Sommer Marsden's Blog, page 97

my favorite shot...

from our trip. Courtesy of girl child. The view at Little Round Top, Gettysburg, PA shot through a monument. My dad was a photographer. Looks as if both kiddos have picked up that artistic eye. We had a blast. We adjusted to being away from home (for the first time in 11 years! eesh) pretty fast, did a butt load of walking and had tons of good food. Brought back some nifty local wines from around those parts too. Yum and yum. I have more to tell, but for today I leave you with this pic.



We are having big thunderstorms and I have a chunk of work I must get done today. Hope you had a fabulous weekend. I know me and my blisters did!!



XOXO

Sommer

Premature Announce-ulation

Tomorrow my pretty, sexy, funny, sexy, fun, and also sexy book Automagically comes out at Ellora's Cave. And I don't know what my schedule looks like. So I'm saying it now in case I don't get a chance to check in. Yay and woop and woohoo!



Now off to bed. I'm breaking out in anxiety hives and have just popped a Benadryl so any moment I will be----Zzz...



XOXO

Sommer

see you on the flip side...

I'm leaving a bit early for vacation. Meaning, though we don't leave for a few days, I'm checking out to focus and get myself a full week of down time. There's a ton going on of late and I had a moment last night were I thought I might be done. Was very close to throwing my hands up and practicing for a new career, maybe the fry girl at the local food joint.



Say it with me: "Would you like fries with that?"



So...being as this is all I ever wanted to do...that scared me. When I went to bed, I tossed and turned and finally decided that instead of quitting because I feel like a total hack, I was probably--mostly--hopefully--fingers crossed just feeling v. overwhelmed and something that shouldn't have bothered me...did. A lot.



Hence an early departure for my first getaway in over a decade. Hopefully, I'll be back raring to go and not deciding I'd rather work in Donald's Dog Salon or at the Donut Shack.



We'll see.



XOXO

Sommer

p.s. thank you TTFN for making me that picture. It made me smile :)

we had...

a lazy Sunday 'round here. Hope you had the same. :)

XOXO
S

Behold...

I have coverage for my August 12th release from EC. And I...just...um...*gasp*

Perfection.

XOXO
S

Signage...

Believe it or not, I've received not one but two signs in the last few weeks. As gifts. You know what that means? My sunroom is looking orsum (to quote Charlotte Stein).

This one was sent to me by the lovely CA beauty Alison Tyler. I think because the first blog she read penned by me was about me falling down the steps. And that was only the beginning of the fun to be had with yours truly. What do you think she's trying to say with this~~~~>



This one was given to me by the man who owns the liquor store we go to. For wine. We are regular customers. Heh. Anyhoo, once upon a time I told him I loved pinup girls and things in homage to pinup girls. Tada!~~~~>



That totally made my day. That random act of dirty kindness and remembering something I mentioned in passing roughly a year ago.

So, smokin' hot sunroom, people. I might even write out there for a bit today if it doesn't get too hot. I'm at almost 50K on this book and rocketing along toward the end...

XOXO
Sommer

today...today...tooooooooo-day (I'm a bit loopy. It's been a busy day)

First...I made these. Gluten Free and made with zucchinis we grew! Just call me Ma Kettle...


New WANDERLUST book with white font. The man has given it two thumbs up (scroll down to see the original cover). The whole thing just totally pops now.


Spine is now mucho lesso in width--again, if you scroll down you'll see the monster it was. I cut the book in half (by size, not content) and you can see the spine print this time! White font is wonderful.


And the back. You can read it but it says: BUY THIS BOOK AND HELP THE AUTHOR MOVE TO MAINE! (((just kidding)))


And we found this nifty striped apple in the apple bowl. Deemed too pretty to eat, I was ordered to take a picture. I am so tired I simply obey at this point.


Over 3,500 written today. I'm shooting for 5,000 if I can sneak some more time after my shower. I love this book. Truly. I don't know why. But I hope it is as good as I think it is and I'm not just...delirious or some such.

Sommer, over and out. Off to make garlic and Parmesan GF noodles.

XOXO

today brings us this image...

It was the image in my brain matter when I banged out my 2,100 words this morning. That puts me at almost 47K in this book. Today has also brought a mad dash in the kitchen to make zucchini bread (made with our homegrown zucchinis), visiting with grandmother and family I rarely see, visit to grocery store with kids, liquor store for wine (duh) where the owner gave me the most kick ass sign because I once mentioned something in passing. Picture of sign soon. Now I want to get more of this book written before I have to do dinner.

So...how's your day going? Do tell!

XOXO
Sommer

now in print (woot!)

Wanderlust. Chopped in half (from about 777 pages). Reasonably sized print and much cheaper than that monster would have been. It's available already on Createspace HERE and coming soon to Amazon.com

:D

I want to move to Maine...

I have wanted to move there since I was a wee little girl reading Winnie the Pooh. No shit. But then I got addicted to Stephen King and that sort of sealed the deal for me. I mean, I was fifteen when I decided that if I was a writer (which I'd wanted to be since my Winnie the Pooh days) and had a book published I could totally afford to move to Maine [insert hysterical knows-better-than-that-almost-40-now laughter here]. And Hey! I'd probably run into Stephen King and I could tell him my funny Pet Sematary story.

But I digress. I still want to move to Maine. A thing the man would love to give me but he says that it could never happen because there's no real work for him there. Poo. But I have decided (after being up half the night thanks to huge thunderstorm, scared dog who tried to take over bedroom after BARKING to be let in and said man snoring) in my delirium that I am still totally hell bent on making that happen.

So buy my books! Help me go to Maine! The more breadwinnerish I am, the better my odds.

Is that not the most stunning slightly-stupid-from-sleep-deprivation-and-odd-possibly-food-poisoning-stomach-thing blog you have ever heard?

But the smut goes on and I am currently in this location as we speak. [In my head, natch]



Carry on. That is all.

XOXO
Sommer
p.s. Remember! Buy my books! Help me move to Maine! *snort*