Moving Hurts...A Lot

So I haven’t been very good at blogging or keeping up our
website (On Fiction Writing) lately, because Kurt and I decided that we should
sell our house. Seems a great plan, with him across the country and us here,
not seeing him for months at a time, but there is that little thing called “all
the shit that goes with it” that’s a bit of a problem.



I decided that I agreed with the realtor when he suggested I
rent an apartment while we fixed up the house and showed it to potential buyers.
I mean, one look at my shitty housewifery and the dogs and those poor bastards
would run fast and far.



I’ve spent most of April packing up, throwing away and
cleaning. I ripped out carpets, painted and expanded my list of known
profanities by about 20 or so words. I love inventing new swears. It’s
therapeutic. On Thursday, we moved into the apartment, and Jesus shit, that was
an event. First, I hauled all the things we’d need at the apartment to the
entry way. Now, to me it looked like a couple of truck loads, which is what I
told my little brother who was helping, but apparently I have no spacial whatever
at all. Try five loads. My bad.



I dropped a few things, bumped toes (don’t move in flip
flops) and just basically bruised up my entire body, but I got moved. Oh, and
let’s not forget the metal bar that slingshot into my nose. That was awesome.
Even better, I had to wear a Band-Aid on my nose for days. It was hot.



Anyway, all I have to do now is clean up the yard, keep the
grass cut, clean the house, possibly paint one more room, haul away all the
garbage, and then we can list the house. That’s not much. I figure by June 1st,
things should be almost back to normal, and all my wounds will have healed.
When I don’t have all that extra work, my 10 trips up and down this apartment’s
asshole flight of stairs, so I can take the dogs out, won’t be such a big deal.




But it hasn’t all been fun and games lately. I’ve been
working hard on THE LEGEND OF JACKSON MURPHY, and it looks like the June
publication goal is definitely a go. Yay! Because this one was so much fun to
write, I still worry that it sucks. Is that weird? Probably. I’ve had such
amazing feedback on IN THE BONES, that I worry JACK will fall into the second
book slump. We know what that is, right? Where you release a fantastic book out
of the gate, then you lower the bar on subsequent books. Oh man, I don’t want
to be a cliché. Fingers are crossed.



While editing JACK, I’ve also been working on editing LUCKY,
the first in a series of paranormal novels which I will publish under the pen
name, Dawn Franklyn. I decided to use a pen name for clarity’s sake. If you’re
a fan of thriller/suspense, reading my paranormal work thinking you’re getting
the same thing will probably piss you off. The pen name is intended to prevent
that. Contrary to popular belief, I don’t enjoy pissing off folks I like. The ones
I don’t like…well I kind of enjoy pissing them off, but that’ll be our little
secret.



So, over the next few months, I only have to sell a house,
possibly move across the country, finish BLIND, a thriller/suspense WIP and
finish NEFARIOUS, the second in the paranormal series. I can totally do that.



What are your summer plans? I bet they’re more fun than
mine.