I’m trying to get back into my edits and writing, something that was so easy for me before last month and the death of my daughter. It helps for me to have things to occupy my mind, but so hard to concentrate. It’ll take time, I know. Time used to seem to fly, but now it’s crawling. Probably because I want it to fly; I know that time is the only thing that will help me feel better.
I miss her so much. December has been so difficult, to put it mildly, for the last two years. I only hope next December is better.
I’m getting closer to finishing Keeping Kai, my newest book. I was going to join NaNo this year, until I realized the trial will begin November 2 and NaNo starts November 1. The last thing I’m going to be thinking about is NaNo…
I’m off to watch Monster’s Ball again; I’ve watched it before but a very long time ago.
I hope everyone is having a great night. 
Yup. I’ve spent the last couple of days making dolls. And bookmarks. And stuff to go with the dolls. I’m not sure why the urge to make dolls, but here I am, ignoring my ms in favor of stuffing and sewing (which I’m really not good at. Must get sewing machine!) and beads and buttons. Maybe because I finished The Shifter’s Heart and Sanctuary so close together, I just needed a short break from writing. A vacation of sorts.
I put my dolls on Etsy if you’d like to take a look. Some of them, the yarn dolls, are really a piece of cake to make. Especially when compared with the doll I’ve named December, and her doll, Christabel! Here they are:
I made December the little doll named Christabel, and knitted her a crossbody bag that looks sorta like a demented frog, but she likes strange things. You can probably tell that from looking at her big crooked eyes. She’s wearing some jewelry, too. 
Anyway, she and Christabel and the yarn dolls will be up on Etsy soon.
And the yarn dolls…
I also made tiny pink girl yarn dolls with purple boy dolls, and I’ll post those as sets. They’re safe for little kids, unlike Ms. December who has beads and all sorts of little kid un-friendly stuff.
Fun fun
The monster who shot my brother, sister in law, and niece has a trial scheduled for this November. I haven’t gotten over any of my anger and I haven’t stopped missing my family; I never will. But as the months go by, it gets a little easier to bear, somehow.
But sometimes I’ll hear something that brings it back full force and it’s like a train hitting me.
My seven year old nephew, who witnessed the killings, told my niece the other day, ‘After I got out from under sissy, I had to walk over mammaw and pappaw, then I ran down the hill and called the cops. After all, they did shoot my people.’ And my heart broke all over again.
Hi everyone:)
I hope you all had a great 4th! The last couple of days have been gloomy and wet here, so I’ve been writing quite a bit. What else can one do on a rainy day?:)
I really want to get Sanctuary wrapped up in the next few days so I can start on the new book.
Anyway, for those of you curious about the giver of flowers, come on over to my website. I’ve posted a photo
I’ve posted a three part writing exercise at Textyladies. Come on over and participate!
Today I’m going to write until my fingers fall off or the keyboard keys are rubbed clean of all their letters. That’s the plan
I just downloaded and read Danielle Ferries story The Child Villain, which you can find here. The Child Villain stars an odd little girl named Tallulah Todd who has her own way of dealing with people she doesn’t like. Danielle’s writing is crisp and tight and the story is will send you looking for more from this talented writer. Great work, Danielle!
It appears as though Cassidy Hunter might be the winning name in the poll. Only one more day to vote and it is still in the lead.
Off to write!
There are only two days left to vote in the names poll, and Cassidy Hunter is now leading by one! I wonder if it’ll stay there? Kathryn Quinn has been giving it a lot of competition. We’ll see on Wednesday. I’m looking forward to creating a new, second website and identity. Fun fun!
If you haven’t yet, run on over and vote for your favorite! You’ll find the poll in the left sidebar.
In the right sidebar I’ve added a link to an excerpt from The Shifter’s Hope, sequel to the newly submitted The Shifter’s Heart. Let me know what you think if you read it.
It’s chilly here today; last night the temp was in the 30s! It’ll get back to the hot humidity soon, though.
I’m thinking of renting ‘Taken’ tonight. Have any of you seen it? What did you think?
Okay, I’m off to write!
Okay. I’ve finally picked a few favorite names, and have posted a poll on my website. Please help me out by voting for your favorite!
And thanks to everyone who emailed or posted ideas for me.
Warm one day, cold the next. Ugh! At least tomorrow is supposed to be better. Today is very gloomy and gray, cold and rainy.
Tomorrow I’m going to go visit my brothers graves. They’re buried next to each other in our family cemetery. My step brother is going with me.
I got a nice email from an editor letting me know that she was recommending to management that my latest submission be accepted. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I so want to get with this publisher!
I’ll let you know as soon as I hear if they’re taking it or not.
I got my first review of Puppy Love yesterday and posted it on my website. Have a look!
Today my friend and fellow Textylady, Pamela, wrote a very touching post for me at her blog. I’m lucky to have her for a friend, truly.
Thank you, Pam…I love you.
And to all the people who commented, thank you so much!
I have two interviews out, one with Freya’s Bower publisher Marci Baun, and one with author Teri Wilson. Look for them starting next Tuesday. Because I had no interview to post this week at TL, I instead went back to the old standby, the writing exercise. It’s an interesting photo, so if you happen over there, feel free to show us what you got
