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Wednesday Gratitude in Michigan
Yeah, I missed yesterday, but I’ll be double thankful today. Here goes: Lovely hotel room here in Muskegon–gorgeous view and so very comfy. Having that “I’m home ” feeling here in west central Michigan. Showing Liz all the places I love so much. White River Light station. Chocolate (random, I know, but I’m enjoying some fudge we got in Pentwater today and it’s really good). I wrote last night–made some decisions about where to go from here–feels great! Shilled our books to some ladies at a fruit stand today–could mean some sales. Gorgeous watching the kite boarders today. Swimming I remembered more than I thought I would…things haven’t changed all…
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Monday Gratitude
This list is easy–it’s been a lovely day and I am feeling particularly blessed. The car did great as we traveled today and I figured out why Gigi–the GPS–wanted to take us down all the country roads. It was actually a treat. Liz and I are very companionable and travel well together. Gorgeous hotel in Muskegon–amazing staff and a beautiful big room. Son is doing well and seems happy. That’s always a blessing. Lake Michigan is so comforting–it is home.
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Sunday Gratitude
This will be a quick post, but today has been so lovely, I truly need to acknowledge all the things that I’m grateful for, so here goes. My dear Husband, who got my car all ready to travel, made sure I understood how to get out the tire changing gear and how to jump the battery and most especially how to get a hold of OnStar if I need help on the road. Then he filled my tank and washed the car. What a great guy! Tonight, we got to Skype with our little guy, who is full of energy and so excited to be talking to Nanny and Poppy. …
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The Romance Review’s Readers’ Choice Awards
Today begins nominations for The Romance Review’s Readers’ Choice Awards and my book, The Summer of Second Chances, has qualified to be nominated in the Romantic Suspense category. I’m so excited to be chosen by TRR, but now the rest is up to my readers. I hope all of you will go to http://www.theromancereviews.com/viewbooks.php?bookid=17238 to nominate The Summer of Second Chances. If I get at least 50 reader nominations, I move on to the final round and could be chosen as TRR’s Readers’ Choice romantic suspense book for Winter 2015. Nominations need to be made between September 11 and September 30, so please buzz on over, register, and nominate The…
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News!!
They’re here! My Women of Willow Bay series is now available in . . . dut da da da . . . print! YAY!! This is a photo of the proofs I received earlier this week (we had some issues we had to work out and we did), and very shortly I should receive a box full of the real thing (things?). Anyway, they’re available at Amazon, so if your fondest Labor Day wish is to have Once More From the Top or Sex and the Widow Miles or The Summer of Second Chances, or (gasp!) all three in print, hurry over there and order them. And thanks always, from…
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Monday Thankfulness
I’m still deep into the technical copyedit, but taking time to be grateful tonight–oh, and here’s what the print cover for Sex and the Widow Miles will look like. Pretty, huh? My gratitude list: Dee did well with her chemo today and is settling into her new house. Left her feeling all was well. The laundry is done. Fresh, clean sheets! I did some troubleshooting on Husband’s laptop when I got home from being with Dee–took no time at all, just a quick call to Norton, who by the way, has fabulous customer service! Lunch with my pal, Mae. We hadn’t seen each other in two months, so it was…
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Still Here…Still Working…
…still grateful! I’m into 12-to-14-hour days now as I work hard to get this project done and back to the author for review and then back to the publisher. I love this client–they’ve been good to work with for at least ten years and the Project Editors are always so terrific. I never turn down work from them if I can help it and I’m ever so happy to be working for them now. This book is very well written, so even though it’s very technical, I’m handling it. But (you knew there was a “but” coming, right?) their work is often technical and arduous. I think I’m feeling it…
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I’m Working…and Musing…
…and for that I am grateful. It feels like often, I moan about having to do editing gigs, but really, it’s okay. It’s good to work and I love my job. I know how fortunate I am to have this kind of job–one where I can stay home and do the work in my jammies with my window open to the lovely breeze outside. I’m also getting more and more fiction work, which is so terrific! I love editing fiction! Seriously, after 25 years of working on computer titles, fiction is a very welcome change. I sometimes wonder how much longer I’ll be able to be a copyeditor. I hope…
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Gratitude
I’m working. I’ve been working all day and I will be working into the night, but it’s been a beautiful day! Blue sky, cool, and breezy—it feels like Michigan. Actually Husband said that to me earlier today. This editing gig is not fascinating—a computer title—but it’s work and they’re paying me and this is for one of my very favorite clients. My window looks out on the yard outside the cottage and the trees and my neighbors potted flowers. It’s quite lovely. The picture is a little funky because I took it through the screen. We finished up the cottage guest room this morning–well, Husband did. He painted one wall…
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Providing the Normal
Sunday at the lake–it’s kind of a cloudy cool morning and Husband and I are on our laptops, just doing our respective stuff, sipping coffee, and chatting. It’s comfortable, easy–a nice life. And it’s made me start thinking about how blessed I am to have this life. A couple of years ago, I blogged gratitude every evening and I’m thinking I should probably reinstate that practice because when life gets harried, I lose sight of what a great life I have and how so many others don’t have such a great life. Last night, I talked to my dear friend, Lucy, who’s on her way home from spending a few…