First off, The Ugly. I hate December. It's the most expensive month of the year for me. We had our 41st wedding anniversary, my wife's birthday, my birthday on the 23rd, and of course Christmas. On Christmas Eve this year, my wife and I ended our 41 years of marriage. I'll try to explain.
For the last 15 years, my wife has been addicted to gambling. Specifically slot machines at the local Indian Casino. Every penny she has made working, every dime she could beg borrow or steal, our life savings all have been donated to the Casino. We even had to declare bankruptcy in 2009 for all the credit cards she ran up without my knowledge and because she was overdrawn on her bank account by a couple thousand dollars. I've put up with all the lies and the broken promises, the arguments, the fighting, the begging etc for as long as I can. On my birthday, the 23rd, she slipped out of the house at 5pm to drive up to the casino and see her brother about something. I didn't know it, but she took her social security payment for the month and stole my debit card. Needless to say, she lost all of her money and stole $500 from my debit card. She didn't come home until noon on Christmas Eve, 19 hours later. Losing $500 dollars in December is quite a blow to my budget. This was not the first time, but it's going to be the last. I've done everything I can and failed. I'm in the process of moving in to live with my youngest son, his lady, and my 7 year old grandson.
The Bad: I have about 7 partially completed chapters done on the last story about Linda and her Posse. I have been so depressed for the last couple months that I haven't been able to write. Hopefully, I'll be able to climb out of this dark hole of depression and get back to writing in January. The story has gotten darker and more depressing in the last couple chapters so far and I just couldn't continue, even though my legion of fans demanded more. Okay, by legion of fans I really mean that I received two SOL system messages asking for another sequel. Not much of a legion.
The Good: Someone or someones have nominated Retribution in three categories for Clitorides awards. I think personally it would do better as best MC story but the nominations are for Best Humor, Best Story by a New Author, and Best Fantasy Story. I do appreciate the honor of being nominated and the votes I've received. Oh, I also got nominated for Best New Author but Paige Hawthorne is literally running away with that award and deservedly so, she is much better at this than I am.
So, that's my current situation. I do know that some of you want to read more about Linda and her vigilante tour of the world. I'll try to get back on track after I'm settled in. Thanks for all your support.