and if you're into cool stuff like supporting indie authors, you can read all the way up to chapter 9 right now on our patreon:
www.patreon.com/purplecatgirl

we're so sorry for your loss
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we're so sorry for your loss
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you could try asking a violin teacher to suggest something. they ought to be able to steer you towards a good starting instrument in the right price range

so after the UPS agent swore the package was coming today (and i had him repeat that twice) the biggest shock of the year is... UPS never showed up. and the tracking website still says they have no idea when it will be delivered. because i don't think they know where it is.
goddess we hate UPS

"yes its coming today," the UPS agent said in a hesitant uneasy tone. Then he added, "if it doesn't come today file a claim"
me: you don't sound very sure of yourself
UPS agent: lol idk *shrugs*
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omfgoddess, i hate dealing with UPS
*more angry catgirl noises*

UPS's website: "don't bother our agents, they have the same info as the tracking page"
UPS agent: "idk why the website says it was due monday, my computer says it wasn't released from customs until monday. idk why the website says 'delivery date unknown' my screen says its being delivered today"

"UPS" is pronounced "oops" because they lost it, they dropped it, they broke it, & they don't know anything about it.
*angry catgirl noises*

asked for a support callback thru the virtual assistant. had to wait 10 mins then a computer called. put us on hold. got to speak to a person who didn't know anything we'd entered on the web form. his solution: "this is international, not my dept." transfered to other dept. "hold time 25 mins."
>:(

UPS tracking still doesn't know where the package is or when it'll be delivered. their virtual assistant is less than useless. so is their phone support system.

then 22h30 tracking updated to "we dont know what day it'll be delivered" and there's been no updates since then
and they deleted the earlier "out for delivery" entries, to make it look like it didn't spend all day in a truck yesterday
is it lost? is it coming today? tomorrow? who knows? not UPS

we enjoyed seeing the fun things you created, but i think we'd enjoy that a lot less knowing it was something you were only doing because you felt obligated.
do what you think is fun, do stuff that brings you joy. share your joy if you want, folks who vibe with it will appreciate both it and you

this is why you're still one of our heroes ^^

meet Ceridwen, our chonkiest kitty. she frequently falls asleep on her back with her feet up in the air & her tail twisted into a little curlie-q

the reason we don't do bsky posts every time we share a chapter is we publish new chapters every other day. 3 / week to patreon & 3 more / week on scribble. and that's just our regular schedule, there's also commission chapters & other extras. so we're always posting something somewhere

we also have a patreon, where you can read all our stories & loads of bonus chapters, extras, & behind-the-scenes goodies.
www.patreon.com/purplecatgirl

one writing-related thing we have achieved is editing... when we can't write we edit what's already written. so at least there's some progress

its really frustrating cos we've basically got the end of the book all plotted out, we know what's gonna happen etc. its just, somethings jammed up the spigot in our brain & the words aren't coming out
*frustrated kitty noises*