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Security: Protect Your Accounts and Sites

It’s my turn over at Canadian Lesfic today, and since I couldn’t come up with a topic regarding writing or fiction, I decided to share some security tips. Protecting your accounts applies to everyone. The tips for WordPress will only apply to you if you have a self-hosted WordPress site.

See you next week. 

Security tips over at Canadian Lesfic

Security: Protect Your Accounts and Sites is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

The State of My Writing World – August, 2014

I’ve mentioned that I’m preparing Deiform Three for my editor. What am I planning to write next?

Project One

There will be a Deiform Four, but I’m not going to start it until January. Because of that, I’ve been building a Deiform Fellowship wiki of sorts. I’ve reread the first book, and I’m currently rereading the second one. I’m recording important details as I read (character background information, Fellowship history, details about the gifts, etc.). I also added to the wiki as I wrote and edited Deiform Three. When I start Deiform Four after a several-months break, I’ll read the wiki and be up to speed again.

However, I’m not taking a break from the Deiform Fellowship series.

Project Two

From building the wiki, I was again reminded of something I already knew: we don’t know much about Roberta, and she’s a rather important figure in the Fellowship. If you buy the Fellowship’s viewpoint, she’s the line to God. She directs her Deiforms based on what God wants. But she stays on the island, and Jillian and Sam don’t. That means she doesn’t get much air time in the books.

In Deiform Three, she’s in a couple of scenes and speaks to Jillian and Sam on the phone a few times, but that’s it. Jillian thinks that she’d like to ask Roberta about her background, and so would I.

Here’s the thing about writing: sometimes you write stuff trusting that you’ll get more details later. On a forum, a writer once described it like this (I’m paraphrasing, because it was a few years ago):

“When my character does something like stick a piece of chewed gum on the bottom of a boat for no apparent reason, I go with it. Because later on, on page 235, something will happen that will make me understand why the character did that. So I just trust that I’ll find out when I need to know.”

I’m the same way. There were a couple of things I included in the Rymellan series when I didn’t have the full picture. I trusted I’d get the details later, and I did. One of those things was why Jayne hates her brother. I didn’t know why until after I’d made it clear that she hates her brother. I just knew she did, and that she’d tell me why later.

In Deiform Two, Jillian and Sam have a brief conversation about how Guides come into the Fellowship. Sam said they just know where to go. When I wrote that, I thought, “Okay. I don’t have the full picture about how they’d do that, but Sam says that’s how it happens, so I’ll write it.”

Now, I could have Jillian ask Roberta about all this in a future Deiform book, but I’d only be able to spend maybe a page or two of conversation on it. I wanted to go deeper than that, and so I’m going to write what will probably be a novelette about how Roberta came into the Fellowship. What, and who, did she leave behind? How did she know how to find the island?

I’m starting the story this afternoon. I’m looking forward to opening the empty Word file and digging in. I don’t usually outline, but I did for this one, so I’m pretty confident that I’ll make it to “the end,” probably around early October. That means I could release the story around December/January. It’ll depend on when my editor has a free slot. I still have Deiform Three to revise and publish between now and then, too.

My keyboard. I’m not sure whether writing or gaming has worn the poor thing down. Probably both.

Project Three

I’m taking one of Holly Lisle’s writing workshops. It’s 39 weeks long (eek!), and I’m on week 3. The idea is to come out of it with a novel. I’m always looking to improve my craft, and I chose this particular workshop because I was also interested in seeing how another SF/F writer thinks when writing a story. As I mentioned, I’m only on week 3, and it’s already been fascinating. We don’t actually start writing our novel until week 12. Everything up until then is prep work.

I’ve had a standalone science fiction novel kicking around in my head for a while. Right now, I’m thinking I’ll write that novel, but I could change my mind. I could decide to write Deiform Four for the workshop. I doubt it, though. I want to use a fresh idea; in fact, this week’s exercise is to come up with three new ideas (I have two already). The important thing isn’t what I’ll write, but that I’ll be starting a standalone novel in about nine weeks.

Project Four

I’m also taking Holly’s workshop about how to write a series. Because I’m already a student in her other workshop, I got in at a great discount. The other workshop is a recorded, self-paced deal (you get one lesson per week, with each lesson building on the last). The series workshop is live. Holly’s actually writing a series along with those in the workshop. So the lesson dates are open, because she doesn’t teach the next lesson until she’s completed her work for the last lesson, which can take weeks or months. That’s good, because we have to write, too.

