On October 14th I got to sit down with Don Elwell of the "D&D Live Show" (his partner was out of town). Don did his homework on me and we had a great time discussing my latest collection and other writing. He said I can come back sometime, so I must have done okay <g>.
I'm going to be on the radio show "D&D Live" Friday, October 14th, at 9:05 am Eastern. I'll be talking about my latest collection and whatever else they ask me about. If you live in Highlands County, Florida you can tune in at 730 AM or 95.3 FM. Not local? You can tune in the livestream at https://www.newstalk730am.com/
This will be a bit more personal than usual. Hurricane Ian gave us a glancing blow on Wednesday night, which was more than enough to produce howling winds, downed trees, and uprooting my two rosebushes. It also killed power to our house, never a great thing.
Fortunately, my husband Don, a physician, has access to the doctor's lounge at one of the local hospitals. The hospital has both Internet and power and I'm taking advantage of both as I post my bimonthly blog.
Thanks to this access, I've been able to keep up my writing streak, which is currently over 800 days. It's comforting to be able to write even in the mild chaos our lives are in at the moment.
If you were in Ian's path, I pray you are okay. If you weren't, please continue to pray for those of us who were.
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To show you some of what Ian did, I've included two pictures of my poor rosebushes. I'm hoping we can save them.
Until next time. Be safe, everyone!
As I type this, I am STILL dealing with an eye infection, though my pressures have gone down. This meant I needed to get an antibiotic ointment to treat them with and it is not cheap and not covered by insurance. Such is life...
My short story collection of Bible stories "Seeking Refuge and Other Bible Stories" is available as an ebook and a paperback. This collection contains five stories from the Bible that I have added some "What if?" things to (For example: "Seeking Refuge" tells of a man going to a City of Refuge for protection. While the cities are mentioned, someone taking advantage of them is not). I would love you to read them and tell me what you think (ebook cover image below).
It's hard to believe it's mid-September already. Hope things are going well for you and yours. Until next time!
...or in this case, home.
The last half of August was interesting, but not always in a good way. I developed an eye infection (boo) and the pressure in my right eye has gone up considerably (double boo). I already have glaucoma, and the upshot is I'm on 4 different eyedrops that must be administered at various times of the day. Not fun, but it beats damage to my vision.
One good thing that happened is that I got to order a new couch to replace our current one which is, to be honest, in sad shape. It comes in tomorrow.
On the writing front I'm still making words and planning what to do on the publishing side between now and December. I've also started sending short stories to magazine markets again - I currently have six out and I'm trying to add two more to that number each week.
Did you know I have a newsletter I am striving to post 2x a month? Today I include a cover reveal for my upcoming collection, Seeking Refuge and Other Bible Stories. If you're not getting the newsletter you can subscribe to it using the link on the left-hand side of the blog here. When you sign up, you also get a free short story!
Hope September starts out well for you. Talk to you soon!
So I've spent this past week going over my inventory on my hard drive. I tried to figure out how much fiction I have that hasn't been published or sold.
I knew it would be a lot. I wrote 52 short stories last year. I've been remiss in sending stories out or publishing. I was prepared for a number over 100.
But even then I wasn't prepared for what I came up with. According to my calculations, I have around 141 short stories sitting on my hard drive.
141. That's a lot of fiction.
Obviously, they're not doing much good sitting on my hard drive. So I'm making plans to up my game. Sending things to magazine and anthology markets is a priority. Self-publishing is also a consideration.
Wish me luck on this journey.
As I type this, I'm at 762 days in a row of writing every day. I've managed to do this even with getting hit by Covid, which is definitely no fun. Nevertheless, I'm still making words.
One thing I want to work on is getting those words out to readers. I'm hoping to have a short story collection out before the end of the month.
I'm currently reading "The Negotiator" by Dee Henderson. My best friend recommended it to me and I'm enjoying it very much.
What are you currently reading? Let me know!
