If you're curious, no it's not COVID. No one can tell me WHAT it is. I've been sick in one way or another since the end of May so who the fuck knows anymore?

In the ER. Been here for 7 hours. Still going to be here for a while. This is American healthcare in action. Just fucking admit me or let me go home. #fuckingdrs

Phoenix Rising chapter 5 is up on my blog now. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/26/p...

Phoenix Rising - Interlude # 4 is up on my blog today. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/25/p...

Phoenix Rising - Chapter 4 is up on my blog now. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/24/p...

Phoenix Rising - Interlude # 3 is upon my blog now. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/23/p...

Just finished setting up the rest of the chapters from Phoenix Rising on my blog. Trying to find pictures to go with the chapters (not being an artist and not being able to afford an artist to draw the damn pictures) is frustrating. Now back to revisions on the OTHER projects. #writingcommunity

Chapter 3 of Phoenix Rising is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/20/p...

Chapter 2 and Interlude # 2 are up of Phoenix Rising are up on my blog now. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/18/p... amguynes.com/2025/06/19/p...

Chapter 1 of my novel Phoenix Rising is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/17/p...

We begin with an interlude. Interlude 1 in my novel Phoenix Rising is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/16/i...

I TRIED to take a break from revisions. My poor, neurodivergent brain has decided words we cannot interact with aren't interesting and video games/movies are boring. So I guess I'll continue with the revisions because that is feeding the ND brain today. I give up. #writingcommunity

No Word, I do NOT mean "he poured the wine on himself" when I say "he poured himself a glass of wine." FFS grammar check is getting weirder. #writingcommunity

Past me is an ass. Left myself a note in the document that said "Rewrite scene. It's a mess." I've just reread the scene three times. It's not a mess. I don't see what past me saw. Could I have been more helpful to myself and said WHY I thought it was a mess? Revisions are fun. #writingcommunity

So I'm up early (yes, 7 AM on a Saturday is early for me...I've also been up for an hour already). I have some tea. Let's knock out some revisions in between household chores. Can't start work on the laundry until after 8 AM anyway because of apartment complex rules. #writingcommunity

I did not know the pacarana was a creature that existed until today... I am delighted to say the least...

A glass of wine, some interesting music, and cracking open the WIP. It's Friday so I don't have to get up early tomorrow. Time to do some night revisions. We'll see how late I make it. Hoping for at least midnight (3 hours), but we'll see. #writingcommunity

Found Phoenix Rising (book 3 in the series on my blog). Getting it set up on my blog to start posting next Monday. Then I'm doing some revisions on the main Courtesan series. I need a break. Going to disappear and play w/my imaginary friends today. Took today off work. #writingcommunity

So fucking pissed right now. Bitchy manager just accused me of lying about being chronically ill & forging all my medical paperwork that lets me WFH & have my intermittent medical leave. Like WTF? I CAN'T forge it. The company who handles LOA/FMLA/WFH contacts the actual dr.

Going to be posting book 3 in the series I've been sharing on my blog starting next week. I WAS going to start it this week, but...complications. (Not the least of which I can't find the bloody file! I KNOW where the backup of my backup is. It's a matter of digging it out.) #writingcommunity

Chapter 13 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog now. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/03/a...

Job interview tomorrow. Squeezing it in before a doctor's appointment. Wish me luck!

Chapter 12 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/06/02/a...

I should be doing something useful with my day. Instead I'm sipping tea and playing with my imaginary friends. Useful is for tomorrow when I'm panic cleaning because my weekend is almost over and I've done nothing. 🤣 #writingcommunity

It's 12:30AM. I -should- be going to bed. I am not. The night is silent other than my music playing quietly. I've had a rough day today. I'm going to eat some cake & write. It's the weekend. I have no obligations tomorrow. Time to play w/the imaginary friends. #writingcommunity

I finally have a book in the world 🤩🫠 WHEN THE SKY BREAKS is now available in softcover and digital: www.amazon.com/When-Sky-Bre... Reviews are coming in strong on GR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... 🚀⛵🌙

Chapter 11 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/30/a...

Took a mental health day. I haven't written anything in two days I've been so stressed. I watched a movie, ate some pizza, and now I'm going to write. It's time to disappear with my imaginary friends. #writingcommunity

Chapter 11 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/30/a...

Here is the third interlude with the main antagonist in Ashes of War over on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/29/a...

Chapter 10 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/28/a...

I have spent every spare moment today job hunting. Even hunted on my lunch break. Stick a fork in me, I'm done. It's almost 9 PM. I have to go to bed soon to get up & start all over again w/the day job that's going away & the job hunting. I'm taking the next 1-2 hours to write. #writingcommunity

Job hunting sucks. I made my supervisor cry. She's desperately fighting for us to keep our jobs. I told her I have no faith that they'll keep us after the fuster cluck that went down with our sales reps.

Chapter 9 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/27/a...

Day job resumes tomorrow. Bleargh. Looking for a new job right now because of "restructuring" (aka they're going to axe my team some time in the next few months & I'm going to lose my job). Spent most of the day job hunting. Tonight, I'm writing. I need a break from reality. #writingcommunity

Chapter 8 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/26/a...

Chapter 8 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/26/a...

It's 10 PM. I don't work tomorrow because it's Memorial Day. So hooray for late night (for me) writing sprints! #writingcommunity

I'm overheating and it's not even that warm (75 F). Trying to focus and do some writing. It's slow going but I'm making progress! #writingcommunity

Here's the second interlude with our main antagonist in Ashes of War. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/23/a...

Chapter 7 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/22/a...

Worked an hour of OT tonight. Finally done with the day job. Went with a sandwich for dinner tonight. Easy clean up. Going to do some writing now. Let's see what mischief I can get these two into. #writingcommunity

Chapter 7 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/22/a...

Okay, kitchen is done. Going to try for another hour and then go to bed because the evil day job is still a thing. -sigh- Oh well. Off to see just how slow this "slow burn" is going to be. (Am I going to end up with TWO books?) #writingcommunity

Chapter 6 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/21/a...

I still need to clean the kitchen - and I'll do it before I go to bed - but I wanted to get a little writing in this evening. I got nothing written last night and it's bothering me. So hoping to get an hour in, do the kitchen, get another 30-40 minutes, and then go to bed. #writingcommunity

Chapter 6 of my novel Ashes of War is up on my blog. #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/21/a...

Chapter 5 of my novel Ashes of War went up today on my blog. (You might want to read Chapter 4 first...that went up yesterday.) #writingcommunity amguynes.com/2025/05/20/a...

Fell AGAIN this morning. (Tripped over the 15 lb menace that is my dog.) Screwed up my back. AGAIN. It WAS healing nicely. FML So instead of doing what I was planning on doing, I'm propped up in bed. Oh well. More time to write on the project I guess. #writingcommunity