Sherry Lewis's Blog

Getting Here is Half the Battle

It’s the most daunting seat in the house–not surprisingly, since none of the other chairs here are particularly bothersome. It’s not the way it looks, or even the way it feels that makes it difficult. It’s where it sits. Its choice of company.; It’s the chair pulled up in front of my computer screen and keyboard, and dragging myself into it every day is a struggle.

[image error]At one  point in my career, I had this demon licked. I worked hard to conquer the procrastination that had plagued me during my “...

Room for the Struggle

It’s been a while since I posted here on my blog. I sort of let everything slide last year, and though my reasons seemed valid at the time (don’t they always?} I’m finding that getting back into the habit of being productive every day is a challenge.

I[image error] spent the first couple of months with my younger daughter and the grandkids in Missouri. About two weeks after I returned home to Florida, we received notice that our landlord didn’t want to renew the lease because he wanted to sell the house w...

It Really is the Thought that Counts — #MFRWauthor

Okay. It’s been a while. I’ve been dealing with a nasty case of depression, but I think I’m back…or at least mostly back.  Anyway, welcome to week 19 of the Marketing for Romance Writers 52-Week Blog Challenge, most of which I’ve missed so far this year. This week’s prompt is My Most Romantic Memory, which is tougher for me than you might expect.

[image error]The sad fact is, I haven’t experienced many romantic moments in my life. I was married for a short five yeas back when I was very young, and I’ve be...

Deep in the Well

Depression is an insidious disease, a formidable foe, and a pain in the … neck. I was diagnosed with it years ago, sought help, took medication, and gradually got better. I felt so much better, in fact, that eventually I stopped taking the medication. A few years later, I found myself fighting debilitating fatigue, a lack of motivation, and a missing spark of creativity. Naturally, I blamed all sorts of other things (like a busy schedule, summer heat, diabetes, and getting older) for all o my...

Five Minutes of Silence, That’s All I Ask

Dear Neighbors and nearby businesses. Also, emergency vehicles, traffic in general, birds and other wildlife, and neighborhood pets:

I know this seems like a lot to ask, but if you could hold it down a bit, I’d really appreciate it.

, [image error]You see, I got a new puppy for Christmas, and then promptly had to leave him in Older Daughter’s care while I went to spend a couple of months with Younger Daughter and the grand-kids. I’m home now and seriously working on training Colonel Brandon to do his busi...

5 Tasks I’d Give Up in a Heartbeat — #MFRWauthor Week 11

Welcome to week 11 of the Marketing for Romance Writers (MFRW) 52-week blog challenge. This week’s prompt is “If I never had to do this task again…”

It’s an intriguing prompt, I think. I can think of a gazillion or so tasks I’d willingly give up forEVER if I could, so I’m thinking that writing this week’s blog post will actually be kind of easy. The hard part will be narrowing it down to only 5. Picking just one would be hard to the point of impossible. So here, in no particular order, are fi...

Things Only My Family Would Understand — #MFRWauthor Week 10

It’s been a while since my last post. I had every intention of keeping up with this year’s blog challenge and other things, too, but I just spent 2 1/2 months with my daughter and grandkids while my son-in-law was out of the country working, and the weeks just got away from me. I’m not sure why they did. My daughter works. My grandkids go to school. I was at home alone most of every day during the week, and yet I somehow couldn’t manage to get my act together.

But I’m home now, and although I...

What I Would Do If I Couldn’t Write — #MFRWauthor Week 4

Welcome to Week#4 of the Marketing for Romance Writers blog challenge for 2018. This week’s prompt is: What I Would Do if I Couldn’t Be a Writer.

[image error]Before I get started, maybe I should explain my blog post title from last week since apparently I confused a lot of people. And here I was thinking it made perfect sense

Ugh! Algebra! — #MFRWauthor Week 3

Welcome to week 3 of the 2018 Marketing for Romance Writers 52-week blog challenge. This week’s prompts is: How much of myself is in my writing?

[image error]Before I get started with this week’s blog post, can I just say that I’m struggling here? My daughter and granddaughters came to visit for Christmas, and then I came back home with them for an extended visit. I had to leave my new puppy behind in the care of my Older Daughter, and while I know the two of them are fine together, I’m a bit bummed at o...

A Trip Down Memory Lane – #MFRWauthor Week 2

[image error]It’s Friday, which means that it’s time for another blog post from the Marketing for Romance Writers blog challenge. This week’s prompt is My Earliest Memory.

I had a great childhood for the most part. My parents created a fun world for us to live in, took us on vacations every year and created memories for us like champions. As a result, I have a gazillion memories I could share…

But trying to narrow all of those great memories down to the earliest is a bit of a challenge. Some stories might...