Holy Crap Thank You??

Sep 08, 2026

Weekends end up being so busy for me that I start doing something and then if my internet is out (like it is now as I write this) forget to come back to it. I have to give thanks to more than a few individuals before an update this time.

To Don Martin, for sharing my fundraiser after seeing my message. He's the author of Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire (https://amzn.to/4hjr0r9) and is offering his followers over on Threads the FIRST THREE CHAPTERS of Verity Vox and the Veil of Death with one donor being picked to get a full ARC. That's seriously more than I anticipated when I frantically reached out hoping for a simple link share or something. Giving in order to ask people to give to me is huge, and I'm so grateful for him doing this. I'll be having some sort of giveaway for deer antler stud earrings or a bolo tie soon, as I offered this in thanks and was told to pay it forward; even when already giving, he's still giving!

From this share, I got a flash of donations, including Emily McIntire! (Lord have mercy, when I asked my stepson's mom if she knew who that was lol) For anyone that doesn't, she's the author of Burning Daylight (https://amzn.to/4yLXXUf) and the Never After series. Thank you, Emily, for your incredibly generous donation! You've honestly made me feel so special. I'm super thankful and honestly fangirling a little bit.

Heather A, Melanie, Kirsten, Rachel, Heather K, Camille, and two anonymous donors all joined in and pushed funding over the halfway point! Thank you all for your generosity.

THE UPDATE: I'm still looking for a job. Now that authors have entered the chat...I have years of PA and other assistant experience, including skills in editing, proofreading, disabled/Native sensitivity reading, a typing speed of 111WPM if you need things transcribed, and all the typical calendar, email, event coordination, social media stuff desired of a PA. If anyone is looking...look no further because so am I!

I've posted some more beadwork over on IG @issitohbi, including some dentalium stuff using those nice, giant 2-3" shells. All of these pieces are PWYW $50+ though with the lack of interest, I may go ahead and lower that or include free shipping.

With the fundraiser hitting the halfway point, I should be able to cover the July and August late payments and possibly September in full as well as September's medications. This is amazing! Suddenly, waiting for October doesn't feel so far away. I'm waiting for everything to clear so I can have a final number sans fees, but my calculations should be correct. I can't say enough how much of a weight this has lifted from me in terms of stress.

The original goal, which is still the goal today, included only necessities to keep me in school: health and keeping the car in my driveway. This weekend I noticed it's acting a little bit...funky and I don't think I can put off the oil change any longer so I may update this goal to reflect that. I'm hoping that's the extent of it, but the transmission may need to be serviced and that's something I can't actually do myself at home which is Not Good, but I won't know until I change the oil. This was an expected expense but not expected this early on which makes it another unexpected and necessary expense. For now, I'm not driving it or only driving it a few miles locally for necessities. I'm looking at $52.73 to change the oil and anywhere between $220 and $350 to have the transmission serviced, from what I'm seeing. (Less than what I thought, honestly.) If you see the goal start to climb, this is why.

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