Good morning. I’m happy to report that all Covid refugees are well and back at home. I’m back at the computer ready to write. It really felt good to be back with my characters again. I have high hopes that I’ll be ready to publish soon.

I really wish I had some writing news to post. Not much going on. My grandkids and son are still staying here while my daughter-in-law is quarantined. Funny, I allowed myself some time off to let the book rest before I got back into polishing and editing, but I didn’t anticipate being away from it for such an extended period of time.I hope to have some actual news next week.

Well, silly me. I forgot to post anything last week. Considering I’ve been giving myself a couple of weeks off from writing before I do the final draft of the current book, you’d think I would have plenty of time. NOT. I’ve had doctor and dental appointments, car appointments, meetings and stuff. That’s what happens when you cram everything into one short period of time. And on top, I’m hosting Covid refugees right now.

Number two son Chris and his daughter Cora were out of town together at a conference while Brandy and Zoe were at home and got exposed to Covid while back-to-school shopping. They are quarantined for ten days. Chris and Cora came straight to my house since getting off the airplane and hopefully they will return home this weekend.

Crossing my fingers that next week I’ll be more relaxed.

Getting a late start this morning. I was distracted by the Blue Origin takeoff. So thrilled that Wally Funk finally got into space. It has been a long wait for her.

Then I rushed in to the computer room and got back to polishing and editing the work I’m trying to finish. I need to make it shorter, but I seem to be adding pages. I might need to set it aside again after this time through and think about it. There’s nothing wrong with a longer book, but most of my others aren’t this long.

It seems as though it has been raining for 40 days and 40 nights, but it has only been 14. Still, I’m ready to see the sun.

Of course, not being able to go out and play has made me keep my nose to the grindstone and I might finally get this WIP ready to publish. It has been a long haul and the pandemic has not helped.

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Happy Summer. I think it’s finally beginning to feel like summer. We had a very cool, dry spring, so to suddenly have summer weather is a surprise and a relief at the same time.

Today, after setting my book aside for a couple of weeks in order to create order in the disorder that is my office, I am back to the manuscript, getting it polished and ready to publish. (I hope.)

Not much going on. I’m in week two of my enforced time off from writing before I go back in to start polishing the book. I’ve cleaned off my desk. I can actually see the wood. I’ve sorted through all my piles and tossed a lot of stuff out, so once I get to next week, I can get back to work.

I hope you and yours all have a happy Independence Day!

Good morning. I’m in a pretty good mood today because the book that would never end finally ended. I typed THE END yesterday. That doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be ready to read any time soon, because now I will need some time to get away from it. (Read that as, I need to clean up my office.) Then when I can get back to it and look at it with fresh eyes, I can polish and maybe finally send it out to be proofed.

Apparently I forgot to post last week. I didn’t have anything to report, so I guess that’s why. I was also dealing with a broken dishwasher and an appliance company that was slow to deliver.

No news on the Rone award turned into bad news if you can consider not moving on it the finals as bad news. Got the results midweek last week and I wasn’t a finalist. Considering the number of people who write and don’t make it that far, I still consider it a win.

Still plugging along on the book in progress. I think I see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

You know, I’m still waiting on the results for the voting for OUT OF CONTROL in the Rone awards. They don’t have anything posted on the website yet. Waiting is not fun.

Just getting back to writing again after several days off. I feel better when I’m writing.