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Summer Daze
I don't know about you, but it's been a whirlwind summer for me.
It started off on a high note. In June, I spent a week in Texas helping my dad celebrate his 80th. While I was there, I was honored to attend my brother's wedding to his partner of 18 years.
Then my husband and I spent two weeks in Florida. His mom was in failing health. She was getting the best of care at her facility, but when his sister took a much-needed vacation, we volunteered to come down and drop in on his mom every day, just to keep her company. I'm glad we had the opportunity to do that. Last month she passed away from complications of Parkinson's at age 90, bless her heart. She will be greatly missed.
I was hoping to get so much writing done while we were in Florida. I envisioned lots of free writing time for myself. I expected we would visit my mother-in-law in the mornings, and my husband would go play golf in the afternoons while I stayed home and wrote. This did not happen. Not once. I was shocked. My husband is an avid golfer. But between our visiting schedule and the heat, golf just did not materialize. I was able to do a little social networking and email control, but that's about it.
Since we've been back from our various travels, I've made some progress. The trailer for The Dala Horse is up and running. It looks great, if I don't say so myself. The audio book is in the works and should be ready by the end of summer. I took the plunge and took the hints from many of you and made The Dala Horse available in a print version through CreateSpace. It should soon be live on Amazon as well. BTW that was a very interesting experience (CreateSpace). I am very pleased with the finished product.
I'm also back on track with my current project, a YA dystopian trilogy tentatively titled Just Say Yes. But it's not your average angst-laden, teen-love-triangle cliche fest. There's adventure. There's humor. Think Mod Squad meets Super Size Me, with a little Wall-E thrown in for atmosphere. The first book in the series is almost finished. If you're interested in being a beta reader for me, hit me up.
My next newsletter is scheduled to go out this Wednesday, August 8. In it, you can find out more about what I've been up to this summer and see a photo of my current adorable house guest.
If you haven't subscribed to my newsletter yet, now's a great time. I'm offering a free ebook to new subscribers. It's called Keeping Score. It features 20 personal reminiscences on the changes in womens' sports over the last few decades. Here's one excerpt from Elizabeth, who graduated from Adamson High School in Dallas, Texas in 1954:
"While in high school, I envied the boys who ran track and hurdles. Since my legs were long and I was lean and tall, I always felt that I would have been great had there been a girls’ competitive team. There just weren’t any competitive teams of any kind for girls. An aunt told me once that girls had to be very careful with strenuous sports because one may injure one’s reproductive organs!! "
She goes on to describe her personal solution to a lack of organized sporting events for girls.
Reading Elizabeth's story, it's hard to believe how much things have changed for girls' sports in only one lifetime. And there are 19 more essays just like it in the book! But it's only available to you as a new subscriber. Here's how to sign up: visit my Facebook page at Lissa Johnston Author or my website and click on the email signup link.
Thanks in advance, and enjoy the rest of your summer.
My FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/LissaJohnsto...
My website:
https://www.lissajohnston.com
It started off on a high note. In June, I spent a week in Texas helping my dad celebrate his 80th. While I was there, I was honored to attend my brother's wedding to his partner of 18 years.
Then my husband and I spent two weeks in Florida. His mom was in failing health. She was getting the best of care at her facility, but when his sister took a much-needed vacation, we volunteered to come down and drop in on his mom every day, just to keep her company. I'm glad we had the opportunity to do that. Last month she passed away from complications of Parkinson's at age 90, bless her heart. She will be greatly missed.
I was hoping to get so much writing done while we were in Florida. I envisioned lots of free writing time for myself. I expected we would visit my mother-in-law in the mornings, and my husband would go play golf in the afternoons while I stayed home and wrote. This did not happen. Not once. I was shocked. My husband is an avid golfer. But between our visiting schedule and the heat, golf just did not materialize. I was able to do a little social networking and email control, but that's about it.
Since we've been back from our various travels, I've made some progress. The trailer for The Dala Horse is up and running. It looks great, if I don't say so myself. The audio book is in the works and should be ready by the end of summer. I took the plunge and took the hints from many of you and made The Dala Horse available in a print version through CreateSpace. It should soon be live on Amazon as well. BTW that was a very interesting experience (CreateSpace). I am very pleased with the finished product.
I'm also back on track with my current project, a YA dystopian trilogy tentatively titled Just Say Yes. But it's not your average angst-laden, teen-love-triangle cliche fest. There's adventure. There's humor. Think Mod Squad meets Super Size Me, with a little Wall-E thrown in for atmosphere. The first book in the series is almost finished. If you're interested in being a beta reader for me, hit me up.
My next newsletter is scheduled to go out this Wednesday, August 8. In it, you can find out more about what I've been up to this summer and see a photo of my current adorable house guest.
If you haven't subscribed to my newsletter yet, now's a great time. I'm offering a free ebook to new subscribers. It's called Keeping Score. It features 20 personal reminiscences on the changes in womens' sports over the last few decades. Here's one excerpt from Elizabeth, who graduated from Adamson High School in Dallas, Texas in 1954:
"While in high school, I envied the boys who ran track and hurdles. Since my legs were long and I was lean and tall, I always felt that I would have been great had there been a girls’ competitive team. There just weren’t any competitive teams of any kind for girls. An aunt told me once that girls had to be very careful with strenuous sports because one may injure one’s reproductive organs!! "
She goes on to describe her personal solution to a lack of organized sporting events for girls.
Reading Elizabeth's story, it's hard to believe how much things have changed for girls' sports in only one lifetime. And there are 19 more essays just like it in the book! But it's only available to you as a new subscriber. Here's how to sign up: visit my Facebook page at Lissa Johnston Author or my website and click on the email signup link.
Thanks in advance, and enjoy the rest of your summer.
My FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/LissaJohnsto...
My website:
https://www.lissajohnston.com
