I just wanted to stop by the blog and give a great big thank you to everyone who is buying my novel, The Guitar Hero Goes Home, over at Amazon.

I self-published it in September 2020, after every single publisher — except one — that I submitted it to, not only declined it but declined to even reply to me. Yes — ignored me completely. The one who did reply, politely declined it with an actual email, explaining that he couldn’t afford to publish it but he did run an excerpt from it in his online zine.

Anyway. It cheered me greatly this morning to see that The Guitar Hero Goes Home is suddenly ranked at 19, 917 out of 8, 804, 344 books in Biographical Fiction (!!).

Wow. Not even in “Erotica”. But in Biographical Fiction.

For over two years now, I had sold 7 copies of that book — a novel that is really, really close to my heart, gang. So to suddenly see that this morning, it made for a really, really happy Christmas for me!!

So thank you, everyone. From the bottom of my heart.

And also a continued thank you to everyone who is reading my free substack. I really appreciate that, too. (Link in drop down menu above.)

You have no idea how much this all jumpstarts my Christmas. So thank you.

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In sad news – the wonderful Janet Ossebaard has at last been found, and alas, she is dead, a confirmed suicide. She had been missing for several weeks, but I didn’t post anything about it because no one really knew yet what was happening.

Janet was the filmmaker behind that incredible documentary that blew so many of our minds a couple of years back — Fall of the Cabal. This is from her partner this morning:

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And on Phil’s channel, some disturbing things brewing — at least for me, because I support Good Lion TV & Films and always encourage all of you to do the same. Now, I’m not sure what to do.

The posts are here (and scroll). I am particularly disturbed by the post from Total Disclosure.

I was aware that Total Disclosure had parted ways with Good Lion Films, but I thought it was because Total Disclosure wanted to be on their own.

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Okay. That is it for now.

I have to BAKE THAT CHEESECAKE!!!!! And wash my hair. And vacuum the house. And go pick up the last of my Christmas houseguests around 3:30 this afternoon. (For those of you who might have forgotten — I am having a house full of people under the age of 27 this Christmas, starting tonight!!!! So far, there are 6 bottles of wine, a bottle of cognac, 3 six-packs of Guinness, (legal) weed, and cigarettes….. And I don’t drink or smoke. Should be very, very reminiscent of my wonderfully misspent youth!!!!)

If you celebrate, please have a wonderful Christmas, and thanks again, everybody. In my heart, I am already having the best little Christmas, ever.

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!