!
Flashback
Speaking of Serial Nation, Serial Nation Field Notes here on substack (always free!) features posts that originally go up exclusively for my Patreon supporters. Like THIS!
Speaking of Midtown…
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think, maybe, spring has sprung:
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