Well, hello there. It’s been a hot minute since I last posted, and quite a bit has happened since then. 

First, we adopted a 7-ish-month-old puppy at the beginning of June 2023.

As you can see, she was very malnourished when we met. She was a stray and had been at the shelter for about a week. 

I named her Muffin because she looked a bit like Muffin from Bluey, and I’m still very much in love with that show. I was unprepared for the Muffin level attitude that came with the name. It’s been a challenging several months, but I think things are improving. Raising a puppy has definitely been an experience.

And now the really big news…

I wrote a book!!!

This book started as a silly little idea at the end of last November. I fell into a writing hyperfixation, and roughly three weeks and 100,000-ish words later I was typing The End. What I ended up with was a sweet romance that went to a much deeper place than I ever anticipated. It was an extremely emotionally taxing story to write, but I’m very proud of what I ended up with. 

It’s coming out on February 13, 2024. I’m incredibly nervous and excited to put this out into the world. 

And that’s the big news on my end.