Theresa Paolo's Blog, page 6
September 12, 2015
Where in the World is Theresa?
Most of you have been wondering if I fell off the face of the earth. I'm here to tell you I have not. Unfortunately, life has just gotten in the way. My summer started out promising and then I got the summer flu that turned into bronchitis that lasted, no joke, three weeks. Then as soon as I started feeling better my boyfriend got it for three weeks as well. Once we were germ free, I was excited to start getting back to normal, but then I experienced the worst back pain I have ever felt in my life, causing me to fall to my knees and making me unable to move for over a half hour. I've been dealing with lower back pain since I was 16, but nothing compared to how horrible that pain was. I was unable to move, sweating and crying from the pain and completely alone. Once I managed to crawl to the phone my dad came and rescued me and brought me to the doctor. Turns out I have 2 herniated discs one of which is significant and pushing against the sac and nerves of my spinal cord... As my mom said, I can never do anything small. Go big or go home, right? Now I'm in physical therapy twice a week and even though it's been over two months, I still can't do much.
I never thought I'd actually want to clean, but being unable to vacuum, or to bend over to get the dishes out of the dishwasher, or to do laundry, is driving me insane. I feel useless and it's frustrating. I also can't really sit on my couch because according to my physical therapist, the minute I sit on the couch, I ruin everything she has done for me. The couch is where I write and while I'm getting used to my desk chair, it's still not the same. On top of it all my grandma who is 83 has fallen three times this summer and each time hit her head. She's been in and out of the hospital because of this. Her most recent fall was in a parking lot and her face broke her fall... Needless to say, she looks like the terminator. Her face is completely bruised and she had to have ten stitches. Though, yesterday, she proudly declared to my mom, "I have never had a shiner before. This is my first one!" She's a trooper and she's always been hard headed, but now we know her actual head is hard as a rock. I'm buying her a helmet and she's not allowed to go anywhere with out. She was transferred to a rehab facility yesterday so she's on her way to recovery.
So yeah, my summer has been pretty eventful and not in the way I like. I've been trying to stay active on social media, but with everything that has been going on it's been hard. Hopefully, it'll be back to normal soon.
Writing updates:
I know I have promised you a companion novel to Home is Where You Are that will tell Katie and Seth's story. Trust me, it is still very much on my mind. I was hoping to have it ready and available to you all by this fall, but I hate to say that is not going to happen. I will write their book. It is something I've always wanted to do. Even when I was writing Home is Where You Are, Katie's voice was so strong and there is so much more to her story than what you got to see in Home. I just want to do her story justice. She deserves that. She's complicated and has many layers which is not something I can bang out in a month. So yes, their story is coming, I just don't know when.
I also am in the middle of rewrites for my agent. This is a book that I wrote in 2011-2012 and is one of my favorites. It is very different from my norm. It has a bit of a time travel aspect where the main character goes from present day back to 1925. If you know me, you know I am a huge history buff, and the twenties is one of my favorite eras. I just took a trip to Newport, Rhode Island, despite my bad back, because that is where the book takes place and I wanted to do a little more research. So this book is taking up a bit of my time and is something that I don't plan on self pubbing. I will continue to fill you in on all the details as they slowly develop.
Brett's book. I can't tell you how excited I am to jump back into the Beds series world. I spoke with Cassie recently about this and we are definitely writing his book. We just have to see how our schedules go. She has so many awesome books she's working on right now and I'm excited for all of them! Our goal for Brett is to write it in 2016.
I also have a few other books I am working on, but they're all in the beginning stages and can't really discuss anything until I'm a little more into them. Just know that I am working and I hope to have something new for you guys soon!
Now I want to know how your summer was? Please tell me it was better than mine!
I never thought I'd actually want to clean, but being unable to vacuum, or to bend over to get the dishes out of the dishwasher, or to do laundry, is driving me insane. I feel useless and it's frustrating. I also can't really sit on my couch because according to my physical therapist, the minute I sit on the couch, I ruin everything she has done for me. The couch is where I write and while I'm getting used to my desk chair, it's still not the same. On top of it all my grandma who is 83 has fallen three times this summer and each time hit her head. She's been in and out of the hospital because of this. Her most recent fall was in a parking lot and her face broke her fall... Needless to say, she looks like the terminator. Her face is completely bruised and she had to have ten stitches. Though, yesterday, she proudly declared to my mom, "I have never had a shiner before. This is my first one!" She's a trooper and she's always been hard headed, but now we know her actual head is hard as a rock. I'm buying her a helmet and she's not allowed to go anywhere with out. She was transferred to a rehab facility yesterday so she's on her way to recovery.
So yeah, my summer has been pretty eventful and not in the way I like. I've been trying to stay active on social media, but with everything that has been going on it's been hard. Hopefully, it'll be back to normal soon.
Writing updates:
I know I have promised you a companion novel to Home is Where You Are that will tell Katie and Seth's story. Trust me, it is still very much on my mind. I was hoping to have it ready and available to you all by this fall, but I hate to say that is not going to happen. I will write their book. It is something I've always wanted to do. Even when I was writing Home is Where You Are, Katie's voice was so strong and there is so much more to her story than what you got to see in Home. I just want to do her story justice. She deserves that. She's complicated and has many layers which is not something I can bang out in a month. So yes, their story is coming, I just don't know when.
I also am in the middle of rewrites for my agent. This is a book that I wrote in 2011-2012 and is one of my favorites. It is very different from my norm. It has a bit of a time travel aspect where the main character goes from present day back to 1925. If you know me, you know I am a huge history buff, and the twenties is one of my favorite eras. I just took a trip to Newport, Rhode Island, despite my bad back, because that is where the book takes place and I wanted to do a little more research. So this book is taking up a bit of my time and is something that I don't plan on self pubbing. I will continue to fill you in on all the details as they slowly develop.
