The Marshmallow Ranch Gazette (Patreon)

Howdy, patrons!

The first two serials up for voting -- "Dungeon Monsters" and "Big Sky" -- are up for your perusal! My apologies for both of them being late; I'm still learning how to actually write stuff for a deadline. The next two serials -- "Aftershocks" and "Crushing the Competition" -- will be up later this week, hopefully no later than the weekend. There's a chance that at least one of them might be significantly delayed, but I'll do my best to make sure that's not the case.

In case you didn't know, I'll be at Confuzzled this year! My husband is the Guest Of Honor, and I'll be attending as, er, First Husband I guess? I've never gone to a European Furry Convention, and I'm really looking forward to it! I'll be on a few panels, signed up for a few tabletop role-playing games, and I'll even be judging the Flash Fiction competition! Whoo! It really will be a blast!

The husband and I will be leaving tomorrow evening for the airport, where we'll be on a twelve-hour flight to the British Isles. From there, I think it's a train ride to the convention site where we'll enjoy four whole days of fuzzy merriment! But that's not all -- afterward, we'll be visiting a dear friend in Paris, France and then tromping around good old London before heading home!

Between you and me, I'm both excited AND nervous. Last time I went to Europe, the jetlag was REAL; I spent about a week waking up at 2 AM and unable to get back to bed for an hour or two, and there were so many mornings where I was just tapped out. I get the feeling that this trip will be roughly the same, which will make the convention...interesting. We'll see how it turns out!

This last week and a half has been just what I've needed. I got my head on straighter with writing, and I'm feeling a bit more confident AND capable with it. There's still the...nervousness of making sure I'm doing everything I'm supposed to do, but I'm also OK with making mistakes and taking big swings that don't quite connect.

Speaking of, many thanks to Dissident Love for pointing out that Bernard's species is not actually mentioned in the first episode of "Big Sky"! Sorry about that. You should know here that Bernard is a bear. I'll work on that a bit to make sure it's more explicit when the story continues.

That's all for now, though -- I've got a packing list to make and then some packing to do! Until then buckaroos, see you later this week!

-Jakebe