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So this last weekend a bunch of us gathered in a cabin in central Wisconsin to record another season of The Meatgrinder. Now, I know you're saying "Trae, you guys haven't released Season 6 yet, but you recorded Season 7 already?" And yeah, that's the situation. Season 6 will be [Read More]
The following is a short story set in the world of my Mia Graves novels I wrote while editing The Perfect Host. It takes place a few weeks after The Perfect Host, and contains some minor spoilers for Bloody Damn Rite. Besides the web version here, you can also download [Read More]
Yesterday I drove down to the Wisconsin Dells to have lunch with an old friend. Chris is arguably my oldest friend, and at the very least my oldest friend who I talk to with any regularity. We've known each other for a very long time, and he was the best [Read More]
This last weekend was the second Booked Eau Claire event, and my first time tabling at it. I volunteered there last year, so I knew what the vibes would be overall. I had a really good time at the event, and it gave me the opportunity to hang out with [Read More]
Like I said previously, I'm doing two cons in September, and I just got done with one of them. Eau Claire Comic Con went really well as always, and I had a great time. I was surprised that a couple of the people I usually see there didn't stop by [Read More]













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I just realized something. Lynn says she hasn’t used for “nine years, three months, and sixteen days.” She’s been married for over 14 years. That means she slipped after they were married. Maybe that’s why they moved to Peregrine Lake.
Yup. If you feel like mathing it out, Peregrine Lake technically takes place in early 2030 (because UnCONventional stuck to real time pretty closely I had to pick a real year for the time jump for Megan and Lynn’s ages to be where I wanted them)
(Edited to add: The move happened several years afterwards in canon, and per the UnCONventional epilogue was more due to Megan coming into some money from her brother buying out her share of the family business)
Still, compared to Funky Winkerbean…