Apologies...I'm a slacker!

Hi all!! I just wanted to take a few minutes to let everybody know I’m still alive. Rather, I wanted to explain my absence…because I feel like you’re all due an explanation.

Due to some rather expensive car repairs it’s become necessary for me to take on a second job. Ugh cars! So, for the past month or so that’s what I’ve been doing…working about 50 hours a week. This may not sound like a lot to some of you but, compared to the 30 or so I’m used to working just for one employer, this has been an exhausting experience!

Fear not…I may not have posted anything new in almost a month (as my wonderful friend, Jess, was so kind to point out to me) but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about my book. I’ve still been taking notes, jotting down ideas, and working on storylines in my spare time (in between the dreams about soups, salads, and sandwiches!). To keep myself interested and motivated for my own project, I’ve even found it fun to imagine sitting down with a reporter who asks me all sorts of questions about the characters and the setting I chose and how I decided which direction to take the story in. It’s all in my head, and it makes me sound crazy, but it’s fun!

So, anyway, I really don’t want to disappoint myself…or those of you who may be trying to keep up with the (sparse) posts. But I promise the book is still on my mind, a LOT!!

It’s no excuse…at least not one a “serious” writer would use, but my schedule has been a bit crazy, and a tough adjustment…just ask all those who have had to listen to me complain daily!! (Sorry…you know who you are ;) ). Now that I’m getting the hang of the adjustments I promise to try and keep up, at least on a weekly basis, if not more often.

Explanation given. That is all. Good night!!