April is here now. 2026 has felt about three years long so far. And also it seems that 2020 was about two years ago. I don’t know if time is moving weirdly because I’m older or if the 2020s are weird for everyone given how they started off with a bang.
Sometimes I think I should really travel somewhere, but then I think, yes, but my house is comfortable, already paid for, never crowded with tourists, and full of my two cats. Why should I ever leave?
Both my cats are brown tabbies. One is a large elderly brown tabby with white paws and belly, and the other is a small youthful brown tabby with black paws and a small patch of white on her chin. They are both beautiful and very personable. In fact, I consider them the two best cats in the entire world, even if they do insist on barfing on my rug and the little one tries to kill me if I go to trim her nails.
My older cat, Mochi, has been very interested in string cheese lately. In a way, it makes perfect sense, since she has always enjoyed eating both cheese and string and string cheese combines both of those interests into one irresistable plastic wrapped package. (She also eats plastic.) It’s really the perfect snack for her. The second I open one, she comes running over and hounds me until I give her a small bite of it.
I am not sure if cats are supposed to eat cheese, but Mochi assures me they are. They are also supposed to eat donuts, cake, dental floss, and broccoli, in case you were wondering. Mochi assures you it will be fine.* Harm can only come from denying your cat these delectable treats, because then they will kill you.
Of course, zombies can also kill you, although I do not believe they are that interested in donuts, cake, dental floss, or broccoli as foods. I did have a shirt once about vegan zombies. They wanted Graaiins. It would be kind of interesting to write a book where the zombies did not eat humans, only plants, but it still caused disaster because it resulted in a huge food shortage.
But one can write too many zombie series, I suppose. I’m working hard on the next installment of the Bookland saga. It’s going to be from Charlotte’s point of view, which should be fun to write. I definitely encourage everyone to read the prequel Somewhat Before, if you haven’t already. There should be some very interesting tie-ins, although I am going to try to make sure if you read book three without having read Somewhat Before, that you will still know what’s going on.
I’ve always intended for Bookland to have four books, plus the prequel. And I still expect that will be how it pans out. I believe the story should be nicely concluded by the end of book four. It’s kind of strange, you know. You start writing, never having written a book before, but if you don’t quit, eventually, you have a book.
I’ve finished four books now, not counting the prequel, but it will feel really nice to have completed an entire series. Plus, I can package it up as a box set, for those of you who might like that sort of thing. Maybe get Somewhat Before in paperback form as well. It’d be shorter than the others, but that’s probably fine.
Thus concludes my thoughts for now. Mochi wishes you all a very happy April, full of all the donuts and dental floss you can eat.
*Mochi in no way accepts legal responsibility on the off-chance that it is not fine. Eat at your own risk.