I just joined this workshop (you can get in while she’s still working on the homework for module one), so I’m just catching up on what’s there so far. I haven’t decided what series I’ll write, but I have a couple of ideas. This will be a lower priority project than the Roberta story, Deiform Four, and whatever standalone novel I’ll write for the other workshop. I’ll squeeze in time when I can.

Project Five

In addition to all that, I’ve recently tried my hand at flash fiction. I’ve written several pieces and submitted a few of them. I’ve also been jotting down ideas for a science fiction short story, and I have a short story I wrote years ago, during my thirties, that I’m going to polish. I’m interested in building a body of shorter work (flash, short stories), so I’ll be dedicating time to doing so.

I’m excited about the stories, the workshops, and all that writing!

Have a great weekend.

The State of My Writing World – August, 2014 is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

Deiform Three Excerpts #1

A while back I mentioned that I’d completed the first draft for Deiform Three. I haven’t said much about it since then. At the time, my editing date at the end of September seemed far off. Now it’s only six weeks away.

I’ve finally titled the book: Unseen Bonds. One beta reader is already reading it, and the other will get it after my audio edit, which I’ve almost finished.

I figure it’s time for some brief excerpts:

That upscale, squeaky-clean house I visit every Monday has more skeletons in its closets than a biology lab. ~ Jillian


Here’s the difference between you and me. You see suffering in the world and conclude there isn’t a God. I see suffering in the world and conclude there must be a God. ~ Sam, to Jillian


You’re inconsiderate. Does that work better for you? ~ Jillian, to Sam.


Just shoot me now. It’ll be quicker. ~ Jillian

The Deiform Fellowship series is a mystery/urban fantasy series in which Deiforms, people with supernatural abilities called gifts, work as God’s agents in the world. That’s what the Fellowship would tell you, anyway. Jillian is an atheist, so she believes that the gifts originate from within herself. Her differing worldview causes tension between her and Sam, the Deiform she works with, and leads to some interesting discussions.

You can read the first four chapters of The Atheist (Deiform One) in my book sampler. Download it here.

Have a great weekend!

Deiform Three Excerpts #1 is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

Windows 8.1 – Yeah, Baby, Yeah!

I’m typing this on a new computer with Windows 8.1. But before I get to that story, in my last post about ebook subscription services, I said that I’d probably put more books into Scribd and Oyster. I’ve done it! All my books are now available through both subscription services (except Like Water and Water, which has to remain exclusive to Amazon right now).

Scribd is $8.99/month, and there’s a free trial. That means you can try my books for free. If you like the Rymellan series but you’re not sure about the Deiform Fellowship series (or vice versa), or you liked The Salbine Sisters but you’re not sure about The Missing Comatose Woman, give the books a whirl with your free trial.

I don’t know much about Oyster, because it’s only available on Android and iOS devices, which I don’t have. Maybe it also offers a free trial.

Check out my books on Scribd here.

My Windows Start Screen

Changing of the Computer Guard

Okay, new computer. Last year, my (now old) computer started to act up. It usually happened while I was playing a game. The monitor would suddenly go into sleep mode, and the computer would restart. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t make it back into Windows. It would just beep, beep, beep. I’d always manage to get it to work after turning it off/on a few times, but clearly there was a problem. I called a local computer repair company.

The guy who came to look at it gave it a good clean—lots of cat hair. One of my cats likes to sleep behind the computer, where it’s warm. His visit solved the problem—until a few weeks ago. This time, the symptoms were a little different. The monitor would go into sleep mode, but the computer wouldn’t restart. It would just die.

Also, it didn’t matter what I was doing. It didn’t have to be something that was taxing the system. I’m currently doing the audio edit for Deiform Three. One afternoon, the computer had just started reading to me, as in, it was on the second sentence for the day, when it died. I said, “Come on, the sentence wasn’t that bad.”

Whenever it happened, I was able to get the computer going after turning it off and on a few times. I considered calling the same repair company to come and take a look at it, but the computer was getting a little old.

As usual with Windows systems, over time, the system was taking longer to boot. Also, my hard drive was getting full. Every time I deleted a file, I added two. I decided it was time to buy a new one.