Brett's book. I can't tell you how excited I am to jump back into the Beds series world. I spoke with Cassie recently about this and we are definitely writing his book. We just have to see how our schedules go. She has so many awesome books she's working on right now and I'm excited for all of them! Our goal for Brett is to write it in 2016.
I also have a few other books I am working on, but they're all in the beginning stages and can't really discuss anything until I'm a little more into them. Just know that I am working and I hope to have something new for you guys soon!
Now I want to know how your summer was? Please tell me it was better than mine!
June 23, 2015
I give myself the title of Worst Blogger EVER!
Seriously, I'm the worst. I made myself a pretty schedule with designated topics to blog about and days to post, yet after a week I failed. Though, I should've known better. Even in my writing I'm a total pantser. Schedules and outlines simply do not work for me. Every time I think I can stick to one I fail miserably. I work better with chaos.
So I decided, I'm just going to blog whenever I have the urge. Hopefully it will be more frequent than it has been lately.
I went on a long weekend vacation this past weekend. Other than being sick (according to the Dr. today I have a touch of bronchitis) it was just fantastic. Have you ever been to Wolfeboro New Hampshire? It is peaceful and beautiful and I have zero cell service there! I finally got to spend time away from my computer and catch up on some reading. If I could've stayed on that deck, overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee with a book in hand, trust me I would have! I mean look how pretty!
I read two books while out on the deck and of course I took selfies and posted them to my instagram! You know because I'm a loser like that!
I also finished an ebook I had been reading, but couldn't find the time to finish. Lauren Blakely's Night After Night. I have to say I enjoyed all three. And now I'm looking forward to seeing the movie Paper Towns. I'm always curious how they portray a book on the big screen. So I'm excited for that.
I'm obsessed with the TV series Outlander and The Bride Says Maybe was a good fix. I think I need to actually read the Outlander books though. I need more Jamie and Claire.
So that's what I've been up to. I hope to post more frequently and remove the title of Worst Blogger EVER, but only time will tell!
Have you read any of the books I did this past weekend? What about Outlander?
So I decided, I'm just going to blog whenever I have the urge. Hopefully it will be more frequent than it has been lately.
I went on a long weekend vacation this past weekend. Other than being sick (according to the Dr. today I have a touch of bronchitis) it was just fantastic. Have you ever been to Wolfeboro New Hampshire? It is peaceful and beautiful and I have zero cell service there! I finally got to spend time away from my computer and catch up on some reading. If I could've stayed on that deck, overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee with a book in hand, trust me I would have! I mean look how pretty!
I read two books while out on the deck and of course I took selfies and posted them to my instagram! You know because I'm a loser like that!
I also finished an ebook I had been reading, but couldn't find the time to finish. Lauren Blakely's Night After Night. I have to say I enjoyed all three. And now I'm looking forward to seeing the movie Paper Towns. I'm always curious how they portray a book on the big screen. So I'm excited for that.
I'm obsessed with the TV series Outlander and The Bride Says Maybe was a good fix. I think I need to actually read the Outlander books though. I need more Jamie and Claire.
So that's what I've been up to. I hope to post more frequently and remove the title of Worst Blogger EVER, but only time will tell!
Have you read any of the books I did this past weekend? What about Outlander?
June 1, 2015
May 20, 2015
$0.99 Sale!
Home is Where You Are is on SALE for a limited time! Get it before the price goes back up!
$0.99 Sale!
Home is Where You Are is on SALE for a limited time! Get it before the price goes back up!
March 1, 2015
February 22, 2015
Movie Bucket List Monday: 30th Anniversary of The Breakfast Club
I've been drowning in edits so I already started slacking on my posts. Today I'd like to talk about a movie that isn't on my bucket list because I've watched it so many times I can recite it word for word.
Last week was the 30th anniversary for The Breakfast Club. It is one of my all-time favorite movies. John Hughes was the king of Young Adult movies and even thirty years later it is still such a relatable story.A lot of people hate the cliche of the brain, the princess, the criminal, the athlete, the basket case, but honestly cliches exist, that's how they became a cliche in the first place. Watching that movie I can remember my own high school and think of a group that fit perfectly into each one of those cliches. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that. You lean towards people who have common interests with you. But the bigger picture of the movie is that you don't have to be stuck with that cliche. You can find common interests with anyone as long as you're willing to take a minute to get to know someone who maybe a little different than you. Believe in yourself enough to rise above your label.
Have you seen The Breakfast Club? Did you/do you fall into one of the cliches in high school? I probably fell into all of them.
February 9, 2015
Movie Bucket List Monday: Fast and The Furious 6
I skipped blogging last week because I've been up to my ears in edits. Now that they are out of the way for now back to our regularly scheduled program! It's Movie Bucket List Monday. And since I have been drowning in edits, I haven't had time for much of anything else. However, though it wasn't on my bucket list, I did watch Fast and the Furious 6.
These movies tend to be my guilty pleasures. I always say I'm not going to watch them. It's going to be dumb. Completely unrealistic. But every time I turn one of these movies on, I am completely sucked in. Yes, there were many, so many, scenes that were completely unrealistic and had me going yeah okay sure, but despite the over the top action and car scenes, I liked the story.
I love how they are a family and how that encompasses everything that they do. I love the bonds between all of them, each different, but just as endearing. I especially love the connection between Vin Diesel's character, Dominic Toretto, and Michelle Rodriguez's, Letty. Though that just may be because I'm romance obsessed. Still I love the history and how he fights for her and that scene when they're in the parking lot and he's telling her how they first met *swoon* It was definitely a highlight for me and I may have rewatched it a few times.
Have you seen any of the Fast and the Furious movies? Do you like them? What movies are your guilty pleasures?
