It's the middle of the week already! We've had lots of downtime and plenty of games and tv watching -- plus lots of porch-sitting as well. J has wimped out and gone home - he misses his wife and cat ( Read more... )

Flu shot gotten; all errands run except for topping up the gas tank (which I'll do before breakfast as there is a QT station right beside the diner); Patrick's birthday present purchased -- have to wrap that tonight; house swept and mopped and sheets washed for Bar's arrival tonight. We are currently killing 2-3 hours in the airport. Last time she ( Read more... )

Spent the night downstairs in my chair ... when it came time to go to bed I just couldn't face the steps and I was afraid I'd get stuck upstairs in bed and not be able to get back down to my chair and cokes and snacks and meds ...Pip had to leave for work at 5:30am so I'd have been alone up there ( Read more... )

Got one Amish Sweet Romance plotline accepted (It's only $60 but they don't take me more than a couple of hours to whip up) and one 1500-word article about window shades done (yet to be paid but it will be $30). Now I need to find some bigger-project clients to pay the damn mortgage ( Read more... )

So far the content writing gig is going well. I've got a couple of regulars. One wants two 4K word articles and a batch of emails every month and the other is after 1500 word articles about various topics for his blog. Neither is paying huge amounts, but it's regular money for fairly easy work so I'm not complaining. On the plus side, I'm learning ( Read more... )

So the car chase went well according to my beta reader. Unfortunately now my POV character now must deal with a leg cast for the next few weeks, which is going to interfere with their studio time.


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Sitting here with my favorite Starbucks drink working on the novel. No offers for cheap labor yet from UpWork so I'll work on my own not-so-cheap labor instead ( Read more... )

Just for my own memories ... and anybody else that wants to read them sometime ... what's going on in April 2020.

( COVID19 )

Well the snow didn't stick ... surprise, surprise

Still trying to get the first few chapters of the novel to "grab" the readers. I'm not sure if I'm starting too early or too late though ... maybe I need to save up and hire a professional editor.

( RL Whinging )

... to me ...