Three Things and a Cat Photo

okay, before I go back into the word-mines, three reminders:

1. There's a new storybundle in town! DRM-free fantasy fiction, for whatever you feel moved to pay!

2. If you're more of a serial fiction, "what on earth will Gilman come up with next?" reader, then there's my Patreon - $1 an episode gets you the crackfic cat noir!

3. If you've loved (or even really really liked) SILVER ON THE ROAD, and haven't left a review for it yet, that would be a lovely Valentine's Day gift for your favorite hostess of this page.... and is deeply encouraging as I work my way into book 3. :-)

(and yes, Goodreads, Amazon and B&N are great, but posting a review on your FB page or blog is also awesome.)

and here, have a #TBT cat.



My beloved and much-missed Pandora, who is the soul and snark behind the Duchess of "The Aventures of Duchess, PI."

mindfulness

Today's been interesting: I've found a not-unexpected but unanticipated breaking point in what I will put up with in social relationships. To wit: if you hurt someone, you own it, you accept it. You don't blame other people for being hurt by your words or actions. End. Of. Story. And the end of my making excuses or putting up with anyone indulging in that behavior.

Watching this go down, I'm reminded of my own tendency to become defensive when called out - and the work I put into breathing through it, forcing myself through that defensiveness, to see things in a larger, more distant scale. I've come a long way; I need to go further.  Today was a good reminder of why I do that work.