The thing about wordpress sites is…you have to keep them running. And for the last few years, I’ve been super busy with the work life. You know, doing the 9-5 job that keeps the power on and health insurance current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is an old adage that says “Don’t write just for yourself,” and boy, did I ever break that. I have (finished) five different books in an Urban Fantasy series called “Soulbreaker,” and a full fantasy novel tentatively called “Daughter of Shadows” and I’ve gotten the rights back to the first book in my Grimm Agency series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But until I have the rights to all three, I’m not rereleasing them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to wordpress – I left it running and mostly ignored it. And in that time, the spammers found a way to loading thousands of comments offering me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bigger penis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A longer penis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russian Girls Looking for Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viagra (presumably useful if I bought the first two)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thai Girl Wants To Meet You<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and exactly one comment asking what I wanted for Pitchwars 2020…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These comments had the effect of filling my WP’s database to the point where WP itself could no longer function. Cue a long, long call to the Helpdesk, several days worth of waiting, a WP add-in that nuked all the spam comments, plus some help from Ionos admin to compact the SQL database…and we’re functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The theme ain’t what I’d prefer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The colors are ugly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it’s running. And soon, I’ll start posting some “for fun” stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s good to be back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The thing about wordpress sites is…you have to keep them running. And for the last few years, I’ve been super busy with the work life.…<\/p>\n