I Am Alive... I Swear

        When I last left you guys I just had my son. He's the coolest two-and-a-half-year-old you could ever meet. To say the least, he's kept me busy. Between him, work, and a social life it has been busy. Not only has it been busy, but the motivation to write is essentially nil. If you add in the fact that I'm my own worst enemy then you have the recipe as to why there's no new work or projects in the works. For a while I was putting together a compilation of poetry to publish to get one more small work out of the way before I completed and started the publishing process on my first novel. That never happened. There was endless editing and then telling myself that I needed new poems to add to give life to poems that I've had for ages. Then when it came to my novel there was edit after edit after edit and it still didn't/ doesn't feel complete enough for me. Now I know that's just my perfectionism sinking her teeth in, but I will never abandon the novel that I did finally finish. I put so much time and my heart into it and it will see the light of day. I just need to stop getting in my own way. 

        What has insipired me to make this post tonight is that I actually have another book in the works. This one is more non-fiction/ humor and along the lines of poking fun of customer service... mainly the customer side of customer service. After being in this field for more than 20 years I've got more than enough stories to tell. My boyfriend, who is my biggest cheerleader, has helped me brainstorm on how to make more of this project. I've mentioned to him that outside of this book I'd like to either build another blog or social media account to sort of promote it (when it's time) of quotes of some of the most outlandish or dumbest things people have said to me other the years. My only concern about that is, in the world of the internet, you have so many people who steal others work and repost it as their own and I didn't want the build of of my next book to go out like that. He suggested Patreon. I now of the platform, but have never dabbled with it, but that may be my next venture. Along with this book and the lead up to it, I had also thought about possibly a podcast or additional YouTube channel that talks about the horrors of customer service/ retail. I could literally talk for hours out the entitlement and ridiculousness of most people. 

        I hope to be more active in 2025. The world is shit right now so may as well create some art, spend time with my beautiful family, make money, and do more of what makes me happy. I hope you all are doing the same.

Until next time!!!

- Asia Aneka Anderson