Do Gooder Press

There are times I’m really grateful that we live in a time where science and medicine have advanced to where they are. Without going into detail, I’ve had to be away from the blog to help out with an ill spouse. It wasn’t one serious thing, exactly. Without divulging gory details, one minor thing was mis-diagnosed which allowed other things to happen. When those were taken care of, other things decided to come out to play as well, and when those seemed to be getting better, a cold/flu/something was called in because the Powers What Is decided her lungs hadn’t been punished lately, and so on and so on. She was never in peril at any one time, but I figure if we lived in Ye Olde Times Before Yon Penicillinne, things would have become very dire.

But she’s gotten better, finally. I think all that Murphy’s Law can throw at her is a meteor strike, and if that happens, at least we get a free meteor.

So what news of the whole Patreon thing? Well, I’m announcing that starting in March, I’ll be posting one of two things (if not both) for contributors. One is a chapterized stab at a novel. I’ve got loads of decent concepts started, so all that remains is to pick one to inflict present to you for critique. I’ve also got a concept for a flash-fiction thing which I think is a rather novel concept, making fun of a type of narration common to video games and some horror stories. If it works (that is, if I can make it not sound like poo), it’d touch on just about any fictional setting where someone could make some kind of audio diary. This, too, will be up for critique and/or requests for continuation.

Thanks for sticking around, and I’ll be getting back to the “here’s some weirdness I found on the interwebs” stuff tonight!

Note: My own car has a dent, not quite as big as the one above, but significant, put there by a street sweeper. I’ve had my request to put a similar motto across it vetoed. The slogan “Hulk Smash!” was similarly nixed.