Happy New Year, friends.

I hope your New Year’s Eve was lovely. Mine was uh… loud. The place where I live is surrounded by neighbors setting off fireworks for miles, all of it shooting up into the sky like a long-distance conversation of noise and light.

I also got co-opted for a neighbor’s drum concert, set live in a storage closet, fog machine and strobe lights included. Like I said—loud.

• I posted an AU of an upcoming book on AO3 yesterday: Safe to Hold.
• And idk if anyone here partakes in Amazon, but if so, The Electric Hymnal is free until January 4th. aka the one with the Catholic incubus. This book has always been kind of an unloved little duckling, but it still has a soft spot in my heart.

Thanks for sticking by me through another year. I really hope 2025 is the best year to come for all of us. If you’ve fought your way through 2024 tooth and nail, I hope you get some well-deserved rest. And if you’re tired of resting and ready to shake things up, I hope 2025 gives you plenty of opportunity to do the things you care about.

Love you! See you in the new year <3