Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: Another good writing week last week. I feel like I'm actually making some forward momentum in Mississippi's story. 

Motivational Quote: "Find your voice. Find your process & passion. Find your community. Find the things that bring out the best in you that get you up out of bed every day, excited to create & share. Without them, it's a bigger struggle." ~ Bryan Thao Worra

What I'm Reading: I started reading Fallen by Karin Slaughter last Thursday. This is the 5th book in the Will Trent series. I haven't had a lot of leisure time to read in the last few days so I'm less than a hundred pages into the story.

Random Things: My mom's post-op appointment went well Monday. Everything looks good. She was given some gentle finger exercises to keep them limber. She can't put pressure on her finger or palm or pick up anything with that hand that is heavier than a coffee cup until her next appointment in early April. My employer is allowing me to work from home during her recovery period since she's very limited in what she can do. 

Random Photo:

               My neighborhood after the snow storm moved through this past weekend.
 

What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My Current WIP (Work In Progress): I worked on a better ending last week. Some of my beta readers didn't like part of the ending the way it was written so I decided to rework it. I plotted out the revised ending, did some writing of it in long hand, and then transcribed that on to the laptop.

Quote of the Week: It's never to late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot

What I'm Reading: I started "Fallen" by Rebecca Zanetti this past weekend. It's the second book in the Deep Ops series. I didn't realize this book had human trafficking as part of the story. I try to stay away from books with this subject matter. So far though, it has been portrayed in a broad brush stroke kind of way which I appreciate. I hope that continues to be the case or I may have to set the book aside and not finish it.

Random Thoughts: It's the end of July and my squash plants are starting to get blossoms. While I've been able to keep the squirrels from digging in the plants (so far), I don't think we'll get much in the way of vegetables since it's pretty late in the season and we're just now getting blossoms. I also haven't seen any bees around this summer to do pollination.

Random Photo of the Week:

In keeping with last week's picture, this is Mrs. Green looking for her share of chicken McNuggets.