I usually buy from Dell, and I did so again. The computer died twice when I was on the Dell site. One time I was just about to hit the “Add to Cart” button, when bam! It was almost as if it knew what I was doing.

When I ordered the computer on July 28, the estimated ship date was August 3. In the past, I’ve logged into my Dell account every day (okay, maybe 2-3 times a day) to see my order status, but I’m so busy right now that I wasn’t logging in even once a day. Every time the old computer died, I’d think, “It’s a good thing there’s a new one on the way,” but otherwise it was out of mind. The only time I checked was on Sunday (August 3). I logged in to see if the computer had moved from the pre-production to production phase. It had, but now the estimated ship date was August 8 (today!).

I figured it would arrive sometime next week and forgot about it. On Tuesday, I received an email saying the computer had shipped. Huh? I logged into my account, and it had actually shipped on August 2. I guess Dell’s system takes a few days to catch up with what’s actually happening. When a computer ships, it usually takes a few days to make it into Canada and another day to get to Toronto, and that’s pretty much what happened here. The doorbell rang about 1:30 on Wednesday afternoon.

The computer worked great out of the box, which wasn’t the case last time (perhaps an indication of things to come with the old machine). There’s nothing more anti-climactic than hooking up a new computer, pressing the power button, and…nothing but beeping. It turned out that a couple of memory chips weren’t working. Maybe they’d been damaged in transit. This time, no such problems. Computer works like a charm. System was built as ordered.

Windows 8.1 News App

Windows 8.1

I’d heard a lot of bad things about Windows 8, but I went ahead and chose it, rather than asking for Windows 7, especially since I’d be getting 8.1. Whenever a new version of Windows comes out, I always wait at least six months before upgrading, often longer. I don’t understand people who rush out and upgrade, but I appreciate them. They go through the pain and scream at Microsoft, which leads to improvements, which benefits people like me. So thanks, early adopters. You did good.

The first time I turned on the computer, I braced myself, then thought, “WTF?” But it didn’t take me long to find my way around. The only trouble I had for five minutes was finding Office. I knew they’d installed it, but I didn’t see it on the Start screen, and it wasn’t on the desktop. Then I noticed the little arrow in the lower left-hand corner of the Start screen. I pressed it, and…ah. There were all my apps.

I love the Kindle app. What a pleasant reading experience! I ordered a Kindle book about writing this morning, and one of my device choices at Amazon was “Sarah’s Windows 8 Kindle.” Yeah, baby, yeah!

I love the news application. For a news junkie like me, it’s wonderful. I also love the weather app.

I love how fast the machine boots. It helps that I have the system installed on a solid state drive, but still. It had to be faster than the old system.

I’m already used to the new Office look.

I ran into one snag: My good USB microphone isn’t compatible with Windows 8. I’ve ordered an even better one from Amazon. The incompatible one is a Blue Snowball mic. Some people have managed to get it working with 8.1, but most haven’t. I spent three hours yesterday trying every suggested fix I could find on the Net, but no dice. I gave up and ordered a better mic that is supposed to work just fine with 8.1.

Because the old hard drive was stuffed with crud, I’m only copying files and installing applications when I actually need them. Before I unhooked the old machine, I copied everything over to a 2TB external drive, which is now plugged into this machine. When I need a file; I copy it over. I suspect 80% of what’s on there will never be touched again.

Now, whenever someone says, “I bought a new PC,” someone will say, “You should have bought a Mac.” I didn’t buy a Mac for two reasons: First, I’m an avid gamer. I know many games are also available for the Mac and you can run Windows on a Mac, but I’d rather just have a Windows machine.

Second, to get a Mac with the same memory, video card, hard drive space, etc. as this machine, would have cost me…I couldn’t do it. Out of curiosity, I went to the Apple Canada online store, and the most powerful Mac I could find would cost $1300 more than what I paid for this machine. It also has a slower processor, half as much memory, about the equivalent video card, and one-third the hard drive space (yikes!). But it looks pretty.

I’m a substance over style person. I’m not knocking style over substance. People are different. Esthetically-pleasing computers do diddly for me, but that doesn’t mean they’re not important to others. But since I don’t care about style and buying a Mac would be so much more expensive (and for a weaker machine), a Windows system is the right choice for me.

