When the Levee Breaks

That moment of "what is this fool doing?" As i sit in our car, on the side of the road i watch my ridiculous husband try and take a city scape shot of Raleigh, North Carolina. He is, for lack of a better term, a madman. The lengths he will go to for a good shot, and his work. I know i go to certain lengths for my craft, but he gives new meaning to the phrase "above and beyond". All in all i will say i am proud of him for his dedication and his passion for always getting the best he can.

New York Snob?

So i know it can be hard working maintenance. Ive done my fair share of cleaning at jobs, and you cant always get everything done in a limited amount of time. But heres my issue. If a pool is to open at 9am and it is a quarter after 9 and i am still watching the pool lady clean, move chairs and smoke a cigarette while doing so, do i have a right to complain? I mean, after all i am paying to stay at the hotel and have full use of their amenities. If a pool is to be open at 9am that would imply the pool person should be cleaning from BEFORE 9am, not appear to be halfway through her duties at that time. To top it all off, her total "i wont even acknowlegde you're there" attitude is another reason to want to complain. I honestly witnessed her pick up one chair and move it less than two feet over to be on the opposite side of a sign. Does that really require the entire pool to be closed for you making sure the feng sui of the fucking place is in order? But maybe its just me, maybe i'm just a spoiled bitch who thinks i should get everything i pay for.

Follow the Black Kitten

Some authors like to leave puzzle pieces, easter eggs, bread crumbs, or whatever other analogy you would like to use, in their stories for their readers to follow through from one book to the next. I debated time and again what kind I would like to leave behind for my readers to search for. Stephen King always mentions a specific type of cigarette that doesn't really exist. But in his realm, and for his readers, it is a common theme. For a change of pace, in the television show Psych, they always manage to work a pineapple into a conversation, the food, or just somewhere in the background.

One thing I know I can surely work into every one of my stories, is my Princess Ed. She is a beautiful tortie and there is always a way to work an adorable kitten into a scene. Much like Alice in Wonderland  I will have you following a white rabbit down the hole into the madness of my world.

How to Disappear Completely

My year started out a lot more hectic than previous ones. My pseudo nephew turned 3 months old and I became his designated babysitter. Babies always take up a lot of time in a writers life, and take a lot out of you. Next, on my never ending list of time consuming life, my own attempts to get pregnant. Seven months later and I am still working on that, lets hope I get a nice birthday gift this year! After that we have house hunting. Nothing says stress like trying to move 730 miles away and trying to do it all WHILE being 730 miles away from the place you wish to move. Throw in a husband with a job that consumes all of his free time and incessantly sends him out of town, sprinkle on some bad credit and you have my spring time! Once the stress was packed on and piled in nice we got into the summer months. Short on time, short on patience, and short on coolness.

We are now currently the 1st day into a two week vacation. Traveling through states I have never been in. (I guess some good had to come of it) A trip to Universal Studios and getting to meet my first (official) nephew should help relieve some of this ever dwelling stress. Now if only I could get some writing done all would be well with the world. But genius me that I am, forgot to bring my latest novel that I've been editing along on this trip. It looks as though 'Haven' will not be touched until the beginning of September when we have moved into our new apartment (thankfully in Kentucky) to better facilitate purchasing our house.

Wish me luck and hopefully luck will follow in the form of a fully edited novel, ready for publication before my birthday.