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A 3655-post collection

Friday, I'm an idiot

I just this morning remembered that I can chain some income into our bank account and at least survive the autopayments for the insurance.

I just need to:

  • Restart my Binance account
  • Restart my Trello wallet
  • Restart my Coinjar account
  • Connect said account to my bank

It might take a few business days to get a flow going, but at least there will BE a flow.

...and I'll have to document everything for Mr Taxman.

Bleh.

I won't be trading in Bitcoin very much any more. Just buying it when it's low whenever possible, and converting it to dollarydoos when it's higher.

On the plus side, I'll be making my writing pay the bills! The unstoppable bills... but still.

Taking whatever win I can.

Thursday, Lent Initiated

People are giving up things for lent. People are trying to begin new habits. I'm one of the latter.

I have been neglecting my emotional and physical needs in favour of getting Output.

So this lent, I'm trying to look after myself. As gingerly as possible to start with because of the aforementioned financial embuggerance.

So that means taking time to chill in the evenings. A little gaming. A little television. Just... time to enjoy something for myself.

Today used to be

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Wednesday, Rant and Stuff

I have some terror to talk out of my chest because five of my books are floating in the void.

I did have plns to continue the fanficcery, but I should probably go off about the whole "no pressure" thing.

All the better for my mental health. Which is a little frayed right now. Economic shiznit directly related to arseholes not paying Beloved is super fun to deal with.

...and something-something Beloved not telling me her only income was the business she

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Tuesday, Patreon and Pitch Done

Five books sent away yesterday. Hooray. I have one promising to get back to me in two weeks. I have a bunch of interesting things to share with my patrons, a story to write, and maybe a game to play.

To that goal, I am turning on the binaural beats and locking in.

I need time to relax because I am holding off panic attacks from several different directions. One: Just submitted five books for rejections. Two: Insufficient funds.

So yeah. It's

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Monday, Mor Stream, Mor Issues

Today's the day I pitch! I have (I hope) everything prepared. I'm also modding the Promptcast's second stream, finishing off the story for that group, and the mandatory offerings.

And my Beloved has 'written' a book. She fed a solo-hosted AI all of her writing and gave it a premise and plot to get a novella in two days. I feel a bit offended, but I also understand that she doesn't have the time to spend on writing as she's desperately scrambling

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Sunday, Streaming Mod and STRESS

We're running a smidge dry. Existing on supplies and hoping that the next week comes through to apply relief to the budget zone.

In the meantime, I have readied all of my Query Letters and found Agents who might like them.

Tomorrow, I dial up my pitch kits and MASS PITCH.

With luck, I might get a bite.

All of them are getting five bites, though I may give more with the ones that haven't been shipped around as much as Adapting

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Thursday, Continuing PLNs

I should have the time to do a Query Letter for Adapting. Assuming that I can focus on a thing for longer than five minutes.

I need a lot of luck for that, today. I have aches and pains that probably need medical intervention, and that will CO$$$T no doubt. On top of that, we have economical issues that means expensive shit will have to wait.

Alas, my painkillers work better on my cyclone migraines rather than said aches and pains.

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Wednesday, Rant Due and Other Things

Hocus Pocus, I need to focus.

I'm helping a mentee edit for Prompt, I have physio, I have the rant to drop off and the daily tale to tell.

I'll get it all done in the end, but whether I have time for myself that's the rub. I need some me-time.

Best way to get that is to hurry up and do the things. So I'm trying to juggle my time and manage it well, but... distractions, ankle, talking to my mentee.

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Tuesday, Patreon, Bread, and Entries

More bread is in the incubator, I have an entry to complete for the Promptcast before I start posting there, so that's my morning.

Not helped by a heaping dose of soul-weariness caused by lonely plus watching my funds dwindle steadily towards zero.

Not fun.

But at least the kitchen sink is working properly again.

I hope to get another Query Letter done today. Adapting will have an appropriate escort to an agent/publisher on its last hurrah before turning up on

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Monday, Mor Streams and Stuff

My left foot fucking hates me. Mayhem and I had PLNs to visit Bunnings and then pick up cordial on the way back. Now he wants to spend his JB HiFi gift cards.

So that's Bunnings for a better plunger [No cheap shit henceforth!] and maybe a broom handle but definitely a tennis ball if we can get it. Then JB for the gift cards, followed by Golden Circle Factory Outlet for necessary flavour. If the trip extends any further, I might

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Sunday, Stream Stuff and Other Things

The Archive is going. The Promptcast is about to commence. I have starter in the incubator and the kids set for wrangling dough.

I can only hope it all goes well.

I have found a way to supercharge my coffee. The downside being that it should only be taken in the morning.

IDK about making myself iced coffee in the AM but those frozen cubes of coffee are the way to supercharge caffeine.

Might be an idea to stay awake on the

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Saturday, PLN? What PLN?

::Jazz hands and singing:: I have no fucking idea what's going on today and that SUUUUUUCKS!!!

(yeah)

Basically hoping to re-engage the plns that fell through last weekend. Not helped by the fact that my lovelies seem to have forgotten entirely what went on last weekend.

...yay.

I've held off on bread so I won't be engaged in making any. I've held off on breakfast in case my lovelies want to take me away to some food.

I am in a holding

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Friday, cyclical shenanigans

Last weekend, I couldn't do a thing because I was doing bread. Today, we're down to the last loaf of bread and that means I should be working on more bread this weekend. However, the thing still needs doing before it makes a disaster happens so... I'm withholding bread until that shit's done.

All to make sure a certain app keeps working. And thereby my mail app.

Grumblemumble specific internet security growlsnarl.

My aim today, besides the usual throughput, to complete another

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Thursday, Gotta Keep Going

It's a trial to pitch a novel with an ensemble cast when the questions centre on a singular main character. I'll have to answer for the main characters each, and tie the main story together there.

That promises to be fun.

Once I figure out that finagling, I should be good for working on the others.

Should.

I'll have a go before creating today's story.

::attacking the Query Letter WIP with a mallet::

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Tuesday, Patreon and Counting Down

I just finished chapter 580 of A Devil's Tale and...

[Shown here: A screencap of a GoogleDrive directory for chapters 581-600, containing the last two chapters of that range]

The final countdown commenceth. I start announcing on all my socials when I'm down to fifteen or ten. I haven't decided yet.

It's likely that I will forget one somewhere.

Just watch me fuck this up.

BUT on the bright side, I also have offerings for the Patrons, may there be many more

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