Right now I am...
:: tired from a hasty session of housecleaning (I did not get to do that yesterday, nor the day before)
:: looking at a clean(er) house and feeling good about myself
:: going to work through book #6 for the last time before I send it off to my publisher
:: thinking that hanging wooden eggs in trees (well, just branches) is actually a silly tradition. But a tradition it is.
edited to add:
I just sent book #6 off to my editor!
Right now I am...
:: happy to see my mint growing so fast. Last year it was just a few sprigs.
:: thinking about promotion (of my books). I really don't like that part of the job. It makes me twitchy to talk about myself as a writer and my books. Oh...well... no, not when I write about it here. But here it's not promotion, it's just sharing. I like sharing. Maybe I can find a way to just share with potential readers...
Right now I am...
:: still smiling from driving my husbands car this morning. It was the first time I drove it myself and it was such fun. I know it's silly but it was!
:: also very excited about finishing book #6 today. I'm going to print it for a last read-over and then it's off to my publisher. Such a relief!
:: still thinking very hard to find a title for it. My working titles are simple, just the name of the main character (Donna in this case, isn't that a wonderful name?). But for a real title... oh my. I like short titles, but I just can't come up with anything. Not even a longer one. Oh well, something will come up I guess.
:: going to have a homemaker's day tomorrow. Grocery shopping, cleaning, gardening. Bliss!
Right now I am...
:: looking forward to the weekend
:: knowing I will be working on that book again, but I'm catching up on my schedule now and that feels great!
:: wishing you a very good weekend too
Right now I am...
:: feeling a lot more confident than I did this past week
:: happy to have sent of story #2 today
:: amazed that I actually teared up a bit on rereading one part of it
:: thinking that it's not fair that these booklets are looked down on so much.
People tell me that they won't be reading them. But this is not trash; there is no adult content in it (or I wouldn't/couldn't be writing it) and the quality of the story is very much depending on the one who wrote it. There are some that are a bit less good (mostly because those writers are very inexperienced), but that doesn't make me any less of a writer, or does it? And the fact that it's just a booklet and not a real book makes it very cheap. That's a good thing. It's not about the outside, it's the story that counts. At least, that's what I think. Oh well, I'll stop rambling now. I really enjoy writing these stories and it pays too, so I'll be submitting my synopsis for story #3 soon, no matter what people say.
:: switching to writing book #6 again. I think I'm so close to wrapping it up. I will miss that main character. I love her. She's a photographer, a traveler (as in not staying in one place for a long time) and very independent. I will have to make sure that I don't change her too much to make it a happy ending. I think that count (yes, really) will have to accept her for who she is.
:: wondering if you mind that I talk about writing so much in this space. It's just a very big part of my life right now.
Right now I am...
:: even more tired than I've been last week
:: taking a day off writing
:: reading instead (Soul Flame by Barbara Wood -love it, like all her books)
Right now I am...
:: stressed out a bit
:: thinking I may need to change those self-imposed deadlines
:: still wanting to proof that I really can do it (2 books and 12 stories a year - I know of someone who does 7 books, 12 stories and some other work)
:: doubting my priorities at this point, I also love being a mother and a homemaker and I'm not sure I can do it all
:: knowing that things will work out like they always do
:: hoping to finish the first draft of book #6 today
:: thinking it may be a few days later though
Right now I am...
:: thinking I may have noticed Spring beginning anyway, looking at the pictures I took the last few days. I thought I wasn't really
:: also remembering now the smell of laundry dried in the sun. Oh yes!
:: writing like crazy. I have some (mostly self-imposed) deadlines coming up and really want to finish in time (because after those deadlines there is a lot of fun ahead - a vacation, summer)
:: sitting next to a man who is also working like crazy (but is also looking forward to that vacation and summer)
:: feeling my muscles from excercising yesterday and the day before (trying to loose some weight again and get back some strength)
:: gearing up to exercise today too
Right now I am...
:: thinking that this was not my most inspired week of daily photographs (three nights in a row: oh my, forgot to take a picture!)
:: cheating just a little bit on Tuesday's picture. It was actually taken a few minutes after midnight, so technically it was already Wednesday
:: hoping next week will be better
:: but thinking it might not be, for I know I will be very, very busy (as always...)
Right now I am...
:: tired from working in the front garden this morning
:: feeling happy for the sun we've had this weekend and today (and forecasts say we'll be getting more)
