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A Dirty Deeds Snippet plus Day 3 of the January 2021 Book Faire!

Dear humans,

The male got the female a light for Christmas. It arrived today. It changes color at her whim. She uses the tiny glowy box to control it. She likes it very much, and keeps taking it off its stand to show the male.

The first five or so times, this amused him. He is no longer amused, but the female is too excited to care much about this. Right now, it’s a very soothing golden yellow color.

This snippet is from Devon Monk’s Sealed with a Tryst in the Dirty Deeds anthology....

Day 2 of the January 2021 Book Faire. Plus more apartment shenanigans.

Dear humans,

The female is fuming a little. It’s a little silly of her to be so annoyed over this, but… when they renewed, they did their apartment documentation, including a statement showing the insurance policy was on auto-renewal and all supporting documents. This was fine when we renewed, and they had physical copies of the documents to support this. It showed the date the policy (with the same number) would renew along with the terms of renewal.

This was fine.

Sigh.

So, today, ...

Welcome to 2021! Day 1 of the January 2021 Book Faire.

Dear humans,

We made it! It is 2021! Today, Dipshit the Truck went in for his first doctor’s appointment. It was free. And apparently, his next oil change will also be free because the dealership was so slow doing his maintenance? (We don’t know if we’ll get to take advantage of that for some reasons involving moving, but hey… it was a nice gesture.)

The female has a headache brewing, so we’re going to jump straight to the chase.

Book faire, book faire, 2021 book faire!

Altered by Vi...

Welcome to the End! (of 2020.) Plus the Female’s Year in Review!

Dear humans,

It is 10 PM, roughly, where the female lives. She’s made her resolutions for the year. The big one is ‘move out of this fucking apartment.’ Then she has ‘do better at cleaning, work less, play more.’ Standard stuff, but good stuff. Mostly.

‘Pet the cats’ more was not on the list, nor was ‘make the red dot appear.’ We’re concerned.

Please don’t antagonize 2021. Be polite and respectful. If you don’t cop an attitude with it, it might not cop an attitude with you. If the femal...

Some general news and Day 11 of the December 2020 Book Faire.

Dear humans,

Life is happening in the Blain household. The female is hopeful change may come sooner than later. The male proposed potentially moving. The female was like please? Then the male mentioned having to talk to work, and the female went from hopeful to sad. But… the female is hopeful the male’s work will be cooperative. But there are no guarantees.

The female is making good progress on Wild Wolf. It is not done yet. She will be riding the deadline hard. Again. We apologize for any...

Day 10 of the December 2020 Book Faire.

Dear humans,

The female’s current status is tired, but she is doing her best. She is very much looking forward to when Wild Wolf is done and she can take a few days to just sleep. Or something like that. Probably sleep. She does like her sleep.

Onto the book faire, which as a reminder for those just tuning in, is a hearty thank you to authors who kindly shared the female’s books with their audience. (So, if you have a kindle unlimited membership, and you spot something you might enjoy, giv...

Meep meep!

Dear humans,

We were supposed to do the book faire today, but the female is really tired. She didn’t sleep well tonight. She got the bare minimum of work done today, so she is going to retreat into her cave and relax for the rest of the evening.

She did eight hours… and she got a lot done. (Not enough, but still a lot.)

Sorry, humans!

Book Faire should resume tomorrow with a few interesting books!

In other news, she is playing Stardew Valley because farm sims is her speed right now. (...

Day 9 of the December 2020 Book Faire!

Dear humans,

Happy holidays! We hope you have had a wonderful day. The female received a lovely present from a friend of Cajun food. Some of her favorite relatives were Cajun, and they always brought their food and culture up from Louisiana when they visited. Every year, they’d bring back beads and masks from Mardis Gras, which was always delightful.

So the female and the male had Cajun boneless chicken stuffed with potatoes, and it was absolutely delightful. Not quite traditional fare, bu...

Happy holidays! Murder Mittens is now out in the wilds.

Dear humans,

Murder Mittens is now available in the wilds. You can grab your copy at the following vendors: Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, and B&N.

This snippet was stolen from the female for your enjoyment.

Why was murdering irate, irrational, ignorant, and flat-out wrong customers illegal? The idiot on the phone rambled about how it wasn’t fair that dumping coffee on his router invalidated his warranty.

I thought it wasn’t fair his stupidity might lose me IQ points, and I’d learned...

Day 8 of the December 2020 Book Faire. Happy holidays, humans!

Dear humans,

The female is tired, but she is doing the best she can. In good news, the male has three hockey games to watch, or some such, which means he will be glued to the magic glowy box for a minimum of six hours.

The female is pleased with this. Tomorrow, she will try to write many words. Today, she took half a day off.

The female is working merrily on a cross-stitch project. She ordered the threads she was missing after plundering the stash she did have. She exchanged one color, ...