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Boring times

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Hello Friends, Family, and Fans;

I’m dealing with a multi-day migraine brought on by changing medication. It’ll be okay when things even out.

There’s a running joke since 2020 about wanting to live in precedented times. As much as I feel the past 10 years have been tumultuous, I don’t think it’s particularly different from the majority of human history.

I think a lot of people were just not paying attention. I will grant that the world seems afflicted by more cartoonish evil than previously.

I don’t have advice or deep insight, but I do know that this is the new precedented times and I’m hoping they don’t get any more apocalyptic.

Sorry, migraines don’t lend themselves to hopefulness. If there is hope, it’s in every person who’s trying to do something about the horrors. It’s a relentless enemy, but there are millions of people fighting for others, themselves, and for hope.

Be kind and stay safe,

Éric

I will write… I hope

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Hello my Friends, Family, and Fans;

I’ve been having a hard time the past two weeks with a series of migraines that have been pretty bad. I’m hoping that this is the tail end and it’ll start getting better this week.

Either way, I’m planning a Christmas story and I’m hoping to write it this week. I’m also hoping to write a story for the next Siren’s Song magazine. I’m really nervous for both of these, the first because it involves a character that’s mostly Jen’s, and the second because I’ll be writing Kennedy who is completely Jen. She’s given me permission and she’s going to help but I’m still a little worried.

I really want to write, but between background stress (which I can’t talk about) and my migraines, I’ve found it hard to actually do it. I want to change that, but we’ll see how it goes.

Stay safe and be kind,

Éric

Took two days off

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Hello My Imaginary Friends,

Taking time off while in lockdown is odd. I took two days off cause I was feeling a little frayed and poor work paid for it. Came back to 50+ emails. Poor boss that had to cover for me.

My days consist of watching Pegasus while working and doing house stuff. On breaks, I’ll try to write or edit. It’s exhausting.

My two days off were pretty much a writing marathon trying to get chapter 15 of The Untitled Mystery Book Project finished. It was in my head and I needed to get it out.

Unfortunately, I also crashed physically. Full migraine, nausea, aches, and weakness. It’s like I just needed to get that chapter out and then my body said, “You’re not going to rest unless I force you.” So the weekend was painful. I hate migraines, I lost all peripheral vision on my left side for two days and every time the kids shrieked, I just saw red-ish static.

I’m feeling better today and the time off was restful, but taking time off with the kids home and lockdown going on is hard. At least I didn’t have a full social calendar.

It’s also why I forgot to prepare a post for today until just now.

All said and done, what you should take from this is that with me finishing chapter 15 and Jen finishing 16 we’re at 16/26, which is 2 chapters away from the end of the second act and that means we’re 2/3’s done. YAY.

Writing with Jen has been awesome, but that’s another post.

Be safe and be kind,

Éric