I saw a post on Facebook from Mary Kay Andrews how she has gone off someplace to work on the edits of her next book. Earlier I read about an author I know going off on a personal writers retreat to work on her next book.
The closest I'm going to come to what either of them is doing is writing about people going on a retreat. I have been working on the KNOT A DEAD END with an eye out for the edits of SCONED TO DEATH. I always imagine that I can work on two things at once, but it never happens. So, when I heard from my new editor this morning that the manuscript with her comments will come to me today (she's in London so there is a big time difference), I spent my writing time today arranging everything with Casey and her crew to go on the back burner, but in such a way that I will be able to be able to pick up where I left off when I finish with SCONED TO DEATH.
Life goes on here regardless of what I have to do. The Halloween decorating continues--we now have a mini graveyard in our front yard and a line of ghosts and pumpkin heads that have solar lights greet anyone coming in the back gates. The ghost hanging from a tree finally dried out after the rain and is back to fluttering in the breeze.
With everybody here all the time, it's a fever dream of trying to keep up with all the dishes left in the sink. Is it really such a mystery how to put dishes in the dishwasher?
But to be honest, I don't really want to go off somewhere where there is peace and quiet and control of my time. I am fine with the noise, chaos in the kitchen, late night trips to Walmart. Somehow we are always there just before closing, which I heard is called the zombie hour. It is exercise walking around the huge store and the crowd is definitely interesting to look at, plus they're open when other places aren't and they have everything..
It's quiet here in the morning most of the time and there is no one saying they're hungry or lost their keys. I have about three hours before it all starts up.
It works for me.
1 comment:
Good morning -- Sounds like you are busy and that's the way you like to be. Hope the book edits go well.
Several years ago, my friend Nadine called and said I needed to check "The People of Walmart" website -- she and a friend were on it. They were both in their 70s and were being silly in the parking lot with a shopping cart -- her friend was pushing it and Nadine was standing on the front, one leg flung out behind her. The caption said "Looks like the church ladies enjoyed too much sacramental wine." She got lots of comments about that!!
I've been doing my usual crocheting -- starting on a few Christmas things. Amazing how near we are to the end of another year. I have recipes for the cookies I make each year -- my son says it makes him happy to have cookies he remembers from when he was a little kid -- I do like doing traditional things.
Hope your day goes well -- we're looking forward to the first game of the World Series today -- go Dodgers!!
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