As regular readers of my blog and/or my Patreon may have noticed, I stopped putting up regular posts at the end of last year. That was because I had lots of things going on, one of which was an impending radical shift in my location to an as-yet-undetermined (undermined back then) location other than Washington state and the house we'd lived in since 2012.
I decided to start shedding minor bits of stress to help deal with the general stress and anxiety a move can generate. Ongoing extra writing required by my Patreon was one.
Whelp, I'm here now on the other side of that move. Batgirl and I have leaped to a new location, out of the suburbs and into the heart of a large city, where lots of interesting things are a mere walk away rather than an hour's drive. We shall see how it works out, but I have to tell you, the stress I felt—as manifest by my nightly wake-up at 3 am and worry and plan—has fallen away. Now, when I wake up at 3 am, I blink, maybe use the toilet... and go right back to sleep.
The photo is a glance at my new office workspace. The setup isn't quite finished; I might get a plant in that far corner, hang some more pictures. But it's pretty much what I've got going on for my day job, which is still my wonderful employer, MCG.
And what about my other writing, specifically the stuff I started my Patreon for? Well, as I said, the stress of an imminent move and its aftereffects are abating. It's time to pick up the pen again and finalize the current effort: The Dreamrider in the Nightland wants its author back. It turns out I'm in a position to make that happen.
Wish me luck!
