Right now I am…

:: wondering where the week went. Is it really eight days since I last posted?

:: remembering it was a severe headache first, and doing (lots of) taxes after that

:: trying to catch up with housework, blogging, taking pictures and writing now

:: cheating a little on the pictures. I skipped a few days, but filled the gaps with pictures from other days. Oh well, making up my own rules here

:: longing to get back to writing

:: anticipating that box with my new book to arrive very soon

:: remembering now that before that headache started I was working on a routine (daily, weekly, monthly). I think I need to finish that now.

:: starting to get overwhelmed already thinking about all the things I need to do the next few weeks

:: thinking blogging may be scarce for a while longer

Right now I am…

:: still making those lists

:: wishing there were more hours in a day and more days in a week

:: trying to slow down and breathe

Right now I am…

:: enjoying all the signs of spring, even though it’s cold and dark and rainy outside

:: slowly starting to realize that I’m at it again. I really need to remember that I am not superwoman. I can’t do it all.

:: making lists of the things I want to do the coming weeks

:: crossing off the things that I can’t possibly do

:: hoping to find some rest doing so

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