updates during pandemic boredom

Not that I necessarily have any more free time. Since the pandemic started, and the subsequent shitty response by the US government, I don't go out much any more. I go to work 2-3 days a week, and work from home the other days. I go out shopping mostly to buy groceries, although I'm broken that rule several times. (Because sometimes shopping for things gives me an emotional lift, but obviously I always wear a mask). Now I'm like, for real now, buy "fun" things online and only go out for groceries. Because this isn't going away any time soon.

So, anyway, I'm going to end up republishing book 1, The Babysitter, because I noticed a discrepancy in the way Tobias is referred to. He introduces himself as Tobey to the twins, so they should call him Tobey. But Piper calls him Tobias, for reasons I explored in other, non-SVT horror parody stories (that haven't been published, because I haven't finished a whole book yet, just many, many chunks of many, many books, and short stories). There were times when Jessica or Elizabeth said Tobias, so that's wrong. As always, you can update the Kindle edition once you've bought it, but paperbacks will have to be re-ordered (in order to have a more "correct" copy). I sometimes think about all the paperback editions that have been published since 2014 that have mistakes/ typos in them, and cringe. Sorry, paperback lovers. I always order a new edition for myself because it's still so nifty to publish my own books.

So I changed that to be consistent, and since Tobias's alter ego in the new book (well one of them, as he plays Maeve the Rock Star's agent, guitar player in her band, and the twins' handsome new substitute teacher) is named Craig Riordan, I changed the name of Fallon Morrison's demon "cousin"* in Book 2 The Witch, to match. He was previously called Craig Ross, and I don't like that name anymore. Also the name "Craig" is suitable for this "Super Hideous Edition" (The Twins and Their Rock-Star Witch Babysitter - which is a parody name of SVT #55, Brooke and her Rock-Star Mom) because it means "rock" LOL. (As in, a craggy rock, not rock music).

I've been working on the Super Hideous Edition a lot lately. Maybe because it keeps me sane in these hideous times. (I shouldn't complain obviously, because I'm white, I can still afford rent and food, and I have health insurance. Many US citizens are not so lucky.)

So, maybe that'll get published at some point. I need to do a cover illustration and determine the number of pages. The cover will probably be sea foam green. (SVT had lighter covers for Super Editions, and darker covers for Super Chillers. And the Magna Editions were all Christmas-y).

*only not really, obviously, because incest, but the twins don't know that 12-year-old Fallon is really 17-year-old witch Piper, and twentysomething Craig is really 16-year-old Tobias, and that they're lovers (and not related). Because that's all part of Piper's plan.