Somewhere in the Deep Blue Sea

Would I admit this aloud under any circumstances? No

Would I choose Captain Barnacles over the train tiger from Zootropolis?

Word heard/seen in YouTube vlog today:

積読合宿

つんどくがっしゅく, tsundokugasshuku

Meaning: "tsundoku" is that word you see in untranslate-able word lists a lot, "buying books and not reading them"

"gasshuku" is a lodging house or training camp. You might know about 合宿免許, gasshukumenkyo, which is when someone stays at lodging provided by a driving school to take intensive driving lessons, often over the spring break period.

So 積ん読合宿, in this case, was used to mean "staying home and reading through my TBR books"

Much Ado About Everything

A huge thank you to Bnomiko for agreeing to beta!

SUMMARY:  Kaiba returns from the afterlife, with Atem and all their unspoken assumptions about what they could mean to each other, crammed into the Dimensional Cannon with him.  Kaiba is prepared for his life to unfold into the controlled, idyllic success his brilliance has earned. But the thing he’s left out of his calculations is that Atem isn’t one of his holograms and a failure to communicate can lead to chaos.

Link to Chapter 1 on AO3

Every now and then a difficult period like this comes along: so it's time to request some assistance.

I've kind of been neglecting my vision for the past year or so, aware that I needed new glasses (and to go have a consult for possible eye-related surgery), but putting it off... and now the situation has, as it were, come home to roost.

The other day, when I was typing something and then (to check it before posting) had to pick up the Mac and hold it up to my nose to see what I'd typed... I realized that if this went on much longer, even with dictation (because after you dictate, you still have to edit...), I wouldn't be able to write.

That would be bad.

I need to go see my Eye Lady, get examined, and get both sets of glasses re-fitted with new prescriptions. This—as usual, each time it needs to be done every year and a half or two years, due to Weird Eyes—is going to run into a low-four-figure-ish kind of money. And due to other recent unexpected medical expenses, right now there's not enough dosh around (or spondoolicks or whatever term you prefer...) to get things sorted.

Therefore: can I get people interested in keeping a writer, you know, writing (as I've got three novels working at once at the moment...), to consider doing one of these things?

(a) Go over to Ebooks Direct and buy a book. (Or a bundle. Or a gift card for somebody else who might like my work.) And if you do: thanks so much!

(b) Stop by my Ko-Fi and drop a little something in the pot. It'll be most appreciated.

And if you can't do either of the above:

(c) Reblog this and let other people see it?