Happy New Year

It's a new year and let me just start by saying, I hope you all prosper in this new year. This one was kind of hard for me, the entire festive season actually. Christmas just felt like another Wednesday but with family, and New Year's eve was so dull I started thinking that maybe if I jump off the hood of the car there'd be some excitement (I didn't).

My little sister and I had a little 'bonfire' to end the year with. It's a whole thing and I really don't want to get into detail about it.

Well on an official note, I am happy-no, I am elated to announce that The Gemini edits are officially complete (confetti and fireworks). It has been one hell of a ride, I even thought to quit a couple of times. But I realized that this whole new journey I embarked on with The Gemini was not only for me to launch my career as a writer, but also I have to say I have learned so much about myself. I have grown into possibly an even better person than I was and I am stronger, wiser and unfortunately wilder for it.

I am eternally grateful for this gift, and am so happy that I get to share it with all of you. I just hope that you will receive and accept it. Now that the edits are complete, I am proud (forever) to say that the Gemini will officially be released on the 23rd of March 2024, save the date because it's going to be wild!

The pre-sale date is still pending though because I still can't seem to find a printer with the right energy for me, who understands what I want and need. A lot of South African businesses are led by short angry people and they just refuse to meet me half-way, like hello! I'm a potentially paying customer who will stay with your company until the end of time, but they just seem to be unaware or they simply don't care.

Nevertheless, I will not quit in finding the right fit for me, this is my goal for the next two week (including gushing over my new Corex board and book). And since I'm home, I don't know where and how to print the final chapters. It's crazy I know, printing A4 papers to keep with my collection but those are my version of 'notebooks' and a hundred years later when we're all dead and I become world renown, they will search for my journals trying to find what my writing process was and how I got my inspiration (I have no process and life is my inspiration so they'll be sorely disappointed), at least when they find these bound manuscripts they'll think "Oh, how professional" or something along those lines.

Then again, I do have the blog...

Anyway, I may just explode from the excitement but that's not why we're here. I just want to thank everyone, my loyal friends who've supported me through The Gemini #1 and despite your skepticism are willing to buy The Gemini 2.0 (new and improved, the ending will shock the socks off you - it sure did mine). And yes, as a writer I can confirm that we never know where the story will lead us, we're just retelling what we're being told/shown (I'm not crazy, I promise). I also want to thank my mom and dad (rest in peace daddy<3), I am what I am because of you guys. My siblings, gosh I can't tell you how happy I am to have the next few months without questions of "Leomile, when are you finishing? You said you'd be done by now". Y'all kept me on my feet and inspired many crazy thoughts.

Lastly, I want to thank everyone who has been there for me through all of this. You know it wasn't easy. I didn't think how vulnerable I would be revising and editing The Gemini, but I did something that was uncomfortable for me and you all carried me through it. If I had millions I'd take you all to the vacation of your dreams, just to say thank you. But instead, please accept a Chomp, once I can afford it (hahaha, laughing in my empty bank account). It really comes from a good place.

Finally, I am sending lots of love and light to you and your family and I manifest the growth of my Trixie family.

Lots of Love

L <3

P.S does anybody know where launch parties are usually held? ;)