A quick update on "Monsters of Moosic"

I'm still on track to finish the editing within the next few days, but I do have to get my work hours in for this week and, as per usual, I'm WAY behind. (Ugh.) So I'm setting the date when I will be finished and sending the book out (and posting it to Amazon, Kobo, and hopefully iPad, if Apple gets back to me sometime this century) as Sunday. I have my last major assignment for school tonight (my Japanese mathematics presentation -- cross your fingers and hope that not being able to stop yammering in front of an audience will make up for me being all, "Holy crap, HOW do I explain this problem again?!" last night when I looked at my Powerpoint), so as of 6:50 pm tonight, the only thing I have left to worry about school-wise are my finals.

Anyway.

Thanks to those of you who pre-ordered, because I'm broke as hell and that really, really helped with putting gas in my car and picking up a few groceries. If anyone else wants to pre-order:

I'm asking three bucks a copy, but if anyone would like to chip in for more, I'd appreciate it.

Here's the blurb I'm putting on Amazon:

My name is Sean Patrick Boggs, and people try to kill me all of the time. So do dragons, wizards, necromancers, werewolves, vampires, and every other conceivable creature in existence. See, I'm a latent. I'm just waiting for some traumatic event to trigger my repressed magic and give me control over the abilities I've been waiting my entire life to fully access. Until then, I'm a walking bag of very expensive spell ingredients and a future threat wrapped up in one poor tortured body. Now, one huge secret is about to make my life a whole lot more dangerous.

It's very snarky. Also, there is Scarlett. You will like Scarlett. Scarlett is adorable. And pointy. But mostly adorable, so it evens out.

I have an emergency.

I’ve been trying to scrape together extra cash by prepping my book to self-publish, due to the fact that my current job is not working out the way it should. For one thing, my current position hasn’t paid more than minimum wage in a few months. I’m trying to get a new job but it’s tough.

I wrote my last rent check with the understanding that my biweekly paycheck would be in my account by the time my landlord (who luckily is cool) would cash it. However, work changed up the pay schedule, and when he went to cash it, it bounced.

No problem - my landlord is cool, and he took a new check to be cashed tomorrow as my paycheck goes in tonight. Between my paycheck and what’s already in there, it should have been enough to pay my rent. Not much more, but as I’m self-pubbing on Sunday come hell or high water, I shouldn’t have to worry.

I just checked my account and I’m $130 short. I’m not sure how my paycheck is so small, but it is.

If anyone can help, I’d be grateful. I’ve been only able to pay for my car and rent for the past few months, and now apparently I can’t even pay that. If you have a few bucks to spare, my Paypal is jennifer DOT matarese AT Gmail. I’m desperately trying to get a new job but aside from a call from an insurance company that turned out to be a scam, I’ve had nothing. I haven’t been able to refill my antidepressants in weeks. I’ve been sharing what’s left of my people food with my rodents and am close to taking cat food from my mom.

I just … I really need help. A lot.