Finished the First Round of Edits!

Woo Hoo! I finished the first round of edits! Taking a breather and doing more research on my Billionaire project.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving!

Cover Draft for Cruise Into My Heart

Still in Editing Mode

I'm about 80% done. My editor is amazing how she's making this a better story!

First Round of Edits for Cruise Into My Heart

Came back from a week's vacation in San Antonio, TX. It was crazy weather where it was 90 the first three days we were there and the rest of the time, it dropped down into the 40's. The Riverwalk is fun but it was cold. And the condo was not built for cold weather especially when the heater didn't work.

We decided to come home early and don't know if that was a mistake because only two hours into our drive, we got a flat tire from a nail. We were fortunate that we pulled in front of an Auto Parts store and they helped my husband with the donut tire. They directed us to Discount Tire about a mile away. It was mobbed. There were over 50 people with flat tires. Most of them were like us and we were there for over four hours.  I made friends and will keep in touch. Back on the road to find out the cruise control no longer worked. My husband said to take the car in Monday to have them fix it.

When we got home late Friday night, I unpacked, did laundry and while watching our DVR full of shows. Saturday, I went grocery shopping and in the middle of this errand, I got a frantic call from my husband to come home ASAP! There was a huge fluid leak from my car on the garage floor. It didn't look like oil but maybe transmission fluid. Our repair shop is closed on weekends, but they have a drop off. The only thing I noticed was that it appeared to be close to overheating. But Jim met me there and we loaded the groceries into his car. Looks like his cruise control issue will wait.

Career-wise, I did not write. I read four books which gave me insight to my billionaire series which I planned to resume on Monday. But as I should know, never make plans. In my email was my editors edits for Cruise Into My Heart. I will be so busy for the next couple of days, I might go crazy. But it's a good crazy.

Trying to Keep a Positive Attitude

I don't know about you, but this weather has me all fouled up! Yes, I like warm weather but I also like the change of seasons. Somehow, watching the NFL and the NHL wearing shorts and sandals seems like all kinds of wrong to me.

Trying not to get discouraged about my writing career is hard as of late. The publishing world is changing rapidly with different formats to keep up with technology.

I love to write and always have. My mother gave me a journal at a very young age and I wrote in it daily. I was encouraged by my teacher is high school and even though I majored in Music Education, I still had to write papers.

My first career was in the field of programming where I wrote Functional Specifications and Designs.  (Very dry stuff!) Then I branched into writing stories and then novels.

But now as an author, not only are you expected to write, you are also expected to format your work to keep up with the latest technology. Marketing is also expected of you, however, the price of attending key groups have skyrocketed out of reach.

Then there is the price of books plummeting, giving your hard work away for free. Unfortunately, free doesn't pay for food, housing and other things one needs to survive.

I hope things turn around. Sigh.