Nancy's Ramblings

I thought I'd pause in my conference reports to see if a) anyone cares for me to continue, and b) bring you up to date on what's going on.

Basically, I've been working nose to grindstone, if that's the proper expression, polishing my WIP. This is book two in my proposed paranormal trilogy.  When this revision is done, I'll work on the plot for the next story.

Meanwhile, I'm excited that my favorite sleuth, Marla Shore, will be revisiting your homes once against when Five Star releases her next story in January 2012.  It's a long wait but during this time will be line edits, copy edits, art department meetings, etc. so the publishing process takes a while. It'll be worth the wait to finally join Marla and Dalton at an exciting upcoming event in their lives.  I am most grateful to my readers whose comments and encouragement inspired me to complete this story. 

The holidays rapidly approach, and I've put out our meager Halloween decorations: a few pumpkin thingies, candles, and some gold tinsel. I love the fall colors, the reds and oranges and yellows.  And Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, and not because it's also my birthday. 

It would help if our weather would cool down a bit.  The humidity has dropped but it's 86 degrees out today.  All our landscaping looks great. Our gardeners took some bromeliads that were overgrowing our pool and planted them around a tree in front. With new mulch, everything looks much better.

We have another cruise coming up before the end of the year.  This will be a ten day voyage to the Southern Caribbean.  I'm especially looking forward to visiting the spice farms on Grenada.  Before then, we'll be doing the Epcot Food & Wine Festival and visiting Universal's Islands of Adventure for the Harry Potter attractions.  So that's what is going on here.

Now, do you want me to continue with reports from the Ninc conference or stick to my own ramblings hereafter?