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Monday, October 17, 2022

Monday Check In

Last week:

Writing Related:  I set up a couple of promotional things for the release of Broken Trust and Honor Bound while that one is still on sale. I started writing book #4 which will be Mississippi's story. No title yet. They don't usually come to me until I'm about half to three quarters of the way through writing the story. I'm going to try write the majority of the book during NaNoWriMo. If you're unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, it's National Novel Writing Month where participants try to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. I've never participated before, usually because my books are well over 50,000 words which is approximately 200 pages. My goal is to have the first draft of Mississippi's story written by mid-December. That's an ambitious goal for me. I've never written a first draft that quickly. I'm pretty sure I should be able to do it, provided something unforeseen doesn't crop up.

Motivational Quote:  "You have the time to be creative and also to do nothing. You have time for anything you say is important to you." ~ Unknown

What I'm Reading:  I'm reading The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston. I should finish it sometime this week. It's interesting, but not what I expected. It's a Good Morning America Book Club Pick if you like to read books that are book club picks like this one or Oprah's or Reese Witherspoon's. 

Random Things:  It's getting colder and darker here in the evenings now. I find that as much as I yearn for fall when it's 85 degrees or higher with oppressive humidity, I'm missing the late summer evenings where the sun shines until 9:00pm and you don't need a coat. I'm also dreading the coming winter season. Too bad we couldn't skip that season altogether. 

Random Photo:

    I thought this was appropriate given my goal of writing a first draft in about 8 weeks.

 

Monday, October 10, 2022

Celebrating!

I apologize for the late post this morning. Time got away from me. (Good thing I have the day off from the day job. 😀)

I'm celebrating the release of Broken Trust (Ivan's story). Finally!

It's the third book in my Echo Company series. The Kindle edition is available now. The paperback will be available on Friday (10/15). You can purchase the eBook here - Broken Trust   

As part of the celebration, the first book in the series, Honor Bound is on sale for a short time for 99 cents. Honor Bound

I posted the cover for Broken Trust before, but I'm posting it again below.



Monday, September 26, 2022

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related:  As I mentioned in my last post, I ended up having to work extra hours at the day job last week so I didn't get much of anything writing related done. I'm back to my usual hours so I hope to get a lot done to make up for losing my writing time last week. 

Motivational Quote: "And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip." ~ Phoebe Cary

What I'm Reading:  I stopped at the library Friday after work and borrowed a few books, but I haven't started one yet.

Random Things:  It's finally cool enough to bake again. I made oatmeal cranberry cookies on Saturday. It's supposed to be cool all week so I'm planning a few oven meals as well.

Random Photo:

                                  
                                    A picture of Somebody's pink nose. 😄
    

Monday, September 19, 2022

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related:  I finalized the formatting of Ivan's story titled Broken Trust. I also wrote an outline of the next book. I hope to start the new book this week, but I might have to work extra hours at my day job which will eat into my writing time so I might have to put off starting the new book until the week of 09/26/22.

Motivational Quote: "Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those changes that would make all the difference." ~ Mignon McLaughlin

What I'm Reading: I haven't had a lot of time to read for pleasure lately so I'm still reading Coming Home to Seashell Harbor by Miranda Liasson. I hope to finish it up this week.

Random Things: I don't watch a lot of television so I don't usually pay too much attention to the new fall shows but I am looking forward to checking out Alaska Daily with Hilary Swank when it starts in October. 

Random Photo:

               It was cool enough to bake last weekend so I made blueberry muffins.

 

 

  

Monday, September 12, 2022

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: Since Ivan's story is finally done, I took last week off from doing any writing. Instead, I focused on getting the book formatted and ready for upload to Amazon. I also lined up a couple of promotional things.

Motivational Quote: "The beginnings of all things are small." ~ Cicero

What I'm Reading: I started reading Coming Home to Seashell Harbor by Miranda Liasson over this past weekend. This is the first book in the Seashell Harbor series.

Random Things: I was working away on my laptop when I kept hearing this strange noise almost like an intermittent hum. I walked around trying to track down the sound when I realized it was the cat snoring. I've put a picture of him below. I did accidentally wake him when I went to take the picture.

Random Photo:


 

Monday, September 5, 2022

Labor Day

 

        Labor Day - the unofficial end of summer. I hope you and your families enjoy the holiday.