Juggling work

As some of you already know, I’ve been juggling work projects for the past two months. Well, I’m glad to say I’m almost done with that nonsense. Several projects are now either completed or nearly completed. I finished formatting Death in the Traveling City. All I need now is its new cover, and then I’ll be able to upload it on Amazon kindle. That’s so exciting; plus one less thing to deal with. Also, I’m just about done with the first round of edits for my funny SF. Despite all this back and forth between manuscripts, and the dogs—the girls needed to learn the house’s rules, so some of my time was spent on that—I still managed to add twenty pages to my vampire novel. It’s not bad, but, honestly, I can’t wait to be able to give my entire attention to this novel. It’s gonna be soon I hope.

Meet the girls

Kate and Allie are two three-year-old Scottish terriers. They joined our family Sunday and are slowly adapting to life with us. Needless to say, Andre and I are already completely ga-ga over them. :)

When we got them, the girls were sporting a more “au naturel” look.

But thanks to expert groomer Ginger, they are now looking like true Scotties.

Sadly, they haven’t learned the art of posing yet, so the pictures are not the best.

Right now they are both sleeping on the bear rug in my office. So freaking cute!

Green Lantern Wonder-Con Footage Trailer 2011 HD

Oh my God, check out this trailer for Green Lantern. It’s AWESOME!
http://bit.ly/9MoYp7

The new Jane Eyre movie

Jane Eyre is one of my all-time favorite books, so I was eagerly anticipating the most recent film adaptation, especially as the trailer looked rather promising. Unfortunately, this movie is in limited release and won’t be playing in my area. Bummer. Guess I'll have to wait for the DVD. I am not happy about that! :(

Making Progress

The first draft of BV, my vampire novel, is coming along. Today, I’ve just passed the 100-page mark—YAY! Although it’s not really a third of the novel, (I never know how long my books are going to be until they’re finished.) it’s nice to see that three-digit number at the top of the page—it’s a small victory of sorts.

Routine

After two weeks of fighting the flu, I may just now have a handle on it! Instead of coughing all the time, I’m only coughing half the time. Hurray! I’m finally feeling good enough to go back to my good old routine of daily writing followed by an hour-long walk. The only changes to my routine are my new sneakers: they’re high performance toning shoes, and they’re kicking my butt. :/

Progress

Despite being sick with the flu, I still managed to do a bit of work this week. My new vampire novel, let’s call it BV for now, is progressing nicely. I do have to say that getting back into the story was relatively easy. Yay for that! Also, I’ve sent out SPECIAL DELIVERY, a science fiction adventure, to one of my beta readers for comments. Once I receive the input from the beta reader I'll be giving the book one last read and tweaking, and then hopefully it will be good to go.