And it has come to pass that I am now "between jobs..."

[catherineldf]

As they say. Showed up on Tuesday, did my thing, got called into a meeting in the afternoon, got let go. It's a mixed bag in that it had gotten very toxic these last few months, but now I get to wrangle the additional financial and benefits stress. Sigh. Ah well, onward and upward. I'll start looking around in a few days, but suspect there won't be much out there until we get through the Inauguration. I *might* be eligible for unemployment, Jana *might* be eligible for a PPP loan, etc. So will be looking at those things and the Kickstarter I was originally plotting, plus whatever else I can scare up in the meantime.

While all that is going on, I've got stuff coming up! Boosts, book purchases, signing on to my Patreon, ordering Queen of Swords Press books in at your local library, signing up for my classes, hiring me for stuff, all on the table.

• My class on writing characters in community, coming up this Saturday afternoon at the Rambo Academy, still has open slots and scholarships available.
• My Patreon supports Queen of Swords Press.Thanks to some great humans, it's at $122 a month right now; if I could get it to $200 a month, that would cover a lot of our base costs, which would be super helpful.
• There's a Queen of Swords Press Ko-fi account where you can tip us if Patreon seems like too much of a commitment and your TBR pile does not permit add-ons.
• We do, of course, have books for sale and they are pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. You can get our books anywhere, but buying direct from us goes directly into the coffers.
• My wife Jana saw her art teaching income completely dry up this year, but she has an Etsy and she does take on book repair clients as well as custom work like portfolios (reach out to her through Etsy).

I think I'll also be putting some stuff up for sale on Ebay and Cat Rambo and I are talking about on demand classes and I have a 30 item to-do list so it's going to be lively around here while I herd things.