Sorry I Missed You!

Yesterday was my day off, and 100% of it went to working with Peitor on the TV pilot.

I did manage to stay up to date on all the news, though. It is insane, right? All the Q-stuff coming TRUE on a daily basis now, right before our very eyes.

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Phil is supposed to be live at 7PM Eastern tonight, but I guess we shouldn’t hold our breath. Check here later to confirm.

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I am finally getting adjusted to my new work schedule — by that, I mean, that every time they text me and ask me if I can pick up a shift, or pick up a new weekly client indefinitely, I text back and politely say ‘no.’

It is the only way I will ever get back to any of my half-finished writing projects, spanning the last 5 years.

I am starting to feel like the person I used to be. It’s an interesting feeling. I’m not 100% there, yet. But I’m on my way.

Yesterday, I stopped taking ashwagandha. I had been taking it twice a day, since late July, when I was in PTSD 24/7 and couldn’t get down from it.

I also cut back on L-Theanine yesterday, and today, I might stop that altogether, as well. I’ve been taking it every day, for the past 2 years.

All of this is in an effort to “get back to myself.” And find out if I can handle stress now, just on my own. I’m feeling pretty confident. We shall see.

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Nick Cave announced another Solo Tour — this one in Europe, this spring/summer. Again, with Colin Greenwood on bass. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 31st.

If you haven’t seen this show yet, you don’t want to miss it!!

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Also, just FYI — due to distribution problems regarding my eBooks on Amazon versus everywhere else, I had to put prices back on to all my eBooks.

So nothing is free to download anymore. But, I’m guessing that, if Smashwords sticks around, they will still offer the “free to download” sales 2 or 3 times a year.

Again, I want to thank everyone who is buying the eBook editions of The Guitar Hero Goes Home, and Twilight of the Immortal. I really, really appreciate it.

And while we’re at it — thank you to everyone who is also buying both the print and eBook editions of Neptune & Surf. (!!!!) That book is only 26 years old, already. And both editions are still making it into the sales rank listings. Wow.

The eBook edition (published by Hachette in London), is ranked #16,122 in interracial erotica. Honestly, this just astounds me. A book that is 26 years old.

It took me 4 years to write Neptune & Surf — back in the mid-1990s. I got up every morning at 6AM, and went into our spare bedroom with my cup of coffee and sat at my desk overlooking West End Avenue in NYC, writing/revising for several hours each day. (And drinking & smoking for several hours each night.) For 4 years.

Everyone, absolutely everyone I knew, said I was crazy to spend so much time doing that, because they wanted me to just keep being a songwriter, indefinitely.

I used to ask God if I was indeed crazy to keep at it, and He very distinctly told me that “the book would find its readers.” So I stuck with it….and He turned out to be correct. Go figure…

From the many kind reviews of the original print edition:

“I adored this book. Marilyn Jaye Lewis is a first rate erotic writer. I read it more than once, bought copies to give to friends. Her characters are so human, their stories so well developed, and the eroticism is…well, truly erotic. Everyone who appreciates erotic literature should read this book and everything else Lewis writes. She’s the best of the best.“

Thank you.