Catherine Coulter's Blog: I'm Baaaack!, page 110

March 12, 2015

Thursday, the 12th -- yep, dark as the bottom of a witch's cauldron -- don't you just hate that? You're all rip-rearing to go and what is this? Black outside your windows. I do not like DST --

Work today and packing and getting all the workshop handouts ready to go, generally a fun day that still, alas, requires high wattage from the brain -- yes, I can do this. BBQ ribs for lunch and that will be wonderful -- picture with mashed potatoes and the obligatory green beans (Yeah, you can eat them, then quick another gnaw on the ribs).
Thank you for all your recommendations for Mexican in Tucson -- El Charro was the favorite, but alas, it was impossible for us to get in, so we picked another one whose name just left my brain and flew off the planet. 120,000 people expected at the festival; it's sort of like the LA Times book festival, on the campus of the Univ. of Arizona, tons of booths and workshops (I do one) and panels (I do three), lots of stuff for kids -- all in all, it should be a blast. Put me up in front of bunch of smiling people and my innards hum with pleasure.

March 6, 2015

Friday, 6th of March -- Your responses to do you like teasers -- really surprised me. The majority of you don't like them. I will pass this scientific study along to my publisher -- but they've done it this way for two thousand years so I really can't see them stopping. The teaser in the back of NEMESIS will be the third chapter of THE END GAME (Nicholas Drummond) and it's not long --

Today I'm going to umph myself to the gym, a light workshop, something to remind the muscles they should get out of bed and dance around a little bit, show the world they can still operate, if only a little.
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I put up a photo of THE END GAME cover but alas, it isn't here. Hmm, Did it go to Russia, maybe a lovely gulag in Siberia? Or better yet, to Malta? I've always wanted to visit Malta. It'd be a hugely unfair if my book cover made it there before me -- they have lots of cork stuff there, right? Who's been to Malta? And how do you rank it among all the places you've visited?

March 5, 2015

Thursday the 5th -- So many of you mention chicken noodle soup as being great for a cold. I'll bet that's the very first thing most of us crave, probably because that's what our parents poured down our throats when we were kids. Here's what happened: I drank some out of a big cup (so as not to spill it all over myself), watched Eli (who will eat anything, moving or not moving, doesn't matter) He sticks his face in the big mug, spends a little time considering things, then raises his face and gives me a look like "you want me to steal a drink of this?" and he walked away, tail high, insulted. And Eli never has a cold. Is there some hidden wisdom here?
Most of your offered remedies have alcohol in them -- are you a bunch of tipplers out there?
Question: Do you like the "teasers" for the next book in the back of the book you just finished reading?
I'll put up the cover of THE END GAME so you can see it -- pretty cool, I've got to admit.

March 4, 2015

Wednesday, 4th of March -- HUGE bummer, my internet went out and my computer person had to come and say the magic words over it, then make the sign of a circle with a triangle in, pat that on the tower. Then it's on to incantations over the Ram, or maybe it's the screen, he won't say, and what else? I don't know, no computer geek worth his salt lets you observe all his procedures. Pay the man, offer to kiss his toes because you're up and running again.

I've got a huge honker cold, Oh my, the misery of it -- one forgets how really horrible colds can be. I mean, someone says I've got a bad cold, and you're thinking, well, yeah, so what? It ain't a broken foot or some sort of vile disease, don't whine -- and then you get whacked over the head, cough up your stomach lining, sniff and use three boxes of kleenex and take all the lying cold stuff they charge through the nose for and doesn't work, and yes, whine, even though you know people are rolling their eyes the minute your back's turned. Ah, the misery -- I guess you can tell I was gutting it out yesterday, but NOT TODAY. Today, I want sympathy and lovely hot tea delivered into my poor cold hands, loaded with honey.

March 3, 2015

3rd, Tuesday: This ain't shingles but it's a cold and where did that come from? I'm always really careful at the gym, use lots of Purel (sanitizes your paws). You know when you have a cold, you do well in the morning, then it gets worse and worse and makes you shudder and shake and complain and whine -- chips and guacamole don't help, alas.

