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Work Gets in the Way

Still doing a lot of yardwork. Trying to catch up and hoping it will be better next year. I’m doing a lot of mulching in the front yard. The pond work also continues. The liner is no good. It must’ve been a cheap liner. My brother, who does ponds, but not my pond, gave meContinue reading “Work Gets in the Way”

Fall Chores Go On

I rewrote the first two chapters of the book and ran them by my writers’ group. The rewrite was easy. I find myself looking forward to doing more of it. This is always good. The group really enjoyed hearing it. I think it will go much faster than the rough draft. When I was youngContinue reading “Fall Chores Go On”

Rewrite

Hopefully I’m beginning the rewrite today. I have Scribes tomorrow and am reading again. I worked last week, and it was a heavy week. We are all doing a new rotation in a new area of work and last week I began my month of it. But that went better than I expected it toContinue reading “Rewrite”

Rough Draft Complete!

Surprise, surprise, I’m back again. I’m very happy to say that I completed the rough draft of my Lincoln mystery novel. More to come as I start the rewrite. I read the final chapter at Scribes, and they felt it worked as a conclusion. The final chapter is very important as it must have emotionalContinue reading “Rough Draft Complete!”

End of Summer

Hello again. I basically ended up taking the summer off from writing. I couldn’t go to my writer’s meeting because of my work schedule, and I had a lot of yardwork to do. I’m scheduled to read tomorrow, so I need to write today. It’s my first day off work today. I’ll be writing theContinue reading “End of Summer”

Still Working

It’s the time of the year when I can’t attend my writer’s group because of schedule shifts at work. I miss it a lot. I’m spending a lot of time in the yard. The iris are blooming and they are my favorite flowers. Peonies are a close second. There is always a lot of weedingContinue reading “Still Working”

Rainy Day

It is a rainy day here in Fort Wayne. I spent the weekend visiting my sister in Indianapolis. It was the first time I have seen since the death of her husband. She is getting along as well as can be expected. We went to the art museum and gardens at Newfield’s. It was onlyContinue reading “Rainy Day”

Final Chapter

Life has kept me quite busy. Mostly I have been recovering from the death of my close friend, Judy Post aka Judi Lynn. I know she would be most upset with me for not keeping up my blog here. Well, I’m getting started again and have started writing again. Yesterday I finished the first sceneContinue reading “Final Chapter”

Recovery

I know it’s been a while. It’s taken me time to recover from the loss of my dear friend. I’m ready to go at it in earnest. I made up my mind a few nights ago. I’ll be going back to Scribes this month and that will help. We are also planning for our firstContinue reading “Recovery”

Judi Lynn

Or Judy Post as she was known locally to friends. Today is a very sad day for me as I lost my friend of 44 years. We raised children together, wrote together, and lived life. Judy was a fabulous cook. Her Ansel and Jazzi novels were filled with her own recipes. She blogged regularly andContinue reading “Judi Lynn”