ROW80: Paypal Escapades and Big Smiles

After my slight detour to find the Dark Tower in the first half of the week I am now back to working on Through Hell and High Water. I have made some good progress, maybe not as much as I would like, but I hit my target each day so I cannot complain.

I am starting to get itchy feet with it all now, I am just so eager to start writing the second installment, but I am making do with notes and mental bookmarks for future reference. I had approximately 66% of the novel edited now and that means I am firmly on the homeward stretch. Then I hope to acquire the services of a proof reader to pick up those silly mistakes that my over familiar eyes miss.

That however, is jumping the gun by some weeks.

All in all this week was smooth sailing, my eldest son provided us some rough water but we navigated them well enough. He has just started school and so has suddenly developed an attitude but we are firm with him and hopefully it will pay off… one day.

I am on vacation all of next week and with him at school I plan on helping my wife get the house completely tidied, as with three young kids around, cleaning during the day just doesn't work other than picking up bulkier items. While we split the housework 50/50, there is only so much that can be done in the evenings, or should I say only a certain level that can be attained.

The only thing of note was that my Paypal account was hacked and cleaned out by some gimp, but Paypal responded within moments and alerted me to the transactions and I could block them before anything got approved. Handy because they also emptied out my bank account. (Thank GOD I only had 50 Euros left in it )

I have seen a dramatic increase in my blog traffic over the last week or so, and I am delighted. I am not setting any records but I have averaged double figures every day and for me that is a big result. Whether it is because I am making use of Tags in my posts now, or because what I am saying is actually interesting I would not like to say. I just intend to keep going and see where it goes.

Thank you for reading, and I wish you all a great weekend!