Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: I sent off the revised manuscript for Mississippi's story to my editor and a couple of beta readers to check over the revisions I made. Other than that, I didn't get a lot accomplished. I had a couple of appointments after work that ate into my writing time.

Motivational Quote: "I draw on strength gleaned during those hard times to forge my way through life with love, compassion, understanding, openness, and grace." ~ Paul Tran

What I'm Reading: I just started After That Night by Karin Slaughter last night. It's the latest installment of the Will Trent series that just came out this month.

Random Things:  I never put much stock into the whole Mercury being in Retrograde thing until recently. The last retrograde was from August 23rd through September 15th. I had all kinds of bad crap happen, especially at the day job during that time period. On Monday, 9/18, I went out to go to work and my car battery was dead. My car is only 2 years old so you would think I wouldn't need a new battery but I did. So even though the retrograde ended 3 days earlier, I figured the Universe had decided I hadn't had enough to deal with so it gave me one last thing. 

Random Photo:

 

                       I thought this was appropriate given the last few weeks I've had.

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: I finished the revisions to Mississippi's story. I'll be sending the revised manuscript to my editor and a couple of my beta readers just to make sure the edits/rewrites that I made did what they were supposed to. Fingers crossed they won't find anything that needs to be changed.

Motivational Quote: "My advice to people is to stay out of their own heads. Don't live in the future, don't think about what just happened, don't get stuck in negative thought patterns. We all do it, but the quicker you can get out of it, the better you're going to be." ~ Joan Jett

What I'm Reading:  I just finished The Ghost Illusion by Kat Martin. I won an ARC of the book through a Goodreads Giveaway so I set aside The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka.

Random Things:  Fall is supposed to make an appearance this week with high temperatures in the 60's. I'm hoping to have some free time to get some baking done. I've been craving cinnamon swirl toast so hopefully I'll be able to make cinnamon swirl bread so I can have the toast.

Random Photo:

I caught Somebody playing with his sister's new toy that he didn't want any part of when I bought it.

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: I'm still working on the revisions for Mississippi's story. I added just under 10k to the story last weekend to flesh out some areas that needed it. I should have all the revisions and edits finished by the end of this week.

Motivational Quote: "It is less important, I believe, where you start. It is more important how and what you learn. ~ N. R. Narayana Murthy

What I'm Reading: I started reading The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka last night.

Random Things: I like pumpkin spice related items as much as the next person, but I think releasing them in mid-August is too early. At least wait until September 1st, if mid-September when fall officially arrives is "too late." Maybe I feel this way because while I love fall, the cooler weather, the crisp, crunch of the leaves as we walk through the local park, and wearing sweaters just to name a few things, I also dread fall because that means winter is coming way too fast. Winter is the one season I could do without. 

Random Photo:

 It was a rough week last week so a friend sent me this photo to cheer me up. I'm sharing it here because who wouldn't feel better after looking at this picture?

 

Happy Labor Day

 

              Happy Labor Day. (The unofficial end of summer. Boo, I say. I love summer.)