Taking a Break

By Liz, looking forward to seeing the sun again…someday?

I turned in Murder She Meowed, book seven in the Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, on May 1. [image error]On time, and (almost) without a lot of last-minute angst, as is my norm. I was really proud of myself for this, because as the Wickeds know all too well, I have a penchant for stressing myself out by somehow getting to the eleventh hour without a fully finished book. Which I’ve written about numerous times, so I won’t go into it here.

My point is, this was a huge accomplishment. And then I thought about all the other accomplishments I’ve racked up in the past 10 months–and compared them to the challenges– and decided to actually celebrate for a change. Here’s an excerpt from my Facebook post from the day I turned in the book. Since last July, I:

Wrote three(!) books (and did copy edits/page proofs for one).
Had a really crappy few months at my old job.
Found/started a new (and pretty demanding) day job.
Traveled a bunch with said new day job.
Managed to take a real vacation for the first time in a long time last fall.
Dealt with A LOT of personal issues, including Shaggy’s illness, which was wicked stressful for me.
Lost 2 cats within 2 weeks back in January – Pumpkin and Johnny.