State of TAM - 13th Dec

What’s Up?

I’m not dead! I’m sure that’s a relief to some :D. I’m sorry for going radio silent, there’s just been a lot going on over here and I kept figuring I could pick the newsletter up next week! So I finally made myself do it. Hello again!

So, anyhow!

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If you haven’t read the Night Shift series then you can now! All three volumes in one box set are available for pre-order now on Amazon. There’s no new content, so if you have read it then you don’t need to grab another!

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And if you haven’t read the free short stories/listened to the audio on my website, it’s not too late! Check it out now. Or over Christmas. It’s up to you!

Pupdate of the Week

Now I know how much you guys love Jax and Izzy, so I wanted to get straight to that.

Izzy just got spayed. I’ve spent the last week and a half sleeping on an air mattress in the living room to try and make sure she didn’t get to licking herself! She hasn’t been a bad wee patient though. I’ve no idea how she was consistently able to get her surgical onesie off in the night, mind you.

She is currently undergoing a phantom pregnancy, which happens fairly often after a bitch is spayed I guess? I didn’t know that. So Izzy is very attached to her ‘baby’ (a long pink bunny that was actually Jax’s original) and spends a lot of time carrying it around and making little nests for it.

I could do without her turning my entire bed into a nest at two am, mind you.

Then, of course, there’s my boo!

Jax actually hasn’t been feeling great. He hurt his leg back in October, but it passed quickly. Except every now and again I’d notice him favoring the leg. It wasn’t extreme, he looked like one of those comedians doing a skit about a cockney strut, but it worried me. So off he went to the vets.

He’s been x-rayed and ct scanned. It turns out he has medial compartment syndrome, which is like elbow dysplasia turned to 100. Just something that happens, the vet says. Anyhow, he’s going in tomorrow to get an operation at the orthopedic specialists and hopefully that will ease the discomfort for him.

He’s a very happy boy despite it all, and seems to be doing well.

I’ll send another quick newsletter on Thursday/Friday to let you guys know how he’s doing.

Book Recommendation of the Week

I have written two Christmas books — sorta. Well, this is the one that is DEFINITELY a Christmas book.

Ever since ghostwriter Jason Burke ended up in loco parentis for his orphaned niece, Mallory, he’s been trying. He goes to parent/teacher events, and he makes packed lunches, so he definitely didn’t mean to forget about Christmas. He just hasn’t celebrated it since he left home under a cloud years ago.

Put on the spot, Jason makes the snap decision to take Mallory to see where he and her father spent their Christmases as kids. The last thing he expects is to run into Tommy, his ex—ex-best friend, ex-boyfriend—who is still living in town… and working as a sheriff’s deputy.

It’s hard to avoid someone in a small town—and maybe Jason doesn’t want to. He got Mallory a Christmas, and maybe now it’s time to get himself a Christmas boyfriend. But first, he owes Tommy some explanations.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2017 Advent Calendar "Stocking Stuffers."

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Howie the Crab has been trying to molt for weeks, but finally she did it! This made my week!

@howiethecrabHOWIE MOLTED!!! We can all breathe again. I'm so relieved...I can't even begin to describe the stress I was under. We're gonna have so many more adventures. Howie is going to get to ride in a helicopter! I'm so happy 😭❤️❤️❤️ #moltwatch #howiethecrab #update #finally [image error]Tiktok failed to load.

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I do love Christopher Walken. Weapon of Choice is just the most amazing video still.

@nathanlustWhat’s your favourite dance move 🕺| #christopherwalken #nathanlust [image error]Tiktok failed to load.

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And finally, a peek at Izzy and her sausage bunny baby.

@tamoorewritesIzzy continues to try very hard to make sure the sausage baby is nurtured. #staffiesoftiktok #phantompregnancy #sausagebaby [image error]Tiktok failed to load.

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