So we finished the “novella” project. It was supposed to be a 20K story. It is now 40K. I am not sure what reaction this will produce on the editorial end. Once we have more details, a cover, and a preorder link, I will let you know more.
We are pivoting back trying to take another stab at Ruby Fever. I still violently hate it, but we shook on it and the readers are waiting for it, so I need to stop being wishy washy on it and just make it happen.
Make it happen.
Hopefully I have more success than Osaka. If we make no reasonable progress in the next month or two, we will do something else.
I’m in this weird position where we have things happening, but none of them are at the stage where we can introduce them to you.
On the ordinary life side of things, we had hail the size of small apricots last night. It was so loud and scary, that our oldest cat, who hunts snakes for fun and is afraid of nothing, actually screamed in alarm.
Today is wet and grey and that’s how this whole spring has been. Bleah.
We’re both getting our second shots in early may hopefully. I have never been that excited about syringes, let me tell you. I’m slowly rebounding. I managed to work out sessions this week. We bought new appliances for the Kid 2’s house. We are in the process of trying to get it painted. I have a feeling that the people who owned it worked in construction and must’ve gotten remainder paint, because the entire house is painted light pastel pink. The walls, the baseboards, everything. We need to figure that out.
So tell me about your plans. Once the pandemic is controlled, where do you plan on going? What do you plan on doing?
First trip out is a visit to the hubby’s mom and stepdad. We haven’t seen them since the pandemic started and we want to be there for Mother’s day.
Also Ruby Fever… Yay!!! We’re cheering for you!
You should start a thread for people to tell you how much they love Catalina. 🙂
We are (adults at least) all vaccinated, My daughter and I will be going to a wedding in the fall. A road trip from California to South Carolina, it will be fun!
We are heading up to the Sedona Jerome and Cottonwood area tomorrow for 3 days of birding shopping and eating out (1st outing in over year) no punctuation needed stay safe and give this old man a clue about the next innkeeper that is a favorite just keep it quirky ( I think it’s anniversary 42 the answer to everything )
On 26 Jul departing Cape Canaveral for a 4 day cruise on Mariner of the Seas (Royal Caribbean). Going with Canasta card ladies.
Is Ruby Fever going to get into Leon more? I really, really like Leon and want to know more about him, and a path for him. It seems he has tactical and perhaps strategic gifts? Would shooting be his passive field?
I just want to hug the family we havent seen in two years ????????♀️????
I am FINALLY going to visit my grandchildren in Atlanta! It’s a 15 hour trip that I have done in February’s past but missed the 2019 one, planned for Mar’ 2020 (and look how that turned out) and pushed off the 2021 trip until all vaccines are complete. Also, my mom’s funeral…she died last December (not unexpected) in AL and will be buried in CT with a celebration of her life in June.
Short term goal: practise with my dance team. No way to stay 6 feet apart, so we haven’t danced together since December 2019. My partner is the last one to get vaccinated, and she just got her 2nd shot. Can’t wait for June!
Long term goal: see the folks as soon as Dad is ok with me flying cross country. I’m ok with it, but he’s super nervous about the variants popping up, so it probably won’t happen until he can get a booster shot. Which will make it close to 2 years between in person visits. Zoom is great, but I’m soooo tired of it
Hopefully, I will have a new consulting job in Africa. Sierra Leone and Rwanda have been proposed. The Gambia was offered, but I don’t speak French fluently, so that is a non-starter. Been on the bench here in the US since March 2020. Need to get back to work.
Once I can get vaccinated (likely October, yay Ireland) I’ll kiss everyone I care about on the mouth and move to the tropics.
I am going to go back home and hug my Grandmére sometime in the next month. We are all finally vaxxed and I have not seen her in person in over a year. I cried the day I got my second shot, bc it means I am in reach of seeing my aunts and uncles and cousins. The only member of my huge family I have seen in a over year has been my mom. I miss all of them so much. We live 9 hours away right now and may be moving overseas by the end of the summer so our upcoming visit is so precious to me. I will finally be able to go back to my father’s grave, which is in the same town. Every time I think of it I get emotional. I crave seeing my family like I crave water right now.
Why do you hate Ruby Fever? If you have explained before, I missed it.
My eldest is almost seven, and immunocompromised – she’s been in pretty much isolation from other kids for a year. It has not been fun. We totally plan on taking her everywhere we all avoided- parks with all the play time ever, Dollywoood, the Aquarium, Zoo, Kids Museum, the family cruises everyone skipped…all of it. I want to see my kid laughing and screaming, acting like a id with other kids again.