Time To Slow Down

My daughter and her husband came to stay with us for a few days from Florida. My Indy daughter and my Indy grandson drove up to see them. We had a houseful, and we had SO much fun! They don’t like sitting around, so we tried to think of some place to take them every day. We ate out for three meals, and I cooked a big meal on Friday night. I’d cooked breakfast burritos, lemon loaf with blueberries, and scones ahead for breakfasts, and that worked out great. I made a huge deli salad and garlic bread for lunch one day, and gumbo and rice for the next day. Everything went as smoothly as it ever has. So it was wonderful. But when the last person left, HH and I looked at each other, chose our favorite sofas, and took naps.

Next week, I want to zero in on getting Not A Ghost of a Chance ready to self-publish. I’m hoping to do a preorder and a giveaway on Goodreads to spread the word. I’m more nervous than usual about this book. So much has gone on while I worked to write it and get it ready, I feel sort of disconnected to publishing it. It’s an odd feeling. By now, I’m usually struggling with excitement and nerves, but this time, I just feel a little fractured. I’m SO HAPPY with this book, but it’s SHORT. Only 45,000 words. I happen to really like short novels. They move fast. I don’t lose steam in the dreaded middle, and I lose steam a lot reading long books. I love my characters.

I wanted to get this book up sooner rather than later. And I’m not the most patient person, so I’ve sort of dampened the energy I had built up for it. But Life happens. Things don’t always go according to plan. Add to that–and don’t snicker at me–my horoscope isn’t as fun as it was in the middle of the month. The astrologers said to Go For It then. Now, it’s all about Saturn being retrograde. Ugh!

I don’t know if the planets are going to shine on me or not now, but I’m not sitting on this book for months. I like it too much, so I’m going to throw it into the world, kiss it goodbye, and wish it the best. Loretta (the protagonist) wouldn’t sit around and dither. She deserves an audience. So, hopefully, this week, she’ll find one!