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Time.

It seems to move at different rates depending on what you're doing.

When I work on my books the day seems timeless. Time may pass in my book but in real life only a few minutes or an hour has passed, not the time I've written.

The same with reading.


When I'm blocked time passes so slowly. I look at the clock more than the blank page. But when I'm rolling, an hour can pass in what seems a minute.

I never feel as if I have enough time. Real life i.e. making money/Job interferes with my writing time. If only I could make money at writing. :)

Anyway I've rearranged my life a bit. I cut my work hours and set myself more time in front of the computer to write. Money has always been tight, but now I have to stick to my budget or else.

No more splurging on lotto tickets out of the food budget. I'm tired of running out of things.  But I'm addicted and once I start I can't stop so I have to cut it cold turkey. I might have to go back to Gambler's An meetings again.

Anyway, Time

I'm going to be fifty next year and it got me thinking. I need to get my life in order and spend my time wisely. One never knows how much time one has on this earth.  You shouldn't waste it with regrets. You can't change the past, but you can shape the future how you want it.

Book Signings & Revisions

 

It was much neater when I had only two books to display.

I now have four and another on the way.

As you can see my design hasn't changed.

Just the number of books and business cards

I have debated on whether to change my table design or not. I'm still thinking about that because although this one is a bit cluttered I like the design. So I'm thinking about just setting it up with two books, and just have the others available.

 

 

I figure Earth Reader and the new book Mortal Voice set up and the others laid out in the urn. I think that will look good. Showcase the first books of the two series.

 

All of the books out and displayed just seems too cluttered. I much prefer the two book display. With the urn out I can put the other books in it and it won't seem crowded. And the emphasis will be on the first two books.

 

 I like that Idea.

 

Book signings are great ways to showcase and advertise a new book. Which what I plan to do.

 

Mortal Voice

 

The main characters, Jaci Travers and Paul Rooney, run Necro-Covery which searches for the missing, presumed dead. Paul is a PI, but Jaci has a unique gift: The Earth talks to her like a gossip to her coffeklatch. This gift allows Jaci to find the missing, the hidden.

 

I threw a Bones trick in there; Jaci writes my Elemental Voice series. I liked that idea and had planned it when I first wrote Earth Reader. ER is a supernatural fantasy that Jaci would like the world to be. Actually I had planned to write ER, then Mortal Voice before Fire Walker, but I had readers who wanted the next book in the series so I just set MV aside. It had a different name then and was slightly different in nature.

 

But that's what revision is for.

 

 

 

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Closet Pack Rat 3

This week I went through most of the stuff from my closet, the one bin and the two of the boxes and cleaned them out.

My cat decided he didn't like what I was doing and threw up in one of my shoes in the closet. Shows you what a cat will do when he's not happy.

I was paying more attention to my stuff than him.



I also went through some of my story stuff and he didn't like that either and sat on top of some of it in protest.








He's a good cat but he does not like to be ignored. Him ignoring people is fine but not the other way around. So I need to put petting into my cleaning schedule.

I still have cleaning to do, but the obsessive part has calmed down so I'll do a little at a time now.

Closet pack rat 2

This is what I've done so far.

All my clothes are hanging up. No piles on the shelf

What is one the shelf has been gone through and sorted. The bins are next  What is in the bins needs to be sorted and put in my old toy box so I can get rid of the bins.

I've been on this organize/ rearrange kick.

Last Saturday I did this to my closet, then worked all day Sunday, before building and organizing Bookcases in my bedroom Monday. Tuesday, I redesigned my office area. Wednesday and Thursday I went through some papers, then reconfigured my office again. And I'm going to go through more papers today.

I'm going to spend the rest of this week going through my 'shit' and get it together. I want my apartment to reflect an organized person. Someone who can get things done. I'm tired of my apartment looking cluttered and having people make comments they think I don't hear.

My mental illness made it hard for me to do my former apartment, but this time I can catch it before it gets bad and I'll keep it up this time once I get it done.  I determined to not be kicked out because I'm overwhelmed. 

Clutter you're not getting me again.