aristophanes

My parents and I seem to be constantly going out in order to escape the house here. It is so unpleasant. My grandmother is always watching Mexican TV shows where people are screaming at each other, and seems to be imitating them or something. I've been here about two unhappy weeks now (though admittedly I think I am enjoying myself better than Minnesota all in all, as long as my grandma doesn't yell at me. At least here there is food.)

So far my income here is averaging about $100 a week, almost all through my internet ventures, which is still too little money to do much. Salem/Boston is still floating in my mind as a possibility but it's not cheap to go there. I do have the advantage that my parents are desperate to get out of here as well -- there's talk of them giving me a little extra money to go there and scout the place, and maybe we can all move there. Unfortunately I am not finding accommodations in any of our price ranges -- even a Bed and Breakfast seems to run over $100 per night. Even if I do find something affordable there's kind of a sense that there must be something wrong with it, if everything else is so high...

But other than that, I'm working on a new book. I've also made some revisions to my old books:

Eugenia (now with a new cover!) - the first ever English translation of Beaumarchais's first theatrical triumph.

Voodoo Conjure - now at a new lower price (because my publisher lowered its prices on the printing, so I decided to pass the savings along.)