In the long scheme of things, the above is not important. what's important is continuing the edit on The End Game -- threw out a wild hair idea, saw the light finally at eleven o'clock last night, realized the change would have a cascade effect and necessitate changes and adjustments throughout the book -- not good, so I'm plowing forward -- It's exciting, always moving, the bad are really bad and Savich just dived in with to lend Nicholas and Mike a big hand. All good, and, believe it or not, fun.

February 27, 2015

Yep, Friday again, the 27th of day-cheated February --
Lots of talk about shingles, lots of conflicting info. So Google Shingles and go to HealthLine -- read all about it. One thing for sure is that 50% of Americans have shingles by the time they're 80. You've read how horrible it is -- now, all the recommendations are for the vaccine after sixty since most attacks happen after that age. And so, of course, that allows insurance companies to not pay for it. However, you can trot to your pharmacy and ask them if they could give you the vaccine and what it would cost (between $200-$300) So check it out and make an informed decision --
More editing today and of course the gym -- If you're a gym bunny like I am, (well, three days a week) then you probably go at a certain time and you always see the same people (usually) and everyone becomes friends, and it's nice -- for lots of older guys it's their social hour (or three) So, my point? There's a lot of benefits to gym membership and meeting new people is one of them -- core today and cardio -- go forth and make it happen -

February 25, 2015

25th of February -- Gorgeous Wednesday -- Last night I dreamed of at least a dozen folk on their backs, legs straight up against a wall? Huge room, all white, no one else there doing anything. The dozen with legs up were all singing gospels, in beautiful harmony. Then one guy slammed his elbow into his neighbor's side, and one by one, all the legs fell to the side and everybody was twisting and turning on the floor, clutching their stomach with laughter. What is this all about? Well, of course we've been talking about butts to the wall, but why this wonderful scene? Really beautiful singing -- and of course laughing is really good for you too --

February 19, 2015

Thursday the 19th -- amazing, isn't it? ALREADY the 19th and poor February doesn't have all that many days to begin with. No cruising to thirty or thirty-one, nope, the month is chopped off and you're thrown headfirst into March -- what's wrong with that? I once knew who was responsible for poor February's truncation but since my ram filled up, that fact got tossed out to make way for new stuff. Amazon doesn't sell new brain ram either, bummer. Even Best Guys doesn't offer a cheap brain ram, that probably wouldn't work anyway --

Today editing THE END GAME -- I'll stop saying that since it's going to be going on for the next month.

February newsletter should hit you today or tomorrow --

February 18, 2015

The 18th -- Wednesday, I was supposed to be flying to Tennessee today -- hang that one up. Goodness, the storm seems to have blanketed everywhere, very nearly. Hot chocolate and a good book (probably one of mine) is your best bet with an hour spread out during the day to work your bod.

Glad you guys like the NEMESIS cover. I certainly do. (you can see it on my Facebook page -- www.Facebook.com/catherinecoulterbooks). It's on the shelves July 7th (Tuesday -- you'll notice all books come out on Tuesdays -- this is the cut off date for determining bestsellers and Mondays are too difficult for stores to get out the new books) Everyone appears to love the title and I've got to admit, it's a real draw-in. What's even better is that Sherlock -- not Savich -- is the nemesis -- it is so cool.

Editing The End Game -- this will be a month-long project and fun, always fun and makes you scratch your head to come up with exactly the right word and make the plot really pull together --

Feb. 17, 2015

Another perfect day in Sausalito, the 17th of February -- It seems to becoming a pattern -- lots of rain in November and December, then nothing. We had the one two-day storm last week, then back into the low 70s with lots of sun. Amazing. Tahoe is suffering mightily -- as well as the rest of the state. No snow, no skiers and that means no money coming in for locals -- not good. Here in Marin County, however, we're okay -- The huge snowstorm in Tennessee -- hang in there, folks, and really, given some of the photos you posted, you need to consider moving -- there are other fun things to do besides shoveling snow and driving in this dangerous crap. I haven't spoken to J.T. Ellison yet today -- and she's right in the middle of the ice storm -- I hope she's snuggled in at home with her cute husband and two kitties --

Stuff today -- but mainly editing THE END GAME --