Anny Cook's Blog, page 94

Tropical Depression Nicole

Water. Lots of water everywhere. Flood watches. Tornado watches. And rain. Unremitting rain today. Fortunately, there isn't much wind.That being the case, my plans are to stay indoors and work on revisions (which was my plan yesterday but that didn't quite work out). Some days the brain just refuses to work.Now that might have been because I was waiting to hear from my daughter who was busy

Trickle Down

Some things never change.anny

I haz a happy!

I'm soooo excited. I've just signed a contract with Passion in Print for my manuscript, Phantom's Rest! Very, very happy!anny

Monday, Monday

Cold and rainy this AM. We were warned there will be no water from 10 AM to 4 PM. What a day. Whether you're going outside the home to work or staying in, somehow Monday mornings are pukeable. Rainy Monday mornings are more so--unless you're sleeping in.Hmmmm. Maybe I'll just go back to bed!What are your plans?anny

Good morning???

I am not a morning person. I can be...if necessary. I have been...in the past. But not now. The house hunk leaps out of bed at the crack of dawn (read 7 AM!) and cheerfully announces, "It's time to get up!"No.This morning it's gray and foggy, though later it's supposed to be in the mid-nineties and sunny. I have a few things to do today.I was offered a contract for my latest book. I'll need to

Preparations

Some women go to the beauty shop to have their hair colored. For a vast number of us, that's beyond the capacity of our wallets so we color or perm our hair at home, reserving those rare trips to a professional for our haircuts instead.At my house, we don't even do that. Instead we entrust our precious head of hair to the nearest family member with a pair of scissors. If that happens to be the

Optimism

Some people are primarily pessimists, always seeing life through a dark glass. Others are optimists, always expecting the best outcome from every turn in the road. A little pessimism is good. It prevents the unwary from falling victim to scams and predators. But too much pessimism makes for a very negative life.Optimists tend to be cheerful and calm. After all, they're expecting good things...

RomantiCon

Next month--October 7-11--I'll be attending RomantiCon in Akron, Ohio. All sorts of things are planned, including dress-up dinners. This year the theme is 1920s. Now since I'm roughly shaped like that fellow up there in the picture, you can imagine what I would look like in a flapper dress...It doesn't quite compute, ya know?Last year the them was the 1960s. Think mini-skirts and go-go boots. I

Revision Monday

Well. Phantom's Rest has sat on the back burner simmering for the last two weeks. Now it's time to begin the final revisions and polishing. If I'm not around much, you can figure I'm in the revision cave slashing right and left with my red pen.This is my least favorite part of writing, but I'm determined to send off my very best writing so what must be done...See y'all tomorrow!anny

Thirteen

There are a lot of important birthdays in life. Your first. Your twenty-first. Your fiftieth. But the defining year is thirteen. That's when you cross from child to teenager and become a young woman or young man.Thirteen years ago today, I was standing in a hospital room, holding my daughter's hand, waiting for my first grandchild to be born. The years have passed swiftly, oh so swiftly.Now she