If you’ve heard bad stuff about Windows 8, ignore it for 8.1 When you go to the desktop, it’s pretty much the same as Windows 7.

Later.

Windows 8.1 – Yeah, Baby, Yeah! is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

Ebook Subscription Services

As I write this, there are six guys up on the roof ripping off shingles. It’s noisy, so I’ll keep it simple today. There are ebook subscription services popping up all over the place. It seems to be the next bandwagon. If you’re thinking of trying one out, Dear Author has a good comparison of the three main competitors in existence today (August, 2014): Scribd, Oyster, and Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited.

It’s worth noting that of the three, Scribd is the only one available outside the US. The other two are US only (for now). I have a Scribd membership until the end of the year. Smashwords authors who added at least one book to Scribd received a free one-year subscription. I haven’t used it. I’m not in subscription mode yet. When I want a book, I don’t think to check Scribd first.

It doesn’t help that when it comes to fiction, I still prefer print. When it comes to non-fiction, it depends. I prefer print for technical books, because the screenshots and diagrams are clearer. For non-fiction that’s mainly text, I usually buy the ebook, unless it’s exorbitantly priced. I refuse to pay more than $9.99 for an ebook, and even that’s pushing it. When an ebook is $7.99 or more, I consider the print version, or pass on the book altogether.

If you cancel your subscription to any of these services, you can’t keep any of the books. Makes sense, and it wouldn’t bother me, because I usually only read books once, anyway.

If I can put on my author hat for a moment, it’ll be interesting to see if the current subscription models are sustainable. Every time a subscriber reads a certain percentage of a book, Scribd and Oyster pay the same royalty as if the reader had bought it.

Kindle Unlimited works differently, and it treats indie-published books differently than traditionally-published books. Indie authors share a pool of money, and every book is treated the same, regardless of length. For example, let’s say the pool is $2 million for a month. If subscribers read 2 million books, then the author is paid $1 for each read. If subscribers read 4 million books during that month, then the author is paid $0.50 for each read.

You can see how this won’t bode well for indie authors if Kindle Unlimited becomes really popular and Amazon doesn’t change the way it pays us. It’s also why I’m testing out the service with Like Water and Water, a 10,000-word story that’s priced at $0.99. Because Amazon doesn’t take length into account—-it treats all books in the program equally—-a Kindle Unlimited read will probably make me more than a sale. I won’t know until Amazon announces how much a read was worth for each month.

I wouldn’t add a book to Kindle Unlimited that’s priced at more than $2.99, because I’d more than likely be paid less than a regular sale for each read. It would be more difficult for me to earn back the production cost for a book, and therefore it would be more difficult for me to publish books.

I mentioned that Amazon treats traditionally-published books differently than indie books when it comes to Kindle Unlimited. When a subscriber reads a traditionally-published book, Amazon pays the publisher the same as it would if the reader had bought a copy of the book. This is clearly unfair to indie authors, who only receive a share of a pool of money.

Also, Amazon demands exclusivity when it comes to putting an indie book into Kindle Unlimited. It doesn’t demand the same from publishers. So, we’re not compensated the same way, and we can’t sell our books anywhere else.

Here’s my take on the current three competitors: For readers outside the US, Scribd is your only choice. If you’re in the US, then I’ve heard Scribd has the best selection of books—-a good mix of indie and traditionally-published work.

As an author, I’m rooting for subscription models that fairly compensate me and don’t discriminate against indie-published books. That means Scribd and Oyster right now. I suspect that Amazon will eventually refine its compensation model; otherwise indie authors will be more likely to add short work to the Kindle Unlimited program and keep longer books out. But whether it will ever treat indie work the same as traditionally-published work is a different question.

Threaded Through Time and The Salbine Sisters are available through Scribd and Oyster. I’m planning to add more books to both services, maybe all of them. Right now, I have no plans to add any more books to Kindle Unlimited, unless I release more books that are $2.99 or cheaper and that I want to make exclusive to Amazon. 

What do you think about ebook subscription services? Do you subscribe to Scribd, Oyster, or Kindle Unlimited?

Ebook Subscription Services is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

Like Water and Water Redux

I’ve re-released Like Water and Water, the story Torquere Press released a few years ago as part of its Sapphic Signs line. The rights reverted back to me in October, 2013, and it’s been sitting on my hard drive since then. Because it’s not science fiction, fantasy, or mystery, I waffled between re-releasing it and binning it. I also considered releasing it under a pen name.

I recently read it over and concluded that it’s a good story and in my voice, so even though it’s not SF/F/mystery, releasing it under my own name would be fine. I also didn’t want anyone who’d previously bought it to buy it again, because they didn’t realize it was the same story.

As you might have heard, Amazon recently introduced an ebook subscription service called Kindle Unlimited. For $9.99/month (I think; it’s only available in the US right now), you can read as many of the Kindle books in the program as you want.

Behind the scenes publishing stuff: Those who use Amazon’s KDP publishing platform, as I do, can’t put their books into Kindle Unlimited unless they make the books exclusive to Amazon. I don’t like exclusivity. I prefer to give you the option of buying books where it’s convenient for you. But I also wanted to test the Kindle Unlimited service, so I thought, “Hmm, maybe it’s time to revive Like Water and Water and use it to try out Kindle Unlimited.”

That’s what I’ve done. For 90 days, Like Water and Water will only be available at Amazon, and it’s in the Kindle Unlimited program. When the end of the 90 days is approaching, I’ll see how well it has done and decide whether to withdraw it from the program and make it available everywhere.

If you don’t subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, you can buy the story at Amazon for $0.99.

You don’t need a Kindle to read Kindle books. There’s a Kindle app for just about every platform and device. For the longest time, I read Kindle books on Kindle for PC. I still do around 80% of the time.

You can buy/grab Like Water and Water here.

I’m also testing the Oyster and Scribd subscription services. The Salbine Sisters and Threaded Through Time are available through both of them.

Later.

Like Water and Water Redux is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

A short and sweet post today, since it’s my turn over at Canadian Lesfic. You can read What’s Wrong With This Picture? over there.

Have a great weekend! 

What’s Wrong With This Picture? is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

The Masked Visitor

A few weeks ago, I was looking out the window at around seven in the morning, when the three tiniest raccoons I’d ever seen–and mom–waddled through our backyard and underneath our back deck. Apparently the raccoon family living under our deck had experienced a happy event.

I posted as much on Facebook, and my sister responded with, “Get a picture.” Easier said than done. Raccoons have lived under our deck for years, but we rarely get a glimpse of them.

A couple of weeks later, we had friends over for dinner, and we decided to have dessert and tea on the deck. My partner finished her pie before anyone else and set her empty plate and fork down near her feet. A short while later, she gasped and pointed at the plate. A tiny gray paw with razor-sharp claws was poking through the gaps in the deck. Someone had smelled food and was trying to get the empty plate.

I rushed inside to get my camera, on the small chance that the enterprising raccoon would make an appearance, but I wasn’t holding out much hope. We continued talking and eating. I figured it wasn’t going to happen.

Then we heard chatter under the deck. One of our friends stood up and peered through the gaps. “I can see them!” She made cooing noises. There was movement. Two heads popped out. One raccoon was camera shy, but the other one gave us a photo op.

We haven’t seen them since.

Enjoy your weekend!

The Masked Visitor is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

Welcome to the Real World

I recently noticed that I hadn’t updated my About page since April 2012, so I went ahead and rewrote it. It used to describe my writing journey. Now it focuses on what types of stories I write, and why.

When I finished the first draft of Deiform Three, I once again thought about what I like to write, and why (I’d already updated my About page at that point). I’m not one for navel gazing. For some experiences, I think asking why can be a waste of time.

When I discovered that I was attracted to women, I didn’t ask why. I just accepted it. Along with two other factors, it made coming out a rather painless experience, even though I came out over 30 years ago, when things were a hell of a lot worse for lesbians than they are now. I learned from that, and I try not to ask or dwell on “why” when the answer (if there is one) won’t change anything. But after Deiform Three, there I was, asking why—when the answer wouldn’t change anything.

Having just visited the topic of “what I like to write, and why” for my About page, I asked myself why I was thinking about it again, and I realized that it was because I had so much fun writing Deiform Three. Writing is always a blast for me, but I get an extra kick out of writing the Deiform Fellowship series. I wanted to know why.

Several reasons: first, worldviews play an important role. We have an atheist working with a theist. Second, the conversations between the atheist and theist, and their introspection as a result, tap into my own interest in God and theology. Third, and this was the one that surprised me (because I’d already figured out the other two), I like to write in the real world! That was a revelation for me.

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I’m primarily a speculative fiction writer. Not all my work is speculative fiction, but most of my work and ideas fall into that category. Speculative fiction doesn’t mean you have to build your own worlds, but that’s how I started out. When I was thinking about Deiform Three, I realized that most of my recent work is set in the real world. The one story set in a fictitious world (Identity Crisis) is part of an existing series, not something new. I haven’t built a world in four years. I hadn’t noticed.

Threaded Through Time (which I wrote at the same time I was writing Rymellan 3), The Missing Comatose Woman, and the Deiform Fellowship series are all set on good old planet Earth, and in the present day (for the most part). I peeked at my ideas file, and most of the ideas in there are real-world ideas. Many of them involve a speculative element, as Threaded Through Time and the Deiform Fellowship series do, but they would take place in the real world, and the characters would hold real-world worldviews.

Thinking about this resolved another curious issue for me: I have a really good idea in my ideas file, something that could potentially be a blockbuster idea. I’ve thought to myself, “I should write that. It could be big.” I’ve said the same to my partner. I’ve even penciled it into my writing schedule a couple of times. But every time I think about writing it, I just can’t bring myself to do it. While it could be set in the real world, it would still require a large amount of world building, because I’d have to create all sorts of systems, rules, and occupations that don’t exist in real life. Maybe someday I’ll write it, but right now, I prefer playing in the real-world sandbox and adding only a pinch of speculation.

This post reveals something else about what I write that I’ve known from the beginning of my writing journey: I write what I want to write, not what I think will sell. That’s a topic for another week.

Have a great weekend. Happy 4th of July to Americans!

Welcome to the Real World is a post from: Sarah Ettritch

Tag! I’m It!

Patty Henderson tagged me on Facebook for a “5 and 5” about the main character in my work in progress (WIP). The game is to list five things about the character and then tag five other authors to do the same. I don’t always participate when I’m tagged, but this time I decided to play.

My WIP is Deiform Three, and since I finished the first draft yesterday (yay!!!), I’ll repeat here what I wrote about Jillian on Facebook. I’ll also list five things for Sam. The good thing about doing it here is that I can bend the rules.

Jillian is the main character in all the Deiform Fellowship books (including Deiform Three), and The Atheist is told entirely from her point of view. But Sam is a strong secondary character in The Atheist (after an early-ish point in the book, she’s in almost every scene). In The Cult, Sam has a few POV scenes. In Deiform Three, she has more.

You’ll notice that a couple of items in the lists complement each other, which leads to some interesting discussion between Jillian and Sam. When I write conversations between them, I walk a tightrope.

About Jillian:

1. According to official records, Jillian Campbell is dead. Only a handful of people know she’s still alive. Her mother and stepfather aren’t among them.

2. Jillian’s father committed suicide when she was eleven.

3. Jillian possesses gifts that she believes originate from within her. She can time shift, communicate telepathically with other Deiforms, communicate with animals, astral project, and more.

4. Jillian is an atheist who works with Christian Deiforms and Supporters.

5. Jillian is a lesbian.

6. (bonus) Jillian can’t sing to save her life. From Deiform Three: “Trust me, you don’t want me joining the choir. Cats in heat sound better than I do.”

About Sam:

1. According to official records, Sam died almost 20 years ago, when she was 19. Only a handful of people know she’s still alive. Her parents and sister aren’t among them.

2. Sam is extremely introverted. Given the choice between spending time with people or being alone, she’ll choose the latter 99% of the time.

3. Sam possesses gifts that she believes come from God. She can time shift, communicate telepathically with other Deiforms, communicate with animals, astral project, and more.

4. Sam is a Christian who works closely with an atheist (Jillian).

5. Sam is a lesbian.

6. (bonus) Sam loves to read. From The Cult: “Her books are order in the chaos. She can choose to lose herself in stories in which Good wins, Evil loses, and everything is tied up in a neat little bow.”

And so ends the brief introduction to Jillian and Sam. I haven’t titled Deiform Three yet. I have a few ideas, though.

Enjoy your weekend. An early Happy Canada Day to Canadians! Happy World Pride!

Tag! I’m It! is a post from: Sarah Ettritch