My Obstacle Course

Roary’s Obstacle Course

You can’t see the toy in the picture, but Jim took this photo when our very energetic, nearly five-year-old, cat, Roary, paused in the middle of one of his favorite games: chasing a toy up, over, and around the legs of our kitchen table.

Before I get into my own obstacle course, I want to provide a link to a podcast David Weber and I did with the folks at Honorverse Today: HVT-029 Interview with Jane Lindskold and David Weber – TPE Network.  People often ask me how Weber and my collaborations work.  That question and many others are touched on here, along with a lot of laughter and a few tales of days gone by.  There are even a couple of hints as to what to expect in our forthcoming novel, Friends Indeed.

Wandering onwards, I often feel my own life is an obstacle course, and never more than at the beginning of the year when numerous tasks compete for my time, and writing is something I need to squeeze in between.

There are fourth quarter earnings material to assemble and send to my accountant.  There are various once a year jobs related to running a business, like setting up my record book for earnings and expenses, and creating pages for each month in my bullet journal.  When these are done, the annual tax materials for the year just ended will need to be put together pretty promptly, as I have an early filing date.  And, of course, there are all the jobs I let slide while holiday preparation and distractions demanded my time.

Complicating matters is the fact that I still can’t spend as much time at my computer as I would like without paying the price in pain and stiffness later in the day. 

Even so, I’m grateful to have chosen my own obstacle course, and to be able to keep running through it, even if my pace will be slower for a while.  Some of you may remember my piece about twelve sentences a day…  More than ever, I find that it works.  I’d be happy to repeat if folks would like a reminder.

Now, off Over Where!  The House of Rough Diamonds awaits!