Back online we are! I’ve been doing the things I usually do, including signing up for a bunch of freebies.

We decided to get the forms notarized this Saturday that Michael sent, in case we get another piece of land from him. We both agree that we’re quite surprised by his reaction to Tom’s letter. We thought he’d be pissed and want to sue us, but if he’s willing to credit money we’ve already paid him towards another piece of land if he could just happen to have a piece on this planet somewhere so we don’t have to drive so far out, then just maybe we’ll take it.

I got pissed at Tom for answering the door when I was in the tub. It was just church quacks passing out movie fliers, but still, that’s a very dangerous thing to do. After opening the door to the pigs as I should never have 5 years ago, I’m always paranoid about opening up to uninvited callers. Besides, what’s to say it’s not a crazed gunman out to rob and maybe kill us? No thanks. I’d rather die by poison or by hanging myself if I had to go.

I looked up gay and lesbian publishers and publishing companies and was surprised by all the hits I got. There’s this one that looks promising, though I still don’t think I’m meant to be an “author” or make us any money. Nonetheless, it has simple, easy-to-understand guidelines. No bestiality, incest, fetish sex, underage sex or things like that. They also tell you how they want the document formatted for those who want to attach their stories to an email, rather than print and send it via postal mail. I’m going to start with College Romance, but it not only needs reformatting, it needs polishing up. For one, I’d like to break it down into chapters and maybe extend it a bit. They recommend 30,000 - 200,000 words per manuscript, and this one’s barely over 21,000. So it may be a while before I submit it, plus it’ll take them 3-6 months to respond, they said.