hectic two months

I've been trying to blog a couple of time each month but have been lagging behind. I do have lots of excuses though. My niece got married, my son graduated from high school was sick for about seven days and went out of town for the forth of July.

I do promise to do better now.

Barb:)

The Things People Do

As a writer I watch people. You never know what you can use in a book. My day job, though, is in retail. I'm a manufacturer's rep with the military exchanges. Basically I'm a glorified stocker. I fill up the products I represent. What I have found interesting - and I'm guilty of it too - is the way people migrate to where I'm working. The isle I go to could have been empty for hours. No one cared what was down it, but let me have a cart stacked with items I need to put on shelves and everyone and their uncle will be walking up and down the isle I'm on. They'll ask if they can get by instead of walking around. They'll ask me if I know where something is or what the price is of something.

I find it funny. We all have the mentality of 'ohhh, wonder what she's putting out - I need to see'. We are a curious bunch, aren't we?

Barb:)

New Cover!!!

I have gotten My new cover for book three of the Vespian Way - Animal Desire - The book is due out at the end of this month through Phaze. I am so excited! Now I have to finish the edits on book four and send it off - almost there - only have about forty pages to go now.

Editing Heck!

I am slowly losing my mind with all the things I have to do all the sudden. Life was nice and quite. Had plenty of time to work on my fourth book. Then the publisher I edit for asked me to work on two short stories. Sure no problem. It should be easy. Then the owner asked me if I could work on a longer manuscript. I should be done with the short stories pretty quickly  - I can do that. Then my next release hit my e-mail. So now I'm suddenly editing three stories at the same time.

I finished the short stories. Which did help - but I'm working on my sixth book in the series too so I have four books open and keep shifting from story to story to work on what I can - deadlines are looming and my brain is melting.

Brain Freeze

You know I get these moments when I don't know what to write. I'm not talking about my books - my characters keep me writing so there is no problem there - it is writing things like this blog. It's like my brain just goes 'urk' - let's talk about warm fuzzy kittens. Really? That is all you can come with?

I blame it on all the writing I've been doing for other blogs - with three books coming out in five months I've been trying to do as much promoting my tiny budget can handle and a lot of the blogs are great for that. I seem to be able to get those done but when it comes to my own little blog I falter. Oh well. I'm sure it will get better.

Lottery Winners

Well I didn't win the record breaking lottery. Not even in the same states as the three winners. It's okay though. Each time I buy my tickets I still get to dream about what I'd do when I do win. I do have dreams like all of us do and as long as I have those dreams I'm good.

Spam Mail

I sure would like to know why they think I need enhancement when I don't have anything they have drugs to enhance. I laugh when I see them but as much info as they gather on us from our e-mails you'd think they'd know I'm female. Why would I need this?

Then of course there are the we have money to give you if you only give us a little information. Right, like I'm going to he dumb enough to give them my checking account info. I get mad when they pirate my yahoo e-mail addresses - why would I be so dumb?

Thunder

I love the sound of thunder and the way lightening fills the sky. Signaling that rain is coming. Sometimes soft and sometimes torrential, it always puts me in awe of Mother Nature. It has a wonderful cleansing effect on me. I love to stand out on the porch and watch as the rain pours from the sky. Helps me focus. Makes me glad to be alive.

My Blog Learning Curve

Still figuring out this thing. Did figure out how to add followers today! I also loaded my new cover! That book gets released tomorrow and I am so excited!!

Barb:)

Breathing

A couple of years ago I had a a fellow author tell me he thought I was amazing because I juggled so much yet found time to write. I sure didn't feel amazing. I remember weeks when I was too tired or too busy dealing with things at home or work to open up my manuscript and it bothered me. I wanted to write but couldn't.

Then I realized that I hadn't recharged my battery so to speak. Sometime you need to just stop and give yourself a moment to breathe. I find going to visit my sister does that for me. I am lucky if I write anything. but it is okay because I get to leave everything behind for a while and just enjoy the moment. It lets everything cook on the back burner. I'm not brow beating myself trying to work out something, even though my subconscious is looking for the solution to my dilemma, and normally finds it so much better when I'm not in the way.

 Going to the beach does this for me too. There is something about the sun, sand, saltwater and suntan lotion that makes me allow the world to slow down for a little while.

So where do you recharge your battery? It would be interesting to hear what other do to keep their muse going.