A Spec in Time Series

January 2025

2024 has been a year of totally unexpected, life-altering things for me. The challenges and the trust needed to just let the past go and move forward into the unknown have been huge. So much soul-searching has been filling my brain this year, it has been hard to override it and do what I had planned on doing. I’m ready for the ride to stop and slow back down into calm. It is starting to; I can feel it. I feel calm and truly safe for the first time in years.

Approaching and committing, then actually settling into my ‘new life’ so to speak, has taken way too much time away from my writing. As of now, my old place is almost cleared out. A ton of donations are now being taken hither and yon. Freeing actually. I take a rest now though there is much to do, but for now, it’s time to rest. It’s time to write and install some art. It’s time to be.

With the start of this new life, I have come face to face with my characters again. Flame is dealing with some pretty tough emotions and Rien is hiding. Spec is busy dealing with removing the bounty from her head and major life changes force a retelling of old, once buried, adventures the four Speculation Units have endured. Every day more pieces of the tale are being installed into my head, jumbling around until my body can sit still and my fingers can move. New stories are being formulated and the parts of the next book are starting to intertwine. For me, it’s exactly what I wanted, I just had to wait a while as the fates put the pieces into place. With calm now filling my mind, I try not to push myself, I’m dedicated to taking care of me. Things will find their places and the boxes are going away.

Lazlo sleeps at my feet in our new place of residence, and I feel fine.

Happy New Year everyone. It’s time to write.

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