In a perfect world, I’d stay at home in my nightgown writing up a storm. But alas, I have to earn a living, so I sally forth - sometimes seven days per week - into the world of work.

The last couple of days have left me no time to write.  My son had a procedure scheduled for next week, but the hospital called me up on Thursday to say they had to do it yesterday as they had cancelled all peadiatric surgery for next Friday.  The day started at 4:30 a.m. and I sensed it would be one of those everlastingly long ones.

I attended a meeting later in the morning and those people were late picking me up.   Thankfully, it didn’t last long.

Every time I called my husband at the hospital, my son still hadn’t gone into surgery and by the time I got back there, I wondered if something had gone wrong. Thankfully, nothing did, which I proved for myself by meeting him outside the recovery ward.  We avoided a spot of potential drama when the nurse advised us that he could eat whatever he could manage.  We had primed him by telling him he couldn’t eat anything solid for a couple of days. This was based on prior information we received.  He was in a bad mood, having had blood drawn on Thursday and then meeting the IV needle on Friday morning.  Need I mention the moaning that went on over the thought of not being able to eat anything after the procedure?

The evening out with some friends from my high school days was a good stress reliever and today, I’m hoping to get some writing done - after I get back from the salon, and before it’s time for choir practice.

On the book publishing front:

I was pleasantly surprised to get a call back from a book dealer for whom I’d left a message some days ago. That conversation went well.

I sent a press release to the newspaper that publishes my short stories and I will be releasing the story to the other newspapers come Monday.

The book markers became a hellish journey.  The graphics were okay, but it took over a week to get them done.  I figure the printers had a hellish week too because their turnaround time is usually quick.  After an hour-and-a-half wait yesterday - thankfully, I didn’t go myself - they were done.  I’m not one hundred percent satisfied, because I did order them with rounded edges, but they’ll do.  Now to get them out there and create a little buzz.

And yeah…I did get that short story submitted this week.  I’ll get back to my WIP later today and I have the first chapter for that young adult novel worked out in my mind.

More anon…