Greetings, folks! It has been a hot minute since I’ve taken the time to go over some Patreon stuff, which is where I do a lot of my general direct interactions with readers. (It’s a nice little community!) As a reminder, there are THREE different pat...

Hey, folks. Please note this blog post was also sent to my email list subscribers. (I have an ear infection, woke up super late, and went the route of laze… this is the only work I’m doing today, because I want to rip my ear off, I feel like garbage,...

Greetings, folks! As I know many of you enjoy holiday cards and writing letters to the cats (for which they’re grateful for, and they are shown anything sent to them), I have a new PO box. If you would like to send Princess and Zazzle holiday gifts,...

This post is for the authors out there, but readers are totally welcome to join the party. 1: The taxes are beyond complicated, you will pay a lot more in taxes than your traditionally employed partner, and if you aren’t good at reading IRS shenaniga...

This will be cross-posted to the newsletter as well, so please don’t be surprised if you get something twice. (I’m tired, quite lazy, and so on.) It’s been a while since I’ve done a general update, so let’s get down to business. I’ve linked to Amazon...

Greetings, folks. Today, Apple sent this lovely little message: Currently, Apple is the only vendor implementing this change, with the general hope that aggregators, like Draft2Digital, will be able to protect author anonymity. Currently, only one of...

As y’all have been really, really good about not bugging me about the series I’ll be working on to replace the Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) series as it comes to its end, you get to find out officially what’s going on. (Please note the...

The title says it all. Whatever for Hire will be discounted to $0.99 on the week of October 6, 2022. Want a reminder of the sale? Follow R.J. Blain on Bookbub. The official sale is for US stores, but some international stores will also be available a...

This is a candid post regarding the consequences and challenges of chronic pain and illness. As I’ve had some issues with petty little children who think others aren’t allowed to also have mental illness or chronic pain if it isn’t as severe as their...

Let’s just say my anxiety has been tripping for the past few weeks, life is hard, so I have been working on a hobby… one that I’m not all that good with and have a huge amount to learn. Photography! With a fun camera! I do love my Sony a7ii… I